Numbers 29: Group Study Handout

How to use: read Numbers 29 aloud together, then take the questions in order. One page is enough for an evening.

Overview

On the first day of the seventh month, the Israelites are to have a holy convocation. They must not do regular work. They are to blow trumpets and offer a burnt offering, which includes a young bull, a ram, and seven male lambs without defect (vv. 1-6).

Key verse

“besides the burnt offering of the new moon, and its meal offering, and the continual burnt offering and its meal offering, and their drink offerings, according to their ordinance, for a pleasant aroma, an offering made by fire to Yahweh.”
Numbers 29:6 (WEB)

Outline

Numbers 29:1–6 Feast of Trumpets Requirements
Numbers 29:7–11 Day of Atonement Offerings
Numbers 29:12–16 Feast of Tabernacles Initiation
Numbers 29:17–34 Daily Offerings During the Feast
Numbers 29:35–40 Final Day and Summary of Offerings

Discussion questions

In v2, what type of offering is mentioned as a 'burnt offering'?
What is the total number of 'young bulls' offered on the second day as per v17?
In vv. 37-38, why is the 'male goat for a sin offering' included after specifying the burnt offering?
In v26, why is the number of 'nine bulls' significant for the offerings on the fifth day?
When have you had to make a sacrifice for a group, as described in the offerings for 'your set feasts' (v39)?

Go deeper

Passages that echo Numbers 29: Numbers 28, Leviticus 23, Leviticus 16.

Before next time: read Numbers 30.