“Rosh Hashanah” i.e. the “Feast of Trumpets” isn’t Biblical.

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Trumpets is not a feast, contrary to popular belief, and in addition “Rosh Hashanah” isn’t Biblical, let alone being a feast, yet the Biblical definition of "Trumpets" is a Holy Sabbath convocation day of the seventh month.

In Hebrew, שנה טובה means “Happy New Year,” and is in relation to Rosh Hashanah, written in the Hebrew language as רֹאשׁ הַשָּׁנָה which means the “beginning of the year.”

This has nothing to do with what is called the “Feast of Trumpets,” in the seventh month according to Leviticus 23:24, Rosh Hashanah is the beginning of the Jewish civil calendar year for which I find no Biblical authentication. Come to find out, it was adopted by Jewish rabbis from the pagan practices of the Ancient Babylonians. The seventh month is called “*Tishri” (not in the KJV) named after the Babylonian god for this month, Shamash, the sun god in the Babylonian pantheon and the god of justice in Babylonia.

"Trumpets" (making a joyful noise unto the Lord) is actually a “Sabbath day” of rejoicing, being the first day of the seventh Hebrew month (*Ethanim 1 Kings 8:2). Why the rejoicing on the first day of the seventh month? Because of the completion of the fall harvest that God had made plentiful. In addition, the covering of sins on the tenth day of the same month (atonement), and also the second advent (the mystery of the Gospel once hidden) when the King of kings rules on this earth, celebrated by the “Feast of Tabernacles,” beginning on the fifteenth day of the same month.

The true terminology of “trumpets,” which is a holy day, a “holy convocation,” which begins on the 21[SUP]st[/SUP] of this Gregorian month (September), is called (יוֹם yome) day (תְּרוּעָה) ter-oo-aw', “Yom Teruah” “The day of rejoicing.” Observe the holy day of Yom Teruah (תְּרוּעָה) means the “Day of Shouting" praises of joy.

It’s not the Babylonian “New Year,” neither is it the beginning of the Jewish new year according to their civil calendar. The Jewish civil calendar is of Babylonian tradition.

 

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This holiday has several names and one I find very interesting is "Day that no man knows" due to it falling on a new moon, which is difficult to precisely forecast. Remember this scripture?
"But of that day and hour knoweth no man, no, not the angels of heaven, but my Father only." Matthew 24:36 (KJV)

It is entirely possible that this is a hint that Jesus will return on Yom Teruah. Of course, we don't know *which* Yom Teruah, but it is quite likely it will be *a* Yom Teruah.

 

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*Numbers 10:2-3 and 10
2 Make thee two trumpets of silver; of a whole piece shalt thou make them: that thou mayest use them for the calling of the assembly, and for the journeying of the camps.
3 And when they shall blow with them, all the assembly shall assemble themselves to thee at the door of the tabernacle of the congregation.
10 Also in the day of your gladness, and in your solemn days, and in the beginnings of your months, ye shall blow with the trumpets over your burnt offerings, and over the sacrifices of your peace offerings; that they may be to you for a memorial before your God: I am the Lord your God.

Trumpets of Silver (חֲצֹצְרָה) were made for “solemn days, and in the beginnings of your months.”
It is important that the trumpeters make a clear and distinct sound so that the people of God may hear and understand the message. We, the people of God must pay attention to “how” and “what” we hear.

“For if the trumpet give an uncertain sound, who shall prepare himself to the battle? If any man have ears to hear, let him hear. And he said unto them, Take heed what ye hear: with what measure ye mete, it shall be measured to you: and unto you that hear shall more be given. For he that hath, to him shall be given: and he that hath not, from him shall be taken even that which he hath. Take heed therefore how ye hear: for whosoever hath, to him shall be given; and whosoever hath not, from him shall be taken even that which he seemeth to have.”
(I Corinthians 14:8, Mark 4:23-25, and Luke 8:18)

For Israel, Aaron and his sons were responsible as priests to sound the trumpet message on the special occasions (Exodus 28:1, and *(Numbers 10:3, 4, 10).

For the church, the body of Christ, the two silver trumpets may be likened to the Ministries. Christ and His Ministers sound the Word of the Lord to the spiritual Israel of God.
Ephesians 4:8-16 [SUP]
8 [/SUP]Wherefore he saith, When he ascended up on high, he led captivity captive, and gave gifts unto men.
[SUP]9 [/SUP](Now that he ascended, what is it but that he also descended first into the lower parts of the earth?
[SUP]10 [/SUP]He that descended is the same also that ascended up far above all heavens, that he might fill all things.)
[SUP]11 [/SUP]And he gave some, apostles; and some, prophets; and some, evangelists; and some, pastors and teachers;
[SUP]12 [/SUP]For the perfecting of the saints, for the work of the ministry, for the edifying of the body of Christ:
[SUP]13 [/SUP]Till we all come in the unity of the faith, and of the knowledge of the Son of God, unto a perfect man, unto the measure of the stature of the fulness of Christ:
[SUP]14 [/SUP]That we henceforth be no more children, tossed to and fro, and carried about with every wind of doctrine, by the sleight of men, and cunning craftiness, whereby they lie in wait to deceive;
[SUP]15 [/SUP]But speaking the truth in love, may grow up into him in all things, which is the head, even Christ:
[SUP]16 [/SUP]From whom the whole body fitly joined together and compacted by that which every joint supplieth, according to the effectual working in the measure of every part, maketh increase of the body unto the edifying of itself in love.

Why silver? One can easily relate silver to the price given to Judas Iscariot.

In relation to the seventh month, from the 1[SUP]st[/SUP] through the22nd…
1.Trumpets” (shouting for joy),
2. “Atonement” (the covering of iniquity),
3. The “Feast of Tabernacles” (the rehearsal for the Millennial reign of Christ Jesus).

Then we read in Micah 7:18-20...
18 Who is a God like unto thee, that pardoneth iniquity, and passeth by the transgression of the remnant of his heritage? he retaineth not his anger for ever, because he delighteth in mercy.
19 He will turn again, he will have compassion upon us; he will subdue our iniquities; and thou wilt cast all their sins into the depths of the sea.
20 Thou wilt perform the truth to Jacob, and the mercy to Abraham, which thou hast sworn unto our fathers from the days of old.

 

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What is your conclusion so far my friend?

 

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What is your conclusion so far my friend?

Blowing of trumpets is used in most translations, but is actually a mis-translation.
(Leviticus 23:24, and Numbers 29:1) תְּרוּעָה joy, jubilee, loud noise, rejoicing, shouting), (high, joyful) sounding. The sounding of trumpets were involved during every “New Moon” (Month), but this particular month was actually “shouting for joy” in addition to the monthly trumpet blasts.

“But let all those that put their trust in thee rejoice: let them ever shout for joy, because thou defendest them: let them also that love thy name be joyful in thee.” (Psalm 5:11)

Leviticus 23:24 Speak unto the children of Israel, saying, In the seventh month, in the first day of the month, shall ye have a sabbath, a memorial of blowing of trumpets, (תְּרוּעָה) an holy convocation.

Numbers 29:1 And in the seventh month, on the first day of the month, ye shall have an holy convocation; ye shall do no servile work: it is a day of blowing the trumpets (תְּרוּעָה ) unto you.

Observe (a memorial) the holy day of Yom Teruah (תְּרוּעָה) which means “Day of Shouting”, not the day of trumpets nor “Rosh Hashanah," "Happy New Year.

The first letter in the phrase, “blowing of trumpets,” better defined as the day of shouting, is (תְּ) depicting “cross sticks” in the ancient Hebrew. Cross sticks, according to what I have studied, were used to hold the sacrifice apart while the priest extracted certain parts to burn on the altar. To me, this points directly to the crucifixion of our Saviour.

 

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You are on to something... may GOD reveal.

 

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You are on to something... may GOD reveal.

I believe that as each day goes by during the 9 days from Trumpets to Atonement, the 10 commandments must be held in the forefront of our minds and hearts. On the first day, we should be thinking that no other Gods are before the Almighty God, and the 2nd day, that we don't (even accidentally) create an idol within our own hearts. Day 1, the 1st commandment, day 2 the 2nd commandment, and so on through the 9th commandment.

1. You shall have no other gods before Me.
2. You shall make no idols.
3. You shall not take the name of the Lord your God in vain.
4. Keep the Sabbath day holy.
   
5. Honor your father and your mother.
6. You shall not murder.
7. You shall not commit adultery.
8. You shall not steal.
9. You shall not bear false witness against your neighbor.
   
10. You shall not covet.
    

Then as I was studying "Atonement", on the tenth day, I find that is has to do with "coveting." Lo and behold, the scripture that uses the word "afflict" is actually speaking of giving of oneself. I will give you my thoughts on "Atonement" if you would like, or I can start another thread concerning that day. It's a Sabbath also, just like the first day of "Trumpets." Ten days apart. Go figure.

 

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Tomorrow is the first day of Trumpets. According to scripture, it is a Sabbath day of gladness and thanksgiving, yet I know most of us have to follow the Catholic Gregorian calendar, because we have no choice. Despite this changing of God’s times and seasons, I believe Psalm 95 should be on the forefront of our minds throughout the duration of this 24 hour period that begins at sundown this very evening.

1 O come, let us sing unto the Lord: let us make a joyful noise to the rock of our salvation.
2 Let us come before his presence with thanksgiving, and make a joyful noise unto him with psalms.
3 For the Lord is a great God, and a great King above all gods.
4 In his hand are the deep places of the earth: the strength of the hills is his also.
5 The sea is his, and he made it: and his hands formed the dry land.
6 O come, let us worship and bow down: let us kneel before the Lord our maker.
7 For he is our God; and we are the people of his pasture, and the sheep of his hand. To day if ye will hear his voice,
8 Harden not your heart, as in the provocation, and as in the day of temptation in the wilderness:
9 When your fathers tempted me, proved me, and saw my work.
10 Forty years long was I grieved with this generation, and said, It is a people that do err in their heart, and they have not known my ways:
11 Unto whom I sware in my wrath that they should not enter into my rest.

Then, it is also important to think in reverence to God Almighty, about His 1[SUP]st[/SUP] commandment.

“I am the Lord thy God, which have brought thee out of the land of Egypt, out of the house of bondage. Thou shalt have no other gods before me.”

Romans 6:17-22
17 But God be thanked, that ye were the servants of sin, but ye have obeyed from the heart that form of doctrine which was delivered you.
18 Being then made free from sin, ye became the servants of righteousness.
19 I speak after the manner of men because of the infirmity of your flesh: for as ye have yielded your members servants to uncleanness and to iniquity unto iniquity; even so now yield your members servants to righteousness unto holiness.
20 For when ye were the servants of sin, ye were free from righteousness.
21 What fruit had ye then in those things whereof ye are now ashamed? for the end of those things is death.
22 But now being made free from sin, and become servants to God, ye have your fruit unto holiness, and the end everlasting life.

O come, let us sing unto the Lord: let us make a joyful noise to the rock of our salvation.

 

[MarcR]

Trumpets is not a feast, contrary to popular belief, and in addition “Rosh Hashanah” isn’t Biblical, let alone being a feast, yet the Biblical definition of "Trumpets" is a Holy Sabbath convocation day of the seventh month.

In Hebrew, שנה טובה means “Happy New Year,” and is in relation to Rosh Hashanah, written in the Hebrew language as רֹאשׁ הַשָּׁנָה which means the “beginning of the year.”

This has nothing to do with what is called the “Feast of Trumpets,” in the seventh month according to Leviticus 23:24, Rosh Hashanah is the beginning of the Jewish civil calendar year for which I find no Biblical authentication. Come to find out, it was adopted by Jewish rabbis from the pagan practices of the Ancient Babylonians. The seventh month is called “*Tishri” (not in the KJV) named after the Babylonian god for this month, Shamash, the sun god in the Babylonian pantheon and the god of justice in Babylonia.

"Trumpets" (making a joyful noise unto the Lord) is actually a “Sabbath day” of rejoicing, being the first day of the seventh Hebrew month (*Ethanim 1 Kings 8:2). Why the rejoicing on the first day of the seventh month? Because of the completion of the fall harvest that God had made plentiful. In addition, the covering of sins on the tenth day of the same month (atonement), and also the second advent (the mystery of the Gospel once hidden) when the King of kings rules on this earth, celebrated by the “Feast of Tabernacles,” beginning on the fifteenth day of the same month.

The true terminology of “trumpets,” which is a holy day, a “holy convocation,” which begins on the 21[SUP]st[/SUP] of this Gregorian month (September), is called (יוֹם yome) day (תְּרוּעָה) ter-oo-aw', “Yom Teruah” “The day of rejoicing.” Observe the holy day of Yom Teruah (תְּרוּעָה) means the “Day of Shouting" praises of joy.

It’s not the Babylonian “New Year,” neither is it the beginning of the Jewish new year according to their civil calendar. The Jewish civil calendar is of Babylonian tradition.

You have it almost right. my only disagreement is that yom t'ruah means day of blowing or day of sounding; hence day or time of trumpets.

 

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You have it almost right. my only disagreement is that yom t'ruah means day of blowing or day of sounding; hence day or time of trumpets.

Numbers 10:2 and 10
[SUP]2 [/SUP]Make thee two trumpets of silver; of a whole piece shalt thou make them: that thou mayest use them for the calling of the assembly, and for the journeying of the camps.
[SUP]10 [/SUP]Also in the day of your gladness, and in your solemn days, and in the beginnings of your months, ye shall blow with the trumpets over your burnt offerings, and over the sacrifices of your peace offerings; that they may be to you for a memorial before your God: I am the Lord your God."

Two silver trumpets (not Shofars made of rams horns) sound at the beginning of every month, including the solemn days such as the 1st day of the seventh month which is a Sabbath convocation. Making a joyful noise unto the Lord is special on the 7th month, henceforth, as you say correctly, the first day of the seventh month is a "Day of Shouting."During Yom T'ruah, 4 things are happening simultaneously on this single day.

1. It's a day of gladness,
2. It's a solemn assembly,
3. it's the first day of the month,
4. It's a Sabbath.

"Make a joyful noise unto the Lord, all ye lands.Serve the Lord with gladness: come before his presence with singing.Know ye that the Lord he is God: it is he that hath made us, and not we ourselves; we are his people, and the sheep of his pasture." (Psalm 100:1-3)

Raise your voice to God;
"Shout triumphantly to the Lord, all the earth" (Psalm 100:1). This is a repetition of Psalm 98:4. The original word signifies a glad shout or to give a blast (as on a trumpet) such as loyal subjects give when their king appears among them. Since we don't see royalty very often, in our culture, it would like shouting at a celebrity to get their attention. The phrase "Shout for joy" includes a shout of triumph.

When we come to worship, our agenda is to meet God. God's agenda is to meet with us. We raise our voices to get his attention. This is not being rude or disrespectful. As we walk down the path to worship God, we simply cannot be quiet. We are not raising our voices to draw attention to ourselves. We shout for joy because the Lord is among us.

 

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You have it almost right. my only disagreement is that yom t'ruah means day of blowing or day of sounding; hence day or time of trumpets.

Just to add. The Bible specifically says "three feasts" are to be kept, and Trumpets, i.e. shouting, making a joyful noise unto the Lord, is not a feast.

This is really the entire point I was attempting to make, not that the first day of Tishri was without the blowing of trumpets, but trumpets were blown at the beginning of every month, making trumpets as redundant, and really not out of the ordinary for every month, not just the 7th month. We don't blow trumpets these days, but our hearts can truly be joyful as we know we are in the presence of the Lord God Almighty, Christ Jesus, and he is the only One that gives us the increase, not only physical, but spiritually. This is what the shouting is all about.

 

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Just to add. The Bible specifically says "three feasts" are to be kept, and Trumpets, i.e. shouting, making a joyful noise unto the Lord, is not a feast.

This is really the entire point I was attempting to make, not that the first day of Tishri was without the blowing of trumpets, but trumpets were blown at the beginning of every month, making trumpets as redundant, and really not out of the ordinary for every month, not just the 7th month. We don't blow trumpets these days, but our hearts can truly be joyful as we know we are in the presence of the Lord God Almighty, Christ Jesus, and he is the only One that gives us the increase, not only physical, but spiritually. This is what the shouting is all about.

You are certainly correct. The word moh ahd' in Hebrew means appointed time or appointment.

The only appointed time described as a feast chag is Sukkot Tabernacles.

 

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What a lovely thread to read!

 

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*Today is Yom Teruah (תְּרוּעָה יוֹם), the “Day of Shouting.” The signs of Christ’s return are unfolding at a very fast rate these days. Sometime in the future, Christ Jesus may return on this very day, and the trumpet of gathering will blow for the last time.

And he shall send his angels with a great sound (σάλπιγξ reverberation) of a trumpet, (Matthew 24:31)
For the Lord himself shall descend from heaven with a shout, with the voice of the archangel, and with the
trump (σάλπιγξ reverberation) of God: and the dead in Christ shall rise first: (1 Thessalonians 4:16)

The Hebrew word “teruah” “t'ruah” (תְּרוּעָה tᵉrûwʻâh, ter-oo-aw') means to shout or make a loud noise by a large number of people or angels (in relation to the 2 verses above). This is, with or without trumpets, even though trumpets can be of great assistance in order to accentuate the giving of noise. For example, let’s take a look at Joshua 6:5 when Israel conquered Jericho.

“And it shall come to pass, that when they make a long blast with the ram's horn, (rams יוֹבֵל horn קֶרֶן) and when ye hear the sound of the trumpet, all the people shall *shout (רוּעַ) with a great **shout; (תְּרוּעָה) and the wall of the city shall fall down flat, and the people shall ascend up every man straight before him.”

In this verse the word *“shout” “noise” appears once as the verb (רוּעַ ruah), a ‘form’ of Teruah, and once as the noun **“shout”(תְּרוּעָה t'ruah), but neither refers to a shofar (rams יוֹבֵל horn קֶרֶן). In this verse, Teruah (תְּרוּעָה),refers to the shoutingof the Israelites which was followed by the fall of the walls of Jericho.

"Ruah"רוּעַ refers to the noise made by a gathering of the faithful, calling out to the Almighty.

Psalm 81:1 Sing aloud unto God our strength: make a joyful noise (רוּעַ ruah) unto the God of Jacob.
Psalm 66:1 Make a joyful noise (רוּעַ ruah) unto God, all ye lands:
Psalm 100:1. “Make a joyful noise (רוּעַ ruah) unto the LORD, all ye lands.

Romans 15:10-12
10 And again he saith, Rejoice, ye Gentiles, with his people.
11 And again, Praise the Lord, all ye Gentiles; and laud him, all ye people.
12 And again, Esaias saith, There shall be a root of Jesse, and he that shall rise to reign over the Gentiles; in him shall the Gentiles trust.

Deuteronomy 32:43a Rejoice, O ye nations, with his people:
Psalms 117:1 O praise the Lord, all ye nations: praise him, all ye people.
Isaiah 11:10 And in that day there shall be a root of Jesse, which shall stand for an ensign of the people; to it shall the Gentiles seek: and his rest shall be glorious.

Philippians 4:4 Rejoice in the Lord always: and again I say, Rejoice.

Jeremiah 31:7 For thus saith the Lord; Sing with gladness for Jacob, and shout among the chief of the nations: publish ye, praise ye, and say, O Lord, save thy people, the remnant of Israel.

 

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Yom Teruah to Yom Kippur, comprised of ten days, both the first and last days being Sabbaths. Forget the weekly seventh day Sabbath at this point.

Our Almighty God, and Creator, is the only true God, and has ALL power. We never have to worry about Him being moody or ill-tempered, unless of course we push Him to His limits by disobedience after He attempts to get our attention over and over, time after time, and then we conscientiously turn our backs on Him. Unlike His false counterparts, He is always fair and just, and loves us so much that He still wants a relationship with each of us in spite of our sinful selves.
And those other gods, the ones we create in our own lives, we consider them harmless because they have names like “whatever you want to do is fine.” None of them are bad in themselves but when they become so important that they occupy more of our thoughts than the Word of our Creator, they have graduated from being a pleasant pastime to a false lord that steps in “before” the Almighty Lord.

During this time, let’s take the “Ten Commandments” more seriously than ever before. Each day that goes by for 10 days, meditate on these commandments (Ten Words or sayings of God) respectively.

Day 1, first day of the month(7/21/2017) NOT Thursday, but a Sabbath.
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I am the Lord thy God, which have brought thee out of the land of Egypt, out of the house of bondage. Thou shalt have no other gods before me.

Day 2, second day of the month (7/22/2017) NOT Friday
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Thou shalt not make unto thee any graven image, or any likeness of any thing that is in heaven above, or that is in the earth beneath, or that is in the water under the earth. Thou shalt not bow down thyself to them, nor serve them: for I the Lord thy God am a jealous God, visiting the iniquity of the fathers upon the children unto the third and fourth generation of them that hate me;And shewing mercy unto thousands of them that love me, and keep my commandments.

Day 3, third day of the month (7/23/2017) NOT Saturday
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Thou shalt not take the name of the Lord thy God in vain; for the Lord will not hold him guiltless that taketh his name in vain.

Day 4, fourth day of the month (7/24/2017) NOT Sunday
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Remember the sabbath day, to keep it holy. Six days shalt thou labour, and do all thy work: But the seventh day is the sabbath of the Lord thy God: in it thou shalt not do any work, thou, nor thy son, nor thy daughter, thy manservant, nor thy maidservant, nor thy cattle, nor thy stranger that is within thy gates: For in six days the Lord made heaven and earth, the sea, and all that in them is, and rested the seventh day: wherefore the Lord blessed the sabbath day, and hallowed it.

Day 5, fifth day of the month (7/25/2017) NOT Monday
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Honour thy father and thy mother: that thy days may be long upon the land which the Lord thy God giveth thee.

Day 6 sixth day of the month (7/26/2017) NOT Tuesday
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Thou shalt not kill. (murder)

Day 7 seventh day of the month (7/27/2017) NOT Wednesday
Thou shalt not commit adultery. I will add; Specifically not against God by making idols in our own hearts. (Ezekiel 14:3-7)

Day 8 eighth day of the month (7/28/2017) NOT Thursday
Thou shalt not steal.

Day 9 ninth day of the month (7/29/2017) NOT Friday
Thou shalt not bear false witness against thy neighbour. (See Leviticus chapter 19 on how to love your neighbor as yourself)

Day 10 tenth day of the month (7/30/2017) NOT Saturday, but the “Day of Atonement,” a Sabbath.
Thou shalt not covet thy neighbour's house, thou shalt not covet thy neighbour's wife, nor his manservant, nor his maidservant, nor his ox, nor his ass, nor any thing that is thy neighbour's.

Exodus 20:18 “And all the people saw the thunderings, and the lightnings, and the noise (קוֹל “horn” a loud voice) of the trumpet (שׁוֹפָר rams horns [shofar] blown on the tenth day) and the mountain smoking: and when the people saw it, they removed, and stood afar off.”

Have a very blessed Yom Teruah, because the year is only half over. I intend to start another thread for the “Day of Atonement” when the “Shofar" is blown on the tenth day, unlike the silver trumpets blown on the first day of this seventh month.