Arcana Coelestia # 7891
7891. 'And on the first day there shall be a holy convocation' means that at the beginning all must be together. This is clear from the meaning of 'the first day' as the beginning, that is to say, of the deliverance from those who have molested, and so from damnation; and from the meaning of 'a holy convocation' as the regulation that all must be together. The people were called to convocations in order that the whole of Israel might be assembled together and so represent heaven; for all were divided into tribes, tribes into families, and families into households. Regarding the representation of heaven and the communities there by the tribes, families, and households of the children of Israel, see 7836. Here was the reason why those convocations were called 'holy' and were held at each feast, Leviticus 23:27, 36; Numbers 28:26; 29:1, 7, 12. And the feasts themselves were consequently called 'holy convocations', for all male persons were commanded to be present at them. The fact that the feasts were referred to as 'holy convocations' is clear in Moses,
These are the appointed feasts of Jehovah, which you shall call holy convocations, to present a fire-offering to Jehovah. Leviticus 23:37.
The fact that all male persons were to be present on those occasions is clear in the same author,
Three times in the year all your male persons shall appear before Jehovah your God in the place which He will have chosen - at the feast of unleavened bread, at the feast of weeks, and at the feast of tabernacles. Deuteronomy 16:16.
Numbers 29
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"'In the seventh month, on the first day of the month, you shall have a holy convocation; you shall do no servile work: it is a day of blowing of trumpets to you.
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You shall offer a burnt offering for a pleasant aroma to Yahweh: one young bull, one ram, seven male lambs a year old without blemish;
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and their meal offering, fine flour mixed with oil, three tenth parts for the bull, two tenth parts for the ram,
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and one tenth part for every lamb of the seven lambs;
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and one male goat for a sin offering, to make atonement for you;
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besides the burnt offering of the new moon, and the meal offering of it, and the continual burnt offering and the meal offering of it, and their drink offerings, according to their ordinance, for a pleasant aroma, an offering made by fire to Yahweh.
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"'On the tenth day of this seventh month you shall have a holy convocation; and you shall afflict your souls: you shall do no kind of work;
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but you shall offer a burnt offering to Yahweh for a pleasant aroma: one young bull, one ram, seven male lambs a year old; they shall be to you without blemish;
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and their meal offering, fine flour mixed with oil, three tenth parts for the bull, two tenth parts for the one ram,
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a tenth part for every lamb of the seven lambs:
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one male goat for a sin offering; besides the sin offering of atonement, and the continual burnt offering, and the meal offering of it, and their drink offerings.
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"'On the fifteenth day of the seventh month you shall have a holy convocation; you shall do no servile work, and you shall keep a feast to Yahweh seven days:
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and you shall offer a burnt offering, an offering made by fire, of a pleasant aroma to Yahweh; thirteen young bulls, two rams, fourteen male lambs a year old; they shall be without blemish;
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and their meal offering, fine flour mixed with oil, three tenth parts for every bull of the thirteen bulls, two tenth parts for each ram of the two rams,
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and a tenth part for every lamb of the fourteen lambs;
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and one male goat for a sin offering, besides the continual burnt offering, the meal offering of it, and the drink offering of it.
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"'On the second day [you shall offer] twelve young bulls, two rams, fourteen male lambs a year old without blemish;
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and their meal offering and their drink offerings for the bulls, for the rams, and for the lambs, according to their number, after the ordinance;
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and one male goat for a sin offering; besides the continual burnt offering, and the meal offering of it, and their drink offerings.
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"'On the third day eleven bulls, two rams, fourteen male lambs a year old without blemish;
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and their meal offering and their drink offerings for the bulls, for the rams, and for the lambs, according to their number, after the ordinance;
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and one male goat for a sin offering; besides the continual burnt offering, and the meal offering of it, and the drink offering of it.
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"'On the fourth day ten bulls, two rams, fourteen male lambs a year old without blemish;
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their meal offering and their drink offerings for the bulls, for the rams, and for the lambs, according to their number, after the ordinance;
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and one male goat for a sin offering; besides the continual burnt offering, the meal offering of it, and the drink offering of it.
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"'On the fifth day nine bulls, two rams, fourteen male lambs a year old without blemish;
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and their meal offering and their drink offerings for the bulls, for the rams, and for the lambs, according to their number, after the ordinance;
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and one male goat for a sin offering, besides the continual burnt offering, and the meal offering of it, and the drink offering of it.
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"'On the sixth day eight bulls, two rams, fourteen male lambs a year old without blemish;
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and their meal offering and their drink offerings for the bulls, for the rams, and for the lambs, according to their number, after the ordinance;
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and one male goat for a sin offering; besides the continual burnt offering, the meal offering of it, and the drink offerings of it.
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"'On the seventh day seven bulls, two rams, fourteen male lambs a year old without blemish;
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and their meal offering and their drink offerings for the bulls, for the rams, and for the lambs, according to their number, after the ordinance;
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and one male goat for a sin offering; besides the continual burnt offering, the meal offering of it, and the drink offering of it.
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"'On the eighth day you shall have a solemn assembly: you shall do no servile work;
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but you shall offer a burnt offering, an offering made by fire, of a pleasant aroma to Yahweh: one bull, one ram, seven male lambs a year old without blemish;
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their meal offering and their drink offerings for the bull, for the ram, and for the lambs, shall be according to their number, after the ordinance:
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and one male goat for a sin offering, besides the continual burnt offering, and the meal offering of it, and the drink offering of it.
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"'You shall offer these to Yahweh in your set feasts, besides your vows, and your freewill offerings, for your burnt offerings, and for your meal offerings, and for your drink offerings, and for your peace offerings.'"
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Moses told the children of Israel according to all that Yahweh commanded Moses.
