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Numbers 29:12–38
During the seven days of the Feast of Tabernacles, the number of bulls falls from thirteen to seven while the other offering numbers remain patterned. The arithmetic is explicit and reproducible; later tradition attaches additional symbolism to the seventy total bulls, but Numbers itself does not explain that symbolism.
An eighth-day solemn assembly concludes the festival sequence with its own offerings. Moses closes by reminding Israel that these commanded offerings stand alongside vows and freewill offerings rather than replacing voluntary worship.
The restored altar intentionally reconnects postexilic worship with Torah’s sacrificial calendar. The restored community is deliberately worshiping by the numbered festival schedule of Torah rather than creating a new postexilic sacrificial calendar.
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