Speak unto the children of Israel and say unto them, When ye come in to the land which I give unto you, for it was only at that time that this special instruction was to come into force, and shall reap the harvest thereof, then ye shall bring a sheaf of the first-fruits of your harvest unto the priest, a sheaf of barley, which ripens in Palestine in April;
These verses contain a distinct command regarding the religious services immediately connected with the grain harvest, given by anticipation against the time when the people were to possess the promis...
VI. THE HOLY FEASTS AND SET TIMES 1. The Holy Feasts and Set Times CHAPTER 23 _ 1. The Sabbath (Leviticus 23:1)_ 2. The feast of Passover and feast of unleavened bread (Leviticus 23:4) 3. The fir...
LEVITICUS 23:9 (H). THE FESTIVAL OF UNLEAVENED BREAD OR Mazzoth (see pp. 102f.). The wave sheaf is to be cut on the first day of the week, _apparently_ after the Sabbath of the passover week, _i.e._ o...
WHEN YE BE COME. See note on Leviticus 14:34. SHEAF. The Antitype is Christ, the firstfruits. 1 Corinthians 15:23....
_An offering of firstfruits_(H)...
WHEN YE BE COME INTO THE LAND— See Deuteronomy 12:10; Deuteronomy 12:32. This precept could not take place till they came into the land of Canaan, as they neither sowed nor reaped in the wilderness_:—...
b. PASSOVER AND THE FEAST OF UNLEAVENED BREAD 23:4-14 TEXT 23:4-14 4 These are the set feasts of Jehovah, even holy convocations, which ye shall proclaim in their appointed season. 5 In the first...
_SPEAK UNTO THE CHILDREN OF ISRAEL, AND SAY UNTO THEM, WHEN YE BE COME INTO THE LAND WHICH I GIVE UNTO YOU, AND SHALL REAP THE HARVEST THEREOF, THEN YE SHALL BRING A SHEAF OF THE FIRSTFRUITS OF YOUR H...
23:10 sheaf (a-33) Heb. _ omer_ , as Exodus 16:36 . first-fruits (b-36) As ch. 2.12. see Note b....
THE SACRED SEASONS These are the Sabbath (Leviticus 23:3), Passover and Unleavened Bread (Leviticus 23:5), Feast of Weeks, or Pentecost (Leviticus 23:15), Feast of Trumpets ...
LEVITICUS *WORSHIP THE *LORD IN THE BEAUTY OF *HOLINESS LEVITICUS _GORDON CHURCHYARD_ This commentary HAS BEEN through Advanced Checking. Words in boxes are from the Bible, except for the words i...
WHEN YE BE COME INTO THE LAND. — This is the third of the four instances in Leviticus where a law is given prospectively, having no immediate bearing on the condition of the people of Israel. (See Lev...
דַּבֵּ֞ר אֶל ־בְּנֵ֤י יִשְׂרָאֵל֙ וְ אָמַרְתָּ֣...
THE SET FEASTS OF THE LORD Leviticus 23:1 IT is ever an instinct of natural religion to observe certain set times for special public and united worship. As we should therefore anticipate, such obser...
THE FEAST OF PASSOVER AND UNLEAVENED BREAD Leviticus 23:4 "These are the set feasts of the Lord, even holy convocations, which ye shall proclaim in their appointed season. In the first month, on the...
SABBATH, PASSOVER AND FIRST-FRUITS Leviticus 23:1 The year of Israel's national life was marked out by high and blessed convocations, which preserved its unity, kept the people in mind of the great p...
The feasts of Jehovah were national l signs and symbols. These were now dealt with. The foremost place was given to the Sabbath. Its constant recurrence, governed not by the natural order, but by the...
Land of Chanaan, at which time these feasts began to be observed. (Menochius) See Leviticus ii. 14. --- Before the harvest commenced, first-fruits were offered to the Lord. A gomer containing about th...
This is the fourth feast noticed in this chapter, the sheaf-offering of the first fruits. And a sweet type it was of the LORD JESUS, as the first fruits of them that slept. And it is worth the Reader'...
We have seen the various forms of the work of Christ, of His offering of Himself to God, whether in all the perfectness of His life, or in His death as the means of our acceptance. We have seen furthe...
10._When ye be come to the land. _Moses now lays down rules as to the second day of festival, which was dedicated to the offering of the first-fruits. The ceremony is described that they should delive...
We have now come to the feasts (chap. 23). It is the full [1] year of the counsels of God towards His people, and the rest which was the end of those counsels. There were consequently seven-a number e...
SPEAK UNTO THE CHILDREN OF ISRAEL, AND SAY UNTO THEM,.... What is next observed, it being incumbent on them to do what is enjoined: WHEN YE BE COME INTO THE LAND WHICH I GIVE UNTO YOU: the land of Ca...
Speak unto the children of Israel, and say unto them, When ye be come into the land which I give unto you, and shall reap the harvest thereof, then ye shall bring a sheaf of the firstfruits of your ha...
Lev. 23:10. The sheaf was to be offered to God on the first day of the week after the Passover, on the same day that Christ rose. It was the first-fruits of all the seed sown. So Christ was "the first...
_When ye come into the land_, &c. In the wilderness they sowed no corn, and therefore could not be obliged by this precept till they came into Canaan. _And shall reap the harvest_ Begin to reap, as th...
1 The feasts of the Lord. 3 The Sabbath. 4 The Passeouer. 9 The Sheafe of first fruits. 15 The Feast of Pentecost. 22 Gleanings to be left for the poore. 23 The Feast of Trumpets. 26 The day of...
THE SET TIMES OF THE LORD (VV. 1-43) The times of special observance in Israel are called “feasts” in most translations, yet all were not feasts for Israel, as per the day of atonement (vv. 26-32), wh...
SHEAF: Or, handful: _Heb._ an Omer...
4-14 The feast of the Passover was to continue seven days; not idle days, spent in sport, as many that are called Christians spend their holy-days. Offerings were made to the Lord at his altar; and t...
WHEN YE BE COME INTO THE LAND; therefore this obliged them not in the desert, where they reaped no harvest, &c. SHALL REAP, i.e. begin to reap, as it is expounded DEUTERONOMY 16:9. _So, he begat_, i.e...
One of the most profound and comprehensive Chapter s in the inspired volume now lies open before us, and claims our prayerful study. It contains the record of the seven great feasts or periodical sole...
Leviticus 23:10 Speak H1696 (H8761) children H1121 Israel H3478 say H559 (H8804) come H935 (H8799) land...
THE FIRSTFRUIT OF THE BARLEY HARVEST ON THE SECOND DAY OF UNLEAVENED BREAD (LEVITICUS 23:9). Leviticus 23:9 ‘And Yahweh spoke to Moses, saying,' This continually repeated may suggest that these det...
FIRST FRUITS The feast of Firstfruits, (Leviticus 23:10). This feast is typical of resurrection-first of Christ, then of "them that are Christ's at His coming"; (1 Corinthians 15:23); ...
CONTENTS: The feasts of Jehovah. CHARACTERS: God, Moses. CONCLUSION: The Sabbaths of the Lord in our dwellings will be their beauty, strength and safety (by rising on the first day of the week and m...
Leviticus 23:3. _Convocation._ מקרא, _mickra_ is rendered _ecclesia,_ or church, seventy times, and _synagogue_ thirty seven times. In the next phrase it is changed for the word _dwellings,_ for the L...
_Wave the sheaf._ THE FIRST-FRUITS The design of these festivals was two-fold: they were eucharistic or commemorative, and they were also typical or prophetic. This ordinance is not a distinct festiv...
_When ye be come into the land._ THE CONDITIONS OF THE SPIRITUAL LAND-TENURE I. Man’s true relation to the land of promise. 1. In his original estate man realised his dependence upon God, and his re...
_These are My feasts._ THE HOLY FESTIVALS I. Commentators generally on this part of Hebrew law have remarked upon the social, political, and commercial benefits resulting to the Jewish people from th...
LEVITICUS—NOTE ON LEVITICUS 23:1 Holy Times. These chapters address holiness in relation to time. ⇐...
LEVITICUS—NOTE ON LEVITICUS 23:9 For laws relating to the FIRSTFRUITS, see Exodus 23:15 and...
Israel’s Holy Festivals SUGGESTIVE READINGS Leviticus 23:2.—Concerning the feasts of the Lord. Religion has its joy seasons, its festive aspects. Israel’s sacred feasts symbolised the festivals of t...
EXPOSITION LEVITICUS 23:8 The Feast of Unleavened Bread was instituted at the same time with the Feast of the Passover (Exodus 12:15-2), and from the beginning the two festivals were practically but...
Chapter twenty-three, God outlines the various holidays, the feast days for the children of Israel. First of all in the first three verses, God deals with the Sabbath day once more. The seventh day is...
1 Corinthians 15:20; Deuteronomy 16:9; Exodus 22:29; Exodus 23:16;...
An omer — They did not offer this corn in the ear, or by a sheaf or handful, but, as Josephus, 3. 10 affirms, and may be gathered from Leviticus 2:14, purged from the chaff, and dryed, and beaten out....