Leviticus 23:4
New International Version
“’These are the LORD’s appointed festivals, the sacred assemblies you are to proclaim at their appointed times:

New Living Translation
“In addition to the Sabbath, these are the LORD’s appointed festivals, the official days for holy assembly that are to be celebrated at their proper times each year.

English Standard Version
“These are the appointed feasts of the LORD, the holy convocations, which you shall proclaim at the time appointed for them.

Berean Standard Bible
These are the LORD’s appointed feasts, the sacred assemblies you are to proclaim at their appointed times.

King James Bible
These are the feasts of the LORD, even holy convocations, which ye shall proclaim in their seasons.

New King James Version
‘These are the feasts of the LORD, holy convocations which you shall proclaim at their appointed times.

New American Standard Bible
‘These are the appointed times of the LORD, holy convocations which you shall proclaim at the times appointed for them.

NASB 1995
‘These are the appointed times of the LORD, holy convocations which you shall proclaim at the times appointed for them.

NASB 1977
‘These are the appointed times of the LORD, holy convocations which you shall proclaim at the times appointed for them.

Legacy Standard Bible
‘These are the appointed times of Yahweh, holy convocations which you shall proclaim at the times appointed for them.

Amplified Bible
‘These are the appointed times of the LORD, holy convocations which you shall proclaim at their appointed times:

Christian Standard Bible
“These are the LORD’s appointed times, the sacred assemblies you are to proclaim at their appointed times.

Holman Christian Standard Bible
These are the LORD’s appointed times, the sacred assemblies you are to proclaim at their appointed times.

American Standard Version
These are the set feasts of Jehovah, even holy convocations, which ye shall proclaim in their appointed season.

English Revised Version
These are the set feasts of the LORD, even holy convocations, which ye shall proclaim in their appointed season.

GOD'S WORD® Translation
"The following are the LORD's appointed festivals with holy assemblies, which you must announce at their appointed times.

Good News Translation
Proclaim the following festivals at the appointed times.

International Standard Version
These are the LORD's appointed festivals and sacred assemblies that you are to declare at their appointed time.

Majority Standard Bible
These are the LORD?s appointed feasts, the sacred assemblies you are to proclaim at their appointed times.

NET Bible
"'These are the LORD's appointed times, holy assemblies, which you must proclaim at their appointed time.

New Heart English Bible
"'These are the set feasts of the LORD, even holy convocations, which you shall proclaim in their appointed season.

Webster's Bible Translation
These are the feasts of the LORD, holy convocations, which ye shall proclaim in their seasons.

World English Bible
“‘These are the set feasts of Yahweh, even holy convocations, which you shall proclaim in their appointed season.
Literal Translations
Literal Standard Version
These [are] appointed times of YHWH, holy convocations, which you proclaim in their appointed times:

Young's Literal Translation
These are appointed seasons of Jehovah, holy convocations, which ye proclaim in their appointed seasons:

Smith's Literal Translation
These the appointments of Jehovah called holy, which ye shall call them in their appointment.
Catholic Translations
Douay-Rheims Bible
These also are the holy days of the Lord, which you must celebrate in their seasons.

Catholic Public Domain Version
Therefore, these are the feasts of the Lord, which you must celebrate in their times.

New American Bible
These are the festivals of the LORD, holy days which you shall declare at their proper time.

New Revised Standard Version
These are the appointed festivals of the LORD, the holy convocations, which you shall celebrate at the time appointed for them.
Translations from Aramaic
Lamsa Bible
These are the feasts of the LORD, even the holy convocations which you shall proclaim in their seasons:

Peshitta Holy Bible Translated
These are the feast days of LORD JEHOVAH; you shall announce them as called and holy in their times.
OT Translations
JPS Tanakh 1917
These are the appointed seasons of the LORD, even holy convocations, which ye shall proclaim in their appointed season.

Brenton Septuagint Translation
These are the feasts to the Lord, holy convocations, which ye shall call in their seasons.

Additional Translations ...
Audio Bible



Context
The Passover Feast
4These are the LORD’s appointed feasts, the sacred assemblies you are to proclaim at their appointed times. 5The Passover to the LORD begins at twilight on the fourteenth day of the first month.…

Cross References
Exodus 12:14-20
And this day will be a memorial for you, and you are to celebrate it as a feast to the LORD, as a permanent statute for the generations to come. / For seven days you must eat unleavened bread. On the first day you are to remove the leaven from your houses. Whoever eats anything leavened from the first day through the seventh must be cut off from Israel. / On the first day you are to hold a sacred assembly, and another on the seventh day. You must not do any work on those days, except to prepare the meals—that is all you may do. ...

Numbers 28:16-25
The fourteenth day of the first month is the LORD’s Passover. / On the fifteenth day of this month, there shall be a feast; for seven days unleavened bread is to be eaten. / On the first day there is to be a sacred assembly; you must not do any regular work. ...

Deuteronomy 16:1-8
Observe the month of Abib and celebrate the Passover to the LORD your God, because in the month of Abib the LORD your God brought you out of Egypt by night. / You are to offer to the LORD your God the Passover sacrifice from the herd or flock in the place the LORD will choose as a dwelling for His Name. / You must not eat leavened bread with it; for seven days you are to eat with it unleavened bread, the bread of affliction, because you left the land of Egypt in haste—so that you may remember for the rest of your life the day you left the land of Egypt. ...

Exodus 23:14-17
Three times a year you are to celebrate a feast to Me. / You are to keep the Feast of Unleavened Bread as I commanded you: At the appointed time in the month of Abib you are to eat unleavened bread for seven days, because that was the month you came out of Egypt. No one may appear before Me empty-handed. / You are also to keep the Feast of Harvest with the firstfruits of the produce from what you sow in the field. And keep the Feast of Ingathering at the end of the year, when you gather your produce from the field. ...

Numbers 9:1-5
In the first month of the second year after Israel had come out of the land of Egypt, the LORD spoke to Moses in the Wilderness of Sinai: / “The Israelites are to observe the Passover at its appointed time. / You are to observe it at the appointed time, at twilight on the fourteenth day of this month, in accordance with its statutes and ordinances.” ...

Deuteronomy 16:16
Three times a year all your men are to appear before the LORD your God in the place He will choose: at the Feast of Unleavened Bread, the Feast of Weeks, and the Feast of Tabernacles. No one should appear before the LORD empty-handed.

1 Corinthians 5:7-8
Get rid of the old leaven, that you may be a new unleavened batch, as you really are. For Christ, our Passover lamb, has been sacrificed. / Therefore let us keep the feast, not with the old bread, leavened with malice and wickedness, but with the unleavened bread of sincerity and of truth.

Matthew 26:17-19
On the first day of the Feast of Unleavened Bread, the disciples came to Jesus and asked, “Where do You want us to prepare for You to eat the Passover?” / He answered, “Go into the city to a certain man and tell him that the Teacher says, ‘My time is near. I will keep the Passover with My disciples at your house.’” / So the disciples did as Jesus had directed them and prepared the Passover.

Mark 14:12-16
On the first day of the Feast of Unleavened Bread, when the Passover lamb was to be sacrificed, Jesus’ disciples asked Him, “Where do You want us to prepare for You to eat the Passover?” / So He sent two of His disciples and told them, “Go into the city, and a man carrying a jug of water will meet you. Follow him, / and whichever house he enters, say to the owner, ‘The Teacher asks: Where is My guest room, where I may eat the Passover with My disciples?’ ...

Luke 22:7-13
Then came the day of Unleavened Bread on which the Passover lamb was to be sacrificed. / Jesus sent Peter and John, saying, “Go and make preparations for us to eat the Passover.” / “Where do You want us to prepare it?” they asked. ...

John 13:1
It was now just before the Passover Feast, and Jesus knew that His hour had come to leave this world and return to the Father. Having loved His own who were in the world, He loved them to the very end.

2 Chronicles 30:1-5
Then Hezekiah sent word throughout all Israel and Judah, and he also wrote letters to Ephraim and Manasseh inviting them to come to the house of the LORD in Jerusalem to keep the Passover of the LORD, the God of Israel. / For the king and his officials and the whole assembly in Jerusalem had decided to keep the Passover in the second month, / since they had been unable to keep it at the regular time, because not enough priests had consecrated themselves and the people had not been gathered in Jerusalem. ...

2 Chronicles 35:1-19
Then Josiah kept the Passover to the LORD in Jerusalem, and the Passover lamb was slaughtered on the fourteenth day of the first month. / He appointed the priests to their duties and encouraged them in the service of the house of the LORD. / To the Levites who taught all Israel and were holy to the LORD, Josiah said: “Put the holy ark in the temple built by Solomon son of David king of Israel. It is not to be carried around on your shoulders. Now serve the LORD your God and His people Israel. ...

Ezra 6:19-22
On the fourteenth day of the first month, the exiles kept the Passover. / All the priests and Levites had purified themselves and were ceremonially clean. And the Levites slaughtered the Passover lamb for all the exiles, for their priestly brothers, and for themselves. / The Israelites who had returned from exile ate it, together with all who had separated themselves from the uncleanness of the peoples of the land to seek the LORD, the God of Israel. ...

Ezekiel 45:21
On the fourteenth day of the first month you are to observe the Passover, a feast of seven days, during which unleavened bread shall be eaten.


Treasury of Scripture

These are the feasts of the LORD, even holy convocations, which you shall proclaim in their seasons.

Leviticus 23:2,37
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…

Exodus 23:14
Three times thou shalt keep a feast unto me in the year.

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Leviticus 23
1. The feasts of the Lord
3. the Sabbath
4. The Passover
9. The sheaf of firstfruits
15. The feast of Pentecost
22. Gleanings to be left for the poor
23. The feast of trumpets
26. The day of atonement
33. The feast of tabernacles














These are the LORD’s appointed feasts
The term "appointed feasts" refers to specific times set by God for the Israelites to observe. These feasts are divinely ordained and are not merely cultural or traditional events. They serve as reminders of God's covenant with Israel and His ongoing relationship with His people. The concept of "appointed" suggests a divine schedule, emphasizing that these times are sacred and not to be altered by human decision. The feasts are a part of the Mosaic Law, given to Moses on Mount Sinai, and are integral to the religious life of Israel. They also foreshadow future events in God's redemptive plan, with some seeing them as types of Christ and His work.

the sacred assemblies
The phrase "sacred assemblies" indicates that these gatherings are holy convocations, set apart for worship and reflection. The Hebrew term for "assembly" implies a gathering of people for a specific purpose, in this case, to honor and worship God. These assemblies are not just social gatherings but are meant to be times of spiritual renewal and community worship. They are occasions for the Israelites to come together as a nation to remember God's deeds and to renew their commitment to Him. The sacred nature of these assemblies underscores the importance of holiness and reverence in worship.

you are to proclaim
The responsibility to "proclaim" these feasts falls on the leaders of Israel, particularly the priests and Levites. This proclamation is a public declaration, ensuring that the entire community is aware of the times and significance of these feasts. It highlights the communal aspect of worship in Israel, where the entire nation participates in these observances. The act of proclaiming also serves as a teaching moment, reinforcing the laws and traditions of Israel to each generation. This command underscores the importance of leadership in guiding the spiritual life of the community.

at their appointed times
The phrase "at their appointed times" emphasizes the specific timing of these feasts, which are determined by God. Each feast occurs at a set time in the calendar year, often linked to agricultural cycles, such as the harvest. This timing is not arbitrary but is designed to align with God's purposes and the natural order He established. The precision of these times reflects God's sovereignty and orderliness. Observing the feasts at their appointed times is an act of obedience and trust in God's timing. It also points to the fulfillment of God's promises, as seen in the prophetic significance of these feasts in relation to the life and work of Jesus Christ.

Persons / Places / Events
1. The LORD (Yahweh)
The covenant God of Israel, who establishes the feasts as sacred times for His people.

2. Moses
The prophet and leader through whom God communicates His laws and instructions to the Israelites.

3. Israelites
The chosen people of God, who are commanded to observe these feasts as part of their covenant relationship with Him.

4. Appointed Feasts
Specific times set by God for worship, remembrance, and celebration, including Passover, Feast of Unleavened Bread, and others.

5. Sacred Assemblies
Gatherings of the Israelites for worship and observance of the feasts, emphasizing community and holiness.
Teaching Points
Divine Appointment
The feasts are not human inventions but divinely appointed times, underscoring the importance of aligning our worship with God's timing and purposes.

Community and Worship
The sacred assemblies emphasize the communal aspect of worship, reminding us of the importance of gathering together as believers to honor God.

Remembrance and Anticipation
The feasts serve as reminders of God's past faithfulness and as anticipations of future fulfillment, encouraging us to live with gratitude and hope.

Holiness and Obedience
Observing the feasts required obedience and a commitment to holiness, teaching us the value of living set apart for God in our daily lives.

Christ as Fulfillment
The appointed feasts point to Christ, who fulfills the law and the prophets, inviting us to find our ultimate rest and celebration in Him.(4) These are the feasts of the Lord.--Because the following are the festivals proper as distinguished from the sabbath (see Leviticus 23:37-38), and because they are now enumerated in their regular order, the introductory heading is here repeated.

Ye shall proclaim in their seasons.--By the blast of trumpets on the day of the month on which they are to be observed.

Verse 4. - This verse repeats the statement or heading contained in verse 2, with reference to the annual holy day, the sabbath having been disposed of in verse 3.

Parallel Commentaries ...


Hebrew
These
אֵ֚לֶּה (’êl·leh)
Pronoun - common plural
Strong's 428: These, those

are the LORD’s
יְהוָ֔ה (Yah·weh)
Noun - proper - masculine singular
Strong's 3068: LORD -- the proper name of the God of Israel

appointed feasts,
מוֹעֲדֵ֣י (mō·w·‘ă·ḏê)
Noun - masculine plural construct
Strong's 4150: Appointed time, place, or meeting

the sacred
קֹ֑דֶשׁ (qō·ḏeš)
Noun - masculine singular
Strong's 6944: A sacred place, thing, sanctity

assemblies
מִקְרָאֵ֖י (miq·rā·’ê)
Noun - masculine plural construct
Strong's 4744: Something called out, a public meeting, a rehearsal

you are to proclaim
תִּקְרְא֥וּ (tiq·rə·’ū)
Verb - Qal - Imperfect - second person masculine plural
Strong's 7121: To call, proclaim, read

at their appointed times.
בְּמוֹעֲדָֽם׃ (bə·mō·w·‘ă·ḏām)
Preposition-b | Noun - masculine singular construct | third person masculine plural
Strong's 4150: Appointed time, place, or meeting


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