The Temple: Its
Ministry and Services
Alfred Edersheim
Chapter 13
The Feast of Unleavened Bread and the Day of Pentecost
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The Feast of
Unleavened Bread --Duration of the Feast of Unleavened Bread, and origin
of its name--The Passover a remembrance of Israel's deliverance from bondage,
rather than of that bondage
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The First
Day of the Feast --Observance of the 15th Nisan--Offerings for that
day--The Chagigah
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The Day of
Our Lord's Betrayal --The Lord's betrayal into the hands of the Gentiles
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The
Arrest of Our Lord --His condemnation by the Sanhedrim
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The
Darkness --The death on the Cross about the time the evening incense was
offered
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The Sheaf
of Firstfruits --At the time of the descent from the Cross a procession
across Kedron to prepare for cutting down the Passover sheaf--By whom, where,
and with what formalities this was done
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'The
Morrow After the Sabbath' --How the omer was prepared for
presentation on the 16th Nisan in the Temple
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The Last
Day of the Passover --The last day of the Passover--The intervening days,
or Moed Katon
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Pentecost --The Feast of Pentecost--Its historical reference--Various
names of the feast--Its observance in the Temple--Sacrifices--The 'Hallel'
chanted to the accompaniment of the flute
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The Two
Wave-loaves --The presentation of the two wave-loaves with their
accompanying sacrifices--How the wave-loaves had been prepared--Their shape
and weight
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The
Wave-loaves Were Leavened --Why these loaves were leavened--The waving of
the two live lambs--Conclusion of the services
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The Later
Significance of Pentecost --Meaning of the Feast of Pentecost--The
outpouring of the Holy Spirit.
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