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The Pulpit Commentary on Leviticus 23:4
Religious festivals. This chapter has been termed, from its contents, the Calendar of Feasts. Underneath much that has been abolished by the gospel, we can trace principles and truths of permanent application, invested…
The Pulpit Commentary on Leviticus 23:4-8
The Passover. cf. Exodus 12:1-51; also 1 Corinthians 5:7, 1 Corinthians 5:8. In addition to the weekly "offering of rest," there were emphasized offerings of a similar character at select seasons throughout the Jewish y…
The Pulpit Commentary on Leviticus 23:4-14
The Passover. Under this general title we include the Feast of Unleavened Bread, and the offering of the firstfruits which was connected with it. The history of the institution is given in Exodus 12:1-51. That the Passo…
The Pulpit Commentary on Leviticus 23:4-8
The influence of sacred recollections. The great festival of the Passover derived all its meaning from one memorable historic scene. It annually recalled one event of surpassing interest, and, by so doing, it impressed…
The Pulpit Commentary on Leviticus 23:4-8
The Passover and the Feast of Unleavened Bread. This may be regarded as the opening festival of the year, and the closing one was the Feast of Tabernacles; typically representing the life of God's people passing from re…
The Pulpit Commentary on Leviticus 23:4
This verse repeats the statement or heading contained in Leviticus 23:2, with reference to the annual holy day, the sabbath having been disposed of in Leviticus 23:3.
The Pulpit Commentary on Leviticus 23:5
In the fourteenth day of the first month at even is the Lord's passover. The month of Nisan was made the first month of the religious year in consequence of the original Passover having taken place in it (Exodus 12:2).…
The Pulpit Commentary on Leviticus 23:5
The Paschal supper was observed by our Lord in obedience to the command in Exodus 12:14; Le Exodus 23:5; Deuteronomy 16:1-8, in the following manner, so far as we are able to gather from the narrative of the gospel. I.…
The Pulpit Commentary on Leviticus 23:6-44
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The Pulpit Commentary on Leviticus 23:6-44
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The Pulpit Commentary on Leviticus 23:8
The Feast of Unleavened Bread was instituted at the same time with the Feast of the Passover (Exodus 12:15-17), and from the beginning the two festivals were practically but one festival, never separated, though separab…
The Pulpit Commentary on Leviticus 23:8
The Feast of Unleavened Bread was instituted at the same time with the Feast of the Passover (Exodus 12:15-17), and from the beginning the two festivals were practically but one festival, never separated, though separab…
The Pulpit Commentary on Leviticus 23:9-14
A second command is given on the subject of the Feast of Unleavened Bread respecting those ceremonies which were only to be made use of when the Israelites had reached Canaan. It has reference to the second day of Unlea…
The Pulpit Commentary on Leviticus 23:9-14
Provision and piety. We have here— I. THE DIVINE FORETHOUGHT. Jehovah II. HUMAN PIETY IN RESPONSE. The goodness of God, shown to us through all generations, demands intelligent and devout response. We are reminded by th…
The Pulpit Commentary on Leviticus 23:9-14
The Feast of the Firstfruits. cf. Proverbs 3:9; 1 Corinthians 15:20. The Feast of the Firstfruits began on the second day of the Feast of Unleavened Bread, as the fifteenth and sixteenth verses about Pentecost imply. An…
The Pulpit Commentary on Leviticus 23:9-14
A second command is given on the subject of the Feast of Unleavened Bread respecting those ceremonies which were only to be made use of when the Israelites had reached Canaan. It has reference to the second day of Unlea…
The Pulpit Commentary on Leviticus 23:9-14
The first sheaf a wave offering of the harvest. Festival of firstfruits. May be viewed I. The consecration of human life and its results to God. 1. As an expression of thankfulness and praise. 2. 2. As an act of faith a…
The Pulpit Commentary on Leviticus 23:15-22
Day of Pentecost (cf. Acts 2:1-47). I. THE BLENDING TOGETHER OF THE NATURAL AND SPIRITUAL LIVES. The harvest of the earthly labour, the harvest of grace. II. INTIMATE CONNECTION BETWEEN THE TWO FESTIVALS OF PASSOVER AND…
The Pulpit Commentary on Leviticus 23:15-21
The Feast of Pentecost lasted but one day. From the morrow after the sabbath—that is, from the second day of Unleavened Bread—the day that ye brought the sheaf of the wave offering; seven sabbaths, i.e; weeks, were to b…
The Pulpit Commentary on Leviticus 23:15-22
Piety in prosperity. We often speak of our duty in the day of adversity, of the spirit which true piety will then manifest. It is of equal consequence that we should consider what is its rightful attitude in the hour of…
The Pulpit Commentary on Leviticus 23:15-21
The Pentecost. cf. Acts 2:1-47; also Jeremiah 2:3; Romans 11:16; and James 1:18. Having found in the firstfruits a typical reference to the resurrection of Christ, we have no difficulty on the same line in finding in th…
The Pulpit Commentary on Leviticus 23:15-21
The Feast of Pentecost lasted but one day. From the morrow after the sabbath—that is, from the second day of Unleavened Bread—the day that ye brought the sheaf of the wave offering; seven sabbaths, i.e; weeks, were to b…
The Pulpit Commentary on Leviticus 23:15-22
The Feast of Harvest. This was the second of the three great festivals upon which all the males of Israel were required to assemble at Jerusalem (see Exodus 23:14-17; Deuteronomy 16:16). Let us consider— I. THE DUTIES T…
The Pulpit Commentary on Leviticus 23:22
When ye reap the harvest of your land. The legislator pauses in his enunciation of the festivals to add the rule of charity, already laid down in the nineteenth chapter, as to leaving the gleanings unto the poor, and to…