Leviticus 23:2
Speak to the children of Israel, and thou shalt say to them: These are the feasts of the Lord, which you shall call holy.
Douay-Rheims 1899
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In Context
1And the Lord spoke to Moses, saying:
Cross References
Exodus 32:5And when Aaron saw this, he built an altar before it, and made proclamation by a crier's voice, saying: To morrow is the solemnity of the Lord.
Leviticus 23:21And you shall call this day most solemn, and most holy. You shall do no servile work therein. It shall be an everlasting ordinance in all your dwellings and generations.
Leviticus 23:44And Moses spoke concerning the feasts of the Lord to the children of Israel.
Numbers 10:10If at any time you shall have a banquet, end on your festival days, and on the first days of your months, you shall sound the trumpets over the holocausts, and the sacrifices of peace offerings, that they may be to you for a remembrance of your God. I am the Lord your God.
2 Kings 10:20And he said: Proclaim a festival for Baal. And he called,
2 Chronicles 30:5And they decreed to send messengers to all Israel from Bersabee even to Dan, that they should come, and keep the phase to the Lord the God of Israel in Jerusalem: for many had not kept it as it is prescribed by the law.
Matthew Henry on Leviticus 23:2-4
Sundry Feasts. ( b. c. 1490.) 1 And the Lord spake unto Moses, saying, 2 Speak unto the children of Israel, and say unto them, Concerning the feasts of the Lord , which ye shall proclaim to be holy convocations, even these are my feasts. 3 Six days shall work be done: but the seventh day is the sabbath of rest, an holy convocation; ye shall do no work therein : it is the sabbath of the Lord in all your dwellings. Here is, I. A general account of the holy times which God appointed ( v. 2 ), and it is only his… Read the whole commentary →