3. =The Three Lesser Feasts=: Trumpets, Dedication, Purim. These were observed throughout the land, as well as in Je-ru'sa-lem. With regard to each of these we will note: 1.) Its time. 2.) The event which it commemorated. 3.) How it was observed. 1. =The Feast of Passover= (Luke 22. 1). 1.) Was held in the spring, on the fourteenth of the month Abib, or Nisan, corresponding to parts of March and April (Exod. 12. 18). 2.) Commemorated the exodus from E'gypt (Exod. 12. 42). 3.) Observed with the eating of unleavened bread and the slain lamb (Exod. 12. 19-21). 2. =The Feast of Pentecost= (Acts 2. 1). 1.) Was held early in the summer, on the fiftieth day after Passover, in the month Sivan, corresponding to May and June. 2.) Commemorated the giving of the law.[6] (See Exod. 19. 1, 11.) 3.) Observed by "first fruits" laid on the altar, with special sacrifices (Lev. 23. 15-21). 3. =The Feast of Tabernacles= (John 7. 2, 10). 1.) Held in the fall, after the ingathering of crops, from the 15th to the 21st of the seventh month, Ethanim, corresponding to September and October (Lev. 23. 34). 2.) Commemorated the outdoor life of the wilderness (Lev. 23. 43). 3.) Observed by living in huts or booths, and by special sacrifices (Lev. 23. 35-42). 4. =The Day of Atonement=, the only fast required by the Jew'ish law. 1.) Held in the fall, on the tenth day of the month Ethanim (Lev. 23. 27), five days before the Feast of Tabernacles. 2.) Showing the sinner's reconciliation with God. 3.) On this day only in the year the high priest entered the Holy of Holies (Exod. 30. 10). 5. =The Feast of Trumpets.= 1.) Held on the first day of the seventh month, Ethanim, corresponding to September or October (Lev. 23. 24). 2.) This feast recognized the "New Year Day" of the civil year.[7] 3.) It was observed with the blowing of trumpets all through the land. 6. =The Feast of Dedication=, not named in the Old Testament. (See John 10. 22.) 1.) This was held in the winter, on the 25th of the month Chisleu (December), and for eight days thereafter. 2.) It commemorated the reconsecration of the Temple by Ju'das Mac'ca-be'us, B. C. 166, after its defilement by the Syr'i-ans. 3.) It was observed by a general illumination of Je-ru'sa-lem; hence often called "the feast of lights." 7. =The Feast of Purim=, not named in the New Testament, unless it be referred to in John 5. 1. 1.) Held in the early spring, the 14th and 15th of the month Adar (March) (Esth. 9. 21). 2.) Commemorating Queen Esther's deliverance of the Jew'ish people (Esth. 9. 22-26). 3.) Observed with general feasting and rejoicing. Blackboard Outline