Numbers 29:1

“On the first day of the seventh month, you are to hold a sacred assembly, and you must not do any regular work. This will be a day for you to sound the trumpets.

Berean Standard Bible

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Study note

Setting — God instructs the Israelites to observe a fixed calendar date during the wilderness period. The command establishes a mandatory cessation of ordinary labor for a designated holy gathering.

The words — The Hebrew phrase בַּחֹדֶשׁ הַשְּׁבִיעִי בְּאֶחָד (ba-chodesh ha-shevi'i be'echad) literally means "on the first [day] of the seventh month." The term מִקְרָא־קֹדֶשׁ (mikra-qodesh) literally translates to "a holy convocation" or "sacred assembly."

The thread — The identical calendar marker and assembly command appear in Leviticus 23:24. The directive to sound trumpets for such gatherings is established in Numbers 10:1 and later documented in 1 Chronicles 15:28.

Why it lands — The text requires the community to stop regular work on a specific date to gather and blow trumpets. It imposes a structural boundary on time that demands collective obedience to a calendrical command.

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The Hebrew words

וּבַחֹ֨דֶשׁu./va./Cho.deshand/ in the/ month הַשְּׁבִיעִ֜יha./she.vi.'I<the>/ seventh בְּאֶחָ֣דbe./'e.Chadon/ [day] one לַחֹ֗דֶשׁla./Cho.deshof the/ month מִֽקְרָא־mik.ra'-a convocation of קֹ֙דֶשׁ֙ko.deshholiness יִהְיֶ֣הyih.Yehit will beלָכֶ֔םla./Khemto <the>/ youכָּל־kol-any מְלֶ֥אכֶתme.Le.khetwork of עֲבֹדָ֖ה'a.vo.Dahservitude לֹ֣אlo'not תַעֲשׂ֑וּta.'a.Suyou will do י֥וֹםYoma day of תְּרוּעָ֖הte.ru.'Ah[the] sound of a loud blast יִהְיֶ֥הyih.Yehit will beלָכֶֽם׃la./Khemto <the>/ you

King James Version

And in the seventh month, on the first day of the month, ye shall have an holy convocation; ye shall do no servile work: it is a day of blowing the trumpets unto you.

Cross-references

Leviticus 23:24 “Speak to the Israelites and say, ‘On the first day of the seventh month you are to have a day of rest, a sacred assembly announced by trumpet blasts.
Numbers 10:1 Then the LORD said to Moses,
1 Chronicles 15:28 So all Israel brought up the ark of the covenant of the LORD with shouting, with the sounding of rams’ horns and trumpets, and with cymbals and the music of harps and lyres.
Ezra 3:6 On the first day of the seventh month, the Israelites began to offer burnt offerings to the LORD, although the foundation of the temple of the LORD had not been laid.
Psalms 89:15 Blessed are those who know the joyful sound, who walk, O LORD, in the light of Your presence.
Isaiah 27:13 And in that day a great ram’s horn will sound, and those who were perishing in Assyria will come forth with those who were exiles in Egypt. And they will worship the LORD on the holy mountain in Jerusalem.
Zechariah 9:14 Then the LORD will appear over them, and His arrow will go forth like lightning. The Lord GOD will sound the ram’s horn and advance in the whirlwinds of the south.
Mark 16:15 And He said to them, “Go into all the world and preach the gospel to every creature.
Romans 10:14 How then can they call on the One in whom they have not believed? And how can they believe in the One of whom they have not heard? And how can they hear without someone to preach?
Romans 15:16 to be a minister of Christ Jesus to the Gentiles in the priestly service of the gospel of God, so that the Gentiles might become an offering acceptable to God, sanctified by the Holy Spirit.