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Some have observed that psalm 81 appears to refer to the observation of the Feast of Trumpets in Egypt.
This has confused them and they ask how this festival could have been observed in Egypt when Israel left in the spring.
This is a valid question and psalm 81 needs some explaining.
PSALM 81
Blow up the trumpet
in the new moon, in the time appointed, on our solemn feast day. For this was a statute for Israel, and a law of the
God of Jacob. This He ordained in Joseph for a testimony, when he went out through the land of Egypt (margin;
when He went out against the land of Egypt) Psalm 81:3-5.
First, notice that David is writing to his
readers, NOT to the people in Egypt, who lived many hundreds of years before he was born. He was telling his READERS
who were, in David's day, NO LONGER living in Egypt to; Blow the Trumpet in the new moon. David
then goes on to declare that his readers should do this BECAUSE it was ordained in Joseph at the time that the tribes of Joseph
left Egypt (margin it was ordained when God went against Egypt).
The explanation is that; We are to
observe this festival because God ordained (commanded) that we do so. He gave this command to our forefathers at the
time that they came out of Egypt.
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