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• Leviticus 23Bible

  Leviticus 23 sets out Israel's appointed feasts in order: the Sabbath, Passover and the Feast of Unleavened Bread, the day of the firstfruits sheaf, the feast held fifty days later, and the seventh-month observances of the blowing of trumpets, the Day of Atonement, and the Feast of Tabernacles.

• Numbers 29Bible

  Numbers 29 is a legal text that prescribes the kinds and numbers of offerings for the feasts of the seventh month: the day of blowing the trumpets (the first day), the Day of Atonement (the tenth day), the Feast of Tabernacles (seven days beginning on the fifteenth), and the solemn assembly on the eighth day.

• New MoonBible

  The new moon was an ancient Israelite observance held on the first day of each month, when sacrifices were offered and trumpets were blown.

• ShofarBible

  The shofar is an ancient Israelite trumpet made from the horn of an animal such as a ram. In the Old Testament it was used to proclaim feasts and the Jubilee, to signal in war, to mark the enthronement of kings, and in worship. The New Korean Revised Version usually renders it as "trumpet."

• Isaiah 58Bible

  Isaiah 58 rebukes merely outward fasting and declares that the fast God delights in is to set the oppressed free and to care for one's poor neighbors. The chapter closes with an exhortation to honor the Sabbath.

• Feast of WeeksBible

  The Feast of Weeks was one of Israel's three pilgrimage festivals, at which the firstfruits of the wheat harvest were offered. It was observed after counting seven weeks from the day the first sheaf of grain was presented, and in the New Testament it is called Pentecost.

• Feast of TabernaclesBible

  The Feast of Tabernacles is one of the three pilgrimage feasts of Israel. Observed after the autumn harvest had been gathered, it began on the fifteenth day of the seventh month and lasted seven days, during which the people dwelt in booths in remembrance of the wilderness years. It is also called the Feast of Booths and the Feast of Ingathering.

• Feast of DedicationBible

  The Feast of Dedication, also known as Hanukkah, is a Jewish festival commemorating the Jews' recovery and rededication of the Jerusalem Temple after its defilement by the Seleucid dynasty in the second century BC. The Bible mentions it once, in John 10:22.

• Feast of Unleavened BreadBible

  The Feast of Unleavened Bread was a seven-day festival, beginning the day after Passover, during which Israel ate bread without leaven to commemorate the Exodus. In the New Testament it is named together with Passover, and Paul uses it as an illustration of the Christian life.

• Feast of FirstfruitsBible

  The Feast of Firstfruits was an Old Testament rite, prescribed in Leviticus 23:9-14, in which the first sheaf of the spring barley harvest was waved before the LORD. It served as the starting point for counting the date of the Feast of Weeks and is often read in connection with the New Testament description of Christ's resurrection as the "firstfruits."

• Feast of the Holy InnocentsFeasts & Seasons

  The Feast of the Holy Innocents is a commemoration in the church calendar honoring the victims of Herod's killing of the young boys of Bethlehem (Matthew 2:16-18). The Western church observes it on December 28.

• Presentation of the LordFeasts & Seasons

  The Feast of the Presentation of the Lord is a feast of the church year that commemorates the presentation of the infant Jesus in the Temple in Jerusalem forty days after his birth. Western churches usually observe it on February 2.

• Baptism of the Lord SundayFeasts & Seasons

  Baptism of the Lord Sunday commemorates the baptism of Jesus by John the Baptist in the Jordan River. In the Western church calendar, it is usually observed on the first Sunday after Epiphany.

• Belshazzar's FeastBible

  Belshazzar's Feast is the event recorded in Daniel 5, in which handwriting appeared on the wall during a banquet at which Belshazzar, king of Babylon, drank from the vessels of the Temple in Jerusalem and praised idols. The king was slain that same night.

• Love FeastWorship & Rites

  The love feast is a communal meal that believers in the early church shared as an expression of love and fellowship. It is distinct from the Lord's Supper. In Korean Protestant churches, the term usually refers to a meal that church members share after worship.

• Marriage Supper of the LambBible

  The marriage supper of the Lamb is an expression found in Revelation 19. It refers to the feast celebrating the complete union of Christ, the Lamb, with his bride at the end of the age.

• Presentation of Jesus in the TempleBible

  The Presentation of Jesus in the Temple is the event in which Joseph and Mary brought the infant Jesus to the Temple in Jerusalem and presented him to God after the period of purification prescribed by the Law had passed. It is recorded in Luke 2.

• EpiphanyFeasts & Seasons

  Epiphany is a Christian feast, observed on January 6, that commemorates the manifestation of Jesus Christ to the world as the Son of God.

• Trinity SundayFeasts & Seasons

  Trinity Sunday, the Sunday after Pentecost, is a feast of the Western church year commemorating the doctrine of the Trinity, which confesses one God in Father, Son, and Holy Spirit.