Overview
The New Moon (Rosh Chodesh) was observed on the first day of each lunar month in Israel's religious calendar. It was a holy convocation marked by additional burnt offerings, grain offerings, and drink offerings presented to the Lord. The sounding of trumpets accompanied these sacrifices, signaling the community to gather and remember God's covenant.
Key Scriptures
"And on the first day of your months, you shall offer a burnt offering to the Lord" (Numbers 28:11, ESV). "Also in the day of your gladness and in your appointed feasts, and on the first days of your months, you shall blow the trumpets over your burnt offerings and over the sacrifices of your peace offerings" (Numbers 10:10, ESV). "They also kept the charge of the Lord and the service of the house of God, with the courses of the priests and the Levites" including service "on the Sabbaths, on the New Moons, and on the set feasts" (2 Chronicles 31:3, NASB).
Application
Believers today can embrace the principle of regular, intentional worship by establishing consistent times to seek God's face and thank Him for His sustaining grace.