Archives for August 2022

Scripture: “For six years you shall sow your field, and for six years you shall prune your vineyard and gather in its fruits, but in the seventh year there shall be a Sabbath of solemn rest for the land, a Sabbath to the LORD. You shall not sow your field or prune your vineyard.” Leviticus 25:3-4 […]

Scripture: “If anyone injures his neighbor, as he has done it shall be done to him, fracture for fracture, eye for eye, tooth for tooth; whatever injury he has given a person shall be given to him.” Leviticus 24:19-20 ESV Observation: Having instructed Moses regarding the feasts, the Lord provides details about the lamps and bread used […]

Scripture: “Speak to the people of Israel, saying, On the fifteenth day of this seventh month and for seven days is the Feast of Booths to the LORD.” Leviticus 23:34 ESV Observation: Also called the Feast of Tabernacles or Ingathering (being celebrated at the end of the harvest season), the Feast of Booths, like Passover and […]

Scripture: “Speak to the people of Israel, saying, In the seventh month, on the first day of the month, you shall observe a day of solemn rest, a memorial proclaimed with blast of trumpets, a holy convocation. You shall not do any ordinary work, and you shall present a food offering to the LORD.” Leviticus 23:24-25 […]

Scripture: You shall count fifty days to the day after the seventh Sabbath. Then you shall present a grain offering of new grain to the LORD. Leviticus 23:16 ESV Observation: The Feast of Weeks is celebrated fifty days after Passover. Hence it is also known as Pentecost (Greek for the number “50”) in the Christian Church. Like […]

Scripture: Speak to the people of Israel and say to them, When you come into the land that I give you and reap its harvest, you shall bring the sheaf of the firstfruits of your harvest to the priest, and he shall wave the sheaf before the LORD, so that you may be accepted. Leviticus 23:10-11a […]