4 " 'These are the Lord's appointed festivals, the sacred assemblies you are to proclaim at their appointed times:
4 These are the feasts of the Lord, even holy convocations, which ye shall proclaim in their seasons.
4 "These are the appointed feasts of the Lord, the holy convocations, which you shall proclaim at the time appointed for them
4 "These are the appointed feasts of God, the sacred assemblies which you are to announce at the times set for them
4 'These are the feasts of the Lord, holy convocations which you shall proclaim at their appointed times
4 "In addition to the Sabbath, these are the Lord 's appointed festivals, the official days for holy assembly that are to be celebrated at their proper times each year.
5 The Lord's Passover begins at twilight on the fourteenth day of the first month.
5 In the fourteenth day of the first month at even is the Lord's passover.
5 In the first month, on the fourteenth day of the month at twilight,
5 "God's Passover, beginning at sundown on the fourteenth day of the first month.
5 On the fourteenth day of the first month at twilight is the Lord's Passover.
5 "The Lord 's Passover begins at sundown on the fourteenth day of the first month.
(Read Leviticus 23:4-14)
The feast of the Passover was to continue seven days; not idle days, spent in sport, as many that are called Christians spend their holy-days. Offerings were made to the Lord at his altar; and the people were taught to employ their time in prayer, and praise, and godly meditation. The sheaf of first-fruits was typical of the Lord Jesus, who is risen from the dead as the First-fruits of them that slept. Our Lord Jesus rose from the dead on the very day that the first-fruits were offered. We are taught by this law to honour the Lord with our substance, and with the first-fruits of all our increase, Proverbs 3:9. They were not to eat of their new corn, till God's part was offered to him out of it; and we must always begin with God: begin every day with him, begin every meal with him, begin every affair and business with him; seek first the kingdom of God.
Matthew Henry's Commentary on Leviticus 23:4
Commentary on Leviticus 23:4-14
(Read Leviticus 23:4-14)
The feast of the Passover was to continue seven days; not idle days, spent in sport, as many that are called Christians spend their holy-days. Offerings were made to the Lord at his altar; and the people were taught to employ their time in prayer, and praise, and godly meditation. The sheaf of first-fruits was typical of the Lord Jesus, who is risen from the dead as the First-fruits of them that slept. Our Lord Jesus rose from the dead on the very day that the first-fruits were offered. We are taught by this law to honour the Lord with our substance, and with the first-fruits of all our increase, Proverbs 3:9. They were not to eat of their new corn, till God's part was offered to him out of it; and we must always begin with God: begin every day with him, begin every meal with him, begin every affair and business with him; seek first the kingdom of God.