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Leviticus 23:23 – 25 And the LORD spake unto Moses, saying, Speak unto the children of Israel, saying, In the seventh month, in the first day of the month , shall ye have a sabbath, a memorial of blowing of trumpets , an holy convocation. Ye shall do no servile work therein: but ye shall offer an offering made by fire unto the LORD. 2

Numbers 29:1–6 [1-4] 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. 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: And their meat offering shall be of flour mingled with oil, three tenth deals for a bullock, and two tenth deals for a ram, And one tenth deal for one lamb, throughout the seven lambs: 3

Numbers 29:1 – 6 [5-6] And one kid of the goats for a sin offering, to make an atonement for you: Beside the burnt offering of the month, and his meat offering, and the daily burnt offering, and his meat offering, and their drink offerings, according unto their manner, for a sweet savour, a sacrifice made by fire unto the LORD. 4

Nehemiah 8:1-2 And all the people gathered themselves together as one man into the street that was before the water gate; and they spake unto Ezra the scribe to bring the book of the law of Moses, which the LORD had commanded to Israel. And Ezra the priest brought the law before the congregation both of men and women, and all that could hear with understanding, upon the first day of the seventh month . 5

Nehemiah 8:9 – 12 [8-9] So they read in the book in the law of God distinctly, and gave the sense, and caused them to understand the reading. And Nehemiah, which is the Tirshatha, and Ezra the priest the scribe, and the Levites that taught the people, said unto all the people, This day is holy unto the LORD your God; mourn not, nor weep . For all the people wept, when they heard the words of the law 6

Nehemiah 8:9–12 [10-12] Then he said unto them, Go your way, eat the fat, and drink the sweet, and send portions unto them for whom nothing is prepared: for this day is holy unto our Lord: neither be ye sorry; for the joy of the LORD is your strength . So the Levites stilled all the people, saying, Hold your peace, for the day is holy; neither be ye grieved. And all the people went their way to eat, and to drink, and to send portions, and to make great mirth, because they had understood the words that were declared unto them. 7

Nehemiah 8:13 – 16a And on the second day were gathered together the chief of the fathers of all the people, the priests, and the Levites, unto Ezra the scribe, even to understand the words of the law. And they found written in the law which the LORD had commanded by Moses, that the children of Israel should dwell in booths in the feast of the seventh month: And that they should publish and proclaim in all their cities, and in Jerusalem, saying, Go forth unto the mount, and fetch olive branches, and pine branches, and myrtle branches, and palm branches, and branches of thick trees, to make booths, as it is written. So the people went forth… 8

Nehemiah 8:17b …for since the days of Jeshua the son of Nun unto that day had not the children of Israel done so . And there was very great gladness. 9

Leviticus 23:24 …a memorial of blowing of trumpets Numbers 29:1 …it is a day of blowing the trumpets unto you In both cases ‘trumpets’ is translated from the Hebrew word ‘teruah’ – Strong’s H8643 10

H8643 - terũ‛ãh - ter-oo-aw' From H7321; clamor, that is, acclamation of joy or a battle cry; especially clangor of trumpets, as an alarum: - alarm, blow (-ing) (of, the) (trumpets), joy, jubile, loud noise, rejoicing, shout (-ing), (high, joyful) sound (-ing). H7321 - rũa‛ - roo-ah' A primitive root; to mar (especially by breaking); figuratively to split the ears (with sound), that is, shout (for alarm or joy): - blow an alarm, cry (alarm, aloud, out), destroy, make a joyful noise, smart, shout (for joy), sound an alarm, triumph. 11

Numbers 10:9 – 10 And if ye go to war in your land against the enemy that oppresseth you, then ye shall blow an alarm with the trumpets [H2689] ; and ye shall be remembered before the LORD your God, and ye shall be saved from your enemies. Also in the day of your gladness, and in your solemn days, and in the beginnings of your months , ye shall blow with the trumpets [H2689] over your burnt offerings, and over the sacrifices of your peace offerings; that they may be to you for a memorial before your God: I am the LORD your God. 12

H2689 - chȧtsõtserãh - khats-o-tser-aw' By reduplication from H2690; a trumpet (from its sundered or quavering note): - trumpet (-er). 13

Psalm 27:6 And now shall mine head be lifted up above mine enemies round about me: therefore will I offer in his tabernacle sacrifices of joy [teruah] ; I will sing, yea, I will sing praises unto the LORD. 14

In a parking lot… 15

Maybe I was riding a bicycle… 16

Or maybe I was walking… Honk, Honk! 17

How did ‘Trumpets’ get associated with this day? -Trumpets were indeed supposed to be blown on this day (Numbers 10), as they were at the start of every month. -Hebrew/Jewish tradition had made this day the start of the ‘civil’ year, which also is accompanied (by tradition) with the blowing of trumpets. -Several other Biblical events have been, by tradition, associated with this day, such as Creation, the giving of the law at Sinai and the fall of the walls of Jericho to name a few. 18

Leviticus 23:24 (YLT) Speak unto the sons of Israel, saying, In the seventh month, on the first of the month, ye have a sabbath, a memorial of shouting , a holy convocation; Ok, what do we shout? 19

Matthew 10:27 What I tell you in darkness, that speak ye in light: and what ye hear in the ear, that preach ye upon the housetops . Luke 12:3 Therefore whatsoever ye have spoken in darkness shall be heard in the light; and that which ye have spoken in the ear in closets shall be proclaimed upon the housetops . 20

The blowing of trumpets represented the preaching of the gospel, by which men are called to repent of sin, and to accept the salvation of Christ, which was signified by the day of atonement. Also it invited to rejoice in God, and become strangers and pilgrims on earth, which was denoted by the feast of Tabernacles, observed in the same month. At the beginning of the year month , they were called by this sound of trumpet to shake off spiritual drowsiness, to search and try their ways, and to amend them. Matthew Henry’s Concise Commentary 21

The day of atonement was the ninth day after this; thus they were awakened to prepare for that day, by sincere and serious repentance, that it might indeed be to them a day of atonement. The humbling of our souls for sin, and the making our peace with God, is work that requires the whole man, and the closest application of mind. On that day God spake peace to his people, and to his saints; therefore they must lay aside all their wordly business, that they might the more clearly hear that voice of joy and gladness. Matthew Henry’s Concise Commentary 22

Deuteronomy 4:5 – 7 Behold, I have taught you statutes and judgments, even as the LORD my God commanded me, that ye should do so in the land whither ye go to possess it. Keep therefore and do them; for this is your wisdom and your understanding in the sight of the nations, which shall hear all these statutes, and say, Surely this great nation is a wise and understanding people. For what nation is there so great, who hath God so nigh unto them, as the LORD our God is in all things that we call upon him for? 23

Matthew 5:14 – 16 Ye are the light of the world . A city that is set on an hill cannot be hid . Neither do men light a candle, and put it under a bushel, but on a candlestick; and it giveth light unto all that are in the house. Let your light so shine before men , that they may see your good works, and glorify your Father which is in heaven. 24

John 3:16 – 17 For God so loved the world, that he gave his only begotten Son, that whosoever believeth in him should not perish, but have everlasting life. For God sent not his Son into the world to condemn the world; but that the world through him might be saved. 25

2 Corinthians 5:18…19 And all things are of God , who hath reconciled us to himself by Jesus Christ …to wit, that God was in Christ, reconciling the world unto himself, not imputing their trespasses unto them; 26

Isaiah 52:7 – 10 How beautiful upon the mountains are the feet of him that bringeth good tidings , that publisheth peace ; that bringeth good tidings of good , that publisheth salvation ; that saith unto Zion, Thy God reigneth! Thy watchmen shall lift up the voice ; with the voice together shall they sing: for they shall see eye to eye, when the LORD shall bring again Zion. Break forth into joy, sing together, ye waste places of Jerusalem: for the LORD hath comforted his people, he hath redeemed Jerusalem . The LORD hath made bare his holy arm in the eyes of all the nations; and all the ends of the earth shall see the salvation of our God . 27

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