Bible Commentary

And ye shall eat neither bread, nor parched corn, nor green ears, until the selfsame day that ye have brought an offering unto your God: [it shall be] a statute forever throughout your generations in all your dwellings. 14. For ‘parched corn’ and ‘fresh ears,’ see on Lev 2:14-16. Fuente: The Cambridge Bible for Schools … Continue reading “Exegetical and Hermeneutical Commentary of Leviticus 23:14”

And the meat offering thereof [shall be] two tenth deals of fine flour mingled with oil, an offering made by fire unto the LORD [for] a sweet savor: and the drink offering thereof [shall be] of wine, the fourth [part] of a hin. 13. of an ephah] approximately a bushel. The word does not appear … Continue reading “Exegetical and Hermeneutical Commentary of Leviticus 23:13”

And ye shall offer that day when ye wave the sheaf a he lamb without blemish of the first year for a burnt offering unto the LORD. An he lamb, besides the daily morning and evening sacrifice, which it was needless to mention here, and besides one of those sacrifices to be offered every day … Continue reading “Exegetical and Hermeneutical Commentary of Leviticus 23:12”

And he shall wave the sheaf before the LORD, to be accepted for you: on the morrow after the sabbath the priest shall wave it. 11. The ritual here set forth has no parallel elsewhere in the Pentateuch. Deu 26:2 prescribes that ‘the first of all the fruit of the ground’ shall be offered, but … Continue reading “Exegetical and Hermeneutical Commentary of Leviticus 23:11”

Speak unto the children of Israel, and say unto them, When ye be come into the land which I give unto you, and shall reap the harvest thereof, then ye shall bring a sheaf of the firstfruits of your harvest unto the priest: Lev 23:10-11 Wave the sheaf. The first-fruits The design of these festivals … Continue reading “Exegetical and Hermeneutical Commentary of Leviticus 23:10”

And the LORD spoke unto Moses, saying, 9 14. An offering of firstfruits (H) Fuente: The Cambridge Bible for Schools and Colleges These verses contain a distinct command regarding the religious services immediately connected with the grain harvest, given by anticipation against the time when the people were to possess the promised land. Lev 23:10 … Continue reading “Exegetical and Hermeneutical Commentary of Leviticus 23:9”

But ye shall offer an offering made by fire unto the LORD seven days: in the seventh day [is] a holy convocation: ye shall do no servile work [therein]. 8. an offering made by fire ] The details of this offering are given in Num 28:2 ff. Fuente: The Cambridge Bible for Schools and Colleges … Continue reading “Exegetical and Hermeneutical Commentary of Leviticus 23:8”

In the first day ye shall have a holy convocation: ye shall do no servile work therein. 7. servile work ] The expression (see R.V. mg. and introd. note to ch.) is used in reference to the three great festivals and that of the New Year, and implies a less strict abstinence from labour than … Continue reading “Exegetical and Hermeneutical Commentary of Leviticus 23:7”

And on the fifteenth day of the same month [is] the feast of unleavened bread unto the LORD: seven days ye must eat unleavened bread. 6. unleavened bread ] For details, see Exo 12:15 ff. Fuente: The Cambridge Bible for Schools and Colleges And on the fifteenth day of the same month [is] the feast … Continue reading “Exegetical and Hermeneutical Commentary of Leviticus 23:6”

In the fourteenth [day] of the first month at even [is] the LORD’s passover. Feasts of the Passover and Unleavened Bread (5 8) The law in detail is set forth Exodus 12, and is accordingly here assumed as known, and only the chief regulations are mentioned. 5. the first month ] corresponding to the latter … Continue reading “Exegetical and Hermeneutical Commentary of Leviticus 23:5”