On the eighth day ye shall have a solemn assembly: ye shall do no servile work therein:
On the eighth day, the closing day of the Feast of Tabernacles that begins on the fifteenth day of the seventh month and thus falls on the twenty-second, a solemn assembly was to be held in which no servile work was done. It was kept with the appointed public offerings and sacrifices as on the other feast days, with a drink-offering poured out to the Lord accompanying every burnt offering. It belongs to the yearly round of added services for annual sabbaths, new moons and feasts, which formed part of the regular daily ministration of the earthly sanctuary with the morning and evening sacrifice and incense, and were never allowed to set aside the continual burnt offering. As one of the seven annual sabbaths it is distinct from the weekly seventh-day Sabbath, being instituted after the fall at the exodus and not blessed and sanctified by God's rest as at creation. Its sacrifices with those of the other appointed days typified Christ, yet did not make every feast day a Sabbath nor make the weekly Sabbath a shadow, while the whole continual service they belonged to was a type of the ministry of the heavenly sanctuary.
Feast Setting and Terms
The eighth day is the closing day of the Feast of Tabernacles. That feast begins on the fifteenth day of the seventh month, so its eighth day is the twenty-second day of the month. It is the eighth day of the feast, not an eighth day in the weekly cycle, for there is no eighth day in the circular week. Because the month begins with the new moon, this twenty-second day does not fall on a fixed day of the week.
On that day there is to be a solemn assembly, a sacred gathering of the people. In it no servile work is to be done, meaning no ordinary labor. The assembly belongs to the yearly cycle of appointed additional services for the annual feasts within the regular ministration.
Various kinds of offerings and sacrifices were brought to the Lord on that day as on the other feast days. Sacrifices were offered both on the appointed Sabbaths of the feast and on its other days. A drink-offering accompanied every burnt offering among the many burnt offerings made during the appointed festivals. The wine of that offering was poured out rather than drunk by priests or worshipers, which explains why wine is mentioned so often in connection with the sanctuary service.
Sanctuary Service and Meaning
The eighth day stands within the appointed additional services for annual Sabbaths, new moons, and feasts, whose added work formed part of the regular daily ministration of the earthly sanctuary alongside the morning and evening offerings, Sabbath services, and other appointments. Its solemn assembly belongs to that yearly cycle of worship and prescribes that no servile work be done. It belongs to the general public sacrifices offered continually for the entire congregation apart from individual offerings for sin, covering the regular morning and evening sacrifice, the morning and evening incense, and the special offerings for the weekly Sabbath, the annual sabbaths, new moons, and feasts. The morning and evening sacrifices were never omitted because of any other offerings and are about sixteen times called the continual burnt offering.
The continual comprehends the entire divinely ordained service of the earthly sanctuary, which in all its appointments and services is a type or figure of the heavenly sanctuary made after its pattern, so the term continual applies with equal force to the ministry of the heavenly sanctuary. As the seventh annual sabbath, falling on the twenty-second day of the seventh month and closing the Feast of Tabernacles, this day required a sacred gathering with ordinary labor forbidden, with various kinds of offerings brought to the Lord on that day as on the other feast days. As one of the seven annual sabbaths it was instituted after the fall at the time of the exodus, over twenty-five hundred years after creation, unlike the weekly seventh-day Sabbath instituted at creation before the fall. God did not rest upon this day nor bless and sanctify it as He did the weekly Sabbath.
The appointed Sabbaths of the Feast of Tabernacles are distinguished from the weekly Sabbath. Sacrifices were offered on these Sabbaths and on the other days of the feast, and those sacrifices typified Christ, but their presence did not make every feast day a Sabbath nor make the weekly Sabbath a shadow.
On the eighth day, the closing day of the Feast of Tabernacles that begins on the fifteenth day of the seventh month and thus falls on the twenty-second, a solemn assembly was to be held in which no servile work was done. It was kept with the appointed public offerings and sacrifices as on the other feast days, with a drink-offering poured out to the Lord accompanying every burnt offering. It belongs to the yearly round of added services for annual sabbaths, new moons and feasts, which formed part of the regular daily ministration of the earthly sanctuary with the morning and evening sacrifice and incense, and were never allowed to set aside the continual burnt offering. As one of the seven annual sabbaths it is distinct from the weekly seventh-day Sabbath, being instituted after the fall at the exodus and not blessed and sanctified by God's rest as at creation. Its sacrifices with those of the other appointed days typified Christ, yet did not make every feast day a Sabbath nor make the weekly Sabbath a shadow, while the whole continual service they belonged to was a type of the ministry of the heavenly sanctuary.
Feast Setting and Terms
The eighth day is the closing day of the Feast of Tabernacles. That feast begins on the fifteenth day of the seventh month, so its eighth day is the twenty-second day of the month. It is the eighth day of the feast, not an eighth day in the weekly cycle, for there is no eighth day in the circular week. Because the month begins with the new moon, this twenty-second day does not fall on a fixed day of the week.
On that day there is to be a solemn assembly, a sacred gathering of the people. In it no servile work is to be done, meaning no ordinary labor. The assembly belongs to the yearly cycle of appointed additional services for the annual feasts within the regular ministration.
Various kinds of offerings and sacrifices were brought to the Lord on that day as on the other feast days. Sacrifices were offered both on the appointed Sabbaths of the feast and on its other days. A drink-offering accompanied every burnt offering among the many burnt offerings made during the appointed festivals. The wine of that offering was poured out rather than drunk by priests or worshipers, which explains why wine is mentioned so often in connection with the sanctuary service.
Sanctuary Service and Meaning
The eighth day stands within the appointed additional services for annual Sabbaths, new moons, and feasts, whose added work formed part of the regular daily ministration of the earthly sanctuary alongside the morning and evening offerings, Sabbath services, and other appointments. Its solemn assembly belongs to that yearly cycle of worship and prescribes that no servile work be done. It belongs to the general public sacrifices offered continually for the entire congregation apart from individual offerings for sin, covering the regular morning and evening sacrifice, the morning and evening incense, and the special offerings for the weekly Sabbath, the annual sabbaths, new moons, and feasts. The morning and evening sacrifices were never omitted because of any other offerings and are about sixteen times called the continual burnt offering.
The continual comprehends the entire divinely ordained service of the earthly sanctuary, which in all its appointments and services is a type or figure of the heavenly sanctuary made after its pattern, so the term continual applies with equal force to the ministry of the heavenly sanctuary. As the seventh annual sabbath, falling on the twenty-second day of the seventh month and closing the Feast of Tabernacles, this day required a sacred gathering with ordinary labor forbidden, with various kinds of offerings brought to the Lord on that day as on the other feast days. As one of the seven annual sabbaths it was instituted after the fall at the time of the exodus, over twenty-five hundred years after creation, unlike the weekly seventh-day Sabbath instituted at creation before the fall. God did not rest upon this day nor bless and sanctify it as He did the weekly Sabbath.
The appointed Sabbaths of the Feast of Tabernacles are distinguished from the weekly Sabbath. Sacrifices were offered on these Sabbaths and on the other days of the feast, and those sacrifices typified Christ, but their presence did not make every feast day a Sabbath nor make the weekly Sabbath a shadow.