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2 Chronicles 8:13
He observed the daily requirement for offerings according to the commandment of Moses for Sabbaths, New Moons, and the three annual appointed feasts—the Feast of Unleavened Bread, the Feast of Weeks, and the Feast of Tabernacles.
Berean Standard Bible
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Study note
Setting — The Chronicler narrates Solomon’s administration of the newly completed temple worship system. He records how Solomon institutionalized the sacrificial schedule on the altar he constructed before the temple portico.
The words — כְּ/מִצְוַ֣ת (ke./mitz.Vat) translates literally as “according to the commandment of,” and מֹשֶׁ֔ה (mo.Sheh) means “Moses.” These terms anchor the temple rites directly to the Sinai legislation rather than royal invention.
The thread — The verse’s schedule echoes Exodus 29:38 for daily offerings, Deuteronomy 16:16 for the three annual pilgrimages, and Ezekiel 46:3 for Sabbath and New Moon observances. The Chronicler consistently links Solomonic temple practice to earlier Mosaic and Davidic ordinances.
Why it lands — The text demands recognition that legitimate worship follows established divine instruction. A reader must see that ritual continuity, not novelty, defines proper covenant obedience.
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The Hebrew words
King James Version
Even after a certain rate every day, offering according to the commandment of Moses, on the sabbaths, and on the new moons, and on the solemn feasts, three times in the year, even in the feast of unleavened bread, and in the feast of weeks, and in the feast of tabernacles.
Cross-references
- Deuteronomy 16:16 Three times a year all your men are to appear before the LORD your God in the place He will choose: at the Feast of Unleavened Bread, the Feast of Weeks, and the Feast of Tabernacles. No one should appear before the LORD empty-handed.
- Exodus 29:38 This is what you are to offer regularly on the altar, each day: two lambs that are a year old.
- Ezekiel 46:3 On the Sabbaths and New Moons the people of the land are also to bow in worship before the LORD at the entrance to that gateway.
- Exodus 23:14 Three times a year you are to celebrate a feast to Me.
- Leviticus 23:1 Then the LORD said to Moses,
- Numbers 28:1 Then the LORD said to Moses,
- 1 Kings 9:25 Three times a year Solomon offered burnt offerings and peace offerings on the altar he had built for the LORD, burning incense with them before the LORD. So he completed the temple.
- Ezekiel 45:17 And it shall be the prince’s part to provide the burnt offerings, grain offerings, and drink offerings for the feasts, New Moons, and Sabbaths—for all the appointed feasts of the house of Israel. He will provide the sin offerings, grain offerings, burnt offerings, and peace offerings to make atonement for the house of Israel.