CONVOCATION

CONVOCATION a meeting of a religious character as distinguished from congregation, which was more general, dealing with political and legal matters. Hence it is called an “holy convocation.” Such convocations were the Sabbaths (Leviticus 23=>2, 3), the Passover (Exodus 12=>16; Leviticus 23=>7, 8; Numbers 28=>25), Pentecost (Leviticus 23=>21), the feast of Trumpets (Leviticus 23=>24; Numbers 29=>1), the feast of Weeks (Numbers 28=>26), and the feast of Tabernacles (Leviticus 23=>35, 36). The great fast, the annual day of atonement, was “the holy convocation” (Leviticus 23=>27; Numbers 29=>7).