利未記 23:3-6 CUNPTS

Matthew Henry's Complete Commentary - Leviticus 23:1-3

Here is, I. A general account of the holy times which God appointed (Lev. 23:2), and it is only his appointment that can make time holy; for he is the Lord of time, and as soon as ever he had set its wheels a-going it was he that sanctified and blessed one day above the rest, Gen. 2:3. Man may by his appointment make a good day (Est. 9:19), but it is God's prerogative to make a holy day; nor is any thing sanctified but by the stamp of his institution. As all inherent holiness comes from his... read more

Matthew Henry

Matthew Henry's Complete Commentary - Leviticus 23:4-14

Here again the feasts are called the feasts of the Lord, because he appointed them. Jeroboam's feast, which he devised of his own heart (1 Kgs. 12:33), was an affront to God, and a reproach upon the people. These feasts were to be proclaimed in their seasons (Lev. 23:4), and the seasons God chose for them were in March, May and September (according to our present computation), not in winter, because travelling would then be uncomfortable, when the days were short, and the ways foul; not in the... read more

John Gill

John Gills Exposition of the Bible Commentary - Leviticus 23:3

Six days shall work be done ,.... Or may be done by men, any sort of lawful work and honest labour, for the sustenance of themselves and families: but the seventh day is the sabbath of rest ; from all bodily labour and work of any kind; typical of rest by Christ and in him: an holy convocation ; when the people were called to holy exercises, to pray and praise, and hear the word, and offer sacrifice: ye shall do no work therein ; not any at all, see Exodus 31:15 , it is... read more

John Gill

John Gills Exposition of the Bible Commentary - Leviticus 23:4

These are the feasts of the Lord, even holy convocations ,.... What follow besides the sabbath mentioned: which ye shall proclaim in their seasons ; the proper times of the year, the day or days, and month in which they are to be observed; these were to be proclaimed by the priests with the sound of trumpet, namely, what follow, for they are put together, which had been before for the most part singly delivered. read more

John Gill

John Gills Exposition of the Bible Commentary - Leviticus 23:5

In the fourteenth day of the first month ,.... The month Nisan, the same with Abib, the month in which the children of Israel came out of Egypt, for which reason it was made the first month in the year, answering to part of our March and part of April; and for the same reason was the passover kept at this time, as follows: at even is the Lord's passover ; that is, that was the time for the keeping the passover, even "between the two evenings", as it may be rendered; from the sixth... read more

John Gill

John Gills Exposition of the Bible Commentary - Leviticus 23:6

And on the fifteenth day of the same month is the feast of unleavened bread unto the Lord ,.... Which was the day the children of Israel went out of Egypt with their dough and leaven, having not time to leaven it; in remembrance of which this feast was appointed: seven days ye must eat unleavened bread ; see Exodus 12:15 . read more

Adam Clarke

Adam Clarke's Commentary on the Bible - Leviticus 23:3

The seventh day is the Sabbath - This, because the first and greatest solemnity, is first mentioned. He who kept not this, in the most religious manner, was not capable of keeping any of the others. The religious observance of the Sabbath stands at the very threshold of all religion. See Clarke's note on Genesis 2:3 . read more

Adam Clarke

Adam Clarke's Commentary on the Bible - Leviticus 23:5

The Lord's passover - See this largely explained in the notes on Exodus 12:21-27 ; (note). read more

John Calvin

John Calvin's Commentary on the Bible - Leviticus 23:4

Verse 4 4.These are the feasts of the Lord. The other festivals which Moses here enumerates have an affinity to the Sabbath. In the first place the Passover is put, the mystery of which I have annexed, not without reason, to the First Commandment, for its institution was there explained, inasmuch as it acted as a restraint on the people from falling away to strange gods. In that rite they were initiated to the service of God, that they might abandon all the superstitions of the Gentiles, and... read more

Spence, H. D. M., etc.

The Pulpit Commentary - Leviticus 23:1-3

The offering of rest: the sabbath. cf. Genesis 2:2 , Genesis 2:3 ; Exodus 16:22 ; Exodus 20:8-11 ; Mark 2:23-28 ; Revelation 1:10 . In the sacrificial worship we come across what is essentially different as an offering from the sacrifice of an animal or of any palpable possession, and yet is a real sacrifice all the while—we mean that of time. The sabbath, as an offering of rest, has consequently a very high place among the Jews. As Ewald has remarked, it is the only... read more

Matthew Henry's Complete Commentary - Leviticus 23:1-3

Matthew Henry's Complete Commentary - Leviticus 23:4-14

John Gills Exposition of the Bible Commentary - Leviticus 23:3

John Gills Exposition of the Bible Commentary - Leviticus 23:4

John Gills Exposition of the Bible Commentary - Leviticus 23:5

John Gills Exposition of the Bible Commentary - Leviticus 23:6

Adam Clarke's Commentary on the Bible - Leviticus 23:3

Adam Clarke's Commentary on the Bible - Leviticus 23:5

John Calvin's Commentary on the Bible - Leviticus 23:4

The Pulpit Commentary - Leviticus 23:1-3

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