FEASTS, GENERAL PASSAGES
- - Ancient customs at
...... Men alone present at: ... Ge 40:20; 43:32,34;
1Sa 9:22; Es 1:8,9; Mr 6:21; Lu 14:24|
- - Men and women attend: ... Ex 32:6; with 32:2,3;
Da 5:1-3|
- - Riddles propounded at: ... Jud 14:12|
- - Marriage feasts provided by the bridegroom: ...
Jud 14:10,17|
- - Guests arranged according to age: ... Ge 43:33|
- - Rank: ... 1Sa 9:22; Lu 14:8-10|
- - Reclined on couches: ... Am 6:4,7; Lu 7:38; Joh
13:25|
- - Served in one dish: ... Mt 26:23|
- - Were presided over by a master of ceremonies: ...
Joh 2:8,9|
- - Host served: ... Ge 18:8|
- - Wine served at: ... Es 5:6; 7:7|
- - Music at: ... Isa 5:12; Am 6:4,5; Lu 15:25|
- - Dancing at: ... Mt 14:6; Lu 15:25|
- - Given by kings: ... 1Sa 20:5; 25:36; 2Sa 9:10; 1Ki
2:7; 4:22; 18:19; Es 1:3-8; Da 5:1-4|
- - Drunkenness at: ... 1Sa 25:36; Es 1:10; Da 5:1-4|
- - Covenants ratified by: ... Ge 26:28-30|
- - Celebrations by
...... Birthdays: ... Ge 40:20; Mr 6:21|
...... Coronations: ... 1Ki 1:25; 1Ch 12:38-40|
...... National deliverances: ... Es 8:17; 9:17-19|
- - FIGURATIVE: ... Mt 22:1-14; Lu 14:16-24; Re 19:9,17|
- - ANNUAL FESTIVALS
- - (Instituted by Moses)
...... Designated as SOLEMN FEASTS: ... Nu 15:3; 2Ch
8:13; La 2:6; Eze 46:9|
...... SET FEASTS: ... Nu 29:39; Ezr 3:5|
...... APPOINTED FEASTS: ... Isa 1:14|
...... HOLY CONVOCATIONS: ... Le 23:4|
...... First and last days were SABBATIC: ... Le 23:39,40;
Nu 28:18-25; 29:12,35; Ne 8:1-18|
...... Kept with rejoicing: ... Le 23:40; De 16:11-14;
2Ch 30:21-26; Ezr 6:22; Ne 8:9-12,17; Ps 42:4; 122:4; Isa 30:29;
Zec 8:19|
...... Divine protection given during: ... Ex 34:24|
...... The three principal were: PASSOVER, PENTECOST, TABERNACLES
...... All males were required to attend: ... Ex 23:17;
34:23; De 16:16; Ps 42:4; 122:4; Eze 36:38; Lu 2:44; Joh 4:45; 7|
...... Aliens (non-Jews) were permitted to attend: ...
Joh 12:20; Ac 2:1-11|
...... Attended by women: ... 1Sa 1:3,9; Lu 2:41|
...... Observed
...... By Jesus: ... Mt 26:17-20; Lu 2:41,42;
22:15; Joh 2:13,23; 5:1; 7:10; 10:22|
...... By Paul: ... Ac 18:21; 19:21; 20:6,16;
24:11,17|
...... For full treatment of annual feasts
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FEASTS, THE ANNIVERSARY
- - Instituted by God: ... Ex 23:14|
- - Enumerated: ... Ex 23:15,16|
- - CALLED
...... Appointed feasts: ... Isa 1:14|
...... Feasts of the Lord: ... Le 23:4|
...... Solemn feasts: ... 2Ch 8:13; La 1:4|
...... Solemn meetings: ... Isa 1:13|
- - Were a time of thankfulness: ... Ps 122:4|
- - All males to attend: ... Ex 23:17; 34:23|
- - Children commenced attending, when twelve years old: ...
Lu 2:42|
- - Females often attended: ... 1Sa 1:3,9; Lu 2:41|
- - The Jews attended gladly: ... Ps 122:1,2|
- - The Jews went up to, in large companies: ... Ps
42:4; Lu 2:44|
- - The dangers and difficulties encountered in going up to,
alluded to: ... Ps 84:6,7|
- - The land divinely protected during: ... Ex 34:24|
- - Offerings to made at: ... Ex 34:20; De 16:16,17|
- - WERE SEASONS OF
...... Joy and gladness: ... Ps 42:4; Isa 30:20|
...... Sacrificing: ... 1Sa 1:3; 1Ki 9:25; 2Ch 8:13|
...... Entertainments: ... 1Sa 1:4,9|
...... The ten tribes seduced by Jeroboam from attending:
... 1Ki 12:27|
...... The Jews dispersed in distant parts often attended:
... Ac 2:5-11; 8:27|
...... Christ attended: ... Joh 5:1; 7:10|
...... Rendered unavailing by the impiety of the Jews: ...
Isa 1:13,14; Am 5:21|
...... Illustrative of general assembly of the church: ...
Heb 12:23|
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FEAST OF DEDICATION,
THE
- - To commemorate the cleansing of the temple after its defilement
by Antiochus: ... Da 11:31|
- - Held in the winter month, Chisleu: ... Joh 10:22|
FEAST OF JUBILEE, THE
- - Held every fiftieth year: ... Le 25:8,10|
- - Began upon the day of atonement: ... Le 25:9|
- - CALLED THE
...... Year of liberty: ... Eze 46:17|
...... Year of the redeemed: ... Isa 63:4|
...... Acceptable year: ... Isa 61:2|
- - Was specially holy: ... Le 25:12|
- - Proclaimed by trumpets: ... Le 25:9; Ps 89:15|
- - ENACTMENTS RESPECTING
...... Cessation of all field labour: ... Le 25:11|
...... The fruits of the earth to be common property: ...
Le 25:12|
...... Redemption of sold property: ... Le 25:23-27|
...... Restoration of all inheritances: ... Le 25:10,13,28;
27:24|
...... Release of Hebrew servants: ... Le 25:40,41,54|
- - Houses in walled cities not redeemed within a year, exempted
from the benefit of: ... Le 25:30|
- - Sale of property calculated from: ... Le 25:15,16|
- - Value of devoted property calculated from: ... Le
27:14-23|
- - Illustrative of the Gospel: ... Isa 61:1,2; Lu 4:18,19|
FEAST OF THE NEW MOON,
THE
- - Held first day of the month: ... Nu 10:10|
- - Celebrated with blowing of trumpets: ... Nu 10:10;
Ps 81:3,4|
- - Sacrifices at: ... Nu 28:11-15|
- - A SEASON FOR
...... Inquiring of God's messengers: ... 2Ki 4:23|
...... Worship in God's house: ... Isa 66:23; Eze 46:1|
...... Entertainments: ... 1Sa 20:5,18|
- - Observed with great solemnity: ... 1Ch 23:31; 2Ch
2:4; 8:13; 31:3|
- - Restored after captivity: ... Ezr 3:5; Ne 10:33|
- - Mere outward observance of, hateful to God: ...
Isa 1:13,14|
- - Disliked by the ungodly: ... Am 8:5|
- - The Jews deprived of, for sin: ... Ho 2:11|
- - Observance of, by Christians, condemned: ... Col
2:16; Ga 4:10|
FEAST OF THE PASSOVER,
THE
- - Institution of: ... Ex 12:3-49; 23:15-18; 34:18;
Le 23:4-8; Nu 9:2-5,13,14; 28:16-25; De 16:1-8,16; Ps 81:3,5|
- - Design of: ... Ex 12:21-28|
- - Special Passover, for those who were unclean, or on a
journey, to be held in the second month: ... Nu 9:6-12; 2Ch 30:2-4|
- - The lamb killed by Levites, for those who were ceremonially
unclean: ... 2Ch 30:17; 35:3-11; Ezr 6:20|
- - Strangers authorized to celebrate: ... Ex 12:48,49;
Nu 9:14|
- - Observed at the place designated by God: ... De
16:5-7|
- - Observed with unleavened bread (no yeast): ... Ex
12:8,15-20; 13:3,6; 23:15; Le 23:6; Nu 9:11; 28:17; De 16:3,4; Mr
14:12; Lu 22:7; Ac 12:3; 1Co 5:8|
- - Penalty for neglecting to observe: ... Nu 9:13|
- - Re-instituted by Ezekiel: ... Eze 45:21-24|
- - Observation of, renewed
...... By the Israelites upon entering Canaan: ... Jos
5:10,11|
...... By Hezekiah: ... 2Ch 30:1|
...... By Josiah: ... 2Ki 23:22,23; 2Ch 35:1,18|
...... After the return from Babylonian captivity: ...
Ezr 6:19,20|
- - Ordained by God: ... Ex 12:1,2|
- - Commenced the fourteenth of the first month at even: ...
Ex 12:2,6,18; Le 23:5; Nu 9:3|
- - Lasted seven days: ... Ex 12:15; Le 23:6|
- - CALLED THE
...... Passover: ... Nu 9:5; Joh 2:23|
...... Jew's passover: ... Joh 2:13; 11:55|
...... Lord's passover: ... Ex 12:11,27|
...... Feast of unleavened bread: ... Mr 14:1; Lu 22:1|
...... Days of unleavened bread: ... Ac 12:3; 20:6|
- - All males to appear at: ... Ex 23:17; De 16:16|
- - Paschal lamb eaten first day of: ... Ex 12:6,8|
- - Unleavened bread eaten at: ... Ex 12:15; De 16:3|
- - LEAVEN
...... Not to be in their houses during: ... Ex 12:19|
...... Not to be in any of their quarters: ... Ex 13:7;
De 16:4|
...... Nothing with, to be eaten: ... Ex 12:20|
...... Punishment for eating: ... Ex 12:15,19|
- - First and last days of, holy convocations: ... Ex
12:16; Nu 28:18,25|
- - Sacrifices during: ... Le 23:8; Nu 28:19-24|
- - The first sheaf of barley harvest offered the day after
the Sabbath in: ... Le 23:10-14|
- - TO COMMEMORATE THE
...... Passing over the first-born: ... Ex 12:12,13|
...... Deliverance of Israel from bondage of Egypt: ...
Ex 12:17,42; 13:9; De 16:3|
- - To be perpetually observed during the Mosaic age: ...
Ex 12:14; 13:10|
- - Children to be taught the nature and design of: ...
Ex 12:26,27; 13:8|
- - Purification necessary to the due observance of: ...
2Ch 30:15-19; Joh 11:55|
- - Might be kept in the second month by those who were unclean
at the appointed time: ... Nu 9:6-11; 2Ch 30:2,3,15|
- - No uncircumcised person to keep: ... Ex 12:43,45|
- - Strangers and servants when circumcised might keep: ...
Ex 12:44,48|
- - Neglect of, punished with death: ... Nu 9:13|
- - Improper keeping of, punished: ... 2Ch 30:18,20|
- - REMARKABLE CELEBRATIONS OF
...... On leaving Egypt: ... Ex 12:28,50|
...... In the wilderness of Sinai: ... Nu 9:3-5|
...... On entering the land of promise: ... Jos 5:10,11|
...... In Hezekiah's reign: ... 2Ch 30:1|
...... In Josiah's reign: ... 2Ki 23:22,23; 2Ch 35:1,18|
...... After the captivity: ... Ezr 6:19,20|
...... Before the death of Christ: ... Lu 22:15|
- - Moses kept through faith: ... Heb 11:28|
- - Christ always observed: ... Mt 26:17-20; Lu 22:15;
Joh 2:13,23|
- - The people of Jerusalem lent their rooms to strangers
for: ... Lu 22:11,12|
- - The Sabbath in, a high day: ... Joh 19:31|
- - The day before the Sabbath in, called the preparation:
... Joh 19:14,31|
- - Illustrative of redemption through Christ: ... 1Co
5:7,8|
- - Observed by Jesus: ... Mt 26:17-20; Lu 22:15; Joh
2:13,23; 13|
- - Jesus in the temple courtyard at the time of: ...
Lu 2:41-50|
- - Jesus crucified at the time of: ... Mt 26:2; Mr
14:1,2; Joh 18:28|
- - The lamb of, a type of Christ: ... 1Co 5:7|
- - The Lord's Supper ordained at: ... Mt 26:26-28;
Mr 14:12-25; Lu 22:7-20|
- - Prisoner released at, by the Romans: ... Mt 27:15;
Mr 15:6; Lu 23:16,17; Joh 18:39|
- - Peter imprisoned at the time of: ... Ac 12:3|
- - Christ called "our Passover,": ... 1Co 5:7|
FEAST OF PENTECOST, THE
- - Institution of: ... Ex 23:16; 34:22; Le 23:15-21;
Nu 28:26-31; De 16:9-12,16|
- - Holy Spirit given to the apostles on the first day of:
... Ac 2|
- - Held fiftieth day after offering first sheaf of barley
harvest: ... Le 23:15,16; De 16:9|
- - CALLED THE
...... Feast of harvest: ... Ex 23:16|
...... Feast of weeks: ... Ex 34:22; De 16:10|
...... Day of the first fruits: ... Nu 28:26|
...... Day of Pentecost: ... Ac 2:1|
- - To be perpetually observed: ... Le 23:21|
- - All males to attend: ... Ex 23:16,17; De 16:16|
- - A holy convocation: ... Le 23:21; Nu 28:26|
- - A time of holy rejoicing: ... De 16:11,12|
- - The first fruits of bread presented at: ... Le 23:17;
De 16:10|
- - Sacrifices at: ... Le 23:18,19; Nu 28:27-31|
- - The law given from Mount Sinai upon: ... Ex 12:6,12;
19:1,11|
- - The Holy Spirit given to apostles at: ... Ac 2:1-3|
- - Observed by the Paul as an opportunity to teach Jesus:
... Ac 20:16; 1Co 16:8|
FEAST OF PURIM, OR LOTS,
THE
- - Instituted by Mordecai: ... Es 9:20|
- - To commemorate the defeat of Haman's wicked design: ...
Es 3:7-15; 9:24-26|
- - Began fourteenth of twelfth month: ... Es 9:17|
- - Lasted two days: ... Es 9:21|
- - Mode of celebrating: ... Es 9:17-19,22|
- - The Jews bound themselves to keep: ... Es 9:27,28|
- - Confirmed by royal authority: ... Es 9:29-32|
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FEAST OF SABBATICAL
YEAR, THE
- - A sabbath for the land: ... Le 25:2|
- - Kept every seventh year: ... Ex 23:11; Le 25:4|
- - Surplus of sixth year to provide for: ... Le 25:20-22|
- - ENACTMENTS RESPECTING
...... Cessation of all field labour: ... Le 25:4,5|
...... The fruits of the earth to be common property: ...
Ex 23:11; Le 25:6,7|
...... Remission of debts: ... De 15:1-3; Ne 10:31|
...... Release of all Hebrew servants: ... Ex 21:2;
De 15:12|
...... Public reading of the law at feast of tabernacles:
... De 31:10-13|
...... No release to strangers during: ... De 15:3|
- - Release of, not to hinder the exercise of benevolence:
... De 15:9-11|
- - Jews threatened for neglecting: ... Le 26:34,35,43;
Jer 34:13-18|
- - The seventy years captivity a punishment for neglecting:
... 2Ch 36:20,21|
- - Restored after the captivity: ... Ne 10:31|
FEAST OF TABERNACLES,
THE
- - Also called FEAST OF INGATHERING
- - Instituted: ... Ex 23:16; 34:22; Le 23:34-43|
- - Design of: ... Le 23:42,43|
- - The law read in connection with, every seventh year: ...
De 31:10-12; Ne 8:18|
- - Observance of, after the captivity: ... Ezr 3:4;
Ne 8:14-18|
- - By Jesus: ... Joh 7:2,14|
- - Observance of, omitted: ... Ne 8:17|
- - Penalty for not observing: ... Zec 14:16-19|
- - Jeroboam institutes an idolatrous feast to correspond
to, in the eighth month: ... 1Ki 12:32,33; 1Ch 27:11|
- - Held after harvest and vintage: ... De 16:13|
- - Began fifteenth of seventh month: ... Le 23:34,39|
- - Lasted seven days: ... Le 23:34,41; De 16:13,15|
- - All males obliged to appear at: ... Ex 23:16,17|
- - First and last days of, holy convocations: ... Le
23:35,39; Nu 29:12,35|
- - Sacrifices during: ... Le 23:36,37; Nu 29:13-39|
- - TO BE OBSERVED
...... With rejoicing: ... De 16:14,15|
...... Perpetually: ... Le 23:41|
- - The people dwelt in booths during: ... Le 23:42;
Ne 8:15,16|
- - The law publicly read every seventh year at: ...
De 31:10-12; Ne 8:18|
- - CUSTOMS OBSERVED AT
...... Bearing branches of palms: ... Le 23:40; Re 7:9|
...... Drawing water from the pool of Siloam: ... Isa
12:3; Joh 7:2,37-39|
...... Singing hosannas: ... Ps 118:24-29; Mt 21:8,9|
- - To commemorate the sojourn of Israel in the desert: ...
Le 23:43|
- - REMARKABLE CELEBRATIONS OF
...... At the dedication of Solomon's temple: ... 1Ki
8:2,65|
...... After the captivity: ... Ex 3:4; Ne 8:17|
FEASTS OF TRUMPETS, THE
...... When and how observed: ... Le 23:24,25; Nu 29:1-6|
...... Celebrated after the captivity with joy: ...
Ne 8:2,9-12|
...... See FEASTS
- - A memorial of blowing of trumpets: ... Le 23:24|
- - A holy convocation and rest: ... Le 23:24,25|
- - Sacrifices at: ... Nu 29:2-6|
FELLOWSHIP
- - General scriptures concerning: ... Ec 4:9-12; Am
3:3|
- - See FRATERNITY
- - See FELLOWSHIP
- - WITH GOD: ... Ge 5:22,24; 6:9; Ex 29:45; 33:14-17;
Le 26:12; Isa 57:15; Zec 2:10; Mr 9:37; Joh 14:23; 17:21,23; 2Co 6:16;
13:11; 1Jo 1:3,5-7; 3:24; Re 21:3,4|
- - WITH CHRIST: ... Ps 45:9-16; Mt 12:48-50; 18:20;
Mr 9:37; Lu 8:21; 24:32; Joh 6:51-57; 14:20-23; 15:1-8; 17:21-23,26; Ro
7:4; 8:1,10,17; 11:17; 12:5; 1Co 1:9; 6:13-15,17; 10:16; 12:12,27; 2Co
11:2; 13:5; Eph 5:30,32; Col 1:27; 3:3; 1Th 5:9,10; Heb 2:11; 1Jo 2:6,24,28;
3:6,24; 4:13; 5:12,20; 2Jo 1:9; Re 3:20|
...... See COMMUNION
- - OF THE HOLY SPIRIT: ... Ro 8:9; 1Co 3:16; 2Co 13:14|
...... See COMMUNION
...... See HOLY SPIRIT
- - OF THE RIGHTEOUS: ... Ps 55:14; 119:63; Am 3:3; Mal
3:16; Mt 17:4; 20:25-28; 23:8; Mr 10:42-45; Lu 22:32; 24:13-15; Joh 13:34;
15:12; 17:11,21-23; Ac 1:14; 2:1,42,44-47; 17:4; 20:35; Ro 1:12; 14:1-4,10,13-16,18-21;
15:1-7; 1Co 1:10; 10:16,17; 12:13; 16:19,20; Ga 2:9; 6:2,10; Eph 2:14-22;
5:2,19,30; Php 1:3,5,27; 2:1,2; Col 2:2; 3:16; 1Th 4:18; 5:11,14; Heb 3:13;
10:24; 13:1; Jas 5:16; 1Pe 2:17; 3:8,9; 1Jo 1:3,7; 3:14; 4:7,8,11-13|
...... See COMMUNION OF SAINTS
- - WITH THE WICKED: ... Ge 49:6; Ex 33:15,16; 34:13-16;
Nu 25:1-8; De 31:16,17; Jos 23:12,13; Ezr 6:21,22; 9:14; Ps 6:8; 26:4,5;
50:18; 102:6-8; Pr 12:11; 28:19; 29:24; 1Co 5:11; 15:33; 2Pe 2:18,19; 3:17|
...... See the following sub-topics
...... PUNISHMENT OF: ... Nu 33:56; Jos 23:13; Jud 2:3;
3:5-8; Ezr 9:7,14; Ps 106:41,42; Re 2:16,22,23|
...... See COMPANY, EVIL
...... See INFLUENCE
- - WITH THE WICKED FORBIDDEN: ... Ex 23:32,33; 34:12;
Nu 16:26; De 7:2-4; 12:30; 13:6-11; Jos 23:6,7,13; Jud 2:2; Ezr 9:1,2,12;
10:11; Ps 1:1; Pr 1:10-15; 4:14,15; 9:6; 14:7; Mt 18:17; Ro 16:17; 1Co
5:9-11; 2Co 6:14-17; Eph 5:11; 2Th 3:6,14,15; 1Ti 6:3-5; 2Ti 3:2-7; 2Pe
3:17; 2Jo 1:9-11; Re 18:1-4|
- - THE EVIL OF FELLOWSHIP WITH THE WICKED EXEMPLIFIED
...... By Solomon: ... 1Ki 11:1-8|
...... By Rehoboam: ... 1Ki 12:8,9|
...... By Jehoshaphat: ... 2Ch 18:3; 19:2; 20:35-37|
...... By Jehoram: ... 2Ch 21:6|
...... By Ahaziah: ... 2Ch 22:3-5|
...... By the Israelites: ... Ezr 9:1,2|
...... By Israel: ... Eze 44:7|
...... By Judas Iscariot: ... Mt 26:14-16|
- - INSTANCES OF THOSE WHO AVOIDED FELLOWSHIP WITH THE WICKED
...... Man of God: ... 1Ki 13:7-10|
...... Nehemiah: ... Ne 6:2-4; 10:29-31|
...... David: ... Ps 101:4-7; 119:115|
...... Jeremiah: ... Jer 15:17|
...... Joseph of Arimathaea: ... Lu 23:51|
...... Church of Ephesus: ... Re 2:6|
...... See COMPANY, EVIL
...... See INFLUENCE, EVIL
FENCE
- - General scriptures concerning: ... So 4:12|
- - Made of stone walls: ... Nu 22:24; Ps 62:3; Pr 24:30,31;
Isa 5:2; Mic 7:11|
- - Hedge: ... Ec 10:8; Isa 5:5; Na 3:17; Mt 21:33;
Pr 15:19; Ho 2:6|
- - FIGURATIVE: ... Eze 22:30|
FERRET
- - General scriptures concerning: ... Le 11:30|
FERRYBOAT
- - General scriptures concerning: ... 2Sa 19:18|
FESTIVALS
- - See FEASTS
FETTERS
- - Used for securing prisoners: ... 2Ch 33:11; 36:6;
Mr 5:4|
- - Made of brass (bronze): ... Jud 16:21; 2Ki 25:7|
- - Made of iron
- - See CHAINS
FEVER
- - General scriptures concerning: ... Le 26:16; De
28:22; Job 30:30; Ps 22:15; Mt 8:14; Ac 28:8|
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