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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…
Matthew Henry on Leviticus 23:15-22
The feast of Weeks was held in remembrance of the giving of the law, fifty days after the departure from Egypt; and looked forward to the outpouring of the Holy Ghost, fifty days after Christ our Passover was sacrificed…
Matthew Henry on Leviticus 23:15-22
Here is the institution of the feast of pentecost, or weeks, as it is called (Deuteronomy 16:9), because it was observed fifty days, or seven weeks, after the passover. It is also called the feast of harvest, Exodus 23:…
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 23:15-21
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 23:15-22
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 23:15-22
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 23:22
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…
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…
Matthew Henry on Leviticus 23:23-32
the blowing of trumpets represented the preaching of the gospel, by which men are called to repent of sin, and to accept the salvation of Christ, which was signified by the day of atonement. Also it invited to rejoice i…
Matthew Henry on Leviticus 23:23-32
Here is, I. The institution of the feast of trumpets, on the first day of the seventh month, Leviticus 23:24-25. That which was now the seventh month had been reckoned the first month, and the year of jubilee was still…
The Pulpit Commentary on Leviticus 23:23-25
The Feast of Trumpets. cf. Numbers 10:1-10; Exodus 19:19; Psalms 89:15. The first mention of the trumpet is in Exodus 19:13, Exodus 19:19, in connection with the giving of the Law. "When the trumpet soundeth long, they…
The Pulpit Commentary on Leviticus 23:23-25
In the seventh month, in the first day of the month. Only one of the monthly festivals is named in this chapter, because it is the only one on which a holy convocation was to be held. The first day of the seventh month…
The Pulpit Commentary on Leviticus 23:23-44
The hebdomad. Seven in Scripture is a very remarkable number. In the text it is repeated in so many forms that it forces itself upon our attention. I. HEBDOMADS ARE CONSPICUOUS IN THE CHRONOLOGY OF THE LAW. 1. They appe…
The Pulpit Commentary on Leviticus 23:23-25
The Feast of Trumpets. "The Old Testament," says Augustine, "when rightly understood, is one grand prophecy of the New." The New Testament is the key to the Old. I. THE MOON WAS A SYMBOL OF THE CHURCH. 1. Its luster set…
The Pulpit Commentary on Leviticus 23:23-25
The Feast of Trumpets. "A sabbath, a memorial, a holy convocation." Probably recalling the giving of the Law from Mount Sinai. Therefore typical of the proclamation of the gospel, which is the new law of love. I. The pe…
The Pulpit Commentary on Leviticus 23:23-25
In the seventh month, in the first day of the month. Only one of the monthly festivals is named in this chapter, because it is the only one on which a holy convocation was to be held. The first day of the seventh month…
The Pulpit Commentary on Leviticus 23:26-32
The ceremonies to be observed on the day of atonement have been already described in Leviticus 16:1-34, where it found its place as the great purification of the people and of the sanctuary. Here it is reintroduced as o…
The Pulpit Commentary on Leviticus 23:26-32
The great Day of Atonement (see on Le Leviticus 16:29-34).—R.
The Pulpit Commentary on Leviticus 23:26-32
The ceremonies to be observed on the day of atonement have been already described in Leviticus 16:1-34, where it found its place as the great purification of the people and of the sanctuary. Here it is reintroduced as o…
The Pulpit Commentary on Leviticus 23:26-32
The annual repentance-the Day of Atonement. cf. Leviticus 16:1-34; Hebrews 9:12. Into the ritual of the Day of Atonement we need not here enter, after what has been said on the subject under chapter 16. But the referenc…
The Pulpit Commentary on Leviticus 23:26-32
The Feast of Expiation. This great occasion, the ceremonies of which are more particularly described in Leviticus 16:1-34, was to be— I. A HOLY CONVOCATION, IN WHICH THE PEOPLE WERE TO AFFLICT THEIR SOULS. Learn hence:…