Num 29:12-40 | TNotes | STEP | Summary for Num 29:12-38: 29:12-38 The Festival of Shelters began on the fifteenth day of the seventh month. It was an eight-day harvest celebration (29:12 , 35 ; Exod 34:22 ) that required an enormous number of offerings. This harvest festival was an especially joyous occasion and a time for thanksgiving (see Neh 8:13-18 ). The shelters also reminded the Israelites of dwelling in tents during their wilderness sojourn (see also Lev 23:33-43 ; 1 Kgs 8:1-2 ).

a29:12-38►

b29:12►

c35►

dExod 34:22►

eNeh 8:13-18►

fLev 23:33-43►

g1 Kgs 8:1-2►

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iLev 23:38►

‏ Numbers 29:12-40

Summary for Num 29:12-38: 29:12-38 ^a The Festival of Shelters began on the fifteenth day of the seventh month. It was an eight-day harvest celebration (29:12 ^b, 35 ^c; Exod 34:22 ^d) that required an enormous number of offerings. This harvest festival was an especially joyous occasion and a time for thanksgiving (see Neh 8:13-18 ^e). The shelters also reminded the Israelites of dwelling in tents during their wilderness sojourn (see also Lev 23:33-43 ^f; 1 Kgs 8:1-2 ^g).
29:39 ^h Public offerings were supplemented by a variety of voluntary individual gifts (cp. Lev 23:38 ⁱ).