Leviticus 23:2

Leviticus 23:2

Feasts of the Lord

1 And the Lord spoke to Moses, saying,

2 “Speak to the children of Israel, and say to them: ‘The feasts of the Lord, which you shall proclaim to be ^aholy convocations, these are My feasts.

The Sabbath

3 ^a‘Six days shall work be done, but the seventh day is a Sabbath of solemn rest, a holy convocation. You shall do no work on it; it is the Sabbath of the Lord in all your dwellings.

The Passover and Unleavened Bread

4 ^a‘These are the feasts of the Lord, holy convocations which you shall proclaim at their appointed times.

5 ^aOn the fourteenth day of the first month at twilight is the Lord’s Passover.

Commentaries:

Jamieson, Fausset, and Brown

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OF SUNDRY FEASTS. (Leviticus 23:1-4)

Speak unto the children of Israel, . . . concerning the feasts of the Lord—literally, "the times of assembling, or solemnities" (Isaiah 33:20); and this is a preferable rendering, applicable to all sacred seasons mentioned in this chapter, even the day of atonement, which was observed as a fast. They were appointed by the direct authority of God and announced by a public proclamation, which is called "the joyful sound" (Psalms 89:15). Those "holy convocations" were evidences of divine wisdom, and eminently subservient to the maintenance and diffusion of religious knowledge and piety.

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