Bible Study for Today

List all the Jewish feasts and dates.

Feast of

Month on

Jewish Calendar

Day

Corresponding

Month

References

Passover

Nisan

14

Mar.–Apr.

Exodus 12:1–14

Matthew 26:17–20

*Unleavened Bread

Nisan

15-21

Mar.–Apr.

Exodus 12:15–20

Firstfruits

Nisan

or Sivan

16

6

Mar.–Apr.

May–June

Leviticus 23:9–14

Numbers (28:26)

*Pentecost (Harvest or Weeks)

Sivan

6 (50 days after

barley harvest)

May–June

Deuteronomy 16:9–12; Acts 2:1

Trumpets, Rosh Hashanah

Tishri

1, 2

Sept.–Oct.

Numbers 29:1–6

Day of Atonement, Yom Kippur

Tishri

10

Sept.–Oct.

Leviticus 23:26–32; Hebrews 9:7

*Tabernacles (Booths

or Ingathering)

Tishri

15-22

Sept.–Oct.

Nehemiah 8:13–18; John 7:2

Dedication (Lights), Hanukkah

Chislev

25 (8 days)

Nov.–Dec.

John 10:22

Purim (Lots)

Adar

14, 15

Feb.–Mar.

Esther 9:18–22

*The three major feasts for which all males of Israel were required to travel to the temple in Jerusalem (Ex. 23:14–19).

Reading for Today:

Leviticus 25:1–55Psalm 28:6-9Proverbs 10:19-21Mark 6:30-56

Notes:

Leviticus 25:8–55 The Year of Jubilee involved a year of release from indebtedness (vv.23–38) and bondage of all sorts (vv. 39–55). All prisoners and captives were set free, slaves released, and debtors absolved. All property reverted to original owners. This plan curbed inflation and moderated acquisitions. It also gave new opportunity to people who had fallen on hard times.

Psalm 28:9 Your inheritance. God amazingly considers His people a most precious possession (see Deut. 7:6–16; 9:29; 1 Sam 10:1; Pss. 33:12; 94:5; Eph. 1:18).

Mark 6:44 five thousand men. The Greek word for “men” means strictly males, so the numerical estimate did not include women and children (see Matt. 14:21). The women and children were traditionally seated separately from the men for meals. When everyone was added, there could have been at least 20,000.

Mark 6:50 Be of good cheer! This command, always linked in the Gospels to a situation of fear and apprehension (see 10:49; Matt. 9:2, 22; 14:27; Luke 8:48; John 16:33; Acts 23:11), urged the disciples to have a continuing attitude of courage. It is I. Literally, “I AM.” This statement clearly identified the figure as the Lord Jesus, not some phantom. It echoed the Old Testament self-revelation of God (see Ex. 3:14).