10 Bible Verses about the anniversary Feasts

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Exodus 23:15

You are to keep the feast of unleavened bread; for seven days let your bread be without leaven, as I gave you orders, at the regular time in the month Abib (for in it you came out of Egypt); and let no one come before me without an offering:

Exodus 34:18

Keep the feast of unleavened bread; for seven days your food is to be bread without leaven, as I gave you orders, at the regular time in the month Abib; for in that month you came out of Egypt.

Leviticus 23:1

And the Lord said to Moses,

Daniel 5:1

Belshazzar the king made a great feast for a thousand of his lords, drinking wine before the thousand.

Numbers 9:2

Let the children of Israel keep the Passover at its regular time.

1 Kings 12:32

And Jeroboam gave orders for a feast in the eighth month, on the fifteenth day of the month, like the feast which is kept in Judah, and he went up to the altar. And in the same way, in Beth-el, he gave offerings to the oxen which he had made, placing in Beth-el the priests of the high places he had made.

1 Corinthians 5:8

Let us then keep the feast, not with old leaven, and not with the leaven of evil thoughts and acts, but with the unleavened bread of true thoughts and right feelings.

Esther 9:26

So these days were named Purim, after the name of Pur. And so, because of the words of this letter, and of what they had seen in connection with this business, and what had come to them,

John 7:2

But the feast of the Jews, the feast of tents, was near.

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the anniversary Feasts » Were seasons of » Sacrificing

1 Kings 9:25

Three times in the year it was Solomon's way to give burned offerings and peace-offerings on the altar he had made to the Lord, causing his fire-offering to go up on the altar before the Lord.

2 Chronicles 8:13

Offering every day what had been ordered by Moses, on the Sabbaths and at the new moon and at the regular feasts three times a year, that is at the feast of unleavened bread, the feast of weeks, and the feast of tents.

1 Samuel 1:3

Now this man went up from his town every year to give worship and to make offerings to the Lord of armies in Shiloh. And the two sons of Eli, Hophni and Phinehas, the priests of the Lord, were there.

the anniversary Feasts » Called » Solemn feasts

2 Chronicles 8:13

Offering every day what had been ordered by Moses, on the Sabbaths and at the new moon and at the regular feasts three times a year, that is at the feast of unleavened bread, the feast of weeks, and the feast of tents.

Lamentations 1:4

The ways of Zion are sad, because no one comes to the holy meeting; all her doorways are made waste, her priests are breathing out sorrow: her virgins are troubled, and it is bitter for her.

the anniversary Feasts » Offerings to be made at

Exodus 34:20

A lamb may be given in payment for the young of an ass, but if you will not make payment for it, its neck will have to be broken. For all the first of your sons you are to make payment. No one is to come before me without an offering.

Deuteronomy 16:16-17

Three times in the year let all your males come before the Lord your God in the place named by him; at the feast of unleavened bread, the feast of weeks, and the feast of tents: and they are not to come before the Lord with nothing in their hands; Every man is to give as he is able, in the measure of the blessing which the Lord your God has given you.

the anniversary Feasts » Were seasons of » Entertainments

1 Samuel 1:9

So after they had taken food and wine in the guest room, Hannah got up. Now Eli the priest was seated by the pillars of the doorway of the Temple of the Lord.

1 Samuel 1:4

And when the day came for Elkanah to make his offering, he gave to Peninnah his wife, and to all her sons and daughters, their part of the feast:

the anniversary Feasts » Females often attended

1 Samuel 1:9

So after they had taken food and wine in the guest room, Hannah got up. Now Eli the priest was seated by the pillars of the doorway of the Temple of the Lord.

1 Samuel 1:3

Now this man went up from his town every year to give worship and to make offerings to the Lord of armies in Shiloh. And the two sons of Eli, Hophni and Phinehas, the priests of the Lord, were there.

the anniversary Feasts » All males to attend

Exodus 23:17

Three times in the year let all your males come before the Lord God.

Exodus 34:23

Three times in the year let all your males come before the Lord, the God of Israel.

the anniversary Feasts » Were seasons of » Joy and gladness

Isaiah 30:20

And though the Lord will give you the bread of trouble and the water of grief, you will no longer put your teacher on one side, but you will see your teacher:

Psalm 42:4

Let my soul be overflowing with grief when these things come back to my mind, how I went in company to the house of God, with the voice of joy and praise, with the song of those who were keeping the feast.

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

Acts 8:27

And he went and there was a man of Ethiopia, a servant of great authority under Candace, queen of the Ethiopians, and controller of all her property, who had come up to Jerusalem for worship;

Acts 2:5-11

Now there were living at Jerusalem, Jews, God-fearing men, from every nation under heaven. And when this sound came to their ears, they all came together, and were greatly surprised because every man was hearing the words of the disciples in his special language. And they were full of wonder and said, Are not all these men Galilaeans? read more.
And how is it that every one of us is hearing their words in the language which was ours from our birth? Men of Parthia, Media, and Elam, and those living in Mesopotamia, in Judaea and Cappadocia, in Pontus and Asia, In Phrygia and Pamphylia, in Egypt and the parts of Libya about Cyrene, and those who have come from Rome, Jews by birth and others who have become Jews, Men of Crete and Arabia, to all of us they are talking in our different languages, of the great works of God.

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

Psalm 42:4

Let my soul be overflowing with grief when these things come back to my mind, how I went in company to the house of God, with the voice of joy and praise, with the song of those who were keeping the feast.

Luke 2:44

And in the belief that he was with some of their number, they went a day's journey; and after looking for him among their relations and friends,

the anniversary Feasts » Christ attended

John 5:1

After these things there was a feast of the Jews, and Jesus went up to Jerusalem.

John 7:10

But after his brothers had gone up to the feast, then he went up, not publicly, but in secret.

the anniversary Feasts » Enumerated

Exodus 23:15-16

You are to keep the feast of unleavened bread; for seven days let your bread be without leaven, as I gave you orders, at the regular time in the month Abib (for in it you came out of Egypt); and let no one come before me without an offering: And the feast of the grain-cutting, the first-fruits of your planted fields: and the feast at the start of the year, when you have got in all the fruit from your fields.

the anniversary Feasts » Called » Feasts of the lord

Leviticus 23:4

These are the fixed feasts of the Lord, the holy days of worship which you will keep at their regular times

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

Isaiah 1:13-14

Give me no more false offerings; the smoke of burning flesh is disgusting to me, so are your new moons and Sabbaths and your holy meetings. Your new moons and your regular feasts are a grief to my soul: they are a weight in my spirit; I am crushed under them.

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

1 Kings 12:27

If the people go up to make offerings in the house of the Lord at Jerusalem, their heart will be turned again to their lord, to Rehoboam, king of Judah; and they will put me to death and go back to Rehoboam, 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 was glad because they said to me, We will go into the house of the Lord.

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

Psalm 84:6-7

Going through the valley of balsam-trees, they make it a place of springs; it is clothed with blessings by the early rain. They go from strength to strength; every one of them comes before God in Zion.

the anniversary Feasts » The land divinely protected during

Exodus 34:24

For I will send out the nations before you and make wide the limits of your land; and no man will make an attempt to take your land while you go up to give worship to the Lord, three times in the year.

the anniversary Feasts » Instituted by God

the anniversary Feasts » Called » Solemn meetings

Isaiah 1:13

Give me no more false offerings; the smoke of burning flesh is disgusting to me, so are your new moons and Sabbaths and your holy meetings.

the anniversary Feasts » Called » Appointed feasts

Isaiah 1:14

Your new moons and your regular feasts are a grief to my soul: they are a weight in my spirit; I am crushed under them.

the anniversary Feasts » Were eucharistic

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

Luke 2:42

And when he was twelve years old, they went up, as their way was, to the feast;

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