Leviticus 23:10,15,16

Leviticus 23:10,15,16 Speak unto the children of Israel, and say unto them, When ye be come into the land which I give unto you, and shall reap the harvest thereof, then ye shall bring a sheaf of the firstfruits of your harvest unto the priest: And ye shall count unto you from the morrow after the sabbath, from the day that ye brought the sheaf of the wave offering; seven sabbaths shall be complete: Even unto the morrow after the seventh sabbath shall ye number fifty days; and ye shall offer a new meat offering unto the LORD. The Jews in the Old Testament celebrated seven feast days: Passover, Unleavened Bread, Firstfruits, the Feast of Weeks (Pentecost), the Feast of Trumpets, the Day of Atonement, and the Feast of Booths (Tabernacles or Ingathering). By the time of Jesus, they had added three memorial days: the fall of Jerusalem, the feast of Purim, when the Jews were victorious over the wicked Haman in the book of Esther, and the Feast of Dedication, known as Hanukkah. Hanukkah is sometimes called the feast of lights and is about the same time as Christmas. Passover was special because it was during Passover that Jesus died on the cross for our sins. Then seven weeks later was the feast of weeks, or Pentecost, when the Holy Spirit came upon the waiting disciples. Although the feasts were celebrated by the Jewish nation, we can learn many New Testament lessons from the Jewish ceremonies.