KJV King James Version
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.
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Leviticus 23:2
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.
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BSB Berean Standard Bible
“Speak to the Israelites and say to them, ‘These are My appointed feasts, the feasts of the LORD that you are to proclaim as sacred assemblies.
WEB World English Bible
“Speak to the children of Israel, and tell them, ‘The set feasts of Yahweh, which you shall proclaim to be holy convocations, even these are my set feasts.
ASV American Standard Version
Speak unto the children of Israel, and say unto them, The set feasts of Jehovah, which ye shall proclaim to be holy convocations, even these are my set feasts.
YLT Young’s Literal Translation
Speak unto the sons of Israel, and thou hast said unto them, Appointed seasons of Jehovah, which ye proclaim, holy convocations, are these: they are My appointed seasons:
Surrounding context — Leviticus 23
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.
4 These [are] the feasts of the LORD, [even] holy convocations, which ye shall proclaim in their seasons.
5 In the fourteenth [day] of the first month at even [is] the LORD’S passover.
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דַּבֵּ֞רH1696 · da.varto speak: speakאֶל־H413 · elto(wards)בְּנֵ֤יH1121 · benson: childיִשְׂרָאֵל֙H3478 · yis.ra.elIsraelוְאָמַרְתָּ֣H559 · a.marto sayאֲלֵהֶ֔םH413 · elto(wards)מוֹעֲדֵ֣יH4150 · mo.edmeeting: time appointedיְהוָ֔הH3068 · ye.ho.vahLORDאֲשֶׁר־H834 · a.sherwhichתִּקְרְא֥וּH7121 · qa.rato call: call toאֹתָ֖םH853 · et[Obj.]מִקְרָאֵ֣יH4744 · miq.raassemblyקֹ֑דֶשׁH6944 · qo.deshholinessאֵ֥לֶּהH428 · el.lehtheseהֵ֖םH1992 · hem.mahthey(masc.)מוֹעֲדָֽי׃H4150 · mo.edmeeting: time appointed
Cross-references
Leviticus 23:37These [are] the feasts of the LORD, which ye shall proclaim [to be] holy convocations, to offer an offering made by fire unto the LORD, a burnt offering, and a meat offering, a sacrifice, and drink offerings, every thing upon his day:Leviticus 23:4These [are] the feasts of the LORD, [even] holy convocations, which ye shall proclaim in their seasons.Joel 2:15Blow the trumpet in Zion, sanctify a fast, call a solemn assembly:Psalm 81:3Blow up the trumpet in the new moon, in the time appointed, on our solemn feast day.Numbers 10:10Also in the day of your gladness, and in your solemn days, and in the beginnings of your months, ye shall blow with the trumpets over your burnt offerings, and over the sacrifices of your peace offerings; that they may be to you for a memorial before your God: I [am] the LORD your God.Exodus 23:14-17Three times thou shalt keep a feast unto me in the year.Numbers 29:39These [things] ye shall do unto the LORD in your set feasts, beside your vows, and your freewill offerings, for your burnt offerings, and for your meat offerings, and for your drink offerings, and for your peace offerings.Hosea 2:11I will also cause all her mirth to cease, her feast days, her new moons, and her sabbaths, and all her solemn feasts.Leviticus 23:21And ye shall proclaim on the selfsame day, [that] it may be an holy convocation unto you: ye shall do no servile work [therein: it shall be] a statute for ever in all your dwellings throughout your generations.Isaiah 33:20Look upon Zion, the city of our solemnities: thine eyes shall see Jerusalem a quiet habitation, a tabernacle [that] shall not be taken down; not one of the stakes thereof shall ever be removed, neither shall any of the cords thereof be broken.Isaiah 1:13-14Bring no more vain oblations; incense is an abomination unto me; the new moons and sabbaths, the calling of assemblies, I cannot away with; [it is] iniquity, even the solemn meeting.Leviticus 23:44And Moses declared unto the children of Israel the feasts of the LORD.Joel 1:14Sanctify ye a fast, call a solemn assembly, gather the elders [and] all the inhabitants of the land [into] the house of the LORD your God, and cry unto the LORD,Exodus 32:5And when Aaron saw [it], he built an altar before it; and Aaron made proclamation, and said, To morrow [is] a feast to the LORD.2 Kings 10:20And Jehu said, Proclaim a solemn assembly for Baal. And they proclaimed [it].Lamentations 1:4The ways of Zion do mourn, because none come to the solemn feasts: all her gates are desolate: her priests sigh, her virgins are afflicted, and she [is] in bitterness.John 5:1After this there was a feast of the Jews; and Jesus went up to Jerusalem.Nahum 1:15Behold upon the mountains the feet of him that bringeth good tidings, that publisheth peace! O Judah, keep thy solemn feasts, perform thy vows: for the wicked shall no more pass through thee; he is utterly cut off.
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