Celebrate Crops Feast Field Fields Firstfruits First-fruits Fruit Fruits Gather Gathered Gatherest Gathering Got Grain-cutting Harvest Hast Ingathering In-gathering Labor Labors Labours Observe Outgoing Planted Sow Sowest Sown Start Works
23:16 And the {h} feast of harvest, the firstfruits of thy labours, which thou hast sown in the field: and the {i} feast of ingathering, [which is] in the end of the year, when thou hast gathered in thy labours out of the field.
(h) Which is Whit Sunday, in token that the law was given 50 days after they departed from Egypt.
(i) This is the feast of tabernacles, signifying that they lived for 40 years in the tents or the tabernacles in the wilderness.
23:10-19 Every seventh year the land was to rest. They must not plough or sow it; what the earth produced of itself, should be eaten, and not laid up. This law seems to have been intended to teach dependence on Providence, and God's faithfulness in sending the larger increase while they kept his appointments. It was also typical of the heavenly rest, when all earthly labours, cares, and interests shall cease for ever. All respect to the gods of the heathen is strictly forbidden. Since idolatry was a sin to which the Israelites leaned, they must blot out the remembrance of the gods of the heathen. Solemn religious attendance on God, in the place which he should choose, is strictly required. They must come together before the Lord. What a good Master do we serve, who has made it our duty to rejoice before him! Let us devote with pleasure to the service of God that portion of our time which he requires, and count his sabbaths and ordinances to be a feast unto our souls. They were not to come empty-handed; so now, we must not come to worship God empty-hearted; our souls must be filled with holy desires toward him, and dedications of ourselves to him; for with such sacrifices God is well pleased.
Celebrate Crops End Feast Field Fields First Firstfruits First-Fruits Fruit Fruits Gather Gathered Gatherest Grain-Cutting Harvest Ingathering In-Gathering Labors Observe Outgoing Planted Sow Sowest Sown Start Works
Celebrate Crops End Feast Field Fields First Firstfruits First-Fruits Fruit Fruits Gather Gathered Gatherest Grain-Cutting Harvest Ingathering In-Gathering Labors Observe Outgoing Planted Sow Sowest Sown Start Works
