The specified times for public worship according to the Law were; (1) The daily morning and evening sacrifices, sometimes called “the continual burnt-offering.” (2) The weekly Sabbath. (3) the day of the new moon. (4) the “set feasts” Numbers 29:39 or appointed times of annual observance, of whi... [ Continue Reading ]
THE FEASTS - literally, the appointed times. So in Leviticus 23:4, Leviticus 23:37, etc. This section Leviticus 23:1 sets forth for practical guidance the relation in which the appointed times of the Lord, weekly as well as annual, stood to the ordinary occupations of the people. HOLY CONVOCATIONS -... [ Continue Reading ]
The seventh day had been consecrated as the Sabbath of Yahweh, figuring His own rest; it was the acknowledged sign of the covenant between God and His people. See the Exodus 20:1 notes. As such it properly held its place at the head of the days of holy convocation.... [ Continue Reading ]
The recurrence of the sabbatical number in the five annual days of holy convocation should be noticed.... [ Continue Reading ]
In these verses, the Passover, or Paschal Supper, and the Feast of Unleavened Bread, are plainly spoken of as distinct feasts. See Exodus 12:6, Exodus 12:15, Exodus 12:17; Numbers 28:16. Leviticus 23:5 See Exodus 12:6. According to the Hebrew mode of reckoning, the 15th day of the month began on th... [ Continue Reading ]
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 promised land. Leviticus 23:10 SHEAF - The original word, “omer”, means either a sheaf Deuteronomy 24:19;... [ Continue Reading ]
A SABBATH - Here and in Leviticus 23:39 a word which should rather be rendered a sabbatical rest. BLOWING OF TRUMPETS - Here and in Numbers 29:1, literally “shouting”. There is no mention of trumpets in the Hebrew text of the Law in connection with the day. However, there is no reason to doubt the t... [ Continue Reading ]
ALSO - Surely. On the special rites of the day, the tenth of Tisri, that is from the evening of the ninth day of the month to that of the tenth Leviticus 23:32, see Leviticus 16.... [ Continue Reading ]
SEVEN DAYS - Like the Passover, the feast of tabernacles commenced at the full moon, on the fifteenth day of the month, and lasted for seven days. The week of the feast was followed by an eighth day, forming strictly no part of it Leviticus 23:36, Numbers 29:35; Nehemiah 8:18, which was a day of hol... [ Continue Reading ]
AN OFFERING MADE BY FIRE - See Leviticus 23:8. The succession of sacrifices prescribed in Numbers 29:12, which forms such a marked feature in the Feast of Tabernacles, tends to show the distinctness of the “solemn assembly” from the festal week.... [ Continue Reading ]
The meaning appears to be; “these are the yearly appointed times on which ye shall hold holy convocations and offer to Yahweh sacrifices, in addition to the Sabbath offerings Numbers 28:9 and to all your voluntary offerings.” Compare Numbers 29:39.... [ Continue Reading ]
ALSO - Surely. The mode in which the Feast of Tabernacles is here reintroduced, after the mention of it in Leviticus 23:34, may suggest that this passage originally formed a distinct document. THE FRUIT OF THE LAND - i. e. the produce, including the grain, the olives, the vintage and the fruits of... [ Continue Reading ]
THE BOUGHS OF GOODLY TREES - Or, the fruit (see the margin) of the citron trees. It is said that every Israelite at the Feast of tabernacles carried in one hand a bundle of branches and in the other a citron. The branches seem to have comprised the boughs of palm-trees, “thick trees” and willows her... [ Continue Reading ]
BOOTHS - According to Jewish tradition, what were used at the Feast of Tabernacles were strictly “tabernacula,” structures of boards, with a covering of boughs. The “booth” in which the Israelite kept the Feast, and the “tent” which was his ordinary abode in the wilderness, had this in common - the... [ Continue Reading ]
FEASTS - Appointed times. See Leviticus 23:2 note.... [ Continue Reading ]