Nu. 29: Trumpets, Atonement, Tabernacles.

Numbers 29:32 "On the seventh day prepare seven bulls, two rams and fourteen male lambs a year old, all without defect."

Further review.

Feast of Trumpets.

In addition to just commemorating the first day of the seventh month with trumpets, as specified in Leviticus 23, We find out that there is a burnt offering, with one young bull (not two), one ram, and seven male lambs a year old. The only difference from the previous burnt offerings is that there is one bull. Why is it different here? The grain, drink and sin offerings are the same as well.

Day of Atonement

Abstinence, rest and a burnt offering as above. The instructions for the priest given in Leviticus 16 are discussed here.

The Feast of Tabernacles

This feast is described in much greater detail here than it was previously in Leviticus 23.
There is a toooooooooon of sacrificing going on here. Again, 15th day of the seventh month. A festival for seven days.

Day one: Burnt offering of 13 bulls (with 3/10ths of an ephah of flour mixed with oil), 2 rams (with 2/10ths of an ephah of flour mixed with oil)and 14 male lambs a year old (with 1/10th of an ephah of flour mixed with oil), without defect, and drink offerings. And a male goat as a sin offering.

Day two: Burnt offering of 12 bulls (with...yadda yadda...

Day three: Burnt offering of 11 bulls (with...yadda yadda...

Day four: Burnt offering of 10 bulls (with...yadda yadda...

Day five: Burnt offering of 9 bulls (with...yadda yadda...

Day six: Burnt offering of 8 bulls (with...yadda yadda...

Day seven: Burnt offering of 7 bulls (with...yadda yadda... Wow. It lines up. Seven on day seven. Seven is a magic number by now.

Day eight: Burnt offering of 1 bull (with...yadda yadda... Also, it was a day to hold the sacred assembly and to do no work. These were all in addition to the vow and freewill offerings, not in place of. So...there were vows and free will stuff that pleased God in addition to the burnt offerings.

I think I get it by now. Lots of offerings. Lots of sacrifices. Lots of dead animals. This countdown from thirteen to seven in seven days is most ponderous. Thirteen is widely regarded as an unlucky number, while seven is the reverse. Is this some sort of perfecting the imperfect? I'll have to do some more thinking on this one.