Feasts and Festivals
And will make an offering by fire unto the LORD, a burnt
offering, or a sacrifice in performing a vow, or in a freewill
offering, or in your solemn feasts, to make a sweet savour
unto the LORD, of the herd, or of the flock:...
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[He appointed] also the king's portion of his substance for
the burnt offerings, [to wit], for the morning and evening
burnt offerings, and the burnt offerings for the sabbaths, and
for the new moons, and for the set feasts, as [it is] written
in the law of the LORD....
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But when the people of the land shall come before the LORD in
the solemn feasts, he that entereth in by the way of the north
gate to worship shall go out by the way of the south gate; and
he that entereth by the way of the south gate shall go forth
by the way of the north gate: he shall not return by the way
of the gate whereby he came in, but...
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And afterward [offered] the continual burnt offering, both of
the new moons, and of all the set feasts of the LORD that were
consecrated, and of every one that willingly offered a
freewill offering unto the LORD....
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Thus saith the LORD of hosts; The fast of the fourth [month],
and the fast of the fifth, and the fast of the seventh, and
the fast of the tenth, shall be to the house of Judah joy and
gladness, and cheerful feasts; therefore love the truth and
peace....
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fests (mo`edh, "an appointed day" or "an assembling," chagh,
from chaghagh, "to dance" or possibly "to make a
pilgrimage"; tsom, "fast," ta`anith, "a day of affliction"):
I. PRE-EXILIC
A) Annual
1. Passover, 15th-22d Nican
2. Pentecost, 6th Ciwan ) Pilgrimage
3. Tabernacles, 15th-22d Tishri ) Festivals
4. Shemini `Atsereth, 23d Tishri
5....
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Ancient customs at
Men alone present at
Ge 40:20; 43:32,34; 1Sa 9:22; Es 1:8,9; Mr 6:21; Lu
14:24
-Men and women attend
Ex 32:6; with 32:2,3; Da 5:1-3
-Riddles propounded at
Jud 14:12
-Marriage feasts provided by the bridegroom
Jud 14:10,17
-Guests arranged according to age
Ge 43:33
-Rank
1Sa 9:22; Lu 14:8-10
-Reclined on couches
Am ...
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I. The religious times ordained int he law fall under three
heads:
1. Those formally connected with the institution of
the Sabbath;
2. This historical or great festivals;
3. The day of atonement.
1. Immediately connected with the institution of the
Sabbath are-- a. The weekly Sabbath itself. b. The seventh
new moon, or feast of trumpets. c....
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as a mark of hospitality (Gen. 19:3; 2 Sam. 3:20; 2 Kings
6:23);
on occasions of domestic joy (Luke 15:23; Gen.
21:8); on
birthdays (Gen. 40:20; Job 1:4; Matt. 14:6); and on
the occasion
of a marriage (Judg. 14:10; Gen. 29:22).
Feasting was a part of the observances connected
with the
offering up of sacrifices (Deut. 12:6, 7; 1 Sam.
9:19;...
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There were daily (Lev. 23), weekly, monthly, and yearly
festivals, and great stress was laid on the regular
observance
of them in every particular (Num. 28:1-8; Ex. 29:38-
42; Lev.
6:8-23; Ex. 30:7-9; 27:20).
(1.) The septenary festivals were,
(a) The weekly Sabbath (Lev. 23:1-3; Ex. 19:3-30;
20:8-11;
31:12, etc.).
(b) The seventh new moon...
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