Passage

Leviticus 23:23-25

What marks the opening of the seventh month?

Berean Standard Bible

23 The LORD also said to Moses, 24 “Speak to the Israelites and say, ‘On the first day of the seventh month you are to have a day of rest, a sacred assembly announced by trumpet blasts. 25 You must not do any regular work, but you are to present a food offering to the LORD.’”

What is the context?

The first day of the seventh month is set apart for rest and a sacred assembly announced by trumpet blasts. Regular work stops, and a food offering is presented to the Lord.

This short instruction opens a month that also contains the Day of Atonement and the Feast of Tabernacles. Its sound and assembly call attention to time belonging to the Lord.

How is this passage commonly understood?

Wesley connects the trumpet announcement with preparing for the month’s solemn and joyful occasions. The USCCB notes emphasize the place of this seventh new moon within the calendar. These explanations concern the month’s worship; neither the paragraph’s date nor the trumpet sound alone names a date for Christ’s return.

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