Offerings for the Festival of Trumpets
1 "Celebrate the Festival of Trumpets each year on the first day of the appointed month in early autumn.29:1 Hebrew the first day of the seventh month. This day in the ancient Hebrew lunar calendar occurred in September or October. This festival is celebrated today as Rosh Hashanah, the Jewish new year. You must call an official day for holy assembly, and you may do no ordinary work. 2 On that day you must present a burnt offering as a pleasing aroma to the Lord. It will consist of one young bull, one ram, and seven one-year-old male lambs, all with no defects. 3 These must be accompanied by grain offerings of choice flour moistened with olive oil—six quarts29:3a Hebrew 3/10 of an ephah [6.6 liters]; also in 29:9, 14. with the bull, four quarts29:3b Hebrew 2/10 of an ephah [4.4 liters]; also in 29:9, 14. with the ram, 4 and two quarts29:4 Hebrew 1/10 of an ephah [2.2 liters]; also in 29:10, 15. with each of the seven lambs. 5 In addition, you must sacrifice a male goat as a sin offering to purify yourselves and make yourselves right with the Lord.29:5 Or to make atonement for yourselves.6 These special sacrifices are in addition to your regular monthly and daily burnt offerings, and they must be given with their prescribed grain offerings and liquid offerings. These offerings are given as a special gift to the Lord, a pleasing aroma to him.