24. In the seventh month, in the first day of the month, shall ye have a sabbath —That was the first day of the ancient civil year. a memorial of blowing of trumpets —Jewish writers say that the trumpets were sounded thirty successive times, and the reason for the institution was for the double purpose of announcing the commencement of the new year, which was ( Leviticus 23:25 ) to be religiously observed (see Numbers 29:3 ), and of preparing the people for the approaching solemn feast. return to ' Top of Page ' <a name="verse-27" class="com-number"
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