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CHAPTER 15:
The Feast Of First-fruits
Circumcision Instituted.
The Promise Of Isaac’s
Birth. Circumcision
Ordained For All Israel
(15:1-34; cf. Gen. 17)
1979 A.M.
† Read
“third.”
1 And in the fifth year of the
†fourth† week of this jubilee,
in the third month, in the
i. e. the 15th
of Sivan. middle of the month, Abram
i. e. the celebrated the feast of the
Feast of
Weeks. The first-fruits of the grain harvest.
Pharisees
celebrated 2 And he offered new offerings
this feast
not on Sivan on the altar, the first-fruits of
15th, but
on Sivan the produce, unto Yahuah,
6th which is
wrong. an heifer and a goat and a
sheep on the altar as a burnt
sacrifice unto Yahuah; their
The offerings
prescribed for fruit-offerings and their drinkthis festival in
Lv. 23:18-20 offerings he offered upon the
are different
though not altar with frankincense. 3 And
significantly.
Cf. 14:9 Yahuah appeared to Abram,
and said unto him: “I am
Elohim Almighty; approve
thyself before Me and be thou
For 3-4 cf.
Gn. 17:1 f perfect. 4 And I will make My
covenant between Me and
thee, and I will multiply thee
exceedingly.” 5 And Abram fell
For 5-10 cf.
Gn. 17:3-8 on his face, and Elohim talked
Yahuah is the with him, and said: 6 “Behold
origin of Law
not Moses. My ordinance is with thee,
He wrote
such with his And thou wilt be the father of
very finger
and no man many nations. 7 Neither will
can abolish
them. thy name any more be called
Abram, But thy name from
&
T H E
L A W
henceforth, even for ever, shall
be Abraham. For the father
of many nations have I made
thee. 8 And I shall make thee
very great, And I shall make
thee into nations, And kings
will come forth from thee.
9 And I shall establish My
covenant between Me and
thee, and thy seed after thee,
throughout their generations,
for an eternal covenant, so
The
that I may be a Elohim unto bracketed
words (lost
thee, and to thy seed after through
homothee. 10 (And I shall give to ioteleuton)
restored
thee and to thy seed after are
from
thee) the land where thou hast Gn. 17:8.
been a sojourner, the land
of Canaan, that thou mayst
possess it for ever, and I shall
be their Elohim.” 11 And For 11-13 cf.
Yahuah said unto Abraham: Gn. 17:9-13
“And as for thee, do thou keep
My Covenant, thou and thy
seed after thee, and circumcise
ye every male among you, and
circumcise your foreskins, and
it will be a token of an eternal
covenant between Me and
you. 12 And the child on the Cf. Lv. 12:3,
Phl. 3:5.
eighth day ye will circumcise, Paul was
every male throughout your circumcised
on the 8th
This is
generations, him that is born day.
consistent.
in the house, or whom ye
MSS.
have bought with money Ethiop.
and Lat. have
from any stranger, whom ye “till.”
have acquired who is not of
thy seed. 13 He that is born
in thy house will surely be
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