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John Gill
INTRODUCTION TO Leviticus 23 In this chapter an account is given of the several holy days, times, and seasons, appointed by God, under the general names of feasts and holy convocations; and first of the sabbath, Leviticus 23:1; then of the passover and feast of unleavened bread, Leviticus 23:5; to which is annexed the sheaf of the firstfruits, Leviticus 23:9; after that of the feast of weeks or...
John Gill
And ye shall proclaim on the selfsame day, [that] it may be an holy convocation unto you,.... This proclamation was made by the priests with the sound of a trumpet, that the people might observe that this fiftieth day, or day of Pentecost, was devoted to sacred service, and that they were called to holy exercises in it: ye shall do no servile work [therein]; what was not necessary for food, as...
Matthew Henry
Hitherto the levitical law had been chiefly conversant about holy persons, holy things, and holy places; in this chapter we have the institution of holy times, many of which had been mentioned occasionally before, but here they are all put together, only the new moons are not mentioned. All the rest of the feasts of the Lord are, I. The weekly feast of the sabbath, ver. 3. II. The yearly feasts,...