Deuteronomy 16:1-17 Questions by Stephen Ricker
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The Feasts and Days of the Lord
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Memory Verse: Deuteronomy 16:5-6
Commentary
Introduction
Outline

THE FEAST AND THEIR MEANING
TIMELINE FROM MOSES TO DAVID
ISRAEL'S HISTORY
PALESTINE AND SYRIA
EGYPT AND SINAI
THE DIVISION OF THE PROMISED LAND
OLD TESTAMENT BOOKS TIMELINE

I. Passover and the Feast of Unleavened Bread (1-8)

1. What is Passover to the Israelites? (1; Exodus 12:26-27; Num. 9:1-3, 28:16-17, 33:3)

2. What were they to sacrifice? (2) How did Jesus fulfill the Passover? (John 1:29, 1:35-36; 1 Peter 1:18-20)

3. What does yeast represent in the Bible and how does this explain what the Lord instructed Israel in verses 3 and 4? (1 Cor. 5:6-8; Matt. 16:11-12; Gal. 5:7-12)

4. Where was the lamb to be sacrificed? (5-6) How did Jesus' death fulfill this? (Heb. 13:11-12)

5. What were they do with the meat and how did Jesus explain this? (7; Luke 22:15-20; John 6:53-58)

6. What were they to do for six days after the Passover? (8; Lev. 23:6-8; Num. 28:17-25; Exodus 12:17-20) What is an "assembly to the Lord"?

II. Feast of Weeks (9-12)

7. How many days were they to count off for the next feast? (9; Lev. 23:15-16) What were they to do at that time? (10)

8. What did the celebration include? (11-12) How was this fulfilled? (Acts 1:3, 2:1-4)

III. Feast of Tabernacles (13-17)

9. When was the Feast of Tabernacles to be celebrated? (13; Lev. 23:33-36; Num. 29:12) What was the celebration to be? (14) What was the eight days to include and why? (15; Lev. 23:39-43; Num. 29:13-38) When will this be fulfilled? (Zech. 14:16-19)

10. What were the men commanded to do three times a year? (16a) What must they bring with them? (16b-17)