32It shall be unto you a sabbath of rest, and ye shall afflict your souls: in the ninth day of the month at even, from even unto even, shall ye celebrate your sabbath.
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Come unto me, all ye that labour and are heavy laden, and I will give you rest. …
Let us labour therefore to enter into that rest, lest any man fall after the same example of unbelief.
I have seen his ways, and will heal him: I will lead him also, and restore comforts unto him and to his mourners. …
Wherefore have we fasted, say they, and thou seest not? wherefore have we afflicted our soul, and thou takest no knowledge? Behold, in the day of your fast ye find pleasure, and exact all your labours. …
Blessed are they that mourn: for they shall be comforted.
Commentary
Matthew Henry’s Complete Commentary on the Bible (1710)
(vv. 23-32)Here is, I. The institution of the feast of trumpets, on the first day of the seventh month, Lev. 23:24 , 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. It was to be as their other yearly sabbaths, a day of holy rest— You shall do no servile work therein ; an…
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