Bible Commentary

Speak unto the children of Israel, saying, In the seventh month, in the first [day] of the month, shall ye have a sabbath, a memorial of blowing of trumpets, a holy convocation. 24. blowing of trumpets ] See on Lev 23:2-3. Fuente: The Cambridge Bible for Schools and Colleges A sabbath – Here and in … Continue reading “Exegetical and Hermeneutical Commentary of Leviticus 23:24”

And the LORD spoke unto Moses, saying, 23 25. This has been called the Festival of the New Year. It is probable that the first day of the 7th month was associated with the reckoning of the commencement of a year (see further on Lev 25:9). There was evidently more than one mode of dating. … Continue reading “Exegetical and Hermeneutical Commentary of Leviticus 23:23”

And when ye reap the harvest of your land, thou shalt not make clean riddance of the corners of thy field when thou reapest, neither shalt thou gather any gleaning of thy harvest: thou shalt leave them unto the poor, and to the stranger: I [am] the LORD your God. 22. And when harvest ] … Continue reading “Exegetical and Hermeneutical Commentary of Leviticus 23:22”

And ye shall proclaim on the selfsame day, [that] it may be a holy convocation unto you: ye shall do no servile work [therein: it shall be] a statute forever in all your dwellings throughout your generations. 21. This v., unlike the rest of the section, has the characteristics of the Priestly Code. See above. … Continue reading “Exegetical and Hermeneutical Commentary of Leviticus 23:21”

And the priest shall wave them with the bread of the firstfruits [for] a wave offering before the LORD, with the two lambs: they shall be holy to the LORD for the priest. The priest shall wave them, i.e. some part of them in the name of the whole, and so for the two lambs, … Continue reading “Exegetical and Hermeneutical Commentary of Leviticus 23:20”

Then ye shall sacrifice one kid of the goats for a sin offering, and two lambs of the first year for a sacrifice of peace offerings. One kid: in Lev 4:14 the sin-offering for the sin of the people is a bullock, but here a kid, &c.; the reason of the difference may be this, … Continue reading “Exegetical and Hermeneutical Commentary of Leviticus 23:19”

And ye shall offer with the bread seven lambs without blemish of the first year, and one young bullock, and two rams: they shall be [for] a burnt offering unto the LORD, with their meat offering, and their drink offerings, [even] an offering made by fire, of sweet savor unto the LORD. Two rams; in … Continue reading “Exegetical and Hermeneutical Commentary of Leviticus 23:18”

Ye shall bring out of your habitations two wave loaves of two tenth deals: they shall be of fine flour; they shall be baked with leaven; [they are] the firstfruits unto the LORD. 17. wave loaves ] See Appendix IV, pp. 183 ff. tenth parts ] A.V. ‘tenth deals,’ and so in Lev 23:13. With … Continue reading “Exegetical and Hermeneutical Commentary of Leviticus 23:17”

Even unto the morrow after the seventh sabbath shall ye number fifty days; and ye shall offer a new meat offering unto the LORD. i.e. After seven weeks, or forty-nine days, the morrow after which was the fiftieth day, called also pentecost. A new meat offering, to wit, of new corn made into loaves, as … Continue reading “Exegetical and Hermeneutical Commentary of Leviticus 23:16”

And ye shall count unto you from the morrow after the sabbath, from the day that ye brought the sheaf of the wave offering; seven sabbaths shall be complete: 15. the morrow after the sabbath ] See on Lev 23:11. Fuente: The Cambridge Bible for Schools and Colleges 15 22. The Feast of Weeks (mainly … Continue reading “Exegetical and Hermeneutical Commentary of Leviticus 23:15”