Appointed Times

Appointed Times

"Six days you are to do your work, but on the seventh day you shall cease from labor so that your ox and your donkey may rest, and the son of your female slave, as well as your stranger, may refresh themselves." " (Exodus 23:12) The literal commandment is that we should cease from our labor on the seventh day of the week.

"Six days you shall labor and do all your work, but the seventh day is a sabbath of the LORD your God; in it you shall not do any work, you or your son or your daughter, your male or your female servant or your cattle or your sojourner who stays with you. For in six days the LORD made the heavens and the earth, the sea and all that is in them, and rested on the seventh day; therefore the LORD blessed the sabbath day and made it holy." (Exodus 20:9-11) The literal commandment is that we should not do any work on the seventh day of the week.

"For six days work may be done, but on the seventh day you shall have a holy day, a sabbath of complete rest to the LORD; whoever does any work on it shall be put to death." (Exodus 35:2) The literal commandment is that whoever does any work on the Sabbath should be put to death.

"See, the LORD has given you the sabbath; therefore He gives you bread for two days on the sixth day. Remain every man in his place; let no man go out of his place on the seventh day." (Exodus 16:29) The literal commandment is every man [person] should remain in their place on the seventh day.

"Remember the sabbath day, to keep it holy" (Exodus 20:8) The literal commandment is that we remember the sabbath day and keep it holy.

"It is to be a sabbath of complete rest to you, and you shall humble your souls; on the ninth of the month at evening, from evening until evening you shall keep your sabbath." (Leviticus 23:32) The literal commandment is that the Day of Atonement (Leviticus 23:28) should be a sabbath of complete rest.

"It is to be a sabbath of complete rest to you, and you shall humble your souls; on the ninth of the month at evening, from evening until evening you shall keep your sabbath." (Leviticus 23:32) The literal commandment is that the Day of Atonement (Leviticus 23:28) should be a sabbath of complete rest.

"This shall be a permanent statute for you: in the seventh month, on the tenth day of the month, you shall humble your souls and not do any work, whether the native, or the alien who sojourns among you; for it is on this day that atonement shall be made for you to cleanse you; you will be clean from all your sins before the LORD." (Leviticus 16:29) The literal commandment is that we should "humble our souls" on the Day of Atonement.

"If there is any person who will not humble himself on this same day, he shall be cut off from his people." (Leviticus 23:29) The literal commandment is that we should humble ourselves on this same day [the Day of Atonement- verse 28].

"Then on the fifteenth day of the same month there is the Feast of Unleavened Bread to the LORD; for seven days you shall eat unleavened bread. On the first day you shall have a holy convocation; you shall not do any laborious work." (Leviticus 23:7) The literal commandment is that we should not do any laborious work on the first day of the Feast of Unleavened Bread.

"Then on the fifteenth day of the same month there is the Feast of Unleavened Bread to the LORD; for seven days you shall eat unleavened bread. On the first day you shall have a holy convocation; you shall not do any laborious work." (Leviticus 23:7) The literal commandment is that we should not do any laborious work on the first day of the Feast of Unleavened Bread.

"But for seven days you shall present an offering by fire to the LORD. On the seventh day is a holy convocation; you shall not do any laborious work." (Leviticus 23:8) The literal commandment is that we should not do any laborious work on the seventh day of the Feast of Unleavened Bread.

"But for seven days you shall present an offering by fire to the LORD. On the seventh day is a holy convocation; you shall not do any laborious work." (Leviticus 23:8) The literal commandment is that we should not do any laborious work on the seventh day of the Feast of Unleavened Bread.

"On this same day you shall make a proclamation as well; you are to have a holy convocation. You shall do no laborious work. It is to be a perpetual statute in all your dwelling places throughout your generations.(Leviticus 23:21) The literal commandment is that we should do no laborious work on the fiftieth day after Passover: the Feast of Weeks (Shavuot).

"On this same day you shall make a proclamation as well; you are to have a holy convocation. You shall do no laborious work. It is to be a perpetual statute in all your dwelling places throughout your generations." (Leviticus 23:21) The literal commandment is that we should do no laborious work on the fiftieth day after Passover: the Feast of Weeks (Shavuot).

"Speak to the sons of Israel, saying, 'In the seventh month on the first of the month you shall have a rest, a reminder by blowing of trumpets, a holy convocation.(Leviticus 23:24) The literal commandment is that we should have a rest [shabbaton] on the first day of the seventh month (The Feast of Trumpets- Yom Teruah).

"'You shall not do any laborious work, but you shall present an offering by fire to the LORD." (Leviticus 23:25) The literal commandment is that we should not do any laborious work on the first day of the seventh month (The Feast of Trumpets- Yom Teruah).

"On the first day is a holy convocation; you shall do no laborious work of any kind." (Leviticus 23:24) The literal commandment is that we should do no laborious work of any kind on the fifteenth of the seventh month (the Feast of Booths/Tabernacles- Sukkot).

"On the first day is a holy convocation; you shall do no laborious work of any kind." (Leviticus 23:24) The literal commandment is that we should do no laborious work of any kind on the fifteenth of the seventh month (the Feast of Booths/Tabernacles- Sukkot).

"For seven days you shall present an offering by fire to the LORD. On the eighth day you shall have a holy convocation and present an offering by fire to the LORD; it is an assembly. You shall do no laborious work." (Leviticus 23:36) The literal commandment is that we should do no laborious work on the eighth day of the Feast of Booths/Tabernacles (Sukkot).

"For seven days you shall present an offering by fire to the LORD. On the eighth day you shall have a holy convocation and present an offering by fire to the LORD; it is an assembly. You shall do no laborious work." (Leviticus 23:36) The literal commandment is that we should do no laborious work on the eighth day of the Feast of Booths/Tabernacles (Sukkot).

"You shall not eat leavened bread with it; seven days you shall eat with it unleavened bread, the bread of affliction (for you came out of the land of Egypt in haste), so that you may remember all the days of your life the day when you came out of the land of Egypt." (Deuteronomy 16:3) The literal commandment is that we should not eat leavened bread with the Passover lamb" (Deuteronomy 16:2) on the fourteenth day of the month of Nisan: the day of Passover.

"Seven days you shall eat unleavened bread, but on the first day you shall remove leaven from your houses; for whoever eats anything leavened from the first day until the seventh day, that person shall be cut off from Israel." (Exodus 12:15) The literal commandment is that on the first day (of the Feast of Unleavened Bread) we should remove leaven from our houses.

"Moses said to the people, "Remember this day in which you went out from Egypt, from the house of slavery; for by a powerful hand the LORD brought you out from this place. And nothing leavened shall be eaten."" (Exodus 13:3) The literal commandment is that nothing leavened shall be eaten (during the Feast of Unleavened Bread).

"You shall not eat anything leavened; in all your dwellings you shall eat unleavened bread." (Exodus 12:20) The literal commandment is that we should not eat anything leavened (during the Feast of Unleavened Bread).

"Unleavened bread shall be eaten throughout the seven days; and nothing leavened shall be seen among you, nor shall any leaven be seen among you in all your borders." (Exodus 13:7) The literal commandment is that no leaven shall be seen in all your borders (during the Feast of Unleavened Bread).

"Seven days there shall be no leaven found in your houses; for whoever eats what is leavened, that person shall be cut off from the congregation of Israel, whether he is an alien or a native of the land." (Exodus 12:19) The literal commandment is that there shall be no leaven found in your houses (during the Feast of Unleavened Bread).

"In the first month, on the fourteenth day of the month at evening, you shall eat unleavened bread, until the twenty-first day of the month at evening." (Exodus 12:18) The literal commandment is that we should eat unleavened bread on the fourteenth day of the first month at evening (i.e. the first night of Passover).

"You shall tell your son on that day, saying, 'It is because of what the LORD did for me when I came out of Egypt.'" (Exodus 13:8) The literal commandment is that we should tell our children about the Exodus from Egypt on the first day of Passover.

"Now in the seventh month, on the first day of the month, you shall also have a holy convocation; you shall do no laborious work. It will be to you a day for blowing trumpets." (Numbers 29:1) The literal commandment is that the first day of the seventh month (Yom Teruah) shall be a day for blowing trumpets.

"You shall live in booths for seven days; all the native-born in Israel shall live in booths, so that your generations may know that I had the sons of Israel live in booths when I brought them out from the land of Egypt. I am the LORD your God." (Leviticus 23:42-43) The literal commandment is that we should live in "booths" (temporary structure) for seven days during Sukkot: the Feast of Tabernacles.

"Now on the first day you shall take for yourselves the foliage of beautiful trees, palm branches and boughs of leafy trees and willows of the brook, and you shall rejoice before the LORD your God for seven days." (Leviticus 23:40) The literal commandment is to take the foliage [literally "fruit"] of beautiful trees, palm branches, and boughs of leafy trees and willows and rejoice before G-d for seven days during Sukkot: the Feast of Tabernacles.

"This is what everyone who is numbered shall give: half a shekel according to the shekel of the sanctuary (the shekel is twenty gerahs), half a shekel as a contribution to the LORD." (Exodus 30:13) The literal commandment is for those who take part in the census of Israel to give half a shekel.

"This month shall be the beginning of months for you; it is to be the first month of the year to you." (Exodus 12:2) The literal commandment is for the month in which Passover falls shall be the first month of the year.

"You shall also count for yourselves from the day after the sabbath, from the day when you brought in the sheaf of the wave offering; there shall be seven complete sabbaths." (Leviticus 23:15)

"You shall consecrate to the LORD your God all the firstborn males that are born of your herd and of your flock; you shall not work with the firstborn of your herd, nor shear the firstborn of your flock." (Deuteronomy 15:19)

"Three times in a year all your males shall appear before the LORD your God in the place which He chooses, at the Feast of Unleavened Bread and at the Feast of Weeks and at the Feast of Booths, and they shall not appear before the LORD empty-handed." (Deuteronomy 16:16)

"Three times a year you shall celebrate a feast to Me." (Exodus 23:14)

"and you shall rejoice in your feast, you and your son and your daughter and your male and female servants and the Levite and the stranger and the orphan and the widow who are in your towns." (Deuteronomy 16:14)

"Three times in a year all your males shall appear before the LORD your God in the place which He chooses, at the Feast of Unleavened Bread and at the Feast of Weeks and at the Feast of Booths, and they shall not appear before the LORD empty-handed." (Deuteronomy 16:16)

"Be careful that you do not forsake the Levite as long as you live in your land." (Deuteronomy 12:19)

"Then Moses commanded them, saying, 'At the end of every seven years, at the time of the year of remission of debts, at the Feast of Booths," (Deuteronomy 31:10-12)

"You shall not move your neighbor's boundary mark, which the ancestors have set, in your inheritance which you will inherit in the land that the LORD your God gives you to possess." (Deuteronomy 19:14)

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