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 past, and kindled high ideals and enthusiasms. There is a divine precedent, therefore, in the observ... [ Continue Reading ]
WAVE-LOAVES, TRUMPETS AND ATONEMENT Leviticus 23:15 The Hebrew feasts divide themselves into two groups, connected with the Passover and the Day of Atonement, respectively, and occurring in the first and seventh months of the year. First came the Passover, on the fourteenth day of the first month,... [ Continue Reading ]
THE FEAST OF TABERNACLES Leviticus 23:33 The annual Feast of Tabernacles was a beautiful custom, when the whole people removed from their dwellings to spend the days and nights in the booths, constructed out of the verdant boughs gathered from woodland and forest. How the children must have revele... [ Continue Reading ]