Devotional: Numbers 29

Today’s passage: Numbers 29

Helpful thoughts:

• God tells Israel through Moses what to offer in their sacrifices in the Feast of Trumpets and the Feast of Booths (Or Tabernacles).
  • The Feast of Trumpets was in the seventh month of the year (A month set apart as holy)
    • The Day of Atonement and the time in between from the first to the tenth day were for solemn confession.
    • The trumpets symbolized the people of Israel calling out to the Lord and His hearing their pleas.
  • The Feast of Booths reminded Israel of their time dwelling in booths/tents in the wilderness.
    • It was celebrated at the end of the harvest and served as a time of thanksgiving for what was received and as a time of prayer for the rains and agriculture in the next year.

Questions to consider:

1. Why do you think God gave these specific commands for each sacrifice for each occasion?  Why would it make sense for these sacrifices to be given in addition to the regular sacrifices and not in the place of them?
2. What does the specificity of the commands allow for the people to do?  How does it allow them to exercise devotion and to pursue excellence in their service to the Lord?  In what ways would it have been a joy to participate in for those under the Old Covenant?
3. How did the law also point the people to the fact they hadn’t perfectly keep every command?  (Galatians 3:24-27)  What (Or Who) is the answer to our problem of falling short of God’s perfect standard?