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Leviticus 23:24 KJV
Leviticus · chapter 23 · verse 24
Speak unto the children of Israel, saying, In the seventh month, in the first day of the month, shall ye have a sabbath, a memorial of blowing of trumpets, an holy convocation.Leviticus 23:24 · King James Version
Leviticus 23:24 in context
22And when ye reap the harvest of your land, thou shalt not make clean riddance of the corners of thy field when thou reapest, neither shalt thou gather any gleaning of thy harvest: thou shalt leave them unto the poor, and to the stranger: I am the LORD your God.
23And the LORD spake unto Moses, saying,
24Speak unto the children of Israel, saying, In the seventh month, in the first day of the month, shall ye have a sabbath, a memorial of blowing of trumpets, an holy convocation.
25Ye shall do no servile work therein: but ye shall offer an offering made by fire unto the LORD.
26And the LORD spake unto Moses, saying,
Commentary
Key words (Strong's)
- childrenbêna son , in the widest sense , etc.)H1121 →
- memorialzikrôwna mementoH2146 →
- seventhshᵉbîyʻîyseventhH7637 →
- sabbathshabbâthôwna sabbatism or special holidayH7677 →
- blowingtᵉrûwʻâhclamorH8643 →
- IsraelYisrâʼêlJisrael, a symbolical name of JacobH3478 →
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Here is, I. The institution of the feast of trumpets, on the first day of the seventh month, Lev 23:24, Lev 23:25. That which was now the seventh month had been reckoned the first month, and the year of jubilee was still to begin with this month (Lev 25:8), so that this was their new year's day.
— Matthew Henry's Concise Commentary on verses 23-32