Numbers 29:11-15

Joseph Benson's Commentary of the Old and New Testaments - Numbers 29:13

Numbers 29:13. Thirteen young bullocks Thus they continued to be offered seven days successively, with the decrease only of one bullock every day, till on the seventh day only seven bullocks were offered, which in all made seventy bullocks. The rams also were in double proportion to what was usual. This was a vast charge, but more easy at this time of the year than at any other; for this was a time of leisure and plenty; now their barns were full, their wine-presses overflowed, and their... read more

Donald C. Fleming

Bridgeway Bible Commentary - Numbers 29:1-40

Amounts for the yearly offerings (28:1-29:40)As the time drew near for the Israelites to settle in their new land, Moses stressed the need for constant devotion to God through the various sacrifices and festivals. First there were to be daily burnt offerings and cereal offerings, morning and evening. The fire on the altar was never to go out (28:1-8; see notes on Leviticus 6:8-13,Leviticus 6:19-23).Besides this daily offering there was an identical weekly offering every Sabbath (9-10). Also... read more

E.W. Bullinger

E.W. Bullinger's Companion Bible Notes - Numbers 29:12

fifteenth day. The Feast of Tabernacles. the seventh month. Some codices, with Samaritan Pentateuch, Septuagint, Syriac, and Vulgate, read "this month". read more

E.W. Bullinger

E.W. Bullinger's Companion Bible Notes - Numbers 29:15

a several tenth. As in Numbers 29:10 , but the second word "tenth" has the extraordinary points ( App-31 ) omitting the word, making it like Numbers 29:4 , instead of like Numbers 29:10 . read more

James Burton Coffman

Coffman Commentaries on the Bible - Numbers 29:12

FEAST OF TABERNACLES"And on the fifteenth day of the seventh month ye shall have a holy convocation; ye shall do no servile work, and ye shall keep a feast unto Jehovah seven days: and ye shall offer a burnt-offering, an offering made by fire, of a sweet savor unto Jehovah; thirteen young bullocks, two rams, fourteen he-lambs a year old; they shall be without blemish; and their meal-offering, fine flour mingled with oil, three tenth parts for every bullock of the thirteen bullocks, two tenth... read more

Thomas Coke

Thomas Coke Commentary on the Holy Bible - Numbers 29:13-38

Numbers 29:13-38. Thirteen young bullocks, two rams, &c.— On other festivals two bullocks sufficed; but here are no less than thirteen, and so they continued to be offered seven days successively, with a decrease only of one bullock every day, till, on the seventh day, only seven bullocks were offered, which, in all, made seventy bullocks. The rams also were in a double proportion to what was usual. This was a vast charge; but more easy at this time of the year than any other; for this was... read more

Robert Jamieson; A. R. Fausset; David Brown

Commentary Critical and Explanatory on the Whole Bible - Numbers 29:12

12-34. on the fifteenth day—was to be held the feast of booths or tabernacles. (See Leviticus 23:34; Leviticus 23:35). The feast was to last seven days, the first and last of which were to be kept as Sabbaths, and a particular offering was prescribed for each day, the details of which are given with a minuteness suited to the infant state of the church. Two things are deserving of notice: First, that this feast was distinguished by a greater amount and variety of sacrifices than any... read more

John Dummelow

John Dummelow's Commentary on the Bible - Numbers 29:1-40

Religious Ordinances of the Seventh MonthThe seventh month (Tishri = September-October) was the first month of the civil year (see on Leviticus 23:23-25), and this chapter describes the three sacred festivals which fell during that month.1-6. The Feast of Trumpets on New Tear’s Day: see Leviticus 23:23-25.7-11. The Day of Atonement, the tenth day of the month: see Leviticus 16.12-38. The Feast of Tabernacles, beginning on the fifteenth day of the month and lasting eight days. The sacrifices... read more

Charles John Ellicott

Ellicott's Commentary for English Readers - Numbers 29:12

(12) And on the fifteenth day of the seventh month . . . —See Leviticus 23:33-36; Leviticus 23:39-43. A larger number of burnt offerings was appointed for this feast than for any other festival. Seventy oxen in all were to be offered on the seven days of the feast, the number being diminished by one daily—viz., thirteen on the first day, twelve on the second, eleven on the third, and in like manner until the seventh day, on which seven oxen, the perfect number, were to be offered. In addition... read more

William Nicoll

Expositor's Bible Commentary - Numbers 29:1-40

OFFERINGS AND VOWSNumbers 28:1-31; Numbers 29:1-40; Numbers 30:1-16THE legislation of chapters 28-30 appears to belong to a time of developed ritual and organised society. Parallel passages in Exodus and Leviticus treating of the feasts and offerings are by no means so full in their details, nor do they even mention some of the sacrifices here made statutory. The observances of New Moon are enjoined in the Book of Numbers alone. In chapter 15 they are simply noticed; here the order is fixed.... read more