• The Day of Atonement, the tenth day of the seventh month (Leviticus 16:1,34; 23:26-32; Numbers 29:7-11 ). (See ATONEMENT, DAY OF .)

    Of the post-Exilian festivals reference is made to the feast of Dedication (John 10:22 ). This feast was appointed by Judas Maccabaeus in commemoration of the purification of the temple after it had been polluted by Antiochus Epiphanes. The "feast of Purim" (q.v.), Esther 9:24-32 , was also instituted after the Exile. (Cf. John 5:1 .)

    Copyright StatementThese dictionary topics are from M.G. Easton M.A., D.D., Illustrated Bible Dictionary, Third Edition, published by Thomas Nelson, 1897. Public Domain.

    Bibliography InformationEaston, Matthew George. Entry for 'Festivals, Religious'. Easton's Bible Dictionary. https://www.studylight.org/dictionaries/eng/ebd/f/festivals-religious.html. 1897.