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Numbers 29:35

"On the eighth day: Gather in holy worship; do no regular work. Bring a Fire-Gift of pleasing fragrance to God , a Whole-Burnt-Offering: one bull, one ram, and seven male yearling lambs—all healthy. Prepare Grain-Offerings and Drink-Offerings to go with the bulls, rams, and lambs following the prescribed recipes. And bring a he-goat as an Absolution-Offering in addition to the regular Whole-Burnt-Offering with its Grain-Offering and Drink-Offering.

Bible Study Resources

Concordances:

- Nave's Topical Bible - Feasts;   Offerings;   Rest;   Torrey's Topical Textbook - Feast of Tabernacles, the;  

Dictionaries:

- American Tract Society Bible Dictionary - Tabernacle;   Bridgeway Bible Dictionary - Feasts;   Baker Evangelical Dictionary of Biblical Theology - Feasts and Festivals of Israel;   Easton Bible Dictionary - Solemn Meeting;   Tabernacles, Feast of;   Fausset Bible Dictionary - Lamb;   Tabernacles, Feast of;   Holman Bible Dictionary - Bull;   Hastings' Dictionary of the Bible - Congregation, Assembly;   Tabernacles, Feast of;   Hastings' Dictionary of the New Testament - Mary;   Pentecost;   Sheep, Shepherd;   Tabernacles, Feast of;   Morrish Bible Dictionary - Assembly;   People's Dictionary of the Bible - Offering;   Tabernacles feast of;   Smith Bible Dictionary - Lambs;   Tabernacles, the Feast of;  

Encyclopedias:

- Condensed Biblical Cyclopedia - Sabbath and Feasts;   Worship, the;   International Standard Bible Encyclopedia - Feasts, and Fasts;   Jesus Christ (Part 2 of 2);   Sacrifice;   The Jewish Encyclopedia - Bemidbar Rabbah;   Commandments, the 613;   Festivals;   Hafá¹­arah;   Law, Reading from the;   Pentecost;   Shemini 'Aẓeret;   Simḥat Torah;   Tabernacles, Feast of;  

Parallel Translations

Hebrew Names Version
On the eighth day you shall have a solemn assembly: you shall do no servile work;
King James Version
On the eighth day ye shall have a solemn assembly: ye shall do no servile work therein:
Lexham English Bible
"‘On the eighth day you will have an assembly; you will not do any regular work.
English Standard Version
"On the eighth day you shall have a solemn assembly. You shall not do any ordinary work,
New Century Version
"‘On the eighth day have a closing meeting, and do not work on that day.
New English Translation
"‘On the eighth day you are to have a holy assembly; you must do no ordinary work on it.
Amplified Bible
'On the eighth day you shall have a solemn assembly [to mark the end of the feast]; you shall do no laborious work.
New American Standard Bible
'On the eighth day you shall have a sacred assembly; you shall do no laborious work.
Geneva Bible (1587)
In the eight day, yee shall haue a solemne assemblie: yee shall doe no seruile worke therein,
Legacy Standard Bible
‘On the eighth day you shall have a solemn assembly; you shall do no laborious work.
Contemporary English Version
On the eighth day, you must once again rest from your work and come together for worship.
Complete Jewish Bible
(Maftir) "‘On the eighth day you are to have a festive assembly: you are not to do any kind of ordinary work;
Darby Translation
On the eighth day ye shall have a solemn assembly: no manner of servile work shall ye do.
Easy-to-Read Version
"The eighth day of this festival is a very special meeting for you. You must not do any work on that day.
George Lamsa Translation
On the eighth day you shall have a solemn assembly; you shall do no manner of hard work;
Good News Translation
On the eighth day gather for worship and do no work.
Christian Standard Bible®
“On the eighth day you are to hold a solemn assembly; you are not to do any daily work.
Literal Translation
And you shall have a solemn assembly on the eighth day; you shall do no work of service.
Miles Coverdale Bible (1535)
On the eight daye shal ye gather the people together, No seruyle worke shall ye do therin.
American Standard Version
On the eighth day ye shall have a solemn assembly: ye shall do no servile work;
Bible in Basic English
On the eighth day let there be a holy meeting: you may do no field-work;
Bishop's Bible (1568)
In the eyght day, ye shall haue a solempne assemblie, and ye shall do no seruile worke therin:
JPS Old Testament (1917)
On the eighth day ye shall have a solemn assembly: ye shall do no manner of servile work;
King James Version (1611)
On the eight day, ye shall haue a solemne assembly: ye shall do no seruile worke therein:
Brenton's Septuagint (LXX)
And on the eighth day there shall be to you a release: ye shall do no servile work in it.
English Revised Version
On the eighth day ye shall have a solemn assembly: ye shall do no servile work:
Berean Standard Bible
On the eighth day you are to hold a solemn assembly; you must not do any regular work.
Wycliffe Bible (1395)
In the eiythe dai, which is moost solempne `ether hooli; ye schulen not do ony seruyle werk,
Young's Literal Translation
`On the eighth day a restraint ye have, ye do no servile work;
Update Bible Version
On the eighth day you shall have a solemn assembly: you shall do no servile work;
Webster's Bible Translation
On the eighth day ye shall have a solemn assembly: [in it] ye shall do no servile work.
World English Bible
On the eighth day you shall have a solemn assembly: you shall do no servile work;
New King James Version
"On the eighth day you shall have a sacred assembly. You shall do no customary work.
New Living Translation
"On the eighth day of the festival, proclaim another holy day. You must do no ordinary work on that day.
New Life Bible
‘You will have a religious gathering on the eighth day. You must do no hard work.
New Revised Standard
On the eighth day you shall have a solemn assembly; you shall not work at your occupations.
J.B. Rotherham Emphasized Bible
And on the eighth day, a closing feast shall there be unto you, no laborious work, shall ye do;
Douay-Rheims Bible
On the eighth day, which is most solemn, you shall do no servile work:
Revised Standard Version
"On the eighth day you shall have a solemn assembly: you shall do no laborious work,
New American Standard Bible (1995)
'On the eighth day you shall have a solemn assembly; you shall do no laborious work.

Contextual Overview

12"Gather in holy worship on the fifteenth day of the seventh month; do no regular work. Celebrate a Festival to God for seven days. Bring a Whole-Burnt-Offering, a Fire-Gift of pleasing fragrance to God : thirteen young bulls, two rams, and fourteen yearling male lambs—all healthy. Prepare a Grain-Offering of six quarts of fine flour mixed with oil for each of the bulls, four quarts for each ram, and two quarts for each of the fourteen lambs. Also bring a he-goat as an Absolution-Offering in addition to the regular Whole-Burnt-Offering with its Grain-Offering and Drink-Offering. 17"On the second day: twelve young bulls, two rams, and fourteen yearling male lambs—all healthy. Prepare Grain-Offerings and Drink-Offerings to go with the bulls, rams, and lambs following the prescribed recipes. And bring a he-goat as an Absolution-Offering in addition to the regular Whole-Burnt-Offering with its Grain-Offering and Drink-Offering. 20"On the third day: eleven bulls, two rams, and fourteen male yearling lambs—all healthy. Prepare Grain-Offerings and Drink-Offerings to go with the bulls, rams, and lambs following the prescribed recipes. And bring a he-goat as an Absolution-Offering in addition to the regular Whole-Burnt-Offering with its Grain-Offering and Drink-Offering. 23"On the fourth day: ten bulls, two rams, and fourteen male yearling lambs—all healthy. Prepare Grain-Offerings and Drink-Offerings to go with the bulls, rams, and lambs following the prescribed recipes. And bring a he-goat as an Absolution-Offering in addition to the regular Whole-Burnt-Offering with its Grain-Offering and Drink-Offering. 26"On the fifth day: nine bulls, two rams, and fourteen male yearling lambs—all healthy. Prepare Grain-Offerings and Drink-Offerings to go with the bulls, rams, and lambs following the prescribed recipes. And bring a he-goat as an Absolution-Offering in addition to the regular Whole-Burnt-Offering with its Grain-Offering and Drink-Offering. 29"On the sixth day: eight bulls, two rams, and fourteen male yearling lambs—all healthy. Prepare Grain-Offerings and Drink-Offerings to go with the bulls, rams, and lambs following the prescribed recipes. And bring a he-goat as an Absolution-Offering in addition to the regular Whole-Burnt-Offering with its Grain-Offering and Drink-Offering. 32"On the seventh day: seven bulls, two rams, and fourteen male yearling lambs—all healthy. Prepare Grain-Offerings and Drink-Offerings to go with the bulls, rams, and lambs following the prescribed recipes. And bring a he-goat as an Absolution-Offering in addition to the regular Whole-Burnt-Offering with its Grain-Offering and Drink-Offering. 35"On the eighth day: Gather in holy worship; do no regular work. Bring a Fire-Gift of pleasing fragrance to God , a Whole-Burnt-Offering: one bull, one ram, and seven male yearling lambs—all healthy. Prepare Grain-Offerings and Drink-Offerings to go with the bulls, rams, and lambs following the prescribed recipes. And bring a he-goat as an Absolution-Offering in addition to the regular Whole-Burnt-Offering with its Grain-Offering and Drink-Offering. 39 "Sacrifice these to God as a congregation at your set feasts: your Whole-Burnt-Offerings, Grain-Offerings, Drink-Offerings, and Peace-Offerings. These are all over and above your personal Vow-Offerings and Freewill-Offerings." 40 Moses instructed the People of Israel in all that God commanded him.

Bible Verse Review
  from Treasury of Scripure Knowledge

eighth day: Though this day was properly a distinct festival, and esteemed the chief or high day of the feast, yet fewer sacrifices are appointed for it than for any of the foregoing seven. On every one of them two rams and fourteen lambs were offered; but on this day there were but half as many; and whereas seven bullocks were the fewest that were offered on any of those days, on this there was only one. At this feast, there was an extraordinary ceremony of which the rabbins inform us, namely, the drawing water out of the pool of Siloam, and pouring it, mixed with wine, on the sacrifice as it lay on the altar. This they are said to have done with such expressions of joy, that it became a common proverb, "He that never saw the rejoicing of drawing of water, never saw rejoicing in all his life." The Jews pretend to ground this custom on the following passage of Isaiah - Isaiah 12:3, "With joy shall ye draw water out of the wells of salvation;" and to this ceremony Jesus is supposed to refer, when "in the last day, the great day of the feast, he stood and cried, saying, If any man thirst, let him come unto me, and drink: he that believeth on me, as the Scripture saith, out of his belly shall flow rivers of living water" - John 7:37, John 7:38, thereby calling off the people from their carnal mirth and festive and pompous ceremonies, to seek spiritual refreshment for their minds. Leviticus 23:36, John 7:37-39, Revelation 7:9-17

Reciprocal: Numbers 28:25 - ye shall do 1 Samuel 7:6 - drew water Nehemiah 8:18 - according

Cross-References

Genesis 29:1
Jacob set out again on his way to the people of the east. He noticed a well out in an open field with three flocks of sheep bedded down around it. This was the common well from which the flocks were watered. The stone over the mouth of the well was huge. When all the flocks were gathered, the shepherds would roll the stone from the well and water the sheep; then they would return the stone, covering the well.
Genesis 29:8
"We can't," they said. "Not until all the shepherds get here. It takes all of us to roll the stone from the well. Not until then can we water the flocks."
Genesis 29:9
While Jacob was in conversation with them, Rachel came up with her father's sheep. She was the shepherd. The moment Jacob spotted Rachel, daughter of Laban his mother's brother, saw her arriving with his uncle Laban's sheep, he went and single-handedly rolled the stone from the mouth of the well and watered the sheep of his uncle Laban. Then he kissed Rachel and broke into tears. He told Rachel that he was related to her father, that he was Rebekah's son. She ran and told her father. When Laban heard the news—Jacob, his sister's son!—he ran out to meet him, embraced and kissed him and brought him home. Jacob told Laban the story of everything that had happened.
Genesis 35:26
God spoke to Jacob: "Go back to Bethel. Stay there and build an altar to the God who revealed himself to you when you were running for your life from your brother Esau." Jacob told his family and all those who lived with him, "Throw out all the alien gods which you have, take a good bath and put on clean clothes, we're going to Bethel. I'm going to build an altar there to the God who answered me when I was in trouble and has stuck with me everywhere I've gone since." They turned over to Jacob all the alien gods they'd been holding on to, along with their lucky-charm earrings. Jacob buried them under the oak tree in Shechem. Then they set out. A paralyzing fear descended on all the surrounding villages so that they were unable to pursue the sons of Jacob. Jacob and his company arrived at Luz, that is, Bethel, in the land of Canaan. He built an altar there and named it El-Bethel (God-of-Bethel) because that's where God revealed himself to him when he was running from his brother. And that's when Rebekah's nurse, Deborah, died. She was buried just below Bethel under the oak tree. It was named Allon-Bacuth (Weeping-Oak). God revealed himself once again to Jacob, after he had come back from Paddan Aram and blessed him: "Your name is Jacob (Heel); but that's your name no longer. From now on your name is Israel (God-Wrestler)." God continued, I am The Strong God. Have children! Flourish! A nation—a whole company of nations!— will come from you. Kings will come from your loins; the land I gave Abraham and Isaac I now give to you, and pass it on to your descendants. And then God was gone, ascended from the place where he had spoken with him. Jacob set up a stone pillar on the spot where God had spoken with him. He poured a drink offering on it and anointed it with oil. Jacob dedicated the place where God had spoken with him, Bethel (God's-House). They left Bethel. They were still quite a ways from Ephrath when Rachel went into labor—hard, hard labor. When her labor pains were at their worst, the midwife said to her, "Don't be afraid—you have another boy." With her last breath, for she was now dying, she named him Ben-oni (Son-of-My-Pain), but his father named him Ben-jamin (Son-of-Good-Fortune). Rachel died and was buried on the road to Ephrath, that is, Bethlehem. Jacob set up a pillar to mark her grave. It is still there today, "Rachel's Grave Stone." Israel kept on his way and set up camp at Migdal Eder. While Israel was living in that region, Reuben went and slept with his father's concubine, Bilhah. And Israel heard of what he did. There were twelve sons of Jacob. The sons by Leah: Reuben, Jacob's firstborn Simeon Levi Judah Issachar Zebulun. The sons by Rachel: Joseph Benjamin. The sons by Bilhah, Rachel's maid: Dan Naphtali. The sons by Zilpah, Leah's maid: Gad Asher. These were Jacob's sons, born to him in Paddan Aram.
Genesis 46:12
Judah's sons: Er, Onan, Shelah, Perez, and Zerah (Er and Onan had already died in the land of Canaan). The sons of Perez were Hezron and Hamul.
Deuteronomy 33:7
Judah: "Listen, God , to the Voice of Judah, bring him to his people; Strengthen his grip, be his helper against his foes."
Matthew 1:2
Abraham had Isaac, Isaac had Jacob, Jacob had Judah and his brothers, Judah had Perez and Zerah (the mother was Tamar), Perez had Hezron, Hezron had Aram, Aram had Amminadab, Amminadab had Nahshon, Nahshon had Salmon, Salmon had Boaz (his mother was Rahab), Boaz had Obed (Ruth was the mother), Obed had Jesse, Jesse had David, and David became king. David had Solomon (Uriah's wife was the mother), Solomon had Rehoboam, Rehoboam had Abijah, Abijah had Asa, Asa had Jehoshaphat, Jehoshaphat had Joram, Joram had Uzziah, Uzziah had Jotham, Jotham had Ahaz, Ahaz had Hezekiah, Hezekiah had Manasseh, Manasseh had Amon, Amon had Josiah, Josiah had Jehoiachin and his brothers, and then the people were taken into the Babylonian exile. When the Babylonian exile ended, Jeconiah had Shealtiel, Shealtiel had Zerubbabel, Zerubbabel had Abiud, Abiud had Eliakim, Eliakim had Azor, Azor had Zadok, Zadok had Achim, Achim had Eliud, Eliud had Eleazar, Eleazar had Matthan, Matthan had Jacob, Jacob had Joseph, Mary's husband, the Mary who gave birth to Jesus, the Jesus who was called Christ. There were fourteen generations from Abraham to David, another fourteen from David to the Babylonian exile, and yet another fourteen from the Babylonian exile to Christ. The birth of Jesus took place like this. His mother, Mary, was engaged to be married to Joseph. Before they came to the marriage bed, Joseph discovered she was pregnant. (It was by the Holy Spirit, but he didn't know that.) Joseph, chagrined but noble, determined to take care of things quietly so Mary would not be disgraced. While he was trying to figure a way out, he had a dream. God's angel spoke in the dream: "Joseph, son of David, don't hesitate to get married. Mary's pregnancy is Spirit-conceived. God's Holy Spirit has made her pregnant. She will bring a son to birth, and when she does, you, Joseph, will name him Jesus—‘God saves'—because he will save his people from their sins." This would bring the prophet's embryonic sermon to full term: Watch for this—a virgin will get pregnant and bear a son; They will name him Immanuel (Hebrew for "God is with us"). Then Joseph woke up. He did exactly what God's angel commanded in the dream: He married Mary. But he did not consummate the marriage until she had the baby. He named the baby Jesus.

Gill's Notes on the Bible

On the eighth day ye shall have a solemn assembly,.... The day after the seven days of the feast of tabernacles were ended; for this was not properly a part of that feast, but was a sort of appendage to it;

ye shall do no servile work therein;

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Barnes' Notes on the Bible

The offerings prescribed for the closing day of the Feast of tabernacles were the same with those appointed for the Feast of Trumpets and the Day of Atonement. The solemnities of the month thus terminated, as

A whole, with the same sacrifices with which, three weeks before, they had been introduced; and the Day of Atonement, even though succeeded by the rejoicings of the Feast of tabernacles, thus left its impress on the whole month.

Clarke's Notes on the Bible

Verse Numbers 29:35. On the eighth day ye shall have a solemn assembly — This among the Jews was esteemed the chief or high day of the feast, though fewer sacrifices were offered on it than on the others; the people seem to have finished the solemnity with a greater measure of spiritual devotion, and it was on this day of the feast that our blessed Lord called the Jews from the letter to the spirit of the law, proposing himself as the sole fountain whence they could derive the streams of salvation, John 7:37. On the subject of this chapter see the notes on Leviticus 12:1-8, Leviticus 16:0 and Leviticus 23:0


 
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