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On the first day of the seventh month, priests sound long silver trumpets before a solemn resting congregation. Shops and fields are closed, work tools lie unused, and a restrained food offering smokes at the broad altar. No written date, battle formation, alarm, labor, animal body, blood, dramatic fire, or visible deity.
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Leviticus 23:23-25

A memorial of trumpet blasts

The Appointed Times · Leviticus 23

Story guide: On the first day of the seventh month, priests sound long silver trumpets before a solemn resting congregation. Shops and fields are closed, work tools lie unused, and a restrained food offering smokes at the broad altar. No written date, battle formation, alarm, labor, animal body, blood, dramatic fire, or visible deity.

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23And Yahweh spoke to Moses, saying,

24Speak to the sons of Israel, saying: In the seventh month, on the first day of the month, there shall be for you a solemn rest, a memorial of trumpet blasts, a holy convocation.

25You shall do no laborious work, and you shall present a food offering to Yahweh.

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