a feast] For Israel, from their coming out of Egypt, had been accustomed to solemn and sacred feasts. in the eighth moneth] A time of his own invention, none of the LORDS feasts were in that moneth, v. 33. feast that is in Judah] With like solemnity used in their feasts; or in particular, like to the feast of tabernacles, at which Solomon dedicated the temple, Chap. 8. 65. offered upon the altar] Or, went up to the altar, &c. sacrificing] Or, to sacrifice.