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Text -- Leviticus 23:1-21 (NET)
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Regulations for Israel’s Appointed Times
23:1 The Lord spoke to Moses :
23:2 “Speak to the Israelites and tell them, ‘These are the Lord’s appointed times which you must proclaim as holy assemblies – my appointed times :
The Weekly Sabbath
23:3 “‘Six days work may be done , but on the seventh day there must be a Sabbath of complete rest , a holy assembly . You must not do any work ; it is a Sabbath to the Lord in all the places where you live .
The Festival of Passover and Unleavened Bread
23:4 “‘These are the Lord’s appointed times , holy assemblies , which you must proclaim at their appointed time .
23:5 In the first month , on the fourteenth day of the month , at twilight , is a Passover offering to the Lord .
23:6 Then on the fifteenth day of the same month will be the festival of unleavened bread to the Lord ; seven days you must eat unleavened bread .
23:7 On the first day there will be a holy assembly for you; you must not do any regular work .
23:8 You must present a gift to the Lord for seven days , and the seventh day is a holy assembly ; you must not do any regular work .’”
The Presentation of First Fruits
23:9 The Lord spoke to Moses :
23:10 “Speak to the Israelites and tell them, ‘When you enter the land that I am about to give to you and you gather in its harvest , then you must bring the sheaf of the first portion of your harvest to the priest ,
23:11 and he must wave the sheaf before the Lord to be accepted for your benefit– on the day after the Sabbath the priest is to wave it.
23:12 On the day you wave the sheaf you must also offer a flawless yearling lamb for a burnt offering to the Lord ,
23:13 along with its grain offering , two tenths of an ephah of choice wheat flour mixed with olive oil , as a gift to the Lord , a soothing aroma , and its drink offering , one fourth of a hin of wine .
23:14 You must not eat bread , roasted grain , or fresh grain until this very day , until you bring the offering of your God . This is a perpetual statute throughout your generations in all the places where you live .
The Festival of Weeks
23:15 “‘You must count for yourselves seven weeks from the day after the Sabbath , from the day you bring the wave offering sheaf ; they must be complete weeks .
23:16 You must count fifty days – until the day after the seventh Sabbath – and then you must present a new grain offering to the Lord .
23:17 From the places where you live you must bring two loaves of bread for a wave offering ; they must be made from two tenths of an ephah of fine wheat flour , baked with yeast , as first fruits to the Lord .
23:18 Along with the loaves of bread , you must also present seven flawless yearling lambs , one young bull , and two rams . They are to be a burnt offering to the Lord along with their grain offering and drink offerings , a gift of a soothing aroma to the Lord .
23:19 You must also offer one male goat for a sin offering and two yearling lambs for a peace offering sacrifice ,
23:20 and the priest is to wave them– the two lambs – along with the bread of the first fruits , as a wave offering before the Lord ; they will be holy to the Lord for the priest .
23:21 “‘On this very day you must proclaim an assembly; it is to be a holy assembly for you. You must not do any regular work . This is a perpetual statute in all the places where you live throughout your generations .
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Names, People and Places, Dictionary Themes and Topics
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Names, People and Places:
Dictionary Themes and Topics:
Passover |
Convocation |
Sabbath |
Pentecost |
LAW IN THE OLD TESTAMENT |
TRUMPETS, FEAST OF |
Israel |
CRITICISM |
FEASTS AND FASTS |
LEVITICUS, 1 |
Festivals, Religious |
TABERNACLE, B |
SACRIFICE |
Firstfruits |
Harvest |
SACRIFICE, IN THE OLD TESTAMENT, 2 |
FIRST-FRUITS |
Abib |
Offerings |
Sanitation |
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NET Notes -> Lev 23:2; Lev 23:2; Lev 23:3; Lev 23:5; Lev 23:5; Lev 23:6; Lev 23:7; Lev 23:10; Lev 23:10; Lev 23:11; Lev 23:11; Lev 23:12; Lev 23:12; Lev 23:13; Lev 23:13; Lev 23:13; Lev 23:13; Lev 23:14; Lev 23:14; Lev 23:15; Lev 23:16; Lev 23:17; Lev 23:17; Lev 23:18; Lev 23:18; Lev 23:18; Lev 23:18; Lev 23:18; Lev 23:18; Lev 23:19; Lev 23:19; Lev 23:20; Lev 23:21; Lev 23:21
NET Notes: Lev 23:2 The term מוֹעֵד (mo’ed, rendered “appointed time” here) can refer to either a time or place of m...
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NET Notes: Lev 23:3 This is a superlative expression, emphasizing the full and all inclusive rest of the Sabbath and certain festival times throughout the chapter (see B....
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NET Notes: Lev 23:5 See B. A. Levine, Leviticus (JPSTC), 156, for a full discussion of the issues raised in this verse. The rabbinic tradition places the slaughter of Pas...
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NET Notes: Lev 23:7 Heb “work of service”; KJV “servile work”; NASB “laborious work”; TEV “daily work.”
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NET Notes: Lev 23:12 Heb “a flawless lamb, a son of its year”; KJV “of the first year”; NLT “a year-old male lamb.”
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NET Notes: Lev 23:13 Heb “wine, one fourth of the hin.” A pre-exilic hin is about 3.6 liters (= ca. 1 quart), so one fourth of a hin would be about one cup.
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NET Notes: Lev 23:15 Heb “seven Sabbaths, they shall be complete.” The disjunctive accent under “Sabbaths” precludes the translation “seven c...
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NET Notes: Lev 23:17 Heb “with leaven.” The noun “leaven” is traditional in English versions (cf. KJV, ASV, NASB, NRSV), but “yeast” is...
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NET Notes: Lev 23:20 Smr and LXX have the Hebrew article on “lambs.” The syntax of this verse is difficult. The object of the verb (two lambs) is far removed f...
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