Chapter commentary
Numbers Chapter 29
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Nu 29:1-40.
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Nu 29:1-40.
THE OFFERING AT THE FEAST OF TRUMPETS.
1. in the seventh month--of the ecclesiastical year, but the first month of the civil year, corresponding to our September. It was, in fact, the New Year's Day, which had been celebrated among the Hebrews and other contemporary nations with great festivity and joy and ushered in by a flourish of trumpets. This ordinance was designed to give a religious character to the occasion by associating it with some solemn observances. (Compare
Ex 12:2; Le 23:24).
it is a day of blowing the trumpets unto you--This made it a solemn preparation for the sacred feasts--a greater number of which were held during this month than at any other season of the year. Although the institution of this feast was described before, there is more particularity here as to what the burnt offering should consist of; and, in addition to it, a sin offering is prescribed. The special offerings, appointed for certain days, were not to interfere with the offerings usually requisite on these days, for in
Nu 29:6
it is said that the daily offerings, as well as those for the first day of the month, were to take place in their ordinary course.
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7-11. 七月初十日，你們當有聖會——這是贖罪大日。其設立以及當日當守的儀節，已詳
(Le 16:29, 30)。 但此處似乎提及了額外的祭——即為一般贖罪而獻的、在耶和華面前蒙悅納為馨香的大宗牲祭，以及為贖那日事奉中所攙雜之罪而獻的贖罪祭。本段的規定，似乎是對《利未記》先前記述的補充。
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7-11. ye shall have on the tenth day of this seventh month an holy convocation--This was the great day of atonement. Its institution, together with the observance to which that day was devoted, was described
(Le 16:29, 30).
But additional offerings seem to be noticed, namely, the large animal sacrifice for a general expiation, which was a sweet savor unto the Lord, and the sin offering to atone for the sins that mingled with that day's services. The prescriptions in this passage appear supplementary to the former statement in Leviticus.
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12-34. 十五日——要守住棚節。（見
Le 23:34, 35）。 節期共七天，首尾兩日當守為安息；每日都有特定的祭，其細節之詳盡，與教會幼年時期相稱。有兩點當留意：第一，這節期所獻的祭，無論數量或種類都超過任何其他節期——部分因為它在一歲之末，或許是要補足從前的虧欠；部分因為它緊接在收藏果實之後，理當厚厚地感恩；或許也部分因為神顧念人的軟弱——人對長久持續的這類事奉，自然會厭倦其負擔與勞苦，便使每日遞減其繁重與耗費〔PATRICK〕。第二，值得注意的是，每日所獻的祭按遞減之比例變化。
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12-34. on the fifteenth day--was to be held the feast of booths or tabernacles. (See
Le 23:34, 35).
The feast was to last seven days, the first and last of which were to be kept as Sabbaths, and a particular offering was prescribed for each day, the details of which are given with a minuteness suited to the infant state of the church. Two things are deserving of notice: First, that this feast was distinguished by a greater amount and variety of sacrifices than any other--partly because, occurring at the end of the year, it might be intended to supply any past deficiencies--partly because, being immediately after the ingathering of the fruits, it ought to be a liberal acknowledgment--and partly, perhaps, because God consulted the weakness of mankind, who naturally grow weary both of the charge and labor of such services when they are long-continued, and made them every day less toilsome and expensive [PATRICK]. Secondly, it will be remarked that the sacrifices varied in a progressive ratio of decrease every day.
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18. 照例——即按神所定的儀節次序——素祭
(Nu 29:3-10)， 以及奠祭
(Nu 28:7, 14)。
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18. after the manner--according to the ritual order appointed by divine authority--that for meat offerings
(Nu 29:3-10),
and drink offerings
(Nu 28:7, 14).
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35-40. 第八日你們當有嚴肅會——住棚節在第八日結束，這一日是最大之日
（Joh 7:37）。
除了日常的例行祭之外，那日還指定了特別的祭物，雖然這些比之前任何一日都少；又因那次有大批群眾為嚴肅的宗教目的聚集，自然也有許多自發的奉獻與事奉，使百姓的敬虔心靈有充分的運用空間——無論是對法定祭物的順服，還是藉由甘心或因許願所獻的呈獻。
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35-40. On the eighth day ye shall have a solemn assembly--The feast of tabernacles was brought to a close on the eighth day, which was the great day
(Joh 7:37).
Besides the common routine sacrifices, there were special offerings appointed for that day though these were fewer than on any of the preceding days; and there were also, as was natural on that occasion when vast multitudes were convened for a solemn religious purpose, many spontaneous gifts and services, so that there was full scope for the exercise of a devout spirit in the people, both for their obedience to the statutory offerings, and by the presentation of those which were made by free will or in consequence of vows.
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39. 這些祭要在你們的節期獻給耶和華——從本章與前一章的陳述看來，公費在壇上所獻的年祭，不計大量甘心的許願祭與贖愆祭，計算如下：山羊十五隻；山羊羔二十一隻；公綿羊七十二隻；公牛一百三十二隻；羊羔一,一○一隻；公費所獻牲畜總數一,二四一隻。當然，這並不包括逾越節所宰大量羊羔，按照約瑟夫的記載，後來某一年的數目竟達到驚人的二五五,六○○隻。
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39. These things ye shall do unto the Lord in your set feasts--From the statements made in this and the preceding chapter, it appears that the yearly offerings made to the altar at the public expense, without taking into account a vast number of voluntary vow and trespass offerings, were calculated at the following amount:--goats, fifteen; kids, twenty-one; rams, seventy-two; bullocks, one hundred thirty-two; lambs, 1,101; sum-total of animals sacrificed at public cost, 1,241. This, of course, is exclusive of the prodigious addition of lambs slain at the passover, which in later times, according to JOSEPHUS, amounted in a single year to the immense number of 255,600.
Nu 29:1-40.
吹角節的獻祭
1. 七月初一日——這是聖曆的七月，卻是民曆的正月，相當於我們的九月。事實上這就是新年元旦，希伯來人及當時的鄰邦都以盛大歡樂的慶典來過這節，並以吹號為節日揭幕。這條例的目的，是要藉着把這日子與某些莊嚴的儀節相連，使這節期具備宗教的意味。（參
Ex 12:2; Le 23:24）。
這日是你們當吹角的日子——這使它成為各聖節前莊嚴的預備——本月所守的節期比一年中任何季節都多。這節的設立雖在先前已有記述，此處卻更詳盡地說明燔祭當由何物組成，並且除燔祭之外，又加上了贖罪祭。為特定日子所定的特別獻祭，並不取代這些日子常例當獻的祭；因為
Nu 29:6
明說，每日當獻的祭和每月初一日當獻的祭，仍要照常進行。