Moses receives divine speech formulas ("The LORD spoke to Moses") in 847 verses across the Torah, yet only here in Leviticus 23:1 does God immediately command him to "proclaim" festivals rather than simply "command" laws.
Leviticus 23
Sabbath and Passover
1The LORD spoke to Moses, saying,
2“Speak to the children of Israel, and tell them, ‘The set feasts of the LORD, which you shall proclaim to be holy convocations, even these are my set feasts.
3“‘Six days shall work be done, but on the seventh day is a Sabbath of solemn rest, a holy convocation; you shall do no kind of work. It is a Sabbath to the LORD in all your dwellings.
4“‘These are the set feasts of the LORD, even holy convocations, which you shall proclaim in their appointed season.
5In the first month, on the fourteenth day of the month in the evening, is the LORD’s Passover.
6On the fifteenth day of the same month is the feast of unleavened bread to the LORD. Seven days you shall eat unleavened bread.
7In the first day you shall have a holy convocation. You shall do no regular work.
8But you shall offer an offering made by fire to the LORD seven days. In the seventh day is a holy convocation. You shall do no regular work.’”
Firstfruits and Weeks
9The LORD spoke to Moses, saying,
10“Speak to the children of Israel, and tell them, ‘When you have come into the land which I give to you, and shall reap its harvest, then you shall bring the sheaf of the first fruits of your harvest to the priest.
11He shall wave the sheaf before the LORD, to be accepted for you. On the next day after the Sabbath the priest shall wave it.
12On the day when you wave the sheaf, you shall offer a male lamb without defect a year old for a burnt offering to the LORD.
13The meal offering with it shall be two tenths of an ephah of fine flour mixed with oil, an offering made by fire to the LORD for a pleasant aroma; and the drink offering with it shall be of wine, the fourth part of a hin.
14You must not eat bread, or roasted grain, or fresh grain, until this same day, until you have brought the offering of your God. This is a statute forever throughout your generations in all your dwellings.
15“‘You shall count from the next day after the Sabbath, from the day that you brought the sheaf of the wave offering: seven Sabbaths shall be completed.
16The next day after the seventh Sabbath you shall count fifty days; and you shall offer a new meal offering to the LORD.
17You shall bring out of your habitations two loaves of bread for a wave offering made of two tenths of an ephah of fine flour. They shall be baked with yeast, for first fruits to the LORD.
18You shall present with the bread seven lambs without defect a year old, one young bull, and two rams. They shall be a burnt offering to the LORD, with their meal offering and their drink offerings, even an offering made by fire, of a sweet aroma to the LORD.
19You shall offer one male goat for a sin offering, and two male lambs a year old for a sacrifice of peace offerings.
20The priest shall wave them with the bread of the first fruits for a wave offering before the LORD, with the two lambs. They shall be holy to the LORD for the priest.
21You shall make proclamation on the same day that there shall be a holy convocation to you. You shall do no regular work. This is a statute forever in all your dwellings throughout your generations.
22“‘When you reap the harvest of your land, you must not wholly reap into the corners of your field. You must not gather the gleanings of your harvest. You must leave them for the poor and for the foreigner. I am the LORD your God.’”
Trumpets and Day of Atonement
23The LORD spoke to Moses, saying,
24“Speak to the children of Israel, saying, ‘In the seventh month, on the first day of the month, there shall be a solemn rest for you, a memorial of blowing of trumpets, a holy convocation.
25You shall do no regular work. You shall offer an offering made by fire to the LORD.’”
26The LORD spoke to Moses, saying,
27“However on the tenth day of this seventh month is the day of atonement. It shall be a holy convocation to you. You shall afflict yourselves and you shall offer an offering made by fire to the LORD.
28You shall do no kind of work in that same day, for it is a day of atonement, to make atonement for you before the LORD your God.
29For whoever it is who shall not deny himself in that same day shall be cut off from his people.
30Whoever does any kind of work in that same day, I will destroy that person from among his people.
31You shall do no kind of work: it is a statute forever throughout your generations in all your dwellings.
32It shall be a Sabbath of solemn rest for you, and you shall deny yourselves. In the ninth day of the month at evening, from evening to evening, you shall keep your Sabbath.”
Feast of Booths
33The LORD spoke to Moses, saying,
34“Speak to the children of Israel, and say, ‘On the fifteenth day of this seventh month is the feast of booths for seven days to the LORD.
35On the first day shall be a holy convocation. You shall do no regular work.
36Seven days you shall offer an offering made by fire to the LORD. On the eighth day shall be a holy convocation to you. You shall offer an offering made by fire to the LORD. It is a solemn assembly; you shall do no regular work.
37“‘These are the appointed feasts of the LORD which you shall proclaim to be holy convocations, to offer an offering made by fire to the LORD, a burnt offering, a meal offering, a sacrifice, and drink offerings, each on its own day—
38in addition to the Sabbaths of the LORD, and in addition to your gifts, and in addition to all your vows, and in addition to all your free will offerings, which you give to the LORD.
39“‘So on the fifteenth day of the seventh month, when you have gathered in the fruits of the land, you shall keep the feast of the LORD seven days. On the first day shall be a solemn rest, and on the eighth day shall be a solemn rest.
40You shall take on the first day the fruit of majestic trees, branches of palm trees, and boughs of thick trees, and willows of the brook; and you shall rejoice before the LORD your God seven days.
41You shall keep it as a feast to the LORD seven days in the year. It is a statute forever throughout your generations. You shall keep it in the seventh month.
42You shall dwell in temporary shelters for seven days. All who are native-born in Israel shall dwell in temporary shelters,
43that your generations may know that I made the children of Israel to dwell in temporary shelters when I brought them out of the land of Egypt. I am the LORD your God.’”
44So Moses declared to the children of Israel the appointed feasts of the LORD.
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Theme
Leviticus 23 establishes God's sacred calendar for Israel, detailing seven appointed feasts that mark the rhythm of worship throughout the year. Beginning with the weekly Sabbath, the chapter outlines Passover and Unleavened Bread in spring, Firstfruits and the Feast of Weeks (Pentecost) in early summer, then Trumpets, Day of Atonement, and Feast of Booths in autumn. These festivals combine remembrance of God's past deliverance with celebration of His ongoing provision, creating a comprehensive cycle of worship that sanctifies time itself.
Context
Following the purity laws and priestly regulations of chapters 11-22, this chapter shifts focus to the temporal structure of Israel's worship life before addressing specific violations in chapter 24.
Key Themes
Outline
- 1-8 Sabbath and Passover God establishes the weekly Sabbath and spring festivals of Passover and Unleavened Bread as foundational holy convocations.
- 9-22 Firstfruits and Feast of Weeks Instructions for the wave offering of firstfruits and the fifty-day count leading to Pentecost with its elaborate sacrificial offerings.
- 23-32 Trumpets and Day of Atonement The solemn autumn festivals begin with the Feast of Trumpets and culminate in the Day of Atonement with its call for complete rest and affliction of soul.
- 33-44 Feast of Booths The joyful seven-day harvest festival concludes the sacred calendar, commemorating Israel's wilderness journey while celebrating God's provision.
Sabbath and Passover
23:1–23:8 law instruction solemn
God instructs Moses about the appointed feasts, establishing the Sabbath as a day of rest and the Passover with the feast of unleavened bread. These holy convocations are to be observed with offerings and cessation from regular work.
person_contrast
Moses receives divine speech formulas ("The LORD spoke to Moses") in 847 verses across the Torah, yet only here in Leviticus 23:1 does God immediately command him to "proclaim" festivals rather than simply "command" laws.
Firstfruits and Weeks
23:9–23:22 law instruction solemn
God establishes the feast of firstfruits and the feast of weeks, requiring wave offerings and various sacrifices when Israel enters the promised land. These festivals celebrate the harvest and require specific offerings including lambs, bulls, and bread.
person_contrast
Moses receives detailed agricultural festival instructions that uniquely interweave harvest timing with sacrificial requirements, creating Israel's only calendar system where farming cycles directly determine worship obligations.
Trumpets and Day of Atonement
23:23–23:32 law instruction solemn
God institutes the feast of trumpets and the Day of Atonement in the seventh month. The Day of Atonement requires self-denial, complete rest from work, and offerings to make atonement before the Lord.
person_contrast
Moses receives instructions for both the feast of trumpets and Day of Atonement within a single divine speech, uniquely pairing celebratory horn blasts with Israel's most solemn day of self-denial.
Feast of Booths
23:33–23:44 law instruction joyful
God establishes the feast of booths, requiring Israelites to dwell in temporary shelters for seven days to remember their wilderness journey from Egypt. The festival includes rejoicing, offerings, and gathering branches and fruits.
person_contrast
Moses receives divine instructions for the only biblical festival explicitly designed to recreate physical discomfort—dwelling in temporary booths—as a perpetual reminder of divine provision during Israel's wilderness vulnerability.
Insights
Moses receives detailed agricultural festival instructions that uniquely interweave harvest timing with sacrificial requirements, creating Israel's only calendar system where farming cycles directly determine worship obligations.
Moses receives instructions for both the feast of trumpets and Day of Atonement within a single divine speech, uniquely pairing celebratory horn blasts with Israel's most solemn day of self-denial.
Moses receives divine instructions for the only biblical festival explicitly designed to recreate physical discomfort—dwelling in temporary booths—as a perpetual reminder of divine provision during Israel's wilderness vulnerability.
Cross-References
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Leviticus 23:3 5 references
Lexicals 5
Exodus 35:2 Lexical
‘Six days shall work be done, but on the seventh day there shall be a holy day for you, a Sabbath of solemn rest to the…
Exodus 31:15 Lexical
Six days shall work be done, but on the seventh day is a Sabbath of solemn rest, holy to the LORD. Whoever does any work…
Numbers 29:1 Lexical
“‘In the seventh month, on the first day of the month, you shall have a holy convocation; you shall do no regular work.…
Numbers 29:12 Lexical
“‘On the fifteenth day of the seventh month you shall have a holy convocation. You shall do no regular work. You shall k…
Numbers 29:7 Lexical
“‘On the tenth day of this seventh month you shall have a holy convocation. You shall afflict your souls. You shall do n…
Leviticus 23:5 5 references
Lexicals 5
Numbers 9:5 Lexical
They kept the Passover in the first month, on the fourteenth day of the month at evening, in the wilderness of Sinai. Ac…
Joshua 5:10 Lexical
The children of Israel encamped in Gilgal. They kept the Passover on the fourteenth day of the month at evening in the p…
Ezra 6:19 Lexical
The children of the captivity kept the Passover on the fourteenth day of the first month.
2 Chronicles 35:1 Lexical
Josiah kept a Passover to the LORD in Jerusalem. They killed the Passover on the fourteenth day of the first month.
Numbers 28:16 Lexical
“‘In the first month, on the fourteenth day of the month, is the LORD’s Passover.
Leviticus 23:6 5 references
Lexicals 5
Numbers 28:17 Lexical
On the fifteenth day of this month shall be a feast. Unleavened bread shall be eaten for seven days.
Ezekiel 45:25 Lexical
“‘“In the seventh month, on the fifteenth day of the month, during the feast, he shall do like that for seven days. He s…
Numbers 29:12 Lexical
“‘On the fifteenth day of the seventh month you shall have a holy convocation. You shall do no regular work. You shall k…
Ezekiel 45:21 Lexical
“‘“In the first month, on the fourteenth day of the month, you shall have the Passover, a feast of seven days; unleavene…
Exodus 23:15 Lexical
You shall observe the feast of unleavened bread. Seven days you shall eat unleavened bread, as I commanded you, at the t…
Leviticus 23:7 5 references
Lexicals 5
Numbers 28:18 Lexical
In the first day shall be a holy convocation. You shall do no regular work,
Numbers 28:26 Lexical
“‘Also in the day of the first fruits, when you offer a new meal offering to the LORD in your feast of weeks, you shall…
Numbers 28:25 Lexical
On the seventh day you shall have a holy convocation. You shall do no regular work.
Numbers 29:1 Lexical
“‘In the seventh month, on the first day of the month, you shall have a holy convocation; you shall do no regular work.…
Numbers 29:12 Lexical
“‘On the fifteenth day of the seventh month you shall have a holy convocation. You shall do no regular work. You shall k…
Leviticus 23:8 5 references
Lexicals 5
Numbers 29:12 Lexical
“‘On the fifteenth day of the seventh month you shall have a holy convocation. You shall do no regular work. You shall k…
Numbers 28:25 Lexical
On the seventh day you shall have a holy convocation. You shall do no regular work.
Numbers 29:1 Lexical
“‘In the seventh month, on the first day of the month, you shall have a holy convocation; you shall do no regular work.…
Numbers 28:26 Lexical
“‘Also in the day of the first fruits, when you offer a new meal offering to the LORD in your feast of weeks, you shall…
Exodus 12:16 Lexical
In the first day there shall be to you a holy convocation, and in the seventh day a holy convocation; no kind of work sh…
Leviticus 23:10 1 reference
Leviticus 23:12 5 references
Lexicals 5
Ezekiel 46:4 Lexical
The burnt offering that the prince shall offer to the LORD shall be on the Sabbath day, six lambs without defect and a r…
Numbers 6:14 Lexical
and he shall offer his offering to the LORD: one male lamb a year old without defect for a burnt offering, one ewe lamb…
Numbers 29:36 Lexical
but you shall offer a burnt offering, an offering made by fire, a pleasant aroma to the LORD: one bull, one ram, seven m…
Numbers 28:11 Lexical
“‘In the beginnings of your months, you shall offer a burnt offering to the LORD: two young bulls, one ram, seven male l…
Ezekiel 46:13 Lexical
“‘“You shall prepare a lamb a year old without defect for a burnt offering to the LORD daily. Morning by morning you sha…
Leviticus 23:13 5 references
Lexicals 5
Numbers 28:13 Lexical
and one tenth part of fine flour mixed with oil for a meal offering to every lamb, as a burnt offering of a pleasant aro…
Exodus 29:40 Lexical
and with the one lamb a tenth part of an ephah of fine flour mixed with the fourth part of a hin of beaten oil, and the…
Numbers 15:4 Lexical
then he who offers his offering shall offer to the LORD a meal offering of one tenth of an ephah of fine flour mixed wit…
Numbers 15:6 Lexical
“‘For a ram, you shall prepare for a meal offering two tenths of an ephah of fine flour mixed with the third part of a h…
Numbers 15:9 Lexical
then he shall offer with the bull a meal offering of three tenths of an ephah of fine flour mixed with half a hin of oil…
Leviticus 23:14 5 references
Lexicals 5
Leviticus 3:17 Lexical
“‘It shall be a perpetual statute throughout your generations in all your dwellings, that you shall eat neither fat nor…
Exodus 12:17 Lexical
You shall observe the feast of unleavened bread; for in this same day I have brought your armies out of the land of Egyp…
Numbers 35:29 Lexical
“‘These things shall be for a statute and ordinance to you throughout your generations in all your dwellings.
Numbers 10:8 Lexical
“The sons of Aaron, the priests, shall blow the trumpets. This shall be to you for a statute forever throughout your gen…
Leviticus 10:9 Lexical
“You and your sons are not to drink wine or strong drink whenever you go into the Tent of Meeting, or you will die. This…
Leviticus 23:15 1 reference
Leviticus 23:16 1 reference
Leviticus 23:17 2 references
Leviticus 23:18 5 references
Lexicals 5
Numbers 29:13 Lexical
You shall offer a burnt offering, an offering made by fire, of a pleasant aroma to the LORD: thirteen young bulls, two r…
Numbers 29:36 Lexical
but you shall offer a burnt offering, an offering made by fire, a pleasant aroma to the LORD: one bull, one ram, seven m…
Numbers 29:8 Lexical
but you shall offer a burnt offering to the LORD for a pleasant aroma: one young bull, one ram, seven male lambs a year…
Numbers 29:2 Lexical
You shall offer a burnt offering for a pleasant aroma to the LORD: one young bull, one ram, seven male lambs a year old…
Numbers 28:27 Lexical
but you shall offer a burnt offering for a pleasant aroma to the LORD: two young bulls, one ram, seven male lambs a year…
Leviticus 23:19 5 references
Lexicals 5
Leviticus 9:3 Lexical
You shall speak to the children of Israel, saying, ‘Take a male goat for a sin offering; and a calf and a lamb, both a y…
Numbers 7:87 Lexical
all the cattle for the burnt offering twelve bulls, the rams twelve, the male lambs a year old twelve, and their meal of…
Numbers 7:28 Lexical
one male goat for a sin offering;
Numbers 7:64 Lexical
one male goat for a sin offering;
Numbers 7:16 Lexical
one male goat for a sin offering;
Leviticus 23:20 3 references
Lexicals 3
Leviticus 14:12 Lexical
“The priest shall take one of the male lambs, and offer him for a trespass offering, with the log of oil, and wave them…
Leviticus 14:24 Lexical
The priest shall take the lamb of the trespass offering, and the log of oil, and the priest shall wave them for a wave o…
Numbers 6:20 Lexical
and the priest shall wave them for a wave offering before the LORD. They are holy for the priest, together with the brea…
Leviticus 23:21 5 references
Lexicals 5
Numbers 28:26 Lexical
“‘Also in the day of the first fruits, when you offer a new meal offering to the LORD in your feast of weeks, you shall…
Numbers 28:18 Lexical
In the first day shall be a holy convocation. You shall do no regular work,
Numbers 28:25 Lexical
On the seventh day you shall have a holy convocation. You shall do no regular work.
Numbers 29:1 Lexical
“‘In the seventh month, on the first day of the month, you shall have a holy convocation; you shall do no regular work.…
Numbers 29:12 Lexical
“‘On the fifteenth day of the seventh month you shall have a holy convocation. You shall do no regular work. You shall k…
Leviticus 23:22 5 references
Lexicals 5
Leviticus 19:9 Lexical
“‘When you reap the harvest of your land, you shall not wholly reap the corners of your field, neither shall you gather…
Leviticus 19:10 Lexical
You shall not glean your vineyard, neither shall you gather the fallen grapes of your vineyard. You shall leave them for…
Deuteronomy 24:19 Lexical
When you reap your harvest in your field, and have forgotten a sheaf in the field, you shall not go again to get it. It…
Isaiah 17:5 Lexical
It will be like when the harvester gathers the wheat, and his arm reaps the grain. Yes, it will be like when one gleans…
Ruth 2:23 Lexical
So she stayed close to the maidens of Boaz, to glean to the end of barley harvest and of wheat harvest; and she lived wi…
Leviticus 23:24 5 references
Lexicals 5
Numbers 29:1 Lexical
“‘In the seventh month, on the first day of the month, you shall have a holy convocation; you shall do no regular work.…
Numbers 29:12 Lexical
“‘On the fifteenth day of the seventh month you shall have a holy convocation. You shall do no regular work. You shall k…
Numbers 29:7 Lexical
“‘On the tenth day of this seventh month you shall have a holy convocation. You shall afflict your souls. You shall do n…
Exodus 31:15 Lexical
Six days shall work be done, but on the seventh day is a Sabbath of solemn rest, holy to the LORD. Whoever does any work…
Exodus 35:2 Lexical
‘Six days shall work be done, but on the seventh day there shall be a holy day for you, a Sabbath of solemn rest to the…
Leviticus 23:25 1 reference
Leviticus 23:27 5 references
Lexicals 5
Numbers 29:7 Lexical
“‘On the tenth day of this seventh month you shall have a holy convocation. You shall afflict your souls. You shall do n…
Leviticus 25:9 Lexical
Then you shall sound the loud trumpet on the tenth day of the seventh month. On the Day of Atonement you shall sound the…
Leviticus 16:29 Lexical
“It shall be a statute to you forever: in the seventh month, on the tenth day of the month, you shall afflict your souls…
Exodus 12:16 Lexical
In the first day there shall be to you a holy convocation, and in the seventh day a holy convocation; no kind of work sh…
Numbers 29:1 Lexical
“‘In the seventh month, on the first day of the month, you shall have a holy convocation; you shall do no regular work.…
Leviticus 23:31 5 references
Lexicals 5
Leviticus 3:17 Lexical
“‘It shall be a perpetual statute throughout your generations in all your dwellings, that you shall eat neither fat nor…
Numbers 35:29 Lexical
“‘These things shall be for a statute and ordinance to you throughout your generations in all your dwellings.
Numbers 10:8 Lexical
“The sons of Aaron, the priests, shall blow the trumpets. This shall be to you for a statute forever throughout your gen…
Leviticus 10:9 Lexical
“You and your sons are not to drink wine or strong drink whenever you go into the Tent of Meeting, or you will die. This…
Leviticus 17:7 Lexical
They shall no more sacrifice their sacrifices to the goat idols, after which they play the prostitute. This shall be a s…
Leviticus 23:32 2 references
Leviticus 23:34 5 references
Lexicals 5
Numbers 29:12 Lexical
“‘On the fifteenth day of the seventh month you shall have a holy convocation. You shall do no regular work. You shall k…
Ezekiel 45:25 Lexical
“‘“In the seventh month, on the fifteenth day of the month, during the feast, he shall do like that for seven days. He s…
Numbers 28:17 Lexical
On the fifteenth day of this month shall be a feast. Unleavened bread shall be eaten for seven days.
Nehemiah 8:14 Lexical
They found written in the law how the LORD had commanded by Moses that the children of Israel should dwell in booths in…
1 Kings 12:32 Lexical
Jeroboam ordained a feast in the eighth month, on the fifteenth day of the month, like the feast that is in Judah, and h…
Leviticus 23:35 5 references
Lexicals 5
Numbers 28:18 Lexical
In the first day shall be a holy convocation. You shall do no regular work,
Numbers 28:25 Lexical
On the seventh day you shall have a holy convocation. You shall do no regular work.
Numbers 29:1 Lexical
“‘In the seventh month, on the first day of the month, you shall have a holy convocation; you shall do no regular work.…
Numbers 29:12 Lexical
“‘On the fifteenth day of the seventh month you shall have a holy convocation. You shall do no regular work. You shall k…
Numbers 28:26 Lexical
“‘Also in the day of the first fruits, when you offer a new meal offering to the LORD in your feast of weeks, you shall…
Leviticus 23:36 5 references
Lexicals 5
Numbers 28:26 Lexical
“‘Also in the day of the first fruits, when you offer a new meal offering to the LORD in your feast of weeks, you shall…
Numbers 29:12 Lexical
“‘On the fifteenth day of the seventh month you shall have a holy convocation. You shall do no regular work. You shall k…
Numbers 29:35 Lexical
“‘On the eighth day you shall have a solemn assembly. You shall do no regular work;
Numbers 28:25 Lexical
On the seventh day you shall have a holy convocation. You shall do no regular work.
Numbers 29:1 Lexical
“‘In the seventh month, on the first day of the month, you shall have a holy convocation; you shall do no regular work.…
Leviticus 23:37 5 references
Lexicals 5
Numbers 29:6 Lexical
in addition to the burnt offering of the new moon with its meal offering, and the continual burnt offering with its meal…
Numbers 28:26 Lexical
“‘Also in the day of the first fruits, when you offer a new meal offering to the LORD in your feast of weeks, you shall…
2 Kings 16:15 Lexical
King Ahaz commanded Urijah the priest, saying, “On the great altar burn the morning burnt offering, the evening meal off…
Numbers 15:3 Lexical
and will make an offering by fire to the LORD—a burnt offering, or a sacrifice, to accomplish a vow, or as a free will o…
Ezekiel 45:17 Lexical
It shall be the prince’s part to give the burnt offerings, the meal offerings, and the drink offerings, in the feasts, a…
Leviticus 23:38 1 reference
Leviticus 23:39 5 references
Lexicals 5
Numbers 29:12 Lexical
“‘On the fifteenth day of the seventh month you shall have a holy convocation. You shall do no regular work. You shall k…
Ezekiel 45:25 Lexical
“‘“In the seventh month, on the fifteenth day of the month, during the feast, he shall do like that for seven days. He s…
1 Kings 12:33 Lexical
He went up to the altar which he had made in Bethel on the fifteenth day in the eighth month, even in the month which he…
1 Kings 12:32 Lexical
Jeroboam ordained a feast in the eighth month, on the fifteenth day of the month, like the feast that is in Judah, and h…
Numbers 28:17 Lexical
On the fifteenth day of this month shall be a feast. Unleavened bread shall be eaten for seven days.
Leviticus 23:40 2 references
Leviticus 23:41 5 references
Lexicals 5
Exodus 12:14 Lexical
This day shall be a memorial for you. You shall keep it as a feast to the LORD. You shall keep it as a feast throughout…
Numbers 29:12 Lexical
“‘On the fifteenth day of the seventh month you shall have a holy convocation. You shall do no regular work. You shall k…
Ezekiel 45:25 Lexical
“‘“In the seventh month, on the fifteenth day of the month, during the feast, he shall do like that for seven days. He s…
Leviticus 16:29 Lexical
“It shall be a statute to you forever: in the seventh month, on the tenth day of the month, you shall afflict your souls…
1 Kings 8:2 Lexical
All the men of Israel assembled themselves to King Solomon at the feast in the month Ethanim, which is the seventh month…
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Exodus
c. 1446 BCIsrael's miraculous deliverance from Egyptian slavery under Moses' leadership, including the ten plagues and Red Sea crossing. This foundational event established Israel as God's chosen nation.
The feast commemorates Israel's wilderness dwelling after leaving Egyptian bondage.
Feast of Booths