Thematic Bible: Feast


Thematic Bible



By faith he established the Passover and the sprinkling of blood to keep the destroyer of the firstborn from touching the people. Verse ConceptsFirstbornMoses, Significance OfSprinklingTouchSprinkling BloodDeath Of The FirstbornThe DestroyerExploits Of Faith

On the fifteenth day of that month is the Festival of Unleavened Bread to the LORD. For seven days you are to eat unleavened bread. Verse ConceptsFeast Of Unleavened BreadNew Year, TheYeastSeven Days

They observed the Passover on the fourteenth day of the first month at twilight, in the Wilderness of Sinai. The Israelis did everything that the LORD had commanded through Moses. Verse ConceptsTwilight

While the Israelis remained encamped at Gilgal on the plains of Jericho, they observed the Passover during the evening of the fourteenth day of the month. Verse ConceptsPassoverThe Number Fourteen

From the days of the judges who ruled in Israel, no Passover had been celebrated like this, not even in all the reigns of the kings of Israel and the kings of Judah. Verse ConceptsJudgesUnique FeastsTimes Of People

Josiah observed the Passover to the LORD in Jerusalem. They slaughtered the Passover on the fourteenth day of the first month. Verse ConceptsYearsThe Number Fourteen

On the first day of the Festival of Unleavened Bread, the disciples approached Jesus and asked, "Where do you want us to make preparations for you to eat the Passover meal?" Verse ConceptsPassover lambFeastingTypesWhere Are Things?

Every year Jesus' parents would go to Jerusalem for the Passover Festival. Verse ConceptsFeastingVisitingWorship, Times ForEvery Yearparenthood

He told them, "I have eagerly desired to eat this Passover meal with you before I suffer, Verse ConceptsPassoverSuffering, Of Jesus ChristRight Desirescommunion


You are to observe the Festival of Harvest, celebrating the first fruits of your work in planting the field, and the Festival of Tabernacles at the end of the year, when you gather the fruit of your work from the field. Verse ConceptsFeastingFeast Of WeeksFeast Of TabernaclesCelebrationsHarvestLand, As A Divine ResponsibilityNew Year, ThePentecostSowing And ReapingWorship, Times ForYearsFeast Of Weeks [Pentecost]AgricultureFirst fruitsCelebrationcelebrating

"You are to observe the Festival of Weeks, the first fruits of the wheat harvest, and the Festival of Tabernacles at the turn of the year. Verse ConceptsFeastingFeast Of WeeksCelebrationsHarvestPentecostWeeksWheatWorship, Times ForYearsFeast Of Weeks [Pentecost]Time Of Year

Count fifty days to the day after the seventh Sabbath, then bring a new meal offering to the LORD. Verse ConceptsMore Than One MonthRegulations For Cereal Offerings

"On the first day of your harvest season, you are to hold a sacred assembly when you present your first fruits during the Festival of Weeks. No servile work is to be done. Verse ConceptsFeastingFeast Of WeeksCelebrationsHolidayHoliness, As Set Apart For GodConvocationsFeast Of Weeks [Pentecost]No Work On Feast DaysRegulations For Cereal OfferingsFirst fruits

Then observe the Festival of Weeks in the presence of the LORD your God by giving your tribute and the freewill offering of your hands in proportion to the manner in which the LORD your God blessed you. Verse ConceptsAbility, To GiveFeast Of WeeksGenerosity, Used TowardsAnimal Sacrifice, Free Will OfferingTithesFeast Of Weeks [Pentecost]Free Willinterracial

"Tell the Israelis that on the first day of the seventh month you are to have a Sabbath of rest for you a memorial announced by a loud blast of trumpets. It is to be a sacred assembly. Verse ConceptsNew Year, TheAutumnTrumpetMonth 7Music To CelebrateSabbaths Instituted

"You are to hold a sacred assembly on the first day of the seventh month of each year. No servile work is to be done. It's a day of blowing trumpets for you. Verse ConceptsFeast Of TrumpetsHolidayHoliness, As Set Apart For GodMonthNew Year, TheAutumnTrumpetYearsConvocationsMonth 7Trumpets For CelebrationNo Work On Feast DaysMonths

So on the first day of the seventh month, Ezra the priest brought out the Law before the assembled people. Both men and women were in attendance, as well as all who could understand what they were hearing. Verse ConceptsHigh Priest, In OtHoliness, As Set Apart For GodLiteracyMonth 7

They did this on the thirteenth day of Adar and rested on the fourteenth day, making it a day of feasting and joy. Verse ConceptsMonth 12

as the days on which the Jewish people enjoyed relief from their enemies. It was a month when things turned around for them, from sorrow to joy and from mourning to a holiday. They were to celebrate these days as days of feasting and joy, and they were to send presents to one another and gifts to the poor. Verse ConceptsOvercoming EnemiesPeople Providing FoodRejoicing In God's Works

Therefore these days were called , from the word . Because of all that was written in this letter, because of what they experienced in this matter, and because of what happened to them, Verse ConceptsPurimthe anniversary FeastsCelebrationcelebrating


Mordecai wrote these instructions and sent letters to all the Jewish people in all the provinces of King Ahasuerus, both near and far, establishing that they should celebrate the fourteenth and fifteenth days of the month Adar every year, as the days on which the Jewish people enjoyed relief from their enemies. It was a month when things turned around for them, from sorrow to joy and from mourning to a holiday. They were to celebrate these days as days of feasting and joy, and they were to send presents to one another and gifts to the poor. read more.
So the Jewish people made a tradition out of what they had begun to do and of what Mordecai had written to them, since Hammedatha's son Haman, the enemy of the Jewish people, had plotted against the Jewish people to destroy them, and he had cast the (that is, the lot) to determine when to confuse and destroy them. But when Esther came before the king, he ordered through a letter that the evil plot that Haman had devised against the Jewish people be rescinded, and that he and his sons be hanged on poles. Therefore these days were called , from the word . Because of all that was written in this letter, because of what they experienced in this matter, and because of what happened to them, the Jewish people established this celebration, making it a tradition for themselves, for their descendants, and for all who joined with them that they should not fail to observe these two days each year, based on the written instructions, and at the prescribed time. These days should be remembered and observed in every generation by each family in every province and town. These days of Purim should not be neglected by the Jewish people, and that they should not be forgotten by their descendants. Queen Esther, the daughter of Abihail, and Mordecai the Jew wrote with full authority confirming this second letter about Purim. Letters containing wishes for peace and stability were sent to all the Jewish people, to the 127 provinces of Ahasuerus' kingdom, establishing these days of Purim at the prescribed time, just as Mordecai the Jew and Queen Esther had established, and just as the Jewish people had established for themselves and for their descendants. The letter included instructions for their fasting and lamentations. The order of Esther established these instructions for Purim, and it was officially recorded.

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