* the feasts.
   God appointed several festivals among the Jews.  The Passover
   was celebrated on the 14th, or rather 15th day of the first
   month in the ecclesiastical year, which was the seventh of the
   civil year, and lasted seven days.  The Pentecost was
   celebrated on the fiftieth day after the passover, in memory
   of the law's being given to Moses on Mount Sinai, fifty days,
   or seven weeks after the departure out of Egypt.  The word is
   derived from the Greek word [Pentekoste,] which signifies the
   fiftieth.  The Hebrews call it the feast of weeks, Ex 34:22.
   The feast of trumpets, celebrated on the first day of the
   civil year, when a trumpet was sounded, to proclaim its
   commencement, which was in the month {Tisri,} answering to our
   September, Le 23:24, 25.  The new moons, or first days of
   every month, were, in some sort, a consequence of the feast of
   trumpets.  God ordained that, by giving him the first-fruits
   of every month they should acknowledge him as the Lord of all
   their time, and own his providence, by which all times and
   seasons are ordered.  The feast of expiation or atonement was
   kept on the 10th day of {Tisri} or September: the Hebrews call
   it Kippur, i.e., pardon or expiation, because it was
   instituted for the expiation of their sins.  The feast of
   tents or tabernacles was so called, because the Israelites
   kept it under green tents or arbours, in memory of their
   dwelling in their passage through the wilderness.  It was
   celebrated on the 15th day of {Tisri,} and continued eight
   days:  the first and last days are the most solemn.  Besides
   the feasts mentioned by Moses, we find the feast of {lots,} or
   {Purim,} which was celebrated among the Jews of Shushan on the
   14th of {Adar,} which answers to our February.  The feast of
   the dedication of the temple, or rather, of the restoration of
   the temple, which had been profaned by Antiochus Epiphanes,
   which is thought to be the feast mentioned in the gospel Joh
   10:22, was celebrated in the winter.  {Mo(8364)im,} properly means
   assemblies, convened at an appointed time and place.

  4,37  Ex 23:14-17  Isa 1:13,14  33:20  La 1:4  Ho 2:11  Na 1:15 
  Joh 5:1  Col 2:1 
 * proclaim
  Ex 32:5  Nu 10:2,3,10  2Ki 10:20  2Ch 30:5  Ps 81:3  Joe 1:14  2:15 
  Jon 3:5-9