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**the LORD.** Hebrew. *Jehovah.* App-4 .
**spake.** See note on [Leviticus 5:14](../../../kjv/leviticus/5/14) .

**children.** Hebrew sons.
**feasts of the LORD.** This was their primal name; but in the day of Christ *'* s rejection they had become "feasts of the Jews". [John 5:1](../../../kjv/john/5/1) ; [John 2:13](../../../kjv/john/2/13) ; [John 6:4](../../../kjv/john/6/4) ; [John 11:55](../../../kjv/john/11/55) .
**proclaim.** Cause to be [publicly] heard. Occurs outside the Pentateuch only in Nehemiah.
**holy.** See note on [Exodus 3:5](../../../kjv/exodus/3/5) .
**convocation** = a calling together, assembly.

**sabbath of rest.** See note on [Exodus 16:23](../../../kjv/exodus/16/23) .

**These are the feasts:** thus marking the sabbath offering as distinct.
**feasts** = Hebrew appointed seasons.
**feasts of the LORD.** This was their true character. But in our Lord *'* s day they had degenerated into "feasts of the Jews" ([John 2:13](../../../kjv/john/2/13) ; [John 5:1](../../../kjv/john/5/1) ; [John 6:4](../../../kjv/john/6/4) ; [John 11:55](../../../kjv/john/11/55) ).

**first month:** called in Pentateuch "Abib" ([Exodus 13:4](../../../kjv/exodus/13/4) ; [Exodus 23:15](../../../kjv/exodus/23/15) ; [Exodus 34:18](../../../kjv/exodus/34/18) . [Deuteronomy 16:1](../../../kjv/deuteronomy/16/1) ); and "Nisan" in later books ([Nehemiah 2:1](../../../kjv/nehemiah/2/1) .[Esther 3:7](../../../kjv/esther/3/7); [Esther 3:7](../../../kjv/esther/3/7) ) = about beginning of April.
**at even:** any time from sunset of one day till sunrise of the second day. Hebrew "between the evenings".
**the LORD'S** [Hebrew. *Jehovah.* s]
**passover.** This is the first of the Feasts; Tabernacles is the seventh. First, redemption; last, rest. Redemption is the title to rest.

**unleavened.** Note the exception in [Leviticus 23:17](../../../kjv/leviticus/23/17) , and see note there.

**servile** = laborious.

**offer** = bring near. Hebrew. *karab.* App-43 .
**offering.** Hebrew. *'ishsheh.* App-43 .
**in.** Some codices, with Samaritan Pentateuch, Septuagint, Syriac, and Vulgate, read "and on (or in)".

**When ye be come.** See note on [Leviticus 14:34](../../../kjv/leviticus/14/34) .
**sheaf.** The Antitype is Christ, the firstfruits. [1 Corinthians 15:23](../../../kjv/1-corinthians/15/23) .

**wave.** See note on [Exodus 29:27](../../../kjv/exodus/29/27) .

**offer** = prepare. Hebrew. *'asah.* App-43 .
**that day.** All these offerings were without leaven. Compare [Leviticus 23:17](../../../kjv/leviticus/23/17) . [Leviticus 23:13](../../../kjv/leviticus/23/13) sweet savour = savour of satisfaction. See note on [Genesis 8:21](../../../kjv/genesis/8/21) .
**wine.** Hebrew. *yayin.* App-27 .

**offering.** Hebrew. *korban.* See App-43 .
**God.** Hebrew. *Elohim.* App-4 .
**statute for ever.** See [Leviticus 23:21](../../../kjv/leviticus/23/21) ; [Leviticus 3:17](../../../kjv/leviticus/3/17) ; [Leviticus 6:18](../../../kjv/leviticus/6/18) , [Leviticus 6:22](../../../kjv/leviticus/6/22) ; [Leviticus 7:34](../../../kjv/leviticus/7/34) ; [Leviticus 10:9](../../../kjv/leviticus/10/9) , [Leviticus 10:15](../../../kjv/leviticus/10/15) ; [Leviticus 24:8](../../../kjv/leviticus/24/8) , [Leviticus 24:9](../../../kjv/leviticus/24/9) . [Exodus 12:14](../../../kjv/exodus/12/14) ; [Exodus 29:28](../../../kjv/exodus/29/28) ; [Exodus 30:21](../../../kjv/exodus/30/21) .[Numbers 18:8](../../../kjv/numbers/18/8) , [Numbers 18:11](../../../kjv/numbers/18/11) , [Numbers 18:19](../../../kjv/numbers/18/19) . [Jeremiah 5:22](../../../kjv/jeremiah/5/22) , &c.

**seven sabbaths** = seven weeks. Compare [Luke 18:12](../../../kjv/luke/18/12) .[Matthew 28:1](../../../kjv/matthew/28/1) . Hence the name "feast of weeks" in Old Testament. [Exodus 34:22](../../../kjv/exodus/34/22) .[Deuteronomy 16:10](../../../kjv/deuteronomy/16/10) , [Deuteronomy 16:16](../../../kjv/deuteronomy/16/16) ; [2 Chronicles 8:13](../../../kjv/2-chronicles/8/13) .

**fifty days.** Hence the name Pentecost. [Acts 2:1](../../../kjv/acts/2/1) ; Act 20:16 . [1 Corinthians 16:8](../../../kjv/1-corinthians/16/8) .
**meat offering** = meal offering. See note on [Leviticus 2:1](../../../kjv/leviticus/2/1) .

**with leaven.** This great exception is made because the antitype is not Christ but human kind, and not without sin. "They that are Christ *'* s", [1 Corinthians 15:23](../../../kjv/1-corinthians/15/23) . Compare [Leviticus 23:6](../../../kjv/leviticus/23/6) and [Leviticus 23:10](../../../kjv/leviticus/23/10) above.

**sacrifice** = prepare; same as "offer" in [Leviticus 23:12](../../../kjv/leviticus/23/12) .

**harvest.** In the Antitype = "the end" or the remainder. [1 Corinthians 15:24](../../../kjv/1-corinthians/15/24) .

**atonement.** See note on [Exodus 29:33](../../../kjv/exodus/29/33) .
**afflict** = humble.
**your souls** = yourselves. Hebrew. *nephesh.* App-13 .

**soul** = person. Hebrew. *n* ephesh. App-13 .
**afflicted** = humbled. Put by Figure of speech *Metonymy* (of the Adjunct), for the outward sign of it. App-6 .
**cut off.** See note on [Leviticus 7:20](../../../kjv/leviticus/7/20) .

**work.** Some codices, with Samaritan Pentateuch, Syriac, and "Vulgate, add "therefore".

**celebrate your sabbath.** See note on [Exodus 16:23](../../../kjv/exodus/16/23) .

**tabernacles** = booths. Hebrew. *sukkoth =* a lodge in a garden. [Isaiah 1:8](../../../kjv/isaiah/1/8) , "cottage".

**servile** = laborious.

**on.** Some codices, with Samaritan Pentateuch, Septuagint, Syriac, and Vulgate, read "and on".

**These are the feasts of the LORD:** viz. the above-mentioned festivals. See Structure ([Leviticus 23:1](../../../kjv/leviticus/23/1) , p. 165).

**sabbaths.** Put by Figure of speech *Metonymy* (of the Adjunct), App-6 , for the sacrifices offered on the sabbath. See note on [Leviticus 25:6](../../../kjv/leviticus/25/6) .

**feast** = festival.

**before the LORD.** Hebrew before the face of Jehovah ( App-4 ). Figure of speech *Pleonasm.* App-6 . = in the presence of.

**in** = throughout.

**in booths.** In Hebrew, the verse begins and ends with these words, for emphasis, by the Figure of speech *Epanadiplosis.* App-6 .

**declared:** according to verse [Leviticus 23:2](../../../kjv/leviticus/23/2) .
**feasts** = appointed seasons.

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