Matthew Henry's Complete Bible Commentary

Leviticus 23

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, Leviticus 23:3. II. The yearly feasts, 1. The passover, and the feast of unleavened bread (Leviticus 23:4-23:8), to which was annexed the offering of the sheaf of firstfruits, Leviticus 23:9-23:14. 2. Pentecost, Leviticus 23:15-23:22. 3. The solemnities of the seventh month. The feast of trumpets on the first day (Leviticus 23:23-23:25), the day of atonement on the tenth day (Leviticus 23:26-23:32), and the feast of tabernacles on the fifteenth, Leviticus 23:33-23:44 MHBCC 114.1