On each of the seven days of Sukkot, the High Priest took a
golden pitcher and filled it with water drawn from the Pool of
Siloam. It was brought into the Temple through the Water
Gate (hence the name), and poured into a bowl at the Altar,
alongside the pouring of the wine, during the daily burnt-
offering (Talmud: Sukkah 4:9). This water libation was
performed only during Sukkot.

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The water ceremony was done during the seven days of the festival and on the eighth day it
was in many respects the conclusion of the holiday. Everything has built to this day and this
particular ceremony. The renowned men of Israel, every priest, teacher, scribe and leader
was in the temple to observe this one ceremony. It was a rare moment in the life of Israel
each year. The sequence of the water ceremony involved a single priest being dispatched
from the temple down to the Pool of Siloam. Siloam means, "sent." The priest was "sent" from
heaven (the temple mount) down to Siloam, the lowest part of Jerusalem (the earth). This
point to Y\u2019shua Who was sent from heaven and died for us.

He was sent down with a golden pitcher to draw water from the pool. Thisw at er was called
"Y\u2019shua" which meanss al va tio n. It is the real Hebrew name for \u201cJesus\u201d, if you don\u2019t know.
The priest would then ascend back up to the temple with the sound of af lu t e and joy. The
flute was called \u201cthe pierced one\u201d which points to Y\u2019shua\u2019s \u2018crucifixion\u2019. The prophet Isaiah
wrote these words explaining the meaning of Y\u2019shua\u2019s\u2019 name (YHVH is my salvation) and this
water ceremony.\ue000

This process of descending and ascending was a prophecy fulfilled of the Messiah. The
Messiah descended and ascended just like the priest did, who brought the "living waters"
called "salvation" to the house of Elohim. The writer of Proverbs knew that this ascending and
descending process was about YHVH and His Son.

As the priest with the water entered the court of Israel, the silver trumpets were sounded to
focus everyone\u2019s attention on the event. The priest and a companion (priest) walk up the
ramp of the altar and position themselves at the top of the altar at the southwestern corner.
The first priest carried the gold pitcher with thew a te r; the second priest carries a silver pitcher
withwin e. Two funnel goblets were set at the edge of the altar with the drain spout letting the
fluid flow down the side of the altar. One funnel was for the water; the other funnel was for the
wine. In synchronous manner, the priests poured out their pitchers into the corresponding
funnels. Beginning low and slow, the priest raised up the pitchers keeping aim on the funnels.
This is done so all may see the "outpouring." Those witnessing the ceremony observed the
parallel streams on the side of the altar ofwa t er andw i ne.

When Y\u2019shua died, water and blood came from His side and He fulfilled
this prophetic action of the water pouring ceremony. The water and wine
was poured on the western side of the altar. The blood of the animals
was always sprinkled on the eastern side of the Ark (for Israel) and the
western side was not used, West means \u2018nations\u2019 and east means
\u2018ancient or original things\u2019. This water pouring ceremony foretold
prophetically the salvation for the Gentiles in the nations. It is believed
when Y\u2019shua died, that His blood poured on the western side of the Ark,
which was below the place where He was impaled (crucified). Blood and
water flowed from His side representing His redemption by His blood and
His washing of the water of the Word.

This ceremony also symbolizes YHVH\u2019s response to a prayer that has been prayed during all of Sukkot. The prayer is for YHVH to "save" us and "pour out" His Spirit upon us. The Apostle John records for us what happened with Y\u2019shua at this ceremony.

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the witness of the water pouring ceremony where water and wine was poured. It symbolized Elohim\u2019s redemption (the blood/wine) in parallel with the water (the outpouring of the Spirit/Word).

Looking back to Y\u2019shua\u2019s entrance into Jerusalem, the people laid out
palm branches. They cried out, "Hosanna, Hosanna!" which means
"Elohim save us!" The palm branches and the cry of Hosanna come from
the Feast of Tabernacles. This is how the celebration of booths led to the
Passover - the Feast of Redemption.

is also a separate festival.Shemini Atzeret/Simchat Torah,
also called the eighth day, the rejoicing in the Torah. This
day the Torah cycle ended for the year and the Torah was
rolled back. It takes about 45 minutes to roll it back and the
last part of Deuteronomy was read as well as the first part of
Genesis, giving the cycle a complete circle. The thought of
the day would be according to these two pieces of scripture
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