7 And ye shall have on the tenth day of this seventh month an holy convocation; and ye shall afflict your souls: ye shall not do any work therein:
7 "On the tenth day of this seventh month you shall have a holy convocation and afflict yourselves. You shall do no work,
7 "On the tenth day of this seventh month, gather in holy worship, humble yourselves, and do no work.
7 'On the tenth day of this seventh month you shall have a holy convocation. You shall afflict your souls; you shall not do any work.
7 "Ten days later, on the tenth day of the same month, you must call another holy assembly. On that day, the Day of Atonement, the people must go without food and must do no ordinary work.
Matthew Henry's Commentary on Numbers 29:7
Commentary on Numbers 29:1-11
(Read Numbers 29:1-11)
There were more sacred solemnities in the seventh month than in any other. It was the space between harvest and seed-time. The more leisure we have from the pressing occupations of this life, the more time we should spend in the immediate service of God. The blowing of the trumpets was appointed, Leviticus 22:24. Here they are directed what sacrifices to offer on that day. Those who would know the mind of God in the Scriptures, must compare one part with another. The latter discoveries of Divine light explain what was dark, and supply what was wanting, in the former, that the man of God may be perfect.