3.) On this day only in the year the high priest entered the Holy of Holies (Exod. 30. 10).
5. The Feast of Trumpets.
1.) Held on the first day of the seventh month, Ethanim, corresponding to September or October (Lev. 23. 24).
2.) This feast recognized the "New Year Day" of the civil year.[7]
3.) It was observed with the blowing of trumpets all through the land.
6. The Feast of Dedication, not named in the Old Testament. (See John 10. 22.)
1.) This was held in the winter, on the 25th of the month Chisleu (December), and for eight days thereafter.
2.) It commemorated the reconsecration of the Temple by Ju´das Mac´ca-be´us, B. C. 166, after its defilement by the Syr´i-ans.
3.) It was observed by a general illumination of Je-ru´sa-lem; hence often called "the feast of lights."
7. The Feast of Purim, not named in the New Testament, unless it be referred to in John 5. 1.