Leviticus 23 Commentary

God introduces His appointed times

God declares the sabbath day to be one of His appointed times

God declares the 14th day of the first month to be Passover. Passover starts a 7-day feast called Unleavened Bread; most see them as one feast.

God declares the Feast of First Fruits to be His appointed time.

God declares the Feast of Weeks to be one of His appointed times. The Feast of Weeks was later named “Pentecost” by Hellenized (Greek) Jews in 300 BC.

God proclaims the fall feasts. The first of which is the Feast of Trumpets. Literally in Hebrew “The day of the shout.”

God declares the Day of Atonement, (“Yom Kippur” in Hebrew) to be one of His appointed times

God declares the Feast of Tabernacles to be one of His appointed times.