So Moses announced to the Israelites the appointed festivals of the Lord. The compliance formula closes the festival calendar: Moses announced to the Israelites the appointed festivals of the Lord. The transmission of the festival calendar from God to Moses to the Israelites is the pattern of the entire Torah — the divine command transmitted through the covenant mediator to the covenant community. The festivals that the chapter has prescribed are the Lord's appointed festivals: they belong to God, they are God's provision for the community's temporal life with Him, and they are proclaimed by the community in response to the God who appointed them.

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