Leviticus 23:24

Leviticus 23:24 in other versions

• King James Version (KJV)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.
• New International Version (NIV)“Say to the Israelites: ‘On the first day of the seventh month you are to have a day of sabbath rest, a sacred assembly commemorated with trumpet blasts.
• English Standard Version (ESV)"Speak to the people of Israel, saying, In the seventh month, on the first day of the month, you shall observe a day of solemn rest, a memorial proclaimed with blast of trumpets, a holy convocation.
• New King James Version (NKJV)“Speak to the children of Israel, saying: ‘In the seventh month, on the first day of the month, you shall have a sabbath-rest, a memorial of blowing of trumpets, a holy convocation.

Context of Leviticus 23:24

22When the people harvest the grain, they must not cut it to the edge of the field. They must not pick up any grain that falls. Some grain must remain in the field. It is for the poor people and for foreign people. I am the Lord your God.’ 23The Lord said to Moses, ‘Tell Israel's people this. On the first day of the seventh month, they must rest. It is a special day. They must worship together with the sound of trumpets. 25They must not work. They must burn an offering to the Lord.’ 26The Lord said to Moses,

Leviticus 23:24 word by word

דַּבֵּ֛ר אֶל־בְּנֵ֥י יִשְׂרָאֵ֖ל לֵאמֹ֑ר בַּחֹ֨דֶשׁ הַשְּׁבִיעִ֜י בְּאֶחָ֣ד לַחֹ֗דֶשׁ יִהְיֶ֤ה לָכֶם֙ שַׁבָּת֔וֹן זִכְר֥וֹן תְּרוּעָ֖ה מִקְרָא־קֹֽדֶשׁ׃Read the interlinear

Words taken from the KJV.

• Speakדָבַרdâbar · to speak: speakH1696
• unto the childrenבֵּןbên · son: descendant/peopleH1121
• of Israelיִשְׂרָאֵלyiώrâ'êl · IsraelH3478
• sayingאָמַר'âmar · to sayH559
• In the seventhשְׁבִיעִיshebîy‛îy shebi‛îy · seventhH7637
• monthחֹ֫דֶשׁchôdesh · monthH2320
• in the firstאֶחָד'echâd · oneH259
• shall ye have a sabbathשַׁבָּתוֹןshabbâthôn · sabbath observanceH7677
• a memorialזִכָּרוֹןzikrôn · memorialH2146
• of blowingתְּרוּעָהterû‛âh · shoutH8643
• of trumpets, an holyקֹ֫דֶשׁqôdesh · holinessH6944
• convocationמִקְרָאmiqrâ' · assemblyH4744

Cross-references for Leviticus 23:24

• Numbers 10:10You must make sounds with the trumpets on your happy days, too. And you must make sounds with the trumpets at your regular festivals and on the first days of your months. And you must make sounds with the trumpets over your burnt offerings, and over your friendship offerings. God will hear and he will remember you. I am the Lord your God.’
• Numbers 29:1On the first day of the seventh month, all the people must come together for a holy meeting. You must not work at your jobs. It is a day for you to make music with your trumpets.
• 1 Chronicles 15:28In that way, all the Israelites brought the Lord's Covenant Box to Jerusalem. They were shouting. They were making loud music with trumpets, cymbals, lyres and harps.
• 2 Chronicles 5:13All these musicians made nice music together. They joined together to praise the Lord and to thank him. The singers sang loudly to the music of the trumpets, the cymbals and the other musical instruments. They loudly sang these words to praise the Lord: ‘He is good! His faithful love continues for ever!’ Then a cloud filled the Lord's temple.
• Ezra 3:6They began to offer those burnt offerings on the first day of the seventh month. That was before they had started to build the temple.
• Psalms 81:1Sing with joy to praise God! He is the one who makes us strong! Shout aloud to the God of Jacob.
• Psalms 98:6Make a happy sound with trumpets and horns! Shout aloud to praise the Lord, your king!
• Isaiah 27:13At that time, they will hear the sound of a loud trumpet. Then people who were dying in exile in Assyria will come. People who went away into Egypt will also come. They will worship the Lord on his holy hill in Jerusalem.
• 1 Corinthians 15:52It will happen in a short moment, when the last trumpet makes a sound. When that trumpet makes its sound, God will raise up the believers who have died. He will give them bodies that can never die. In that way, he will change all of us.
• 1 Thessalonians 4:16On that day, the Lord himself will come down from heaven. He will shout with authority. People will hear the voice of the leader of God's angels. They will hear the sound of God's trumpet. Then those people who have died as Christians will become alive again. They will be the first people to rise up.
• Leviticus 25:9In the 50th year they must make loud music. They must blow trumpets on the tenth day of the seventh month. That is the Day of Atonement. They must blow the trumpet through all the country.

Commentaries on Leviticus 23:24

• Adam Clarke Bible Commentary · v. 24A memorial of blowing of trumpets - This is generally called the feast of trumpets; and as it took place on the first day of the seventh month, Tisri, which answers to September, which month was the commencement of what was called the civil year, the feast probably had no other design than to celebrate the commencement of that year, if indeed such a distinction obtained among the ancient Jews. See the note on Exodus 12:2. Some think creation began at this…Read the comment
• Barnes’ Notes on the Bible · v. 24A sabbath - Here and in Leviticus 23:39 a word which should rather be rendered a sabbatical rest. Blowing of trumpets - Here and in Numbers 29:1, literally “shouting”. There is no mention of trumpets in the Hebrew text of the Law in connection with the day. However, there is no reason to doubt the tradition that the day was distinguished by a general blowing of trumpets throughout the land, and that the kind of trumpet generally used for the purpose was…Read the comment
• Matthew Henry Concise Commentary · v. 23-32Verses 23-32 the blowing of trumpets represented the preaching of the gospel, by which men are called to repent of sin, and to accept the salvation of Christ, which was signified by the day of atonement. Also it invited to rejoice in God, and become strangers and pilgrims on earth, which was denoted by the feast of Tabernacles, observed in the same month. At the beginning of the year, they were called by this sound of trumpet to shake off spiritual…Read the comment
• Tyndale Open Study Notes · v. 24On the first day of the seventh month: the Israelite calendar divided into two half-years. The first half-year began with the first month, called Nisan (Babylonian name) or Abib (the older agricultural name). The second half-year began with the seventh month, known as Tishri on the modern Jewish calendar. This holiday celebration marked the start of the second half-year.Read the comment
• Jamieson–Fausset–Brown Commentary · v. 23-2524. In the seventh month, in the first day of the month, shall ye have a sabbath--That was the first day of the ancient civil year. a memorial of blowing of trumpets--Jewish writers say that the trumpets were sounded thirty successive times, and the reason for the institution was for the double purpose of announcing the commencement of the new year, which was (Le 23:25) to be religiously observed (see Nu 29:3), and of preparing the people for the…Read the comment

Topics related to Leviticus 23:24

• Ethanim
• Month
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In the dictionaries

• Israel
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• Jacob, Israel
• Children of Israel
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• Convocation
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• Festivals, Religious
• Riddance
• Trumpets

Commentaries on Leviticus 23

• Adam Clarke Bible Commentary
• Barnes’ Notes on the Bible
• Matthew Henry Concise Commentary
• Tyndale Open Study Notes
• Jamieson–Fausset–Brown Commentary
• Rashi on Tanakh
• Calvin’s Commentaries
• Keil & Delitzsch Commentary
• John Wesley’s Notes
• Darby Translation Notes
• Geneva Bible Translation Notes
• Kingcomments
• Matthew Henry’s Complete Commentary
• Matthew Henry’s Modern English Commentary
• Scofield Reference Notes, 1917 Edition
• Original Douay–Rheims Annotations
• Seventh-day Adventist Bible Commentary
• EGW Writings