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Feast
As a mark of hospitality (Gen. 19:3; 2 Sam. 3:20; 2 Kings 6:23); on occasions of domestic joy (Luke 15:23; Gen. 21:8); on birthdays (Gen. 40:20; Job 1:4; Matt. 14:6); and on the occasion of a marriage (Judg. 14:10; Gen. 29:22).
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Feasting was a part of the observances connected with the offering up of sacrifices (Deut. 12:6, 7; 1 Sam. 9:19; 16:3, 5), and with the annual festivals (Deut. 16:11). “It was one of the designs of the greater solemnities, which required the attendance of the people at the sacred tent, that the oneness of the nation might be maintained and cemented together, by statedly congregating in one place, and with one soul taking part in the same religious services. But that oneness was primarily and chiefly a religious and not merely a political one; the people were not merely to meet as among themselves, but with Jehovah, and to present themselves before him as one body; the meeting was in its own nature a binding of themselves in fellowship with Jehovah; so that it was not politics and commerce that had here to do, but the soul of the Mosaic dispensation, the foundation of the religious and political existence of Israel, the covenant with Jehovah. To keep the people’s consciousness alive to this, to revive, strengthen, and perpetuate it, nothing could be so well adapated as these annual feasts.” (See FESTIVALS.)
In the Bible
135
Verses where Feast is named. Berean Standard Bible (public domain).
- 1 Corinthians 5:8
Therefore let us keep the feast, not with the old bread, leavened with malice and wickedness, but with the unleavened bread of sincerity and of truth.
- 1 Corinthians 10:27
If an unbeliever invites you to a meal and you want to go, eat anything set before you without raising questions of conscience.
- 1 Kings 1:41
Now Adonijah and all his guests were finishing their feast when they heard the sound of the ram’s horn. “Why is the city in such a loud uproar?” asked Joab.
- 1 Kings 3:15
Then Solomon awoke, and indeed it had been a dream. So he returned to Jerusalem, stood before the ark of the covenant of the Lord, and offered burnt offerings and peace offerings. Then he held a feast for all his servants.
- 1 Kings 8:2
And all the men of Israel came together to King Solomon at the feast in the seventh month, the month of Ethanim.
- 1 Kings 8:65
So at that time Solomon and all Israel with him—a great assembly of people from Lebo-hamath to the Brook of Egypt—kept the feast before the LORD our God for seven days and seven more days—fourteen days in all.
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Scripture on Feast
92
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- Exodus 342 Chronicles 30Esther 1Ecclesiastes 10Ezekiel 45Zechariah 14Matthew 26Mark 14John 2Genesis 19Genesis 21Genesis 29Genesis 40Exodus 12Numbers 281 Samuel 252 Samuel 31 Kings 81 Kings 122 Kings 62 Chronicles 7Nehemiah 8Lamentations 2Luke 2Luke 14Luke 15John 12John 13Genesis 26Exodus 5Exodus 10Exodus 13Exodus 32Numbers 15Numbers 29Deuteronomy 12Deuteronomy 14Deuteronomy 31Deuteronomy 33Judges 211 Samuel 91 Kings 11 Kings 32 Chronicles 52 Chronicles 82 Chronicles 35Ezra 3Ezra 6Esther 2Esther 8Job 1Job 39Psalms 22Psalms 35Psalms 36Psalms 81Psalms 141Proverbs 5Proverbs 15Isaiah 25Jeremiah 51Ezekiel 39Daniel 5Hosea 2Hosea 9Hosea 12Amos 5Micah 4Matthew 14Matthew 27Mark 15Luke 5Luke 22Luke 23John 4John 5John 6John 10John 11Acts 12Acts 18Acts 201 Corinthians 51 Corinthians 10Colossians 22 Peter 2Jude 1
Entries that reference Feast
10
Voices on Feast
24
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Sources · Easton's Bible Dictionary (1897)
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