And the LORD spoke to Moses, saying,
Here is, I. The institution of the feast of trumpets, on the first day of the seventh month, Lev 23:24, Lev 23:25. That which was now the seventh month had been reckoned the first month, and the year of jubilee was still to begin with this month (Lev 25:8), so that this was their new year's day.
Commenting on Leviticus 23:23-32
And the Lord spake unto Moses,.... At the same time, in a continued discourse, concerning some other days, which were to be observed in a sacred manner: saying; as follows.
Lev 23:23-25 On the first day of the seventh month there was to be shabbathon, rest, i.e., a day of rest (see Exo 16:23), a memorial of blowing of trumpets, a holy convocation, the suspension of laborious work, and the offering of a firing for Jehovah, which are still more minutely described in the calendar of festal sacrifices in Num 29:2-6.
Commenting on Leviticus 23:23-25