Verse 10
10. Gladness was the fourth occasion for the use of these sacred implements. Such occasions were the dedication of the first temple, (2 Chronicles 5:12-13,) the laying the foundation of the second, (Ezra 3:10-11,) and the dedication of the new wall of Jerusalem. Nehemiah 12:27; Nehemiah 12:35.
Solemn days Annual fasts and feasts. R.V., “Set feasts.” See Leviticus xvi and 23.
In the beginnings of your months Jehovah afterward ordered David and the prophets to add other instruments in the new moon feasts, such as harps, psalteries, cymbals; timbrels, and flutes. 2Ch 7:6 ; 1 Chronicles 16:5-6; Psalms 150:3. Peace offerings, being joyful feasts, are very properly “accompanied with the sound of the trumpet as a symbol of holy hilarity.” Bush.
A memorial See Leviticus 2:2, note.
I am the Lord The name of JEHOVAH is a sufficient sanction to this statute. They who deem this matter too small to be worthy of minute mention by the Creator of all things should consider that his greatness is enhanced by his ability and willingness alike to direct the atom in the air and the solar system sweeping through space. Nothing is a trifle which relates to the proper celebration of divine worship.
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