Yom Teruah (Feast of Trumpets/Shouting)

Scripture Survey
 Mitzvah: Leviticus 23:23-25, Numbers 29:1-6
 First instance: Exodus 19-20, Hebrews ~12:20 comments
 Events associated:
o YHWH at Mt Sinai: Exodus 19-20
o Fall of Jericho: Joshua 6 (7 Trumpets/Circuits)
o Preceding the coming of the Ark of the Covenant: Joshua 6, 2 Samuel 6:15, 1 Chronicles
15:24
o Gideon’s victory: Judges 7
o Joab ending a war: 2 Samuel 2:28
 Presence of YHWH: Exodus 19-20, Psalm 47:5
 Associated to Mo’ediym:
o Trumpets at Jubilees on Yom Kippur: Leviticus 25:9
o Offerings: Numbers 10
o Blown at Sukkot
 Used for declaration, calling to action, bringing victory, signals: Leviticus 25:9, Numbers 10
(Assigned to Son’s of Aaron), 2 Samuel 15:10; 20:1
 In rejoicing & praise: 2 Samuel 6:15, 2 Kings 11:14, 1 Chronicles 13:8, 2 Chronicles 5; 7:6, Psalm
150:3
 Instances of them being made of silver/metal: Leviticus 25:9, 2 Kings 12:13, Psalm 98:6
o Ram’s horns are also trumpets: 1 Chronicles 15:28, 2 Chronicles 15:14, Joshua 6:5, Psalm
98:6
 Associated to swearing an oath: 2 Chronicles 15:14
 If holding to another calendar, there are speculations to the association of a “surprise” Mo’ed
being related to some statements by Yahshua. Matthew 24:36-37; 25:1-13

Conclusions
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Speculation
 Sometimes called “day that no man knows” because it is the only Mo’edim that occurs on the
first day of the month, which cannot be known until the actual sighting of the new moon
according to certain Hebrew Calendars. This is how some connect Matthew 24:36-37 & Mark
13:32 to this appointed time. Within this line of thinking a time that “no man knows” is a
Hebrew idiom meant to reference Yom Teruah.
Primary Source: Article examining the connections of Yom Teruah and the Messiah.
  Because this Mo’edim occurred without warning, people would need to be prepared with full oil
lamps to find their way to the temple in the dark. They only had a short period of time before
the temple doors would be shut and those that were late would not make it to the feast. This
coincides with the parable of the ten virgins Yeshua shares in Matthew 25.
 Rosh haShanah (literally “head of the year”) seems to have been a new Jewish tradition to
celebrate the beginning of the year that replaced Yom Teruah in order to appease other world
cultures.
 Uniquely, in the Torah Yom Teruah is not given a purpose. This has made it easy for rabbis to
insert their own traditions, which we were warned about in Mark 7:6-13.
 The name of this Mo’edim may hint that it is intended as a day of public prayer as the verb form
of Teruah often refers to the noise made by a gathering of the faithful calling out to the
Almighty in unison. For example:
o “Clap hands, all nations, shout to God, with a singing voice!” (Ps 47:2)
o “Shout to God, all the earth!” (Ps 66:1)
o “Sing to God, our strength, shout to the God of Jacob!” (Ps 81:2)
o “Shout to YHWH, all the earth!” (Ps 100:1)
 In Lev 23:24, Yom Teruah is also referred to as Zikrown(H2146), or memorial, Teruah. Zikrown’s
root word Zakar(H2142), sometimes also translated as memorial, has the meaning of
“mentioning” often in reference to speaking the name of YHWH (Isa 12:4; 26:13, Ps 45:17). The
day of Zikrown Teruah, the “Mentioning Shout”, may refer to a day of gathering in public prayer
in which the crowd of the faithful shouts the name of YHWH in unison.
 Numbers: 10:2 connects the use of trumpets to a convocation(H4744). The holy convocation
mentioned in Lev 23:24, as well as for other Mo’edim, seems to be a set apart calling together of
YHWH’s people at the sound of a trumpet.

Practice
 Rest.
 Holy convocation.
 Read related scripture.
 Eat related foods.
 Blow trumpets.
 Spend time playing songs. (Create a yearly performance for Yom Teruah)

Primary Source: Article examining the connections of Yom Teruah and the Messiah.