[[📚 Explore the Bible Books]] [[Leviticus Overview]] [[Leviticus 22]] [[Levicitus 24]] # Leviticus 23 📖 > [!info] Table of Contents > [[#📜 Scripture Text (NET)]] [[#📖 Verse-by-Verse Commentary]] [[#🧠 Chapter Summary]] [[#🔎 Key Principles / 🛟 Life Application]] [[#✍️ Key Verses to Remember]] > [[#🤔 Interesting Facts]] [[#🔗 Related Passages/Cross Reference]] [[#🙏 Devotional Reflection]] ## 📜 Scripture Text (NET) (The NET Bible: New English Translation. Biblical Studies Press, 2005) ### Regulations for Israel’s Appointed Times [[#Verse 01.]] The Lord spoke to Moses:  [[#Verse 02.]] “Speak to the Israelites and tell them, ‘These are the Lord’s appointed times which you must proclaim as holy assemblies—my appointed times. ### The Weekly Sabbath [[#Verse 03.]] “‘Six days work may be done, but on the seventh day there must be a Sabbath of complete rest, a holy assembly. You must not do any work; it is a Sabbath to the Lord in all the places where you live. ### The Passover and Feast of Unleavened Bread [[#Verse 04.]] “‘These are the Lord’s appointed times, holy assemblies, which you must proclaim at their appointed time. [[#Verse 05.]] In the first month, on the fourteenth day of the month, at twilight, is a Passover offering to the Lord. [[#Verse 06.]] Then on the fifteenth day of the same month will be the Feast of Unleavened Bread to the Lord; seven days you must eat unleavened bread.  [[#Verse 07.]] On the first day there will be a holy assembly for you; you must not do any regular work.  [[#Verse 08.]] You must present a gift to the Lord for seven days, and the seventh day is a holy assembly; you must not do any regular work.’” ### The Presentation of Firstfruits [[#Verse 09.]] The Lord spoke to Moses:  [[#Verse 10.]] “Speak to the Israelites and tell them, ‘When you enter the land that I am about to give to you and you gather in its harvest, then you must bring the sheaf of the first portion of your harvest to the priest,  [[#Verse 11.]] and he must wave the sheaf before the Lord to be accepted for your benefit—on the day after the Sabbath the priest is to wave it.  [[#Verse 12.]] On the day you wave the sheaf you must also offer a flawless yearling lamb for a burnt offering to the Lord,  [[#Verse 13.]] along with its grain offering, two-tenths of an ephah of choice wheat flour mixed with olive oil, as a gift to the Lord, a soothing aroma, and its drink offering, one-fourth of a hin of wine.  [[#Verse 14.]] You must not eat bread, roasted grain, or fresh grain until this very day, until you bring the offering to your God. This is a perpetual statute throughout your generations in all the places where you live. ### The Feast of Weeks [[#Verse 15.]] “‘You must count for yourselves seven weeks from the day after the Sabbath, from the day you bring the wave offering sheaf; they must be complete weeks.  [[#Verse 16.]] You must count fifty days—until the day after the seventh Sabbath—and then you must present a new grain offering to the Lord.  [[#Verse 17.]] From the places where you live you must bring two loaves of bread for a wave offering; they must be made from two-tenths of an ephah of fine wheat flour, baked with yeast, as firstfruits to the Lord.  [[#Verse 18.]] Along with the loaves of bread, you must also present seven flawless yearling lambs, one young bull, and two rams. They are to be a burnt offering to the Lord along with their grain offering and drink offerings, a gift of a soothing aroma to the Lord.  [[#Verse 19.]] You must also offer one male goat for a sin offering and two yearling lambs for a peace-offering sacrifice,  [[#Verse 20.]] and the priest is to wave them—the two lambs—along with the bread of the firstfruits, as a wave offering before the Lord; they will be holy to the Lord for the priest. [[#Verse 21.]] “‘On this very day you must proclaim an assembly; it is to be a holy assembly for you. You must not do any regular work. This is a perpetual statute in all the places where you live throughout your generations.  [[#Verse 23.]] When you gather in the harvest of your land, you must not completely harvest the corner of your field, and you must not gather up the gleanings of your harvest. You must leave them for the poor and the resident foreigner. I am the Lord your God.’” ### The Feast of Horn Blasts [[#Verse 23.]] The Lord spoke to Moses:  [[#Verse 24.]] “Tell the Israelites, ‘In the seventh month, on the first day of the month, you must have a complete rest, a memorial announced by loud horn blasts, a holy assembly.  [[#Verse 25.]] You must not do any regular work, but you must present a gift to the Lord.’” ### The Day of Atonement [[#Verse 26.]] The Lord spoke to Moses: [[#Verse 27.]] “The tenth day of this seventh month is the Day of Atonement. It is to be a holy assembly for you, and you must humble yourselves and present a gift to the Lord.  [[#Verse 28.]] You must not do any work on this particular day, because it is a day of atonement to make atonement for yourselves before the Lord your God.  [[#Verse 29.]] Indeed, any person who does not behave with humility on this particular day will be cut off from his people.  [[#Verse 30.]] As for any person who does any work on this particular day, I will exterminate that person from the midst of his people—  [[#Verse 31.]] you must not do any work! This is a perpetual statute throughout your generations in all the places where you live. [[#Verse 32.]] It is a Sabbath of complete rest for you, and you must humble yourselves on the ninth day of the month in the evening, from evening until evening you must observe your Sabbath.” ### The Feast of Temporary Shelters [[#Verse 33.]] The Lord spoke to Moses: [[#Verse 34.]] “Tell the Israelites, ‘On the fifteenth day of this seventh month is the Feast of Shelters for seven days to the Lord. [[#Verse 35.]] On the first day is a holy assembly; you must do no regular work.  [[#Verse 36.]] For seven days you must present a gift to the Lord. On the eighth day there is to be a holy assembly for you, and you must present a gift to the Lord. It is a solemn assembly day; you must not do any regular work. [[#Verse 37.]] “‘These are the appointed times of the Lord that you must proclaim as holy assemblies to present a gift to the Lord—burnt offering, grain offering, sacrifice, and drink offerings, each day according to its regulation,  [[#Verse 38.]] besides the Sabbaths of the Lord and all your gifts, votive offerings, and freewill offerings which you must give to the Lord. [[#Verse 39.]] “‘On the fifteenth day of the seventh month, when you gather in the produce of the land, you must celebrate a pilgrim festival of the Lord for seven days. On the first day is a complete rest and on the eighth day is complete rest.  [[#Verse 40.]] On the first day you must take for yourselves branches from majestic trees—palm branches, branches of leafy trees, and willows of the brook—and you must rejoice before the Lord your God for seven days.  [[#Verse 41.]] You must celebrate it as a pilgrim festival to the Lord for seven days in the year. This is a perpetual statute throughout your generations; you must celebrate it in the seventh month.  [[#Verse 42.]] You must live in temporary shelters for seven days; every native citizen in Israel must live in shelters, [[#Verse 43.]] so that your future generations may know that I made the Israelites live in shelters when I brought them out from the land of Egypt. I am the Lord your God.’” [[#Verse 44.]] So Moses spoke to the Israelites about the appointed times of the Lord. ## ==📖 Verse-by-Verse Commentary== ###### Overall. ###### Verse 01. ###### Verse 02. ###### Verse 03. ###### Verse 04. ###### Verse 05. ###### Verse 06. ###### Verse 07. ###### Verse 08. ###### Verse 09. ###### Verse 10. ###### Verse 11. ###### Verse 12. ###### Verse 13. ###### Verse 14. ###### Verse 15. ###### Verse 16. ###### Verse 17. ###### Verse 18. ###### Verse 19. ###### Verse 20. ###### Verse 21. ###### Verse 22. ###### Verse 23. ###### Verse 24. ###### Verse 25. ###### Verse 26. ###### Verse 27. ###### Verse 28. ###### Verse 29. ###### Verse 30. ###### Verse 31. ###### Verse 32. ###### Verse 33. ###### Verse 34. ###### Verse 35. ###### Verse 36. ###### Verse 37. ###### Verse 38. ###### Verse 39. ###### Verse 40. ###### Verse 41. ###### Verse 42. ###### Verse 43. ###### Verse 44. ## 🤔 Interesting Facts / Historical and Cultural Insights - coming soon. %% PRIVATE NOTES (only I see this) Write down things that are not straight from commentary but interesting facts that ground the text in history. %% ## 🧠 Chapter Summary - coming soon. %% PRIVATE NOTES (only I see this) Write a short paragraph (3–5 sentences) summarizing what happens in this chapter. - What is the main event or teaching? - How does this chapter fit the book’s overall story? - What stands out immediately? Anything Apologetic to point out? %% ## 🔎 Key Principles / 🛟 Life Application - coming soon. %% PRIVATE NOTES (only I see this) - 📌 Observation 1 - 📌 Observation 2 - 📌 Observation 3 - (Add more as needed.) %% %% #### Today, I can apply this chapter by: - ✅ Application 1 - ✅ Application 2 Make these very practical: - "Trust God's timing in an uncertain situation." - "Speak truth even when it’s unpopular." Think: - What do we learn about God here? - What do we learn about people? - Are there promises, commands, or warnings? %% ## ✍️ Key Verses to Remember - coming soon. %% PRIVATE NOTES (only I see this) - 📖 [Verse Reference] – "Quote of important verse." - 📖 [Verse Reference] – "Quote of another important verse." 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