Numbers 29:12-34

And on the fifteenth day of the seventh month ye shall have an holy convocation; ye shall do no servile work, and ye shall keep a feast unto the LORD seven days:

On the fifteenth day - was to be held the feast of booths or tabernacles (see the notes at Leviticus 23:34). The feast was to last seven days, the first and last of which were to be kept as Sabbaths, and a particular offering was prescribed for each day, the details of which are given with a minuteness suited to the infant state of the congregation. Two things are deserving of notice: First, that this feast was distinguished by a greater amount and variety of sacrfices than any other, partly because, occurring at the end of the year, it might be intended to supply any past deficiencies; partly because, being immediately after the in-gathering of the fruits, it ought to be a liberal acknowledgment; and partly, perhaps, because God consulted the weakness of mankind, who naturally grow weary both of the charge and labour of such services when they are long continued, and made them every day less toilsome and expensive (Patrick). Secondly, it will be remarked that the sacrifices varied in a progressive ratio of decrease every day.

Verse 18. After the manner - according to the ritual order appointed by divine authority; that for meat offerings (Numbers 29:3) and drink offerings (see the notes at Numbers 28:7; Numbers 28:14).