1 "On the first day of the seventh month you shall have a holy convocation; you shall do no laborious work. It is a day for you to blow the trumpets,
2 and you shall offer a burnt offering, a pleasing odor to YHVH: one young bull, one ram, seven male lambs a year old without blemish;
3 also their cereal offering of fine flour mixed with oil, three tenths of an ephah for the bull, two tenths for the ram,
4 and one tenth for each of the seven lambs;
5 with one male goat for a sin offering, to make atonement for you;
6 besides the burnt offering of the new moon, and its cereal offering, and the continual burnt offering and its cereal offering, and their drink offering, according to the ordinance for them, a pleasing odor, an offering by fire to YHVH.
Called The Feast of the Trumpets, the holy convocation is a bringing together of all aspects of our being; body, mind and soul. Of course this would be possible at the seventh month because seven is the number of completion on the physical plane. And so, at this time of completion, we celebrate by blowing trumpets. The trumpets symbolize rejoicing and thanksgiving.
The command to do no work means that this activity is of the mind and soul, not of the physical. It is a time of entering into the stillness. Again, the animals represent our carnal and negative passions which must be sacrificed if we are to reach this level of spiritual development. And naturally, this sacrifice must be made through fire, which represents love.
7 "On the tenth day of this seventh month you shall have a holy convocation, and afflict yourselves; you shall do no work,
8 but you shall offer a burnt offering to YHVH, a pleasing odor: one young bull, one ram, seven male lambs a year old; they shall be to you without blemish;
9 and their cereal offering of fine flour mixed with oil, three tenths of an ephah for the bull, two tenths for the one ram,
10 a tenth for each of the seven lambs:
11 also one male goat for a sin offering, besides the sin offering of atonement, and the continual burnt offering and its cereal offering, and their drink offerings.
This day of the affliction of souls is what the Jews celebrate as the Day of Atonement. It is a reiteration of the same admonition which was mentioned in Leviticus 16:29. The number ten represents the second level of unity. If you add its digits, one and zero, the number reduces to one. One symbolizes the Creator; the oneness of the ALL in ALL. The numbers from two to nine represent our sojourn here; the divine incarnation into the physical and our journey back to the Divine. The number ten represents the
at-one-ment of the created as it again connects with the Creator. "I and my Father are One."
12 "On the fifteenth day of the seventh month you shall have a holy convocation; you shall do no laborious work, and you shall keep a feast to YHVH seven days;
13 and you shall offer a burnt offering, an offering by fire, a pleasing odor to YHVH, thirteen young bulls, two rams, fourteen male lambs a year old; they shall be without blemish;
14 and their cereal offering of fine flour mixed with oil, three tenths of an ephah for each of the thirteen bulls, two tenths for each of the two rams,
15 and a tenth for each of the fourteen lambs;
16 also one male goat for a sin offering, besides the continual burnt offering, its cereal offering and its drink offering.
This is called The Feast of the tabernacles. The tabernacle represents the temporal body of man. While in the wilderness (still trying to find our way) we worship God in a temporary state of mind, or tabernacle, Later, we will build the Temple of Solomon which is the permanent, spiritual body. This tabernacle represents the place in the consciousness where we begin our inner journey toward God. The number fifteen reduces to six. Six is the number of home, in six days YHVH created the world and all that it contains. It also represents the totality of and completion of the physical plane. This is an appropriate place for us to celebrate. We have completed the physical part of our journey and now begin the spiritual part. And the place to start is at home, within us.
17 "On the second day twelve young bulls, two rams, fourteen male lambs a year old without blemish,
18 with the cereal offering and the drink offerings for the bulls, for the rams, and for the lambs, by number, according to the ordinance;
19 also one male goat for a sin offering, besides the continual burnt offering and its cereal offering, and their drink offerings.
20 "On the third day eleven bulls, two rams, fourteen male lambs a year old without blemish,
21 with the cereal offering and the drink offerings for the bulls, for the rams, and for the lambs, by number, according to the ordinance;
22 also one male goat for a sin offering, besides the continual burnt offering and its cereal offering and its drink offering.