John Gill's Bible Commentary Ver. 1. And in the seventh month , etc.] The month Tisri, as the Targum of Jonathan, which answers to part of our September and October; a month famous for days to be religiously observed, having more of them in it than any other month in the year: on the first day of the month, ye shall have a holy convocation ; (see Leviticus 23:24), ye shall do no servile work ; therefore, in the place referred to, is called a sabbath: it is a day of blowing the trumpets unto you ; of which, (see Gill on “ Leviticus 23:24”).
Matthew Henry Commentary
Verses 1-11 - There were more sacred solemnities in the seventh month than in an other. It was the space between harvest and seed-time. The more leisur 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, Le 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 latte discoveries of Divine light explain what was dark, and supply what wa wanting, in the former, that the man of God may be perfect.
Original Hebrew ובחדשׁ2320 השׁביעי7637 באחד259 לחדשׁ2320 מקרא4744 קדשׁ6944 יהיה1961 לכם כל3605 מלאכת4399 עבדה5656 לא3808 תעשׂו6213 יום3117 תרועה8643 יהיה׃1961
