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Special Duty Doesn't Cancel Regular Duty
Commentators unanimously explain that the offerings for the special feasts were in addition to the regular weekly Sabbath offerings. As Matthew Henry notes, "Calls to extraordinary services will not excuse us from constant and regular ones." This principle teaches that special spiritual events or seasons should supplement, not replace, our consistent, everyday disciplines of worship and devotion.
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Leviticus
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Albert Barnes
On Leviticus 23:37–38
18th Century
Theologian
The meaning appears to be: “these are the yearly appointed times on which you shall hold holy convocations and offer to Yahweh sacrifices, in addit…
Charles Ellicott
On Leviticus 23:38
19th Century
Bishop
Beside the sabbaths.—By a figure of speech called metonymy, which is frequently used in both the Old and New Testaments, the expre…
John Gill
On Leviticus 23:38
17th Century
Pastor
Beside the sabbaths of the Lord
The seventh day sabbaths, which were of his appointing, and sacred to his service an…
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Matthew Henry
On Leviticus 23:33–44
17th Century
Minister
In the Feast of Tabernacles, there was a remembrance of their dwelling in tents, or booths, in the wilderness, as well as their fathers dwelling in…