The Biblical Illustrator - Numbers 29:12-40
Numbers 29:12-40The fifteenth day of the seventh month. The Feast of TabernaclesIt is called the Feast of Tabernacles because during the days of this feast they were to live in tents or tabernacles, it being a memorial of God’s preserving of them in the wilderness where was no house for them in which to rest. This was a most holy feast to remember them when they had no dwellings, and therefore Moses doth so largely dwell upon the solemnities of it ; then they were especially enjoined to read... read more
Sutcliffe's Commentary on the Old and New Testaments - Numbers 29:1-40
Numbers 29:39 . Beside your vows, and your free-will offerings, for your peace-offerings. See Leviticus 7:11; Leviticus 7:16; Leviticus 22:21-23. REFLECTIONS. This and the preseding chapter refer to the whole Leviticum; and it appears that the appointed regular sacrifices consumed on the altar in one year, amounted to a thousand lambs, one hundred and twelve bullocks, thirty seven rams, and thirty goats or kids. To these were added one hundred bushels of flour, with oil; one hundred and... read more