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Commentary Index | Return to PrayerRequest.comJamieson Fausset Brown Commentary - Leviticus 23:5 - 23:5
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Lev 23:5-8. The Passover.
the Lord’s passover - (See Exo 12:2, Exo 12:14, Exo 12:18). The institution of the passover was intended to be a perpetual memorial of the circumstances attending the redemption of the Israelites, while it had a typical reference to a greater redemption to be effected for God’s spiritual people. On the first and last days of this feast, the people were forbidden to work [Lev 23:7, Lev 23:8]; but while on the Sabbath they were not to do any work, on feast days they were permitted to dress meat - and hence the prohibition is restricted to “no servile work.” At the same time, those two days were devoted to “holy convocation” - special seasons of social devotion. In addition to the ordinary sacrifices of every day, there were to be “offerings by fire” on the altar (see Num 28:19), while unleavened bread was to be eaten in families all the seven days (see 1Co 5:8).