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NASB | Colossians 2:16 ¶ Therefore no one is to act as your judge in regard to food or drink or in respect to a festival or a new moon or a Sabbath day-- |
AMPLIFIED 2015 | Colossians 2:16 ¶ Therefore let no one judge you in regard to food and drink or in regard to [the observance of] a festival or a new moon or a Sabbath day. |
Subject: what sabbath does it refer to? |
Bible Note: Tim, The "trick" here in Lev. 23 is to note that vs 3 is sandwiched between vss 2 and 4 with distinct differences in each. The latter is the proper intro to the chapter. There's an article in Biblitheca Sacra published by the Dallas Theological Seminary in which an author looks closely at Israel's Annual Feasts. If you search on the ATLA Religious Index under the three words: "Israel's Annual Feasts" you should be able to find it. The point of the chapter is that each of these days are to be treatd as sabbaths and to derive their meaning and value from the seventh-day Sabbath. Now, within Lev. 23 there are other clues as well. In vss 2, 4, 37, 39, 41 the Hebrew word for "feast" is "mow'ed" ("appointed time" or "sacred season" would be a better translation so as to not get confused) ; but in vss 6, 34, 44 it is "chaq" ("feast" or "festival"). So, in the Hebrew a very clear distinction is made which doesn't show up in an English translation (btw, which one are you using? More difficult to search for the words yours used if the KJV didn't.). |