John Gill's Bible Commentary Ver. 7. And ye shall have on the tenth day of the seventh month an holy convocation , etc.] The month Tisri, as before; so the Targum of Jonathan: and ye shall afflict your souls ; or persons; their bodies by fasting, and their souls by repentance and humiliation; for this was a grand fast, as it is called ( Acts 27:9), ye shall not do any work [therein] ; (see Leviticus 23:28).
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 ובעשׂור6218 לחדשׁ2320 השׁביעי7637 הזה2088 מקרא4744 קדשׁ6944 יהיה1961 לכם ועניתם6031 את853 נפשׁתיכם5315 כל3605 מלאכה4399 לא3808 תעשׂו׃6213
