Numbers 29:35 (BSB)

On the eighth day you are to hold a solemn assembly; you must not do any regular work.

From Numbers 29. Also in the ESV.

Commentary on Numbers 29:35

  • Matthew Henry (Presbyterian), Matthew Henry's Complete Commentary on Numbers 29:12-40: Soon after the day of atonement, that day in which men were to afflict their souls, followed the feast of tabernacles, in which they were to rejoice before the Lord; for those that sow in tears shall soon reap in joy.
  • John Gill (Reformed Baptist), Exposition of the Old and New Testaments on Numbers 29:35: And Moses told the children of Israel,.... All these things; repeated the several laws unto them concerning the above sacrifices, with the additions unto them, and explanations of them: according to all that the Lord commanded Moses; being a faithful servant to the Lord in all his house, and in all things appertaining to it. Next: Numbers Chapter 30
  • Jamieson-Fausset-Brown (Reformed), Commentary Critical and Explanatory on the Whole Bible on Numbers 29:35: On the eighth day ye shall have a solemn assembly--The feast of tabernacles was brought to a close on the eighth day, which was the great day (Joh 7:37). Besides the common routine sacrifices, there were special offerings appointed for that day though these were fewer than on any of the preceding days; and there were also, as was natural on that occasion when vast...
  • Keil & Delitzsch (Lutheran), Biblical Commentary on the Old Testament on Numbers 29:35-38: Num 29:35-38 The eighth day was to be azereth, a closing feast, and only belonged to the feast of Tabernacles so far as the Sabbath rest and a holy meeting of the seventh feast-day were transferred to it; whilst, so far as its sacrifices were concerned, it resembled the seventh new moon’s day and the day of atonement, and was thus shown to be the...