Passage Research
Numbers 29 — Sermon Preparation
The offerings for the Feast of Trumpets, the Day of Atonement, and the week-long Feast of Tabernacles are listed day by day, with a notably declining number of bulls through Tabernacles. Below is a research summary for Numbers 29, drawn from openly licensed scholarly databases — original-language morphology, classic sermons from the church fathers through the Puritans, and ancient geography data.
- 39
- verses
- 420 / 72
- Hebrew words / lemmas
- 5
- classic sermon excerpts
- 3
- preachers & commentators
Numbers 29 in the Hebrew
Distinctive vocabulary of this chapter, based on original-language morphology.
| Hebrew | Transliteration | Strong's | Count | Glosses |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| כֶּבֶשׂ | kebes | H3532 | 23 | ram |
| פַּר | par | H6499 | 21 | bullock, breaking |
| מִנְחָה | minchâh | H4503 | 22 | donation, tribute |
| אַיִל | ʼayil | H352 | 21 | strength, strong |
| נֶסֶךְ | neçek | H5262 | 18 | libation, cast idol |
| אֶחָד | ʼechâd | H259 | 24 | united, one |
| עֹלָה | ʻôlâh | H5930 | 16 | step, holocaust |
How preachers through history handled this text
5 public-domain excerpts on Numbers 29, from the church fathers to the Puritans.
“This chapter appoints the offerings that were to be made by fire unto the Lord in the three great solemnities of the seventh month. I. In the feast of trumpets on the first day of that month, ver. 1-6. II. In the day of atonement on the tenth day, ver. 7-11. III. In the feast of tabernacles on the fifteenth day and the seven days following, ver. 12-38. And then the conclusion of these ordinances, ver. 39, 40. Solemnities of the Seventh Month. (b. c. …”
— Matthew Henry, Commentary on the Whole Bible, Vol. 1 (Genesis to Deuteronomy), on Numbers 29:1–40 (Public Domain)
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