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The Feasts, New Moons, and Sabbaths of the HebrewsLeviticus 23:36-37
Excerpted from: Prosperity's ConsequencesSo sacrifices were added to the Feast of Tabernacles. For the first time God temporarily imposed in Leviticus 23:36-37 special burnt offerings on each of the seven days of the Feast of Tabernacles. When He initially revealed the Festival of Ingathering, or Tabernacles, God did not command any burnt offerings. You find that in Exodus 23:16 and also Exodus 34:22. It was only when the nation sinned again and again that first year after the Exodus, that God imposed the sacrifices of the law to remind them of their sins and to teach them that the coming Messiah would shed His blood for them. But the Israelites focused on the details of the animal sacrifices and completely overlooked their true purpose after a time.
It was not until well into the 40th year after the Exodus that God commanded Moses additional sacrifices for the Feast of Tabernacles for a special purpose. You can read the account of that in Numbers 29:12-34.
Upon entering the Promised Land, the Israelites were to offer as burnt offerings: 13 young bulls on the first day of the Feast, 12 on the next day, 11 on the third day, then 10 and 9 and 8, and finally 7 on the seventh and last day of the Feast. That makes 70 young bulls.
Why 70? There must be a significance to that. To offer a young bull was not an ordinary sacrifice. Leviticus 4:13-21 tells us that when Israel as a nation sinned and sought forgiveness, a young bull was offered. Ordinary Israelites could offer lambs or goats or doves. But the sacrifice of a bullock was required of the nation or its leaders as a whole. And these sacrifices during the Feast of Tabernacles represented nations or their leaders or forerunners.
Genesis 10 gives us an answer to the number 70. The sons of Noah were three. Their sons and grandsons, and later descendants listed in Genesis 10 as forerunners of the tribes (or nations) were 67 of them. That adds up to a total of 70 nations at about the time of the Tower of Babel.
The Jewish Talmud, which I only trust basically for historical information, states, "To what do these 70 bullocks that were offered during the seven days of the festival correspond? They correspond to 70 nations." A footnote to this quotation reads, "Seventy is a traditional number of Gentile nations and the 70 bullocks are offered to make atonement for them," during the Feast of Tabernacles, which is interesting because the Feast of Tabernacles is a time when the Gentiles will have their opportunity en masse, as well as the Israelites to live God's way of life.
Leviticus 23:33-39
Excerpted from: An Abundance of Living WaterSo here we have it this day that we're keeping now. The Last Great Day is the eighth day of the Feast of Tabernacles. It is part of the Feast of Tabernacles, yet distinctive and different because he mentions that we keep the Feast of Tabernacles in verse 34 for seven days. And then, the eighth day is "tacked on" it seems at the end. It is the last great hurrah of God's feasts for the year.
Leviticus 23:36-39
Excerpted from: Knowing God: Formality and Customs (Part 2)Did you see that phrase "unto the LORD" [for] seven days, followed by the Last Great Day? "Unto the LORD" means "in His direction," or "because of Him," or "in recognition of Him," or "in accordance with His will."
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