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4These are the feasts of the LORD, even holy convocations, which ye shall proclaim in their seasons.

Leviticus 23:4

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Cross-References

From the Treasury of Scripture Knowledge

  • Three times thou shalt keep a feast unto me in the year.

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

  • 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:

Commentary

Matthew Henry’s Complete Commentary on the Bible (1710)

(vv. 4-14)

Here again the feasts are called the feasts of the Lord , because he appointed them. Jeroboam’s feast, which he devised of his own heart (1 Kgs. 12:33), was an affront to God, and a reproach upon the people. These feasts were to be proclaimed in their seasons (Lev. 23:4), and the seasons God chose for them were in March, May and September (according to our present computation), not in winter, beca…

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