THE FEAST OF TABERNACLES
• Also called the feast of ingathering Exodus
23:16, 34:22
• In the 7th month, 15th day Leviticus 23:34
• “after the harvest” Deuteronomy 16:13
• Preceded by the feast of trumpets (7-1)
• Preceded by the day of atonement (7-10)
• All three seventh month events are in
Numbers 29
THE FEAST OF TRUMPETS
Numbers 29:1-6
• Leviticus 23:23-25
• Numbers 10:1-10 purposes of trumpets
• Call assembly v.2-4
• Call to battle v.9
• Celebration and memorial v.10-11
• Work of priests v.8
New Testament applications: Revelation 8,
1 Thessalonians 4:13-18
THE DAY OF ATONEMENT
Numbers 29:7-11
• Leviticus 23:26-32
• Leviticus 16
• High priest enters Most Holy Place once a
year
• Offers sacrifice for his own sin
• Washes and dresses in clean attire
• Offers sacrifices for the people
• Confesses sins and puts on “scapegoat”
THE FEAST OF TABERNACLES
Numbers 29:12-38
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Leviticus 23:33-43
Deuteronomy 16:13-15
Most sacrifices (countdown of bulls)
Live in tents as a memorial Lev. 23:40-43
Celebrate the harvest Deut. 16:14-15
Harvest is a metaphor of judgment Jeremiah
51:33, Revelation 14:14-20
• Our bodies are tents 2 Peter 1:12-15