Wednesday Bible Study: Redundant and repetitive

And it ' s deja vu all over again. Numbers 29 promulgates the observances which are today called Rosh hashanah, Yom Kippur, and Sukkkot. But these have already been established in Exodus and Leviticus. I don ' t remember for sure and I don ' t feel like looking it up, but I believe the elaborate schedule of sacrifices, especially for Sukkot, is an embellishment, which is in keeping with the tendency in Numbers to pile on the sacrifices.As a clarification, seventh month here refers to the liturgical calendar. Rosh hashana is the first day of the new year in the civil calendar, and that is the meaning of the celebration today. Numbers 29 does not ascribe any particular spiritual or secular meaning to these observances, although they have been given more substantive meaning earlier in the Torah and their meaning has deepened over time. Rosh hashanah is the date from which jubilees are measured, and Yom Kippur is the holiest day of the Jewish liturgical calendar, set aside for repentance and atonement. The 10 days from Rosh hashanah to Yom Kippur are known as the high holy days. Sukkot is the harvest festival. However, you don ' t really see any of that here, just a boring recitation of sacrifices. 29 “‘On the first day of the seventh month hold a sacred assembly and do no regular work. It is a day for you to sound the trumpets.2 As an aroma pleasing to theLord, offer a burnt offering of one young bull, one ram and seven male lambs a year old, all without defec...
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