Leviticus 23:1
_AND THE LORD SPAKE UNTO MOSES, SAYING,_ No JFB commentary on this verse.... [ Continue Reading ]
_AND THE LORD SPAKE UNTO MOSES, SAYING,_ No JFB commentary on this verse.... [ Continue Reading ]
_SPEAK UNTO THE CHILDREN OF ISRAEL, AND SAY UNTO THEM, CONCERNING THE FEASTS OF THE LORD, WHICH YE SHALL PROCLAIM TO BE HOLY CONVOCATIONS, EVEN THESE ARE MY FEASTS._ Speak unto the children of Israel ... Concerning the feasts, х_ MOW`ªDEEY_ (H4150) _ YAHWEH_ (H3068), the sacred assemblies] - the ti... [ Continue Reading ]
_SIX DAYS SHALL WORK BE DONE: BUT THE SEVENTH DAY IS THE SABBATH OF REST, AN HOLY CONVOCATION; YE SHALL DO NO WORK THEREIN: IT IS THE SABBATH OF THE LORD IN ALL YOUR DWELLINGS._ The seventh day is the sabbath - (see the notes at Exodus 20:8.) The Sabbath has the precedence given to it, and it was t... [ Continue Reading ]
_THESE ARE THE FEASTS OF THE LORD, EVEN HOLY CONVOCATIONS, WHICH YE SHALL PROCLAIM IN THEIR SEASONS._ Feasts of the Lord ... in their season. Their observance took place in the parts of the year corresponding to our March, May, and September. Divine wisdom was manifested in fixing them at those per... [ Continue Reading ]
_IN THE FOURTEENTH DAY OF THE FIRST MONTH AT EVEN IS THE LORD'S PASSOVER._ The Lord's passover - (see Exodus 12:2; Exodus 12:14; Exodus 12:18.) The institution of the Passover was intended to be a perpetual memorial of the circumstances attending the redemption of the Israelites, while it had a typ... [ Continue Reading ]
_AND ON THE FIFTEENTH DAY OF THE SAME MONTH IS THE FEAST OF UNLEAVENED BREAD UNTO THE LORD: SEVEN DAYS YE MUST EAT UNLEAVENED BREAD._ No JFB commentary on these verses.... [ Continue Reading ]
_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 HARVEST UNTO THE PRIEST:_ A sheaf of the first-fruits - a sheaf х_ `OMER_ (H6016)], an omer of the f... [ Continue Reading ]
_AND HE SHALL WAVE THE SHEAF BEFORE THE LORD, TO BE ACCEPTED FOR YOU: ON THE MORROW AFTER THE SABBATH THE PRIEST SHALL WAVE IT._ THE MORROW AFTER THE SABBATH - i:e., the day after the Sabbath, not the weekly Sabbath, but the first day of unleavened bread, which was to be kept as a Sabbath; because u... [ Continue Reading ]
_AND YE SHALL OFFER THAT DAY WHEN YE WAVE THE SHEAF AN HE LAMB WITHOUT BLEMISH OF THE FIRST YEAR FOR A BURNT OFFERING UNTO THE LORD._ No JFB commentary on these verses.... [ Continue Reading ]
_AND YE SHALL COUNT UNTO YOU FROM THE MORROW AFTER THE SABBATH, FROM THE DAY THAT YE BROUGHT THE SHEAF OF THE WAVE OFFERING; SEVEN SABBATHS SHALL BE COMPLETE:_ Ye shall count ... from the morrow after the sabbath - i:e., after the first day of the Passover week, which was observed as a Sabbath.... [ Continue Reading ]
_EVEN UNTO THE MORROW AFTER THE SEVENTH SABBATH SHALL YE NUMBER FIFTY DAYS; AND YE SHALL OFFER A NEW MEAT OFFERING UNTO THE LORD._ Number fifty days. The 49th day after the presentation of the first-fruits, or the 50th including it, was the feast of Pentecost (see also Exodus 23:16; Deuteronomy 16:... [ Continue Reading ]
_YE SHALL BRING OUT OF YOUR HABITATIONS TWO WAVE LOAVES OF TWO TENTH DEALS: THEY SHALL BE OF FINE FLOUR; THEY SHALL BE BAKEN WITH LEAVEN; THEY ARE THE FIRSTFRUITS UNTO THE LORD._ Ye shall bring out of your habitation ... Since the presentation of these loaves would take place, not in the dark, but... [ Continue Reading ]
_AND YE SHALL OFFER WITH THE BREAD SEVEN LAMBS WITHOUT BLEMISH OF THE FIRST YEAR, AND ONE YOUNG BULLOCK, AND TWO RAMS: THEY SHALL BE FOR A BURNT OFFERING UNTO THE LORD, WITH THEIR MEAT OFFERING, AND THEIR DRINK OFFERINGS, EVEN AN OFFERING MADE BY FIRE, OF SWEET SAVOUR UNTO THE LORD._ No JFB comment... [ Continue Reading ]
_AND YE SHALL PROCLAIM ON THE SELFSAME DAY, THAT IT MAY BE AN HOLY CONVOCATION UNTO YOU: YE SHALL DO NO SERVILE WORK THEREIN: IT SHALL BE A STATUTE FOR EVER IN ALL YOUR DWELLINGS THROUGHOUT YOUR GENERATIONS._ Ye shall proclaim on the selfsame day ... an holy convocation. Though it extended over a w... [ Continue Reading ]
_AND WHEN YE REAP THE HARVEST OF YOUR LAND, THOU SHALT NOT MAKE CLEAN RIDDANCE OF THE CORNERS OF THY FIELD WHEN THOU REAPEST, NEITHER SHALT THOU GATHER ANY GLEANING OF THY HARVEST: THOU SHALT LEAVE THEM UNTO THE POOR, AND TO THE STRANGER: I AM THE LORD YOUR GOD._ Thou shalt not make clean riddance... [ Continue Reading ]
_AND THE LORD SPAKE UNTO MOSES, SAYING,_ No JFB commentary on this verse.... [ Continue Reading ]
_SPEAK UNTO THE CHILDREN OF ISRAEL, SAYING, IN THE SEVENTH MONTH, IN THE FIRST DAY OF THE MONTH, SHALL YE HAVE A SABBATH, A MEMORIAL OF BLOWING OF TRUMPETS, AN HOLY CONVOCATION._ In the seventh month, in the first day of the month. That was the first day of the ancient civil year. Tisri, the first... [ Continue Reading ]
_YE SHALL DO NO SERVILE WORK THEREIN: BUT YE SHALL OFFER AN OFFERING MADE BY FIRE UNTO THE LORD._ No JFB commentary on these verses.... [ Continue Reading ]
_ALSO ON THE TENTH DAY OF THIS SEVENTH MONTH THERE SHALL BE A DAY OF ATONEMENT: IT SHALL BE AN HOLY CONVOCATION UNTO YOU; AND YE SHALL AFFLICT YOUR SOULS, AND OFFER AN OFFERING MADE BY FIRE UNTO THE LORD._ On the tenth day of this seventh month. On the 14th day of the first month (ecclesiastical ye... [ Continue Reading ]
_AND THE LORD SPAKE UNTO MOSES, SAYING,_ The feast of tabernacles, х_ CHAG_ (H2282) _ HA-CUKOWT_ (H5521), festival of the booths (see the notes at Exodus 23:16; Exodus 34:22, where it is called, _ CHAG_ (H2282) _ HAA'AACIYP_ (H614), feast of harvest; Septuagint, heortee skeenoon, skeenopeegia (John... [ Continue Reading ]