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Lev. 23:2 KJV (With Strong’s)

Speak unto the children of Israel, and say unto them, Concerning the feastsw of the Lord, which ye shall proclaimx to be holy convocations, even these are my feasts.

Lev. 23:4,37• ⁴These are the set feasts of Jehovah, holy convocations, which ye shall proclaim in their seasons:
³⁷These are the set feasts of Jehovah, which ye shall proclaim as holy convocations, to present an offering by fire to Jehovah, a burnt-offering, and an oblation, a sacrifice, and drink-offerings, everything upon its day; (Lev. 23:4,37)

Ex. 32:5• ⁵And Aaron saw it, and built an altar before it; and Aaron made a proclamation, and said, To-morrow is a feast to Jehovah! (Ex. 32:5)

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Psa. 81:3• ³Blow the trumpet at the new moon, at the set time, on our feast day: (Psa. 81:3)

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the feasts.God appointed several festivals among the Jews.

The Passover was celebrated on the 14th, or rather 15th day of the first month in the ecclesiastical year, which was the seventh of the civil year, and lasted seven days.

The Pentecost was celebrated on the fiftieth day after the passover, in memory of the law's being given to Moses on Mount Sinai, fifty days, or seven weeks after the departure out of Egypt.

The word is derived from the Greek word [Pentekoste,] which signifies the fiftieth.

The Hebrews call it the feast of weeks, Ex 34:22. The feast of trumpets, celebrated on the first day of the civil year, when a trumpet was sounded, to proclaim its commencement, which was in the month {Tisri,} answering to our September, Le 23:24, 25.

The new moons, or first days of every month, were, in some sort, a consequence of the feast of trumpets.

God ordained that, by giving him the first-fruits of every month they should acknowledge him as the Lord of all their time, and own his providence, by which all times and seasons are ordered.

The feast of expiation or atonement was kept on the 10th day of {Tisri} or September: the Hebrews call it Kippur, i.e., pardon or expiation, because it was instituted for the expiation of their sins.

The feast of tents or tabernacles was so called, because the Israelites kept it under green tents or arbours, in memory of their dwelling in their passage through the wilderness.

It was celebrated on the 15th day of {Tisri,} and continued eight days:

the first and last days are the most solemn.

Besides the feasts mentioned by Moses, we find the feast of {lots,} or {Purim,} which was celebrated among the Jews of Shushan on the 14th of {Adar,} which answers to our February.

The feast of the dedication of the temple, or rather, of the restoration of the temple, which had been profaned by Antiochus Epiphanes, which is thought to be the feast mentioned in the gospel Joh 10:22, was celebrated in the winter.

{Moâdim,} properly means assemblies, convened at an appointed time and place.

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Ex. 23:14‑17• ¹⁴Thrice in the year thou shalt celebrate a feast to me.
¹⁵Thou shalt keep the feast of unleavened bread, (thou shalt eat unleavened bread seven days, as I have commanded thee, in the time appointed of the month Abib; for in it thou camest out from Egypt; and none shall appear in my presence empty;)
¹⁶and the feast of harvest, the first-fruits of thy labours which thou hast sown in the field, and the feast of in-gathering, at the end of the year, when thou gatherest in thy labours out of the field.
¹⁷Three times in the year all thy males shall appear in the presence of the Lord Jehovah. (Ex. 23:14‑17)

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Isa. 1:13‑14• ¹³Bring no more vain oblations! Incense is an abomination unto me,--new moon and sabbath, the calling of convocations--wickedness and the solemn meeting I cannot bear.
¹⁴Your new moons and your set feasts my soul hateth: they are a burden to me; I am wearied of bearing them. (Isa. 1:13‑14)

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Isa. 33:20• ²⁰Look upon Zion, the city of our solemnities: thine eyes shall see Jerusalem a quiet habitation, a tent that shall not be removed, the stakes whereof shall never be pulled up, neither shall any of its cords be broken; (Isa. 33:20)

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Lam. 1:4• ⁴The ways of Zion do mourn, because none come to the solemn assembly: all her gates are desolate; her priests sigh, her virgins are in grief; and as for her, she is in bitterness. (Lam. 1:4)

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Hos. 2:11• ¹¹And I will cause all her mirth to cease: her feasts, her new moons, and her sabbaths! and all her solemnities. (Hos. 2:11)

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Nah. 1:15• ¹⁵Behold upon the mountains the feet of him that bringeth glad tidings, that publisheth peace! Celebrate thy feasts, Judah, perform thy vows: for the wicked one shall no more pass through thee; he is utterly cut off. (Nah. 1:15)

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John 5:1• ¹After these things was a feast of the Jews, and Jesus went up to Jerusalem. (John 5:1)

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Col. 2:1• ¹For I would have you know what combat I have for you, and those in Laodicea, and as many as have not seen my face in flesh; (Col. 2:1)

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Ex. 32:5• ⁵And Aaron saw it, and built an altar before it; and Aaron made a proclamation, and said, To-morrow is a feast to Jehovah! (Ex. 32:5)

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Num. 10:2‑3,10• ²Make thee two trumpets of silver; of beaten work shalt thou make them; and they shall serve for the calling together of the assembly, and for the journeying of the camps.
³And when they shall blow with them, the whole assembly shall gather to thee at the entrance of the tent of meeting.
¹⁰And in the day of your gladness, and in your set feasts, and in your new moons, ye shall blow with the trumpets over your burnt-offerings and over your sacrifices of peace-offering; and they shall be to you for a memorial before your God: I am Jehovah your God. (Num. 10:2‑3,10)

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2 Kings 10:20• ²⁰And Jehu said, Hallow a solemn assembly for Baal. And they proclaimed it. (2 Kings 10:20)

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2 Chron. 30:5• ⁵So they established a decree to make proclamation throughout Israel from Beer-sheba even to Dan, that they should come to hold the passover to Jehovah the God of Israel, at Jerusalem; because they had not held it for a long time as it was written. (2 Chron. 30:5)

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Psa. 81:3• ³Blow the trumpet at the new moon, at the set time, on our feast day: (Psa. 81:3)

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Joel 1:14• ¹⁴Hallow a fast, proclaim a solemn assembly, gather the elders, and all the inhabitants of the land to the house of Jehovah your God, and cry unto Jehovah. (Joel 1:14)

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Joel 2:15• ¹⁵Blow the trumpet in Zion, hallow a fast, proclaim a solemn assembly; (Joel 2:15)

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Jonah 3:5‑9• ⁵And the men of Nineveh believed God, and proclaimed a fast, and put on sackcloth, from the greatest of them even to the least of them.
⁶And the word reached the king of Nineveh, and he arose from his throne, and laid his robe from him, and covered himself with sackcloth, and sat in ashes.
⁷And he caused it to be proclaimed and published through Nineveh by the decree of the king and his nobles, saying, Let neither man nor beast, herd nor flock, taste anything: let them not feed, nor drink water;
⁸and let man and beast be covered with sackcloth, and cry mightily unto God; and let them turn every one from his evil way, and from the violence that is in their hands.
⁹Who knoweth but that God will turn and repent, and will turn away from his fierce anger, that we perish not? (Jonah 3:5‑9)

J. N. Darby Translation

Speak unto the children of Israel, and say unto them, Concerning the set feastsf of Jehovah, which ye shall proclaim as holy convocations—these are my set feastsf.

JND Translation Notes

"Fixed times [for drawing near to God]." so vers. 37,44; Ex. 13.10; Num. 15.3; 29.39; Deut. 31.10; 1 Chron. 23.31, etc.