Come and study the Holy Scriptures with us as Father Stephen DeYoung teaches verse by verse on the podcast,

The Whole Council of God. Father Stephen holds a Ph.D. in biblical studies, and it's an Orthodox priest

serving at Archangel Gabriel Orthodox Church in Lafayette, Louisiana.

Verse 14, keep a feast to me three times in the year.

So now we're at three. There's going to be more before we're done. But now we're at three.

We started out with just one. Remember Passover? Right? But so verse 15, you shall keep the feast of unleavened bread you shall eat unleavened bread seven days as I commanded you at the time appointed in the month of new grains for in it you

came out of Egypt none shall appear before me empty. So that's

Feast 1 related to the Passover.

That means not bring a sacrifice.

So in this case, the Passover lamb.

Everyone participates.

Verse 16.

And the feast of harvest, the first fruits of your labors you sowed in the field

and the feast of in gathering at the end of the year when you gather in the fruit of your

labors from the field three times in the year all your males shall appear before the lord

your god okay so right now we've got these three Passover Three times of the year, all your mails shall appear before the Lord your God.

Okay?

So right now we've got these three.

Passover, first fruits, and then at the harvest.

Right.

And we're going to get more detail as we go on about these and other related things.

When I cast out the nations from before your face and expand your borders, you shall not offer the blood of my sacrifice with leaven bread,

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