FeastsAndFastsTable
Feasts, festivals, and a fast found in the Bible
Info. from Nelson’s Bible Dictionary
Reference list is incomplete;
there are many more verses
in Scripture about feasts.
Called (in Nelson’s) |
also called |
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Comments and notes |
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Atonement (at-one-ment), Day of |
Yom Kippur |
7th month, 10th day |
Lev23:27,24; Chap 16; 16:4,12,14,15,20-22,29; Num29:7,8; Gal3:12; 2Cor5:21; Heb10:1-10. |
Day of fasting. |
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Dedication, Feast of. |
Feast of Lights; Hanukkah |
9th month, 25th day |
John 10:22 |
I know of no requirement in Scripture to keep this feast. |
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Jubilee, Year of |
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50th year |
Lev 23:15-16; 25:8-55; 27:14-24; Is 61:1-2; Jer 34:8,14-17 |
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New Moon |
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Ex40:2,17; Nu10:10; 28:1-10,11-15; Ps104:19; Is66:23; Col2:16 |
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Passover and the Feast of Unleavened Bread. See also … |
Passover; Unleavened Bread |
First month (Abib), 14th day |
Ex12:1; 13:16; 23:15; 34:18-20,25; Lev23:4-14; Num28:16-25; Deut16:1-8; Josh4:19-23; 5:10-12; 2Chr30:2,3,13,15; 1Cor5:8 |
See also … Unleavened Bread. |
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See note in "Comments and notes." |
Purim |
Month Adar, 14th and 15th days |
Esther 3:7; 9:24,26,28-29,31-32 |
I know of no requirement in Scripture to keep this feast. |
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Sabbath |
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Every Day 7 |
Ex16:22-30; 20:8-11; 23:12; 31:12-16; 34:21; 35:2-3; Lev23:3; 26:2; Num15:32-36; 28:9-10; Deut5:12-15; Matt12:1-14; Mk2:23-3:6; Lk6:1-11 |
Many references. Just a few: |
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Sabbatical Year |
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Seventh Month Festival |
Feast of Trumpets |
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Lev23:24-25,27-32; Num29:1-40 |
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Tabernacles, Feast of |
Feast of Booths |
7th month, 15th day |
Ex23:16; 34:22, Lev23:33-36; 39-43; Num29:12-32; Deut16:13-16; Ezra3:4; Zech14:16,18-19 |
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Unleavened Bread, Feast of. See also Passover.... |
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First month (Abib), 15th day |
Ex13:3-10; Lev23:6-8 |
Passover began on the 14th day…. |
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Weeks, Feast of |
Pentecost; Feast of Harvest |
3rd month, on 50th day after the barley sheaf offering at Feast of Unleavened Bread |
Ex23:16; 34:22; Lev23:15-21; Num28:26-31; Deut16:9-12; 2Chr8:13; Acts2:1-4 |
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