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Polyglot Bible: Leviticus: Leviticus 23

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This is a parallel-text presentation of Leviticus 23 from the Hebrew Bible, displaying the King James Version alongside the Greek Septuagint (LXX). The chapter is legislative-religious in genre, functioning as a liturgical calendar delivered by God to Moses for the Israelites. It enumerates the seven appointed feasts of the LORD in sequential order: the weekly Sabbath, Passover, the Feast of Unleavened Bread, Firstfruits (with its wave-sheaf offering), the Feast of Weeks (Pentecost, counted fifty days after Firstfruits), the Feast of Trumpets, the Day of Atonement (Yom Kippur), and the Feast of Tabernacles (Sukkot). Each feast is defined by its calendar date, required sacrifices, and prohibition of servile work, with the Day of Atonement carrying the most severe sanctions — those who fail to fast or who work are to be "cut off" from the people. A distinctive embedded command in verse 22 interrupts the festal calendar to mandate leaving harvest corners and gleanings for the poor and the stranger, tying ritual observance to social ethics. The KJV text includes interleaved Strong's concordance numbers, making this a study-Bible resource for readers tracing Hebrew vocabulary rather than a plain devotional or scholarly edition.

Polyglot Bible: Leviticus: Leviticus 23

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