Leviticus 23:4

Passover and the Feast of Unleavened Bread

4 These are the LORD’s appointed feasts, the sacred assemblies you are to proclaim at their appointed times. ¹

Leviticus 23:4 Meaning and Commentary

Leviticus 23:4

These are the feasts of the Lord, [even] holy convocations,
&c.] 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.

Leviticus 23:4 In-Context

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.

3 For six days work may be done, but the seventh day is a Sabbath of complete rest, a day of sacred assembly. You must not do any work; wherever you live, it is a Sabbath to the LORD.

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

5 The Passover to the LORD begins at twilight on the fourteenth day of the first month.

6 On the fifteenth day of the same month begins the Feast of Unleavened Bread to the LORD. For seven days you must eat unleavened bread.

Cross References

• 1. (Exodus 12:14–28; Numbers 28:16–25; Deuteronomy 16:1–8)