Exegetical and Hermeneutical Commentary of Numbers 29:35
On the eighth day ye shall have a solemn assembly: ye shall do no servile work [therein]:
35. a solemn assembly ] an assembly. The Heb. word ‘aereth contains nothing which implies that the assembly was of a specially solemn character. Before the exile an ‘aereth was held on the seventh day of the Feast of Unleavened Cakes (Deu 16:8); and see Isa 1:13 (R.V. ‘solemn meeting’), Amo 5:21. After the exile it was used, as here, of an assembly on the additional eighth day of the Feast of Booths (Lev 23:36, Neh 8:18), and on a special fast day (Joe 1:14; Joe 2:15); and the Chronicler relates that such an assembly was held as the climax of rejoicing on the eighth day (contrast 1Ki 8:66) at the dedication of Solomon’s temple (2Ch 7:9).
Fuente: The Cambridge Bible for Schools and Colleges
The offerings prescribed for the closing day of the Feast of tabernacles were the same with those appointed for the Feast of Trumpets and the Day of Atonement. The solemnities of the month thus terminated, as
A whole, with the same sacrifices with which, three weeks before, they had been introduced; and the Day of Atonement, even though succeeded by the rejoicings of the Feast of tabernacles, thus left its impress on the whole month.
Fuente: Albert Barnes’ Notes on the Bible
Verse 35. On the eighth day ye shall have a solemn assembly] This among the Jews was esteemed the chief or high day of the feast, though fewer sacrifices were offered on it than on the others; the people seem to have finished the solemnity with a greater measure of spiritual devotion, and it was on this day of the feast that our blessed Lord called the Jews from the letter to the spirit of the law, proposing himself as the sole fountain whence they could derive the streams of salvation, Joh 7:37. On the subject of this chapter see the notes on Lev. xii., xvi. and xxiii.
Fuente: Adam Clarke’s Commentary and Critical Notes on the Bible
35-40. On the eighth day ye shallhave a solemn assemblyThe feast of tabernacles was brought toa close on the eighth day, which was the great day (Joh7:37). Besides the common routine sacrifices, there were specialofferings appointed for that day though these were fewer than on anyof the preceding days; and there were also, as was natural on thatoccasion when vast multitudes were convened for a solemn religiouspurpose, many spontaneous gifts and services, so that there was fullscope for the exercise of a devout spirit in the people, both fortheir obedience to the statutory offerings, and by the presentationof those which were made by free will or in consequence of vows.
Fuente: Jamieson, Fausset and Brown’s Commentary Critical and Explanatory on the Whole Bible
On the eighth day ye shall have a solemn assembly,…. The day after the seven days of the feast of tabernacles were ended; for this was not properly a part of that feast, but was a sort of appendage to it;
ye shall do no servile work therein;
[See comments on Le 23:36].
Fuente: John Gill’s Exposition of the Entire Bible
The eighth day was to be azereth , a closing feast, and only belonged to the feast of Tabernacles so far as the Sabbath rest and a holy meeting of the seventh feast-day were transferred to it; whilst, so far as its sacrifices were concerned, it resembled the seventh new moon’s day and the day of atonement, and was thus shown to be the octave or close of the second festal circle (see at Lev 23:36).
Fuente: Keil & Delitzsch Commentary on the Old Testament
Verses 35-40:
The Feast of Tabernacles closed with a solemn convocation on the eighth day, the twenty-second day of the seventh month, Tishri. No “servile” (menial) work was to be performed on that holy day. Sacrifices offered on that day were:
(1) Burnt Offering, consisting of one bullock one ram, and seven year-old lambs, Le Nu 1.
(2) Meat Offering, consisting of the prescribed quantities of flour, Le chapter 2.
(3) Drink Offerings, Le 23:13.
These offerings were to be in addition to those regularly offered, regarding sin, peace, vows, freewill offerings, etc., prescribed in Leviticus, Nu chapters 15, 27, et. al.
Offerings commanded in this Nu include (approximate):
(1) Lambs: 1,071.
(2) Bulls: 113.
(3) Rams: 37.
(4) Goats: 30.
(5) Flour: 112 bushels.
(6) Wine: 340 gallons, if the proportions of drink are consistent with the quantities of flour.
These offerings were not totally burned nor otherwise destroyed or wasted. Portions of the animals, as well as the flour and wine, were designated as food for the priests. This illustrates God’s provision for those who serve about His holy things, see 1Co 9:1-13.
Fuente: Garner-Howes Baptist Commentary
(35) On the eighth day ye shall have a solemn assembly.Or, closing feast day. The word azereth, which is here and in the parallel passage in Lev. 23:36 (comp. Neh. 8:18; 2Ch. 7:9) rendered solemn assembly, is used in Deu. 16:8 of the seventh or closing day of the Feast of the Passover. It is used in Jer. 9:2 and Amo. 5:2 in a more general manner. In the former of these passages it is used of an assembly or confederacy of false dealers, and in the latter it appears to include solemn festivals generally, without limitation to the last day of their duration. The primary notion appears to be that of restrainti.e., from the performance of servile work. The sacrifices of the eighth day were the same as those which were appointed for the first day of the seventh month, i.e., the Feast of Trumpets, and also for the tenth day, or Day of Atonement. (See Lev. 23:36, and Note.)
Fuente: Ellicott’s Commentary for English Readers (Old and New Testaments)
35. The eighth day This in later times was called the great day of the feast, (Joh 7:37,) but it belonged to it only as the sabbath rest and holy meeting of the seventh day were transferred to it. In point of sacrifice it was like the first and the tenth day of the seventh month. Lev 23:36, note. In Lev 23:36, a Hebrew word of doubtful meaning is added, which in the margin of the Revision is rendered “a closing festival,” inasmuch as it closed not only that particular feast, but the whole series for the year. The joy attending the celebration of this feast is indicated in Psa 42:4, and Isa 30:29. It was the occasion of prophetic addresses also; Hag 2:1, and Isaiah 29 and Isa 32:9, to the end. The most significant of all allusions to this feast is that in Isa 12:3, which points to the typical meaning of the daily ceremony of pouring on the altar water drawn from the pool of Siloam. This custom is enforced by our Lord in Joh 7:37-39. For the great future feast of tabernacles see Rev 7:9.
Fuente: Whedon’s Commentary on the Old and New Testaments
solemn assembly. Compare Lev 23:36.
Fuente: Companion Bible Notes, Appendices and Graphics
eighth day: Though this day was properly a distinct festival, and esteemed the chief or high day of the feast, yet fewer sacrifices are appointed for it than for any of the foregoing seven. On every one of them two rams and fourteen lambs were offered; but on this day there were but half as many; and whereas seven bullocks were the fewest that were offered on any of those days, on this there was only one. At this feast, there was an extraordinary ceremony of which the rabbins inform us, namely, the drawing water out of the pool of Siloam, and pouring it, mixed with wine, on the sacrifice as it lay on the altar. This they are said to have done with such expressions of joy, that it became a common proverb, “He that never saw the rejoicing of drawing of water, never saw rejoicing in all his life.” The Jews pretend to ground this custom on the following passage of Isaiah – Isa 12:3, “With joy shall ye draw water out of the wells of salvation;” and to this ceremony Jesus is supposed to refer, when “in the last day, the great day of the feast, he stood and cried, saying, If any man thirst, let him come unto me, and drink: he that believeth on me, as the Scripture saith, out of his belly shall flow rivers of living water” – Joh 7:37, Joh 7:38, thereby calling off the people from their carnal mirth and festive and pompous ceremonies, to seek spiritual refreshment for their minds. Lev 23:36, Joh 7:37-39, Rev 7:9-17
Reciprocal: Num 28:25 – ye shall do 1Sa 7:6 – drew water Neh 8:18 – according