Feasts

How Nave’s arranged it

• Ancient customs at
• Men alone present atGenesis 40:20Genesis 43:32Genesis 43:341 Samuel 9:22Esther 1:8Esther 1:9Mark 6:21Luke 14:24
• Men and women attend with 32:2,3Exodus 32:6Daniel 5:1–3
• Riddles propounded atJudges 14:12
• Marriage feasts provided by the bridegroomJudges 14:10Judges 14:17
• Guests arranged according to ageGenesis 43:33
• Rank1 Samuel 9:22Luke 14:8–10
• Reclined on couchesAmos 6:4Amos 6:7Luke 7:38John 13:25
• Served in one dishMatthew 26:23
• Were presided over by a master of ceremoniesJohn 2:8John 2:9
• Host servedGenesis 18:8
• Wine served atEsther 5:6Esther 7:7

The passages, in Bible order (96)

The same references, sorted Genesis to Revelation. The first 16 are quoted in full; the rest are one click beneath them, book by book.

1. Genesis 18:8

   Then Abraham brought curds and milk and the calf that had been prepared, and he set them before the men and stood by them under the tree as they ate.

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   “But thou wilt not be able to stand in the freedom of spiritual beings until thou hast cast away entirely the bondage of carnal beings, for when thou hast cast away this bondage like a spiritual being and freeman thou mayest eat of every thing …

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2. Genesis 26:28–30

   “We can plainly see that the LORD has been with you,” they replied. “We recommend that there should now be an oath between us and you. Let us make a covenant with you

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   “And they said, we saw certainly that the Lord was with thee,....

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3. Genesis 40:20

   On the third day, which was Pharaoh’s birthday, he held a feast for all his officials, and in their presence he lifted up the heads of the chief cupbearer and the chief baker.

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   “And it came to pass the third day, which was Pharaoh's birthday,....

   “Pharaoh’s birthday - The distinguishing a birthday by a feast appears from this place to have been a very ancient custom. It probably had its origin from a correct notion of the immortality of the soul, as the commencement of life must appear of great consequence to that person who believed he was to live for ever. St. Matthew (Mat 14:6) mentions Herod’s keeping his birthday; and examples of this kind are frequent to the present time in most nations.

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4. Genesis 43:32

   They separately served Joseph, his brothers, and the Egyptians. They ate separately because the Egyptians would not eat with the Hebrews, since that was detestable to them.

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   “(Verse 32) And they drank, and were intoxicated with it. The idiom of the Hebrew language is to equate drunkenness with satiety, as it says there: 'He shall be satisfied with the abundance of rain, with the produce of his land he shall be intoxicated.' (Psalm 65:11) Undoubtedly, this refers to a land irrigated by rain.

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5. Genesis 43:33

   They were seated before Joseph in order by age, from the firstborn to the youngest, and the men looked at one another in astonishment.

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   “Joseph began to make his brothers sit down as if around his [divining] cup; the elder according to his status as elder and the youngest according to his youth. It is amazing that his brothers did not recognize him: not by the money in their …

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6. Genesis 43:34

   When the portions were served to them from Joseph’s table, Benjamin’s portion was five times larger than any of the others. So they feasted and drank freely with Joseph.

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   “Joseph, as I was saying, was a holy man who conquered cruelty with true piety; who was sold into Egypt not by chance but that he might supply Egypt with food and his own brothers too, who had sold him. That Joseph invited his brothers to dine. But just listen to what happened: "And he drank, and became merry at noon." Is that true, and is it literally possible that a holy man became drunk? Noah also was inebriated but had been really inebriated. Joseph had been intoxicated; Noah also was intoxicated in his own house.

   “And he took and sent messes unto there from before him,....

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7. Exodus 23:17

   Three times a year all your males are to appear before the Lord GOD.

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   “Three times in the year all thy males shall appear before the Lord thy God.

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8. Exodus 32:6

   So the next day they arose, offered burnt offerings, and presented peace offerings. And the people sat down to eat and drink, and got up to indulge in revelry.

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   “But he who has engulfed and plunged himself in such wallowing places, falls also into the snare of unbelief; for the people sat down to eat and to drink, and required that gods should be made for them. Hereby the Lord teaches us that he who gives up his soul to these two kinds of vices, is stript of the garment, not of a woollen vest, but of living virtue; that clothing which is not temporal but eternal.

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9. Exodus 34:23

   Three times a year all your males are to appear before the Lord GOD, the God of Israel.

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   “Thrice in the year shall all your men children appear before the Lord God,.... At the three above mentioned feasts; see Gill on Exo 23:17 here it is added: the God of Israel; who had chosen them to be his special people, had redeemed them out of Egypt, and done great things for them since; had made a covenant with them, and had now renewed that covenant with them, and was their covenant God, and they his people, and so were under great obligations to present themselves unto him at the times appointed by him.

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10. Exodus 34:24

    For I will drive out the nations before you and enlarge your borders, and no one will covet your land when you go up three times a year to appear before the LORD your God.

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    “For I will cast out the nations before thee,....

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11. Leviticus 23:4

    These are the LORD’s appointed feasts, the sacred assemblies you are to proclaim at their appointed times.

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    “These are the feasts of the Lord, even holy convocations,.... What follow besides the sabbath mentioned: which ye shall proclaim in their seasons; the proper times of the year, the day or days, and month in which they are to be observed; these were to be proclaimed by the priests with the sound of trumpet, namely, what follow, for they are put together, which had been before for the most part singly delivered.

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12. Leviticus 23:39

    On the fifteenth day of the seventh month, after you have gathered the produce of the land, you are to celebrate a feast to the LORD for seven days. There shall be complete rest on the first day and also on the eighth day.

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    “Also in the fifteenth day of the seventh month,....

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13. Leviticus 23:40

    On the first day you are to gather the fruit of majestic trees, the branches of palm trees, and the boughs of leafy trees and of willows of the brook. And you are to rejoice before the LORD your God for seven days.

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    “And ye shall take you the boughs of goodly trees,....

    “Boughs of goodly trees - The Jews and many critics imagine the citron-tree to be intended, and by boughs of thick tree the myrtle.

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14. Numbers 15:3

    and you present an offering made by fire to the LORD from the herd or flock to produce a pleasing aroma to the LORD—either a burnt offering or a sacrifice, for a special vow or freewill offering or appointed feast—

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    “And will make an offering by fire unto the Lord, a burnt offering,....

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15. Numbers 28:18–25

    On the first day there is to be a sacred assembly; you must not do any regular work.

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    “In the first day shall be an holy convocation,.... The first of the seven days, which was kept in a very religious manner: ye shall do no manner of servile work therein; except by preparing food to eat; see Exo 12:16.

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16. Numbers 29:12

    On the fifteenth day of the seventh month, you are to hold a sacred assembly; you must not do any regular work, and you shall observe a feast to the LORD for seven days.

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    “And on the fifteenth day of the seventh month ye shall have an holy convocation,.... Of the same month Tisri, which was the seventh from Nisan or Abib, though it was formerly the first month of the year: ye shall do no servile work, and ye shall keep a feast unto the Lord seven days; the feast of tabernacles, which began on the fifteenth day of this month.

    “On the fifteenth day of the seventh month - On this day there was to be a solemn assembly, and for seven days sacrifices were to be offered; on the first day thirteen young bullocks, two rams, and fourteen lambs. On each succeeding day one bullock less, till on the seventh day there were only seven, making in all seventy. What an expensive service! How should we magnify God for being delivered from it! Yet these were all the taxes they had to pay.

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