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Convocation

מִקְרָא/kon-voh-KAY-shun/

“to call.”

Summary

A holy assembly called by God for religious worship, applied to the Sabbath and the great annual festivals when no work could be done.

☩Occasions

Holy convocations were called on the weekly Sabbath and during the great annual festivals: Passover, Unleavened Bread, Pentecost, Trumpets, Day of Atonement, and Tabernacles. On these occasions, no ordinary work was permitted, and the people gathered for worship.

Key verses:Leviticus 23:1-37Exodus 12:16Numbers 28:18

Related Verses18 mentions

Leviticus· 11 verses

23:223:323:423:723:8

Numbers· 6 verses

28:1828:2528:2629:129:7

Exodus· 1 verse

12:16

See Also

Benozzo Gozzoli, The Feast of Herod and the Beheading of Saint John the Baptist, 1461-1462, NGA 41582
Feasts

References

  1. 1.John McClintock and James Strong, "Convocation," in Cyclopedia of Biblical, Theological and Ecclesiastical Literature, vol. II (Harper & Brothers, 1867–1887).
  2. 2.James Orr (ed.), "Convocation," in International Standard Bible Encyclopedia, vol. II (Howard-Severance Company, 1915).
  3. 3.George Morrish, "Convocation," in Morrish's Concise Bible Dictionary (George Morrish, 1898).