The core of the sacrificial calendar in num 28-29 and its compositional history

To date, scholarly examination of the developed legal section in Numbers 28-29 has taken place in the context of its relationship to the Lev 23 festival calendar and other pentateuchal calendars (Exod 23:14-19; 34:18-26; Deut 16:1-17) and its place in the formation of the Pentateuch. Independent analysis of this unit has the ability to illuminate this unit's formation, probably the product of a long editorial process, enables isolation of the stage at which it was integrated in its current context, and reveals the purpose underlying its integration.