Scripture passages about biblical feasts: Passover, Pentecost, the Feast of Tabernacles, and others.
11 Scripture Passages · Father’s Blessing Bible
Leviticus 23:1–4
1 And the Lord spoke to Moses, saying: 2 Speak to the children of Israel and say to them: Concerning the appointed assemblies of the Lord, which you must proclaim as holy assemblies, these are My appointed assemblies: 3 Six days may work be done, but the seventh day is a Sabbath of solemn rest, a holy assembly; you shall do no work; it is the Sabbath of the Lord in all your dwellings. 4 These are the appointed assemblies of the Lord, holy assemblies, which you must proclaim at their appointed times:
Leviticus 23:5–8
5 In the first month, on the fourteenth day of the month at evening, is the Lord’s Passover; 6 and on the fifteenth day of the same month is the Feast of Unleavened Bread to the Lord; for seven days you shall eat unleavened bread; 7 on the first day you shall have a holy assembly; you shall do no work; 8 and for seven days you shall offer sacrifices to the Lord; on the seventh day there shall also be a holy assembly; you shall do no work.
Leviticus 23:15–21
15 And you shall count for yourselves from the first day after the Sabbath, from the day when you brought the sheaf of the wave offering; seven full Sabbaths shall pass: 16 count fifty days to the day after the seventh Sabbath; then you shall present a new grain offering to the Lord. 17 You shall bring from your dwellings two wave loaves made of two-tenths of an ephah of fine flour; they shall be baked with leaven, as firstfruits to the Lord; 18 and with the loaves, present seven male lambs without blemish, one year old, and one young bull and two rams [without blemish]; let them be a burnt offering to the Lord, with their grain offering and drink offering, an offering made by fire, a pleasing aroma to the Lord. 19 You shall also prepare one male goat from the flock as a sin offering and two one-year-old male lambs as a fellowship offering [together with the bread of the firstfruits]; 20 the priest shall present them, waving them before the Lord, together with the wave loaves of the firstfruits and the two lambs; they shall be holy to the Lord; they shall belong to the priest [who presents them]; 21 And you shall proclaim the people on that day; it shall be a holy assembly for you; you shall do no work: this shall be a statute forever in all your dwellings throughout your generations.
Leviticus 23:33–36
33 And the Lord spoke to Moses, saying: 34 Speak to the children of Israel, saying: From the fifteenth day of the same seventh month shall be the Feast of Tabernacles for seven days to the Lord; 35 on the first day there shall be a sacred assembly; you shall do no customary work; 36 for seven days you shall offer an offering made by fire to the Lord; on the eighth day there shall be a sacred assembly for you, and you shall offer an offering made by fire to the Lord. It is the closing assembly; you shall do no customary work.
Deuteronomy 16:16
Three times a year all your males shall appear before the Lord your God at the place which He chooses: at the Feast of Unleavened Bread, at the Feast of Weeks, and at the Feast of Tabernacles; and no one shall appear before the Lord empty-handed; hands,
John 7:37–38
37 On the last day, that great day of the feast, Jesus stood and cried out, saying, “If anyone thirsts, let him come to Me and drink. 38 He who believes in Me, as the Scripture has said, out of his heart will flow rivers of living water.”
Colossians 2:16–17
16 So let no one judge you in food or in drink, or regarding a festival or a new moon or sabbaths; 17 which are a shadow of things to come, but the substance is of Christ.
Romans 14:5–6
5 One person considers one day more sacred than another; another considers every day alike. Each person should act according to the conviction in their own mind. 6 Whoever observes a day, observes it for the Lord; [and whoever does not observe the day, does not observe it for the Lord.] Whoever eats, eats for the Lord, for he gives thanks to God; and whoever does not eat, abstains for the Lord, and gives thanks to God.
Nehemiah 8:9–12
9 Then Nehemiah, the governor, Ezra the scribe and priest, and the Levites who taught the people said to all the people: “This day is holy to the Lord your God; do not mourn or weep,” for all the people were weeping as they listened to the words of the Law. 10 And he said to them: “Go, eat choice food and drink sweet drinks, and send portions to those for whom nothing has been prepared, for this day is holy to our Lord. Do not grieve, for the joy of the Lord is your strength.” 11 So the Levites calmed all the people, saying: “Be still, for this day is holy; do not grieve.” 12 Then all the people went to eat and drink, to send portions, and to celebrate with great joy, because they understood the words that had been made known to them.
Esther 9:20–22
20 Mordecai recorded these events and sent letters to all the Jews throughout the provinces of King Artaxerxes, near and far, 21 to establish for themselves an annual celebration on the fourteenth and fifteenth days of the month of Adar, 22 as the days on which the Jews gained relief from their enemies, and as the month in which their sorrow was turned into joy and their mourning into a day of celebration, making them days of feasting and joy, sending gifts to one another and giving gifts to the poor.
John 10:22–23
22 Then came the Feast of Dedication in Jerusalem. It was winter, 23 and Jesus was walking in the temple courts, in Solomon’s Colonnade.
