10 Bible Verses about the anniversary Feasts

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Exodus 23:15

Observe the Festival of Unleavened Bread. As I commanded you, you are to eat unleavened bread for seven days at the appointed time in the month of Abib, because you came out of Egypt in that month. No one is to appear before Me empty-handed.

Exodus 34:18

“Observe the Festival of Unleavened Bread. You are to eat unleavened bread for seven days at the appointed time in the month of Abib as I commanded you. For you came out of Egypt in the month of Abib.

Leviticus 23:1

The Lord spoke to Moses:

Daniel 5:1

King Belshazzar held a great feast for 1,000 of his nobles and drank wine in their presence.

Numbers 9:2

“The Israelites are to observe the Passover at its appointed time.

1 Kings 12:32

Jeroboam made a festival in the eighth month on the fifteenth day of the month, like the festival in Judah. He offered sacrifices on the altar; he made this offering in Bethel to sacrifice to the calves he had set up. He also stationed the priests in Bethel for the high places he had set up.

1 Corinthians 5:8

Therefore, let us observe the feast, not with old yeast or with the yeast of malice and evil but with the unleavened bread of sincerity and truth.

Esther 9:26

For this reason these days are called Purim, from the word Pur.

Because of all the instructions in this letter as well as what they had witnessed and what had happened to them,

John 7:2

The Jewish Festival of Tabernacles was near,

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the anniversary Feasts » Were seasons of » Sacrificing

1 Kings 9:25

Three times a year Solomon offered burnt offerings and fellowship offerings on the altar he had built for the Lord, and he burned incense with them in the Lord’s presence. So he completed the temple.

2 Chronicles 8:13

He followed the daily requirement for offerings according to the commandment of Moses for Sabbaths, New Moons, and the three annual appointed festivals: the Festival of Unleavened Bread, the Festival of Weeks, and the Festival of Booths.

1 Samuel 1:3

This man would go up from his town every year to worship and to sacrifice to the Lord of Hosts at Shiloh, where Eli’s two sons, Hophni and Phinehas, were the Lord’s priests.

the anniversary Feasts » Called » Solemn feasts

2 Chronicles 8:13

He followed the daily requirement for offerings according to the commandment of Moses for Sabbaths, New Moons, and the three annual appointed festivals: the Festival of Unleavened Bread, the Festival of Weeks, and the Festival of Booths.

Lamentations 1:4

ד DaletThe roads to Zion mourn,
for no one comes to the appointed festivals.
All her gates are deserted;
her priests groan,
her young women grieve,
and she herself is bitter.

the anniversary Feasts » Offerings to be made at

Exodus 34:20

You must redeem the firstborn of a donkey with a sheep, but if you do not redeem it, break its neck. You must redeem all the firstborn of your sons. No one is to appear before Me empty-handed.

Deuteronomy 16:16-17

"All your males are to appear three times a year before the Lord your God in the place He chooses: at the Festival of Unleavened Bread, the Festival of Weeks, and the Festival of Booths. No one is to appear before the Lord empty-handed. Everyone [must appear] with a gift suited to his means, according to the blessing the Lord your God has given you.

the anniversary Feasts » Were seasons of » Entertainments

1 Samuel 1:9

Hannah got up after they ate and drank at Shiloh. Eli the priest was sitting on a chair by the doorpost of the Lord’s tabernacle.

1 Samuel 1:4

Whenever Elkanah offered a sacrifice, he always gave portions of the meat to his wife Peninnah and to each of her sons and daughters.

the anniversary Feasts » Females often attended

1 Samuel 1:9

Hannah got up after they ate and drank at Shiloh. Eli the priest was sitting on a chair by the doorpost of the Lord’s tabernacle.

1 Samuel 1:3

This man would go up from his town every year to worship and to sacrifice to the Lord of Hosts at Shiloh, where Eli’s two sons, Hophni and Phinehas, were the Lord’s priests.

the anniversary Feasts » All males to attend

Exodus 23:17

Three times a year all your males are to appear before the Lord God.

Exodus 34:23

Three times a year all your males are to appear before the Lord God, the God of Israel.

the anniversary Feasts » Were seasons of » Joy and gladness

Isaiah 30:20

The Lord will give you meager bread and water during oppression, but your Teacher will not hide Himself any longer. Your eyes will see your Teacher,

the anniversary Feasts » The jews dispersed in distant parts often attended

Acts 8:27

So he got up and went. There was an Ethiopian man, a eunuch and high official of Candace, queen of the Ethiopians, who was in charge of her entire treasury. He had come to worship in Jerusalem

Acts 2:5-11

There were Jews living in Jerusalem, devout men from every nation under heaven. When this sound occurred, the multitude came together and was confused because each one heard them speaking in his own language. And they were astounded and amazed, saying, "Look, aren't all these who are speaking Galileans? read more.
How is it that we hear, each of us, in our own native language? Parthians, Medes, Elamites; those who live in Mesopotamia, in Judea and Cappadocia, Pontus and Asia, Phrygia and Pamphylia, Egypt and the parts of Libya near Cyrene; visitors from Rome, both Jews and proselytes, Cretans and Arabs-we hear them speaking in our own languages the magnificent acts of God."

the anniversary Feasts » The jews went up to, in large companies

Luke 2:44

Assuming He was in the traveling party, they went a day’s journey. Then they began looking for Him among their relatives and friends.

the anniversary Feasts » Christ attended

John 5:1

After this, a Jewish festival took place, and Jesus went up to Jerusalem.

John 7:10

After His brothers had gone up to the festival, then He also went up, not openly but secretly.

the anniversary Feasts » Enumerated

Exodus 23:15-16

Observe the Festival of Unleavened Bread. As I commanded you, you are to eat unleavened bread for seven days at the appointed time in the month of Abib, because you came out of Egypt in that month. No one is to appear before Me empty-handed. Also [observe] the Festival of Harvest with the firstfruits of your produce from what you sow in the field, and [observe] the Festival of Ingathering at the end of the year, when you gather your produce from the field.

the anniversary Feasts » Called » Feasts of the lord

Leviticus 23:4

“These are the Lord’s appointed times, the sacred assemblies you are to proclaim at their appointed times.

the anniversary Feasts » Rendered unavailing by the impiety of the jews

Isaiah 1:13-14

Stop bringing useless offerings. I despise [your] incense. New Moons and Sabbaths, and the calling of solemn assemblies- I cannot stand iniquity with a festival. I hate your New Moons and prescribed festivals. They have become a burden to Me; I am tired of putting up with [them].

the anniversary Feasts » The ten tribes seduced by jeroboam from attending

1 Kings 12:27

If these people regularly go to offer sacrifices in the Lord’s temple in Jerusalem, the heart of these people will return to their lord, Rehoboam king of Judah. They will murder me and go back to the king of Judah.”

the anniversary Feasts » Illustrative of general assembly of the church

the anniversary Feasts » The jews attended gladly

Psalm 122:1-2

I rejoiced with those who said to me, "Let us go to the house of the Lord." Our feet are standing within your gates, Jerusalem-

the anniversary Feasts » The dangers and difficulties encountered in going up to, alluded to

Psalm 84:6-7

As they pass through the Valley of Baca, they make it a source of springwater; even the autumn rain will cover it with blessings. They go from strength to strength; each appears before God in Zion.

the anniversary Feasts » The land divinely protected during

Exodus 34:24

For I will drive out nations before you and enlarge your territory. No one will covet your land when you go up three times a year to appear before the Lord your God.

the anniversary Feasts » Instituted by God

the anniversary Feasts » Called » Solemn meetings

Isaiah 1:13

Stop bringing useless offerings.
Your incense is detestable to Me.
New Moons and Sabbaths,
and the calling of solemn assemblies
I cannot stand iniquity with a festival.

the anniversary Feasts » Called » Appointed feasts

Isaiah 1:14

I hate your New Moons and prescribed festivals.
They have become a burden to Me;
I am tired of putting up with them.

the anniversary Feasts » Were eucharistic

Psalm 122:4

where the tribes, Yahweh’s tribes, go up
to give thanks to the name of Yahweh.
(This is an ordinance for Israel.)

the anniversary Feasts » Children commenced attending, when twelve years old

Luke 2:42

When He was 12 years old, they went up according to the custom of the festival.

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