Israelite Festivals
Feast | Time of Celebration | References |
Passover | Nisan 14 | |
Unleavened Bread* | Nisan 15–21 | |
Firstfruits | Nisan 16, Sivan 6 | |
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 | |
Day of Atonement (Yom Kippur) | Tishri 10 | |
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) | |
Purim† | Adar 14–15 |
* 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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