* In the seventh.
Nu 10:10 29:1-6 1Ch 15:28 2Ch 5:13 Ezr 3:6 Ps 81:1-4 98:6
Isa 27:13 1Co 15:52 1Th 4:16
* a memorial.
{Zichron teroo(8368),} here rendered "a memorial of blowing the
trumpets" properly signifies a memorial of triumph or
shouting for joy. This festival is generally called the
feast of trumpets; and, though the Scriptures have not
expressly declared the reason of its celebration, yet, as it
fell in the seventh month of the sacred year, which was the
first of the civil year, that is, the month {Tisri,}
answering to our September, the opinion very generally
embraced by both Jews and Christians is, that it was a
memorial of the creation of the world, at which "the sons of
God shouted for joy," (Job 38:7;) and which is supposed, not
altogether without reason, to have been at this season of the
year. The month {Tisri} was not only anciently, but still
is, reckoned by the Jews the first month of the year; and the
feast of tabernacles, kept in this month, was said to be, as
it is correctly rendered in the margin, "at the revolution of
the year," (Ex 34:22;) importing, that at this season the
year had revolved, and was beginning anew. So that this
feast was the new year's day, on which the people rejoiced in
a grateful remembrance of God's benefits, and implored his
blessing for the future year.
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