Leviticus 23:2

"The LORD spoke to Moses, saying,"

Key Reflection

Leviticus 23:2 marks the beginning of instructions from God to Moses regarding the appointed feasts and festivals, which were central to Israelite religious life. For the original audience, these verses would have immediately signaled a shift into detailed, divine commandments concerning sacred times and rituals that were essential for maintaining their covenant relationship with Yahweh.

From the Scholars: Barnes' Notes

The feasts -literally, the appointed times. So inLeviticus 23:4,Leviticus 23:37, etc. This sectionLeviticus 23:1-38sets forth for practical guidance the relation in which the appointed times of the Lord, weekly as well as annual, stood to the ordinary occupations of the people. Holy convocations -Days of sabbatical rest for the whole people; they owed their name to gatherings for religious edification, which, in later times, were probably held in every town and village in the holy land.

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