1883 Haydock Douay Rheims Bible
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| Numbers 29:1 | The first day also of the seventh month shall be venerable and holy unto you: you shall do no servile work therein, because it is the day of the sounding and of trumpets. | The first. This day was doubly solemn, as being the first day of the month, consequently entitled to all the sacrifices enjoined for it; and also a holiday, for which other victims are requisite, besides the perpetual holocausts, (Numbers 29:2-6.; Numbers 28:11.) (Haydock) |
| Numbers 29:2 | And you shall offer a holocaust for a most sweet odour to the Lord, one calf of the herd, one ram, and seven lambs of a year old, without blemish: | |
| Numbers 29:3 | And for their sacrifices, three tenths of flour tempered with oil to every calf, two tenths to a ram, | |
| Numbers 29:4 | One tenth to a lamb, which in all are seven lambs: | |
| Numbers 29:5 | And a buck-goat for sin, which is offered for the expiation of the people, | |
| Numbers 29:6 | Besides the holocaust of the first day of the month, with the sacrifices thereof, and the perpetual holocaust with the accustomed libations. With the same ceremonies you shall offer a burnt-sacrifice for a most sweet odour to the Lord. | |
| Numbers 29:7 | *The tenth day also of this seventh month shall be holy and venerable unto you, and you shall afflict your souls: you shall do no servile work therein. Leviticus 16:29.; Leviticus 23:27. | Tenth. The feast of expiation, on which see (Leviticus 16:29.; and 23:24.) where we have also explained what relates to the feast of tabernacles, ver. 34. |
| Numbers 29:8 | And you shall offer a holocaust to the Lord for a most sweet odour, one calf of the herd, one ram, and seven lambs of a year old, without blemish: | |
| Numbers 29:9 | And for their sacrifices, three tenths of flour tempered with oil to every calf, two tenths to a ram, | |
| Numbers 29:10 | The tenth of a tenth to every lamb, which are in all seven lambs: | |
| Numbers 29:11 | And a buck-goat for sin, besides the things that are wont to be offered for sin, for expiation, and for the perpetual holocaust, with their sacrifice and libations. | |
| Numbers 29:12 | And on the fifteenth day of the seventh month, which shall be unto you holy and venerable, you shall do no servile work, but shall celebrate a solemnity to the Lord seven days. | Seven days, not refraining indeed all that time from servile work, but remaining under tents, and daily performing what is required, ver. 13., etc. |
| Numbers 29:13 | And you shall offer a holocaust for a most sweet odour to the Lord, thirteen calves of the herd, two rams, and fourteen lambs of a year old, without blemish: | |
| Numbers 29:14 | And for their libations, three tenths of flour tempered with oil to every calf, being in all thirteen calves: and two tenths to each ram, being two rams, | |
| Numbers 29:15 | And the tenth of a tenth to every lamb, being in all fourteen lambs: | |
| Numbers 29:16 | And a buck-goat for sin, besides the perpetual holocaust, and the sacrifice, and the libation thereof. | |
| Numbers 29:17 | On the second day you shall offer twelve calves of the herd, two rams, and fourteen lambs of a year old, without blemish: | |
| Numbers 29:18 | And the sacrifices and the libations for every one, for the calves and for the rams, and for the lambs you shall duly celebrate: | |
| Numbers 29:19 | And a buck-goat for a sin-offering, besides the perpetual holocaust, and the sacrifice and the libation thereof. | |
| Numbers 29:20 | The third day you shall offer eleven calves, two rams, and fourteen lambs of a year old, without blemish: | |
| Numbers 29:21 | And the sacrifices and the libations of every one for the calves and for the rams, and for the lambs you shall offer according to the rite: | |
| Numbers 29:22 | And a buck-goat for sin, besides the perpetual holocaust, and the sacrifice, and the libation thereof. | |
| Numbers 29:23 | The fourth day you shall offer ten calves, two rams, and fourteen lambs of a year old, without blemish: | |
| Numbers 29:24 | And the sacrifices and the libations of every one for the calves and for the rams, and for the lambs you shall celebrate in right manner: | |
| Numbers 29:25 | And a buck-goat for sin, besides the perpetual holocaust, and the sacrifice and the libation thereof. | |
| Numbers 29:26 | The fifth day you shall offer nine calves, two rams, and fourteen lambs of a year old, without blemish: | |
| Numbers 29:27 | And the sacrifices and the libations of every one for the calves and for the rams, and for the lambs, you shall celebrate according to the rite: | |
| Numbers 29:28 | And a buck-goat for sin, besides the perpetual holocaust, and the sacrifice and the libation thereof. | |
| Numbers 29:29 | The sixth day you shall offer eight calves, two rams, and fourteen lambs of a year old, without blemish: | |
| Numbers 29:30 | And the sacrifices and the libations of every one for the calves and for the rams, and for the lambs, you shall celebrate according to the rite: | |
| Numbers 29:31 | And a buck-goat for sin, besides the perpetual holocaust, and the sacrifice thereof and the libation. | |
| Numbers 29:32 | The seventh day you shall offer seven calves, and two rams, and fourteen lambs of a year old, without blemish. | |
| Numbers 29:33 | And the sacrifices and the libations of every one for the calves and for the rams, and for the lambs, you shall celebrate according to the rite: | |
| Numbers 29:34 | And a buck-goat for sin, besides the perpetual holocaust, and the sacrifice and the libation thereof. | |
| Numbers 29:35 | On the eighth day, which is most solemn, you shall do no servile work: | Eighth day, which was more solemn than the preceding ones, but less so than the first. The victims are every day diminished. (Calmet) --- This day, in the Hebrew calendar, is called the feast of retention, (atsroth) as they staid near the tabernacle. (Du Hamel) |
| Numbers 29:36 | But you shall offer a holocaust for a most sweet odour to the Lord, one calf, one ram, and seven lambs of a year old, without blemish: | |
| Numbers 29:37 | And the sacrifices and the libations of every one for the calves and for the rams, and for the lambs, you shall celebrate according to the rite: | |
| Numbers 29:38 | And a buck-goat for sin, besides the perpetual holocaust, and the sacrifice and the libation thereof. | |
| Numbers 29:39 | These things shall you offer to the Lord in your solemnities: besides your vows and voluntary oblations for holocaust, for sacrifice, for libation, and for victims of peace-offerings. | Vows. The general regulations did not hinder any private ones from being fulfilled. (Calmet) --- Sacrifice. Mincha, or offering of flour, etc. (Haydock) |