Leviticus 23:4-14

The Passover

4 ¹"These are the appointed feasts of the LORD, the ²holy convocations, which you shall proclaim at the time appointed for them

5 ³In the first month, on the fourteenth day of the month at twilight,^[a] is the LORD's Passover.

6 And on the fifteenth day of the same month is the Feast of Unleavened Bread to the LORD; for seven days you shall eat unleavened bread.

7 ⁴On the first day you shall have a holy convocation; you shall not do any ordinary work.

8 But you shall present a food offering to the LORD for seven days. On the seventh day is a holy convocation; you shall not do any ordinary work."

The Feast of Firstfruits

9 And the LORD spoke to Moses, saying,

10 "Speak to the people of Israel and say to them, ⁵When you come into the land that I give you and reap its harvest, you shall bring the sheaf of ⁶the firstfruits of your harvest to the priest,

11 and he shall ⁷wave the sheaf before the LORD, so that you may be accepted. On the day after the Sabbath the priest shall wave it.

12 And on the day when you ⁸wave the sheaf, you shall offer a ⁹male lamb a year old without blemish as a burnt offering to the LORD.

13 ¹⁰And the grain offering with it shall be two tenths of an ephah^[b] of fine flour mixed with oil, a food offering to the LORD with a pleasing aroma, ¹¹and the drink offering with it shall be of wine, a fourth of a hin.^[c]

14 And you shall eat neither bread nor grain ¹²parched or ¹³fresh until this same day, until you have brought the offering of your God: it is a statute forever throughout your generations in all your dwellings

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Leviticus 23:4-14 Meaning and Commentary

INTRODUCTION TO LEVITICUS 23

In this chapter an account is given of the several holy days, times, and seasons, appointed by God, under the general names of feasts and holy convocations; and first of the sabbath, Le 23:1-4; then of the passover and feast of unleavened bread, Le 23:5-8; to which is annexed the sheaf of the firstfruits, Le 23:9-14; after that of the feast of weeks or pentecost, Le 23:15-22; and of the feast of trumpets, Le 23:23-25; and of the day of atonement, Le 23:26-32; and of the feast of tabernacles, Le 23:33-44.

Taken from John Gill's Exposition of the Bible

Cross References 13

1. [See ver. 2 above]
2. Exodus 12:16
3. Exodus 13:3, 10; Exodus 23:15; Exodus 34:18; Numbers 9:2, 3; Numbers 28:16, 17; Joshua 5:10; 2 Kings 23:21; Ezra 6:19; [Numbers 9:10, 11; 2 Chr. 30:2, 13, 15]; See Exodus 12:2-14; Deuteronomy 16:1-8
4. Exodus 12:16; Numbers 28:18, 25
5. Exodus 23:19; Exodus 34:26; Numbers 15:18, 19; Numbers 28:26; Deuteronomy 26:1, 2
6. ver. 17
7. ver. 15, 20; Exodus 29:24
8. [See ver. 11 above]
9. Leviticus 1:10
10. Leviticus 2:14-16
11. Exodus 29:40
12. [Leviticus 2:14]
13. [Leviticus 2:14]

Footnotes 3

[a]. Hebrew between the two evenings
[b]. An ephah was about 3/5 bushel or 22 liters
[c]. A hin was about 4 quarts or 3.5 liters

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