Leviticus 23:37
in Leviticus 23These are the LORD’s appointed feasts, which you are to proclaim as sacred assemblies for presenting offerings by fire to the LORD—burnt offerings and grain offerings, sacrifices and drink offerings, each on its designated day.
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The same verse in ASV and KJV ▾
ASV
These are the set feasts of Jehovah, which ye shall proclaim to be holy convocations, to offer an offering made by fire unto Jehovah, a burnt-offering, and a meal-offering, a sacrifice, and drink-offerings, each on its own day;
KJV
These are the feasts of the Lord, which ye shall proclaim to be holy convocations, to offer an offering made by fire unto the Lord, a burnt offering, and a meat offering, a sacrifice, and drink offerings, every thing upon his day:
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This verse in Leviticus 23
Commentary
6 notes on this verseA commentator
Albert Barnes1798–1870
Notes, Explanatory and Practical, on the Old and New Testaments (1832-1869)
The meaning appears to be; “these are the yearly appointed times on which ye shall hold holy convocations and offer to Yahweh sacrifices, in addition to the Sabbath offerings Num 28:9-10 and to all your voluntary offerings.” Compare Num 29:39.
This site's exposition
These are the LORD’s appointed feasts, which you are to proclaim
on Leviticus 23:37-38
The list closes in its opening words. Verse 38 sets the feasts beside Sabbaths, gifts, vows and freewill offerings as a floor under worship.
The record, by era
The Puritans and the Awakening3 voices
A sacrifice - A sin-offering, called by the general name, a sacrifice, because it was designed for that which was the principal end of all sacrifices, the expiation of sin.
These are the feasts of the Lord,....
(2.) That God's institutions leave room for free-will offerings. Not that we may invent what he never instituted, but we may repeat what he has instituted, ordinarily, the oftener the better. God is well pleased with a willing people.
The Nineteenth Century1 voice
A commentator
Jamieson, Fausset & Brown1802–1910
Commentary Critical and Explanatory on the Whole Bible (1871)
While the solid branches were reserved for the construction of the booths, the lighter branches were carried by men, who marched in triumphal procession, singing psalms and crying "Hosanna!" which signifies, "Save, we beseech thee!" (Ps 118:15, 25, 26). It was a season of great rejoicing.
How the passage was read
On Leviticus 23:1-44On Leviticus 23:1-44
The year Israel keeps
This chapter is the calendar of the whole Jewish year, and every feast in it is still on the calendar today. In order: the weekly Sabbath; Passover and Unleavened Bread in spring (now kept as the seder meal and a week without leavened bread); Firstfruits (the first sheaf of barley waved before God); Weeks, in Hebrew Shavuot, fifty days later (Christians know the Greek name: Pentecost); then in autumn the Day of Trumpets (now Rosh Hashanah, the Jewish new year, announced by the ram's-horn trumpet called a shofar), the Day of Atonement (Yom Kippur, the great fast), and Tabernacles, in Hebrew Sukkot, when families still build and eat in leafy backyard booths for a week, remembering the wilderness.
So when the New Testament says Jesus or Paul went up for “the feast,” it means one of these appointments: the same calendar, kept for over three thousand years.
This section is reception history: how the passage was read and kept in the Jewish tradition. Where a reading parts from an essential of the Christian faith, the section says so at that point.
Sources: The Feasts of the LORD (this site's study of all seven) · Mishnah Rosh Hashanah 1:1 (the four new years)
The words behind it
18 Hebrew wordsEvery Hebrew word of this verse in the order it stands, with what it means and the door to its own study. The last column counts the times a word stands in the whole Bible: the rarer the word, the more the places it appears belong together.
| Hebrew | Sound | Meaning | Word study | In the Bible |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| אֵ֚לֶּה | ʾeleh | these | H428 → | 746 times |
| מוֹעֲדֵ֣י | moadei | [are] [the] appointed feasts of | H4150 → | 223 times |
| יְהוָ֔ה | yahweh | Yahweh | H3068 → | 6520 times |
| אֲשֶׁר־ | ʾasher- | which | H834 → | 5497 times |
| תִּקְרְא֥וּ | tikreu | you will proclaim | H7121 → | 733 times |
| אֹתָ֖ם | ʾotam | <obj.> them | H853 → | 10935 times |
| מִקְרָאֵ֣י | mikraei | convocations of | H4744 → | 23 times |
| קֹ֑דֶשׁ | kodesh | holiness | H6944 → | 469 times |
| לְהַקְרִ֨יב | lehakriv | to present | H7126 → | 280 times |
| אִשֶּׁ֜ה | ʾisheh | a fire offering | H801 → | 65 times |
| לַיהוָ֗ה | layahweh | to Yahweh | H3068 → | 6520 times |
| עֹלָ֧ה | ʾolah | a burnt offering | H5930 → | 287 times |
| וּמִנְחָ֛ה | uminchah | and a grain offering | H4503 → | 211 times |
| זֶ֥בַח | zevach | a sacrifice | H2077 → | 162 times |
| וּנְסָכִ֖ים | unesakhim | and drink offerings | H5262 → | 64 times |
| דְּבַר־ | devar- | a matter of | H1697 → | 1440 times |
| י֥וֹם | yom | a day | H3117 → | 2304 times |
| בְּיוֹמֽוֹ׃ | beyomo | in day its | H3117 → | 2304 times |
אֵ֚לֶּהthese
ʾelehH428 →746 times
מוֹעֲדֵ֣י[are] [the] appointed feasts of
moadeiH4150 →223 times
יְהוָ֔הYahweh
yahwehH3068 →6520 times
אֲשֶׁר־which
ʾasher-H834 →5497 times
תִּקְרְא֥וּyou will proclaim
tikreuH7121 →733 times
אֹתָ֖ם<obj.> them
ʾotamH853 →10935 times
מִקְרָאֵ֣יconvocations of
mikraeiH4744 →23 times
קֹ֑דֶשׁholiness
kodeshH6944 →469 times
לְהַקְרִ֨יבto present
lehakrivH7126 →280 times
אִשֶּׁ֜הa fire offering
ʾishehH801 →65 times
לַיהוָ֗הto Yahweh
layahwehH3068 →6520 times
עֹלָ֧הa burnt offering
ʾolahH5930 →287 times
וּמִנְחָ֛הand a grain offering
uminchahH4503 →211 times
זֶ֥בַחa sacrifice
zevachH2077 →162 times
וּנְסָכִ֖יםand drink offerings
unesakhimH5262 →64 times
דְּבַר־a matter of
devar-H1697 →1440 times
י֥וֹםa day
yomH3117 →2304 times
בְּיוֹמֽוֹ׃in day its
beyomoH3117 →2304 times
A shaded row is a word that stands 400 times or fewer in the Bible.
The walk
8 stopsEach card is a verse this one points to, and under it the verses that one points to in turn. Where several paths arrive at the same place, that place is listed first: the text keeps returning to it.
Through
Ecclesiastes 3:1To everything there is a season, and a time for every purpose under heaven:
it leads to
- Ecclesiastes 3:17
I said in my heart, “God will judge the righteous and the wicked, since there is a time for every activity and every deed.”
- Matthew 16:3
and in the morning, ‘Today it will be stormy, for the sky is red and overcast.’ You know how to interpret the appearance of the sky, but not the signs of the times.
- Ecclesiastes 8:5–6
Whoever keeps his command will come to no harm, and a wise heart knows the right time and procedure.
- Ecclesiastes 7:14
In the day of prosperity, be joyful, but in the day of adversity, consider this: God has made one of these along with the other, so that a man cannot discover anything that will…
- 2 Kings 5:26
But Elisha questioned him, “Did not my spirit go with you when the man got down from his chariot to meet you? Is this the time to accept money and clothing, olive groves and…
- Ecclesiastes 3:17
Through
Leviticus 23:4These are the LORD’s appointed feasts, the sacred assemblies you are to proclaim at their appointed times.
it leads to
- Exodus 23:14
Three times a year you are to celebrate a feast to Me.
- Leviticus 23:2
“Speak to the Israelites and say to them, ‘These are My appointed feasts, the feasts of the LORD that you are to proclaim as sacred assemblies.
- Exodus 23:14
Through
Leviticus 23:2“Speak to the Israelites and say to them, ‘These are My appointed feasts, the feasts of the LORD that you are to proclaim as sacred assemblies.
it leads to
- Leviticus 23:4
These are the LORD’s appointed feasts, the sacred assemblies you are to proclaim at their appointed times.
- Leviticus 23:4
Where this verse is studied
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About Leviticus
This page draws on Albert Barnes, Notes, Explanatory and Practical, on the Old and New Testaments (1832-1869); Chuck Missler, Learn the Bible in 24 Hours; Jamieson, Fausset & Brown, Commentary Critical and Explanatory on the Whole Bible; John Gill, Exposition of the Old Testament (1748-1763); John Wesley, Explanatory Notes upon the Old Testament and Matthew Henry, Commentary on the Whole Bible.