And on the seventh day seven bullocks, two rams, and fourteen lambs of the first year without blemish:
Numbers 29:32 appoints for the seventh day of the seven-day Feast of Tabernacles, kept from the fifteenth to the twenty-second of the seventh month with holy convocations on which servile work was forbidden, seven bullocks, two rams, and fourteen lambs of the first year without blemish. The feast commemorated the wilderness wanderings, gave thanks for the harvest of the earth, and pointed to the final ingathering of God's people. It was one of the appointed additional offerings belonging to the regular sanctuary and Levitical ministration alongside the daily offerings, Sabbath offerings, and new-moon offerings, with the daily morning and evening continual burnt offering never omitted on account of any other offerings. Like all the work of the earthly tabernacle, this daily ministration in the holy place by the Levitical priesthood, together with the burning of sweet incense and the offerings for individuals, served unto the example and shadow and figure of heavenly things and reveals the like work carried on in the heavenly sanctuary. The annual sabbaths of the feast were instituted after the fall at the time of the exodus and differ from the weekly seventh-day Sabbath instituted at creation before the fall, which God blessed and sanctified, and though the daily sacrifices were types of Christ their presence on a Sabbath does not make every Sabbath a type or shadow.
Feast Setting and Offering
The verse belongs to the directions for the offerings brought to the Lord during the Feast of Tabernacles, the third annual feast of the Jews. That feast was the seven-day national Feast of Tabernacles beginning on the fifteenth day of the seventh month and running with its intervening days to the closing day on the twenty-second of the same month, kept with holy convocations on which servile work was forbidden, with varied offerings required on those days. It was a national thanksgiving feast that commemorated the wilderness wanderings, gave thanks to God for the harvest of the earth, and pointed to the final ingathering of God's people.
Numbers 29:12-40 lists the offerings appointed for the Feast of Tabernacles, including the sacrifices for its successive days. On its seventh day the verse prescribes seven bullocks, two rams, and fourteen lambs of the first year without blemish, the bulls and lambs being unblemished and a year old.
It is one of the appointed additional offerings for the annual feasts, included in the regular sanctuary services and Levitical ministration alongside the daily offerings, the Sabbath offerings, and the new-moon offerings. It belongs to the provision in Numbers 28-29 for general sacrifices apart from individual offerings for sin, including the regular morning and evening sacrifice and the morning and evening incense with special offerings for the weekly Sabbath, annual sabbaths, new moons, and feasts, forming the additional sanctuary service on Sabbaths, annual Sabbaths, new moons, and feasts alongside the regular daily ministration.
Sanctuary Service and Significance
The verse belongs to the special additional work appointed for the Sabbaths of the Lord, the annual sabbaths, the new moons and the feasts. That special work was part of the daily ministration in the holy place of the earthly sanctuary, accomplished by the Levitical order of priesthood. It stood together with the regular morning and evening burnt offering, with the morning and evening burning of sweet incense upon the golden altar when the lamps were lighted, and with the special work for individuals as they presented their particular offerings through the year. Like all the work connected with the earthly tabernacle, this service served unto the example and shadow and figure of heavenly things and reveals the like work carried on in the heavenly sanctuary above.
The morning and evening sacrifices for the whole congregation were offered every day of the year and were never omitted on account of any other offerings. They are called about sixteen times the continual burnt offering, and the verse shows that this daily congregational offering continued alongside the special festival offerings. The continual therefore comprehends the entire divinely ordained service of the earthly sanctuary, which in all its appointments and services applies with equal force to the sanctuary above. The daily sacrifices listed for the successive days of the Feast of Tabernacles, including seven unblemished year-old bulls, two rams and fourteen unblemished year-old lambs on the seventh day, were types of Christ. Yet their presence on a Sabbath does not make every Sabbath a type or shadow, for otherwise sacrifices offered on every day would make every day a type and shadow of Christ.
The days of the feast, from the first day on the fifteenth day of the seventh month, the sixth annual Sabbath, to the closing day on the twenty-second day of the same month, the seventh annual Sabbath, with the intervening days, were kept with holy convocations on which servile work was forbidden and required varied offerings. These annual sabbaths were instituted after the fall at the time of the exodus, over twenty-five hundred years after creation, and differ from the weekly seventh-day Sabbath instituted at creation before the fall. God rested on the seventh day and blessed and sanctified it, but did not rest on these annual sabbaths nor bless and sanctify them as He did the weekly Sabbath. The great number of burnt offerings in the sanctuary service, with the seventh day alone calling for seven bullocks, two rams and fourteen lambs, explains why wine is mentioned so often in connection with that service. Strong wine of over a quart for each lamb was poured out upon the burnt offerings in the drink offering appointed for every burnt offering, never drunk freely by priests and worshipers.
Numbers 29:32 appoints for the seventh day of the seven-day Feast of Tabernacles, kept from the fifteenth to the twenty-second of the seventh month with holy convocations on which servile work was forbidden, seven bullocks, two rams, and fourteen lambs of the first year without blemish. The feast commemorated the wilderness wanderings, gave thanks for the harvest of the earth, and pointed to the final ingathering of God's people. It was one of the appointed additional offerings belonging to the regular sanctuary and Levitical ministration alongside the daily offerings, Sabbath offerings, and new-moon offerings, with the daily morning and evening continual burnt offering never omitted on account of any other offerings. Like all the work of the earthly tabernacle, this daily ministration in the holy place by the Levitical priesthood, together with the burning of sweet incense and the offerings for individuals, served unto the example and shadow and figure of heavenly things and reveals the like work carried on in the heavenly sanctuary. The annual sabbaths of the feast were instituted after the fall at the time of the exodus and differ from the weekly seventh-day Sabbath instituted at creation before the fall, which God blessed and sanctified, and though the daily sacrifices were types of Christ their presence on a Sabbath does not make every Sabbath a type or shadow.
Feast Setting and Offering
The verse belongs to the directions for the offerings brought to the Lord during the Feast of Tabernacles, the third annual feast of the Jews. That feast was the seven-day national Feast of Tabernacles beginning on the fifteenth day of the seventh month and running with its intervening days to the closing day on the twenty-second of the same month, kept with holy convocations on which servile work was forbidden, with varied offerings required on those days. It was a national thanksgiving feast that commemorated the wilderness wanderings, gave thanks to God for the harvest of the earth, and pointed to the final ingathering of God's people.
Numbers 29:12-40 lists the offerings appointed for the Feast of Tabernacles, including the sacrifices for its successive days. On its seventh day the verse prescribes seven bullocks, two rams, and fourteen lambs of the first year without blemish, the bulls and lambs being unblemished and a year old.
It is one of the appointed additional offerings for the annual feasts, included in the regular sanctuary services and Levitical ministration alongside the daily offerings, the Sabbath offerings, and the new-moon offerings. It belongs to the provision in Numbers 28-29 for general sacrifices apart from individual offerings for sin, including the regular morning and evening sacrifice and the morning and evening incense with special offerings for the weekly Sabbath, annual sabbaths, new moons, and feasts, forming the additional sanctuary service on Sabbaths, annual Sabbaths, new moons, and feasts alongside the regular daily ministration.
Sanctuary Service and Significance
The verse belongs to the special additional work appointed for the Sabbaths of the Lord, the annual sabbaths, the new moons and the feasts. That special work was part of the daily ministration in the holy place of the earthly sanctuary, accomplished by the Levitical order of priesthood. It stood together with the regular morning and evening burnt offering, with the morning and evening burning of sweet incense upon the golden altar when the lamps were lighted, and with the special work for individuals as they presented their particular offerings through the year. Like all the work connected with the earthly tabernacle, this service served unto the example and shadow and figure of heavenly things and reveals the like work carried on in the heavenly sanctuary above.
The morning and evening sacrifices for the whole congregation were offered every day of the year and were never omitted on account of any other offerings. They are called about sixteen times the continual burnt offering, and the verse shows that this daily congregational offering continued alongside the special festival offerings. The continual therefore comprehends the entire divinely ordained service of the earthly sanctuary, which in all its appointments and services applies with equal force to the sanctuary above. The daily sacrifices listed for the successive days of the Feast of Tabernacles, including seven unblemished year-old bulls, two rams and fourteen unblemished year-old lambs on the seventh day, were types of Christ. Yet their presence on a Sabbath does not make every Sabbath a type or shadow, for otherwise sacrifices offered on every day would make every day a type and shadow of Christ.
The days of the feast, from the first day on the fifteenth day of the seventh month, the sixth annual Sabbath, to the closing day on the twenty-second day of the same month, the seventh annual Sabbath, with the intervening days, were kept with holy convocations on which servile work was forbidden and required varied offerings. These annual sabbaths were instituted after the fall at the time of the exodus, over twenty-five hundred years after creation, and differ from the weekly seventh-day Sabbath instituted at creation before the fall. God rested on the seventh day and blessed and sanctified it, but did not rest on these annual sabbaths nor bless and sanctify them as He did the weekly Sabbath. The great number of burnt offerings in the sanctuary service, with the seventh day alone calling for seven bullocks, two rams and fourteen lambs, explains why wine is mentioned so often in connection with that service. Strong wine of over a quart for each lamb was poured out upon the burnt offerings in the drink offering appointed for every burnt offering, never drunk freely by priests and worshipers.