Numbers 29:7
And on the tenth day of this seventh month ye shall have a holy convocation, and ye shall afflict your souls. Ye shall do no manner of work.
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Leviticus 23:26And LORD spoke to Moses, saying,
Psalms 35:13But as for me, when they were sick my clothing was sackcloth. I afflicted my soul with fasting, and my prayer returned into my own bosom.
Isaiah 22:12And in that day the Lord, LORD of hosts, called for weeping, and for mourning, and for baldness, and for girding with sackcloth.
Zechariah 7:3[and] to speak to the priests of the house of LORD of hosts, and to the prophets, saying, Should I weep in the fifth month, separating myself, as I have done these so many years?
Matthew 5:4Blessed are those who mourn, because they will be comforted.
Luke 13:5I tell you, no, but if ye do not repent, ye will all likewise perish.
Matthew Henry on Numbers 29:2-12
Solemnities of the Seventh Month. ( b. c. 1452.) 1 And in the seventh month, on the first day of the month, ye shall have an holy convocation; ye shall do no servile work: it is a day of blowing the trumpets unto you. 2 And ye shall offer a burnt offering for a sweet savour unto the Lord ; one young bullock, one ram, and seven lambs of the first year without blemish: 3 And their meat offering shall be of flour mingled with oil, three tenth deals for a bullock, and two tenth deals for a ram, 4 And one tenth deal… Read the whole commentary →