The Pulpit Commentary on Leviticus 23:15-22

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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 THEN ENJOINED UPON THE WORSHIPPERS.

1. They were to meet in holy convocation.

2. They were to present two wave loaves.

3. They were to offer sacrifices.

II. THE NOTES OF TIME, WITH THEIR REASONS.

1. They counted from the putting in of the sickle.

2. They commemorated the giving of the Law.

3. They anticipated the publication of the gospel.

Where gratitude is there will be goodness. Hence the injunction to care for the poor and the stranger (Leviticus 23:22). This spirit of the Law is also the genius of the gospel.—J.A.M.

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