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Holy Convocation
A holy convocation was a sacred assembly in which the people of Israel were called together on days appointed by God to rest from work and to worship. Leviticus 23 sets out the holy convocations of the Sabbath and of the annual feasts.
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- Feast of TrumpetsBible
The Feast of Trumpets was an Old Testament festival observed on the first day of the seventh month of Israel's religious calendar. It was marked by the blowing of trumpets and a holy convocation, as prescribed in Leviticus 23 and Numbers 29.
- 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.
- Nehemiah 8:10Bible Verses
Nehemiah 8:10 is an exhortation to the people who had returned from exile and were weeping as they heard the Law read. They are told not to grieve on the holy day but to eat together and share with others. The verse is widely quoted for the phrase "the joy of the LORD is your strength."
- TheotokosDoctrine & Theology
Theotokos is a Greek term meaning "the one who gave birth to God." It is a title for Mary, the mother of Jesus, and was formally affirmed by the Council of Ephesus in 431.
- Holy WeekFeasts & Seasons
Holy Week is the week immediately preceding Easter, a period that commemorates Jesus Christ's entry into Jerusalem, his suffering, and his death on the cross. Korean Protestants commonly call it Passion Week, while Catholics and Anglicans in Korea generally call it Holy Week.
Verses in the King James Version 18, showing 6
- Exodus 12:16
And in the first day there shall be an holy convocation, and in the seventh day there shall be an holy convocation to you; no manner of work shall be done in them, save that which every man must eat, that only may be done of you.
- Leviticus 23:2
Speak unto the children of Israel, and say unto them, Concerning the feasts of the Lord, which ye shall proclaim to be holy convocations, even these are my feasts.
- Leviticus 23:3
Six days shall work be done: but the seventh day is the sabbath of rest, an holy convocation; ye shall do no work therein: it is the sabbath of the Lord in all your dwellings.
- Leviticus 23:4
These are the feasts of the Lord, even holy convocations, which ye shall proclaim in their seasons.
- Leviticus 23:7
In the first day ye shall have an holy convocation: ye shall do no servile work therein.
- Leviticus 23:8
But ye shall offer an offering made by fire unto the Lord seven days: in the seventh day is an holy convocation: ye shall do no servile work therein.
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