Leviticus 23:24-39

24 “Say to the Israelites: ‘On the first day of the seventh month you are to have a day of sabbath rest, a sacred assembly commemorated with trumpet blasts.
25 Do no regular work, but present a food offering to the LORD.’ ”

The Day of Atonement

26 The LORD said to Moses,
27 “The tenth day of this seventh month is the Day of Atonement. Hold a sacred assembly and deny yourselves,[a] and present a food offering to the LORD.
28 Do not do any work on that day, because it is the Day of Atonement, when atonement is made for you before the LORD your God.
29 Those who do not deny themselves on that day must be cut off from their people.
30 I will destroy from among their people anyone who does any work on that day.
31 You shall do no work at all. This is to be a lasting ordinance for the generations to come, wherever you live.
32 It is a day of sabbath rest for you, and you must deny yourselves. From the evening of the ninth day of the month until the following evening you are to observe your sabbath.”

The Festival of Tabernacles

33 The LORD said to Moses,
34 “Say to the Israelites: ‘On the fifteenth day of the seventh month the LORD’s Festival of Tabernacles begins, and it lasts for seven days.
35 The first day is a sacred assembly; do no regular work.
36 For seven days present food offerings to the LORD, and on the eighth day hold a sacred assembly and present a food offering to the LORD. It is the closing special assembly; do no regular work.
37 (“ ‘These are the LORD’s appointed festivals, which you are to proclaim as sacred assemblies for bringing food offerings to the LORD—the burnt offerings and grain offerings, sacrifices and drink offerings required for each day.
38 These offerings are in addition to those for the LORD’s Sabbaths and[b] in addition to your gifts and whatever you have vowed and all the freewill offerings you give to the LORD.)
39 “ ‘So beginning with the fifteenth day of the seventh month, after you have gathered the crops of the land, celebrate the festival to the LORD for seven days; the first day is a day of sabbath rest, and the eighth day also is a day of sabbath rest.

Leviticus 23:24-39 Meaning and Commentary

INTRODUCTION TO LEVITICUS 23

In this chapter an account is given of the several holy days, times, and seasons, appointed by God, under the general names of feasts and holy convocations; and first of the sabbath, Le 23:1-4; then of the passover and feast of unleavened bread, Le 23:5-8; to which is annexed the sheaf of the firstfruits, Le 23:9-14; after that of the feast of weeks or pentecost, Le 23:15-22; and of the feast of trumpets, Le 23:23-25; and of the day of atonement, Le 23:26-32; and of the feast of tabernacles, Le 23:33-44.

Cross References 25

  • 1. ver 27,36; Ezra 3:1
  • 2. Leviticus 25:9; Numbers 10:9,10; Numbers 29:1; Numbers 31:6; 2 Kings 11:14; 2 Chronicles 13:12; Psalms 98:6
  • 3. ver 21
  • 4. S Leviticus 1:9
  • 5. S Leviticus 16:29
  • 6. S Exodus 30:10
  • 7. S ver 2,S 24; Numbers 29:7
  • 8. ver 31
  • 9. Genesis 17:14; Leviticus 7:20; Numbers 5:2
  • 10. S Leviticus 20:3
  • 11. Leviticus 3:17
  • 12. S Leviticus 16:31
  • 13. Nehemiah 13:19
  • 14. 1 Kings 8:2; Haggai 2:1
  • 15. S Exodus 23:16; Deuteronomy 16:13; Ezra 3:4; Nehemiah 8:14; Zechariah 14:16; John 7:2
  • 16. ver 2
  • 17. ver 3
  • 18. S ver 24; 1 Kings 8:2; 2 Chronicles 7:9; Nehemiah 8:18; John 7:37
  • 19. S Leviticus 1:9
  • 20. ver 13; ver 2,4
  • 21. S Leviticus 1:2
  • 22. S Exodus 20:10; 2 Chronicles 2:4; Ezekiel 45:17
  • 23. S Leviticus 7:16
  • 24. Isaiah 62:9
  • 25. S Exodus 23:16; Deuteronomy 16:13

Footnotes 2

  • [a]. Or "and fast" ; similarly in verses 29 and 32
  • [b]. Or "These festivals are in addition to the " Lord"’s Sabbaths, and these offerings are"
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