Sometimes the word moed(im) is incorrectly translated as feast(s). This may be the cause of some of the confusion when it comes to understanding the appointed times of Yahweh. This is why it is important to look up the original language to see what word is being used. The word for feast comes from the Hebrew word chag which means a pilgrim feast and has a totally different meaning than moed(im), which means appointed time, place, or meeting (season). There are three feasts and they are kept three times in the year.
#2282 Chag: a festival gathering, feast, pilgrim feast
Spelled: Chet, Gimel
Chet: pictograph of a fence
Protect, separate.
Gimel: pictograph of a foot
Walk, journey, pilgrimage
Chag Meaning: Protect (chet) the pilgrimage (gimel).
Exodus 23:15-17
15 Thou shalt keep the feast (#2282 chag: a festival gathering, feast, pilgrim feast) of unleavened bread: (thou shalt eat unleavened bread seven days, as I commanded thee, in the time appointed (#4150 moed: appointed time, place, or meeting (season)) of the month (#2320 chodesh) Abib (#24 abib); for in it thou camest out from Egypt: and none shall appear before me empty:)
16 And the feast (#2282 chag: a festival gathering, feast, pilgrim feast) of harvest, the firstfruits (#1061 bikkurim: first fruit (first to ripen)) of thy labours, which thou hast sown in the field: and the feast (#2282 chag: a festival gathering, feast, pilgrim feast) of ingathering, which is in the end (#3318 yatsa: to go, come out, went) of the year (#8141 shanah), when thou hast gathered in thy labours out of the field.
17 Threetimes in the year (#8141 shanah) all thy males shall appear before Yahweh Elohim.
One: Feast of Unleavened Bread, during the month of Abib (coming out of Egypt)
Two: Feast of Harvest (Weeks, Bikurrim), during the beginning of the harvest season (sowing: when the harvest first begins to ripen (firstfruits)
Three: Feast of Ingathering (Tabernacles), during the end of the harvest season (reaping: after the harvest has ripened)
Are the Appointed Times (Moedim) also Feasts?
To find the answer to this question, we need to breakdown each appointed time (moed).
Yahweh’s moed(im) #4150 (appointed time, place, or meeting (season) which are proclaimed #7121 qara (call, proclaim read) holy #6944 qodesh (apartness, sacredness) convocations #4744 miqra (convocation, convoking, reading).
Chag: a festival gathering, feast, pilgrim feast
Moed: appointed time, place, or meeting (season)
Qara: to call, proclaim, read
Qodesh: apartness, sacredness
Miqra: convocation, convoking, reading
Important: Yahweh never said the new moon is a moed (an appointed time) nor a qodesh miqra (a holy convocation).
Important: There is a difference between chag (feasts)and moed(im) (appointed times). All chag are moed(im), but not all moed(im) are chag. In other words, All feasts are appointed times, but not all appointed times are feasts.
Leviticus 23:1-2
1 And Yahweh spake unto Moses, saying,
2 Speak unto the children of Israel, and say unto them, Concerning the feasts (#4150 moed: appointed time, place, or meeting (season)) of Yahweh, which ye shall proclaim (#7121 qara: to call, proclaim, read) to be holy (#6944 qodesh: apartness, sacredness) convocations (#4744 miqra: convocation, convoking, reading (also a rehearsal)), even these are my feasts (#4150 moed: appointed time, place, or meeting (season)).
Leviticus 23:4
4 These are the feasts (#4150 moed: appointed time, place, or meeting (season)) of Yahweh, even holy (#6944 qodesh: apartness, sacredness) convocations (#4744 miqra: convocation, convoking, reading (also a rehearsal)), which ye shall proclaim (#7121 qara: to call, proclaim, read) in their seasons (#4150 moed: appointed time, place, or meeting (season)).
These are the moedim (appointed times) we are to qara (proclaim) as qodesh (holy) miqra convocations).
THE SABBATH
The Sabbath is a Moed (appointed time).
The Sabbath is a Qodesh Miqra (holy convocation).
The Sabbath is Not a Chag (pilgrimage).
Leviticus 23:3-4
3 Six days shall work be done: but the seventh day is the sabbath (#7676 shabbath) of rest (#7677 shabbathon), an holy (#6944 qodesh: apartness, sacredness) convocation (#4744 miqra: convocation, convoking, reading (also a rehearsal)); ye shall do no work therein: it is the sabbath of Yahweh in all your dwellings.
4 These are the feasts (#4150 moed: appointed time, place, or meeting (season)) of Yahweh, even holy (#6944 qodesh: apartness, sacredness) convocations (#4744 miqra: convocation, convoking, reading (also a rehearsal)), which ye shall proclaim (#7121 qara: to call, proclaim, read) in their seasons (#4150 moed: appointed time, place, or meeting (season)). (vs. 4 is basically re-stating vs. 2.)
THE PASSOVER
Passover is a Moed (appointed time).
Passover is Not specified as a Qodesh Miqra (holy convocation).
Passover is Not a Chag (pilgrimage).
Leviticus 23:5
5 In the fourteenth day of the first month (#2320 chodesh) at even is Yahweh’s Passover.
THE FEAST OF UNLEAVENED BREAD
The Feast of Unleavened Bread is a Moed (appointed time).
The 1st Day and the 7th Day are Qodesh Miqra (holy convocations).
The Feast of Unleavened Bread is a Chag (pilgrimage).
Leviticus 23:6-8
6 And on the fifteenth day of the same month (#2320 chodesh) is the feast (#2282 chag: a festival gathering, feast, pilgrim feast) of unleavened bread unto Yahweh: seven days ye must eat unleavened bread.
7 In the first day ye shall have an holy (#6944 qodesh: apartness, sacredness) convocation (#4744 miqra: convocation, convoking, reading (also a rehearsal)): ye shall do no servile work therein.
8 But ye shall offer an offering made by fire unto Yahweh seven days: in the seventh day is an holy (#6944 qodesh: apartness, sacredness) convocation (#4744 miqra: convocation, convoking, reading (also a rehearsal)): ye shall do no servile work therein.
THE WAVE-SHEAF
Wave-Sheaf is a Moed (appointed time).
Wave-Sheaf is Not specified as a Qodesh Miqra (holy convocation).
Wave-Sheaf is Not a Chag (pilgrimage).
Important: Leviticus 23:15 connects the Wave-Sheaf to the Feast of Weeks and not the Feast of Unleavened Bread.
Leviticus 23:9-10
9 And Yahweh spake unto Moses, saying,
10 Speak unto the children of Israel, and say unto them, When ye be come (#935 bo: to come in, come, go in, go (migration)) into the land which I give unto you, and shall reap (#7114 qatsar: down) the harvest (#7105 qatsiyr: bough (harvest)) (down the harvest) thereof, then ye shall bring (#935 bo: to come in, come, go in, go (migration)) a sheaf (#6016 omer) of the firstfruits (#7225 reshith: beginning, chief (choice/best part)) of your harvest (#7105 qatsiyr: bough (harvest)) unto the priest (#3548 kohen: priest):
Important: An omer is 1/10th of an ephah. A part of a part, not a part of the whole. Bring a part (1/10th of an ephah) of the beginning, the chief, the choice part, or the best part of the harvest.
Leviticus 23:11-13
11 And he shall wave the sheaf before Yahweh, to be accepted for you: on the morrow after the sabbath (#7676 shabbath) the priest shall wave it.
12 And ye shall offer that day when ye wave the sheaf an he lamb without blemish of the first year for a burnt offering unto Yahweh.
13 And the meat (grain) offering thereof shall be two tenth deals of fine flour mingled with oil, an offering made by fire unto Yahweh for a sweet savour: and the drink offering thereof shall be of wine, the fourth part of an hin.
Important: The Wave-Sheaf cannot be presented on its own, but must be accompanied by very specific offerings. An he lamb without blemish of the first year a burnt offering, and the grain offering thereof two tenth deals of fine flour mingled with oil, and the drink offering thereof be of wine, the fourth part of a hin.
Leviticus 23:14
14 And ye shall eat neither bread, nor parched corn, nor green ears, until the selfsame day that ye have brought an offering unto your Elohim: it shall be a statute for ever throughout your generations in all your dwellings.
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