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Israelite Festivals

Feast

Time of Celebration

References

Passover

Nisan 14

Exod 12:1–14; 23:15; Lev 23:5; Num 28:16; Matt 26:17–20

Unleavened Bread*

Nisan 15–21

Exod 12:15–20; 34:18; Lev 23:6–8; Num 28:17–25

Firstfruits

Nisan 16, Sivan 6

Lev 23:9–14; Num 28:26

Pentecost (Harvest, Weeks)*

Sivan 6

Exod 23:16; 34:22; Lev 23:15–22; Num 28:26–31; Deut 16:9–12; Acts 2:1

Trumpets (Rosh Hashanah)

Tishri 1

Lev 23:23–25; Num 29:1–6

Day of Atonement (Yom Kippur)

Tishri 10

Lev 16:2–34; Lev 23:26–32; Num 29:7–11; Heb 9:7

Tabernacles (Ingathering, Booths, Sukkot)*

Tishri 15–22

Exod 23:16; 34:22; Lev 23:33–43; Num 29:12–39; Deut 16:13–17; Neh 8:13–18; John 7:2

Dedication (Lights, Hanukkah)†

Chislev 25 (for 8 days)

John 10:22

Purim†

Adar 14–15

Esth 9:18–32

* The three festivals for which all adult Israelite males had to go to Jerusalem (Ex 23:17; 34:23)

† Festivals that are not prescribed in Leviticus

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