Leviticus 23:4
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New International Version (©2011)
"'These are the LORD's appointed festivals, the sacred assemblies you are to proclaim at their appointed times:

New Living Translation (©2007)
"In addition to the Sabbath, these are the LORD's appointed festivals, the official days for holy assembly that are to be celebrated at their proper times each year.

English Standard Version (©2001)
“These are the appointed feasts of the LORD, the holy convocations, which you shall proclaim at the time appointed for them.

New American Standard Bible (©1995)
'These are the appointed times of the LORD, holy convocations which you shall proclaim at the times appointed for them.

King James Bible (Cambridge Ed.)
These are the feasts of the LORD, even holy convocations, which ye shall proclaim in their seasons.

Holman Christian Standard Bible (©2009)
These are the LORD's appointed times, the sacred assemblies you are to proclaim at their appointed times.

International Standard Version (©2012)
These are the LORD's appointed festivals and sacred assemblies that you are to declare at their appointed time.

NET Bible (©2006)
"'These are the LORD's appointed times, holy assemblies, which you must proclaim at their appointed time.

GOD'S WORD® Translation (©1995)
"The following are the LORD's appointed festivals with holy assemblies, which you must announce at their appointed times.

King James 2000 Bible (©2003)
These are the feasts of the LORD, even holy convocations, which you shall proclaim in their appointed times.

American King James Version
These are the feasts of the LORD, even holy convocations, which you shall proclaim in their seasons.

American Standard Version
These are the set feasts of Jehovah, even holy convocations, which ye shall proclaim in their appointed season.

Douay-Rheims Bible
These also are the holy days of the Lord, which you must celebrate in their seasons.

Darby Bible Translation
These are the set feasts of Jehovah, holy convocations, which ye shall proclaim in their seasons:

English Revised Version
These are the set feasts of the LORD, even holy convocations, which ye shall proclaim in their appointed season.

Webster's Bible Translation
These are the feasts of the LORD, holy convocations, which ye shall proclaim in their seasons.

World English Bible
"'These are the set feasts of Yahweh, even holy convocations, which you shall proclaim in their appointed season.

Young's Literal Translation
These are appointed seasons of Jehovah, holy convocations, which ye proclaim in their appointed seasons:

Matthew Henry's Concise Commentary

23:4-14 The feast of the Passover was to continue seven days; not idle days, spent in sport, as many that are called Christians spend their holy-days. Offerings were made to the Lord at his altar; and the people were taught to employ their time in prayer, and praise, and godly meditation. The sheaf of first-fruits was typical of the Lord Jesus, who is risen from the dead as the First-fruits of them that slept. Our Lord Jesus rose from the dead on the very day that the first-fruits were offered. We are taught by this law to honour the Lord with our substance, and with the first-fruits of all our increase, Pr 3:9. They were not to eat of their new corn, till God's part was offered to him out of it; and we must always begin with God: begin every day with him, begin every meal with him, begin every affair and business with him; seek first the kingdom of God.

Pulpit Commentary

Verse 4. - This verse repeats the statement or heading contained in verse 2, with reference to the annual holy day, the sabbath having been disposed of in verse 3.

Gill's Exposition of the Entire Bible

These are the feasts of the Lord, even holy convocations,.... What follow besides the sabbath mentioned:

which ye shall proclaim in their seasons; the proper times of the year, the day or days, and month in which they are to be observed; these were to be proclaimed by the priests with the sound of trumpet, namely, what follow, for they are put together, which had been before for the most part singly delivered.

Jamieson-Fausset-Brown Bible Commentary

4. These are the feasts of the Lord, which ye shall proclaim in their seasons—Their observance took place in the parts of the year corresponding to our March, May, and September. Divine wisdom was manifested in fixing them at those periods; in winter, when the days were short and the roads broken up, a long journey was impracticable; while in summer the harvest and vintage gave busy employment in the fields. Besides, another reason for the choice of those seasons probably was to counteract the influence of Egyptian associations and habits. And God appointed more sacred festivals for the Israelites in the month of September than the people of Egypt had in honor of their idols. These institutions, however, were for the most part prospective, the observance being not binding on the Israelites during their wanderings in the wilderness, while the regular celebration was not to commence till their settlement in Canaan.

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The Passover Feast
4These are the feasts of the LORD, even holy convocations, which you shall proclaim in their seasons. 5In the fourteenth day of the first month at even is the LORD's passover. 6And on the fifteenth day of the same month is the feast of unleavened bread to the LORD: seven days you must eat unleavened bread. …

Exodus 12:14 "This is a day you are to commemorate; for the generations to come you shall celebrate it as a festival to the LORD--a lasting ordinance.
Exodus 23:14 "Three times a year you are to celebrate a festival to me.
Leviticus 23:2 "Speak to the Israelites and say to them: 'These are my appointed festivals, the appointed festivals of the LORD, which you are to proclaim as sacred assemblies.
Leviticus 23:21 On that same day you are to proclaim a sacred assembly and do no regular work. This is to be a lasting ordinance for the generations to come, wherever you live.
Nehemiah 8:15 and that they should proclaim this word and spread it throughout their towns and in Jerusalem: "Go out into the hill country and bring back branches from olive and wild olive trees, and from myrtles, palms and shade trees, to make temporary shelters"--as it is written.
Ezekiel 44:24 "'In any dispute, the priests are to serve as judges and decide it according to my ordinances. They are to keep my laws and my decrees for all my appointed festivals, and they are to keep my Sabbaths holy.
Nahum 1:15 Look, there on the mountains, the feet of one who brings good news, who proclaims peace! Celebrate your festivals, Judah, and fulfill your vows. No more will the wicked invade you; they will be completely destroyed.