Leviticus 23

E137764

Bible chapter chapter of the Book of Leviticus

Leviticus 23 is a chapter in the Hebrew Bible/Old Testament that outlines Israel’s appointed festivals and sacred days, including weekly Sabbaths and annual feasts.

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All labels observed (3)

Label	Occurrences
Leviticus 23 canonical	3
Leviticus 23:36	2
Leviticus 23:15–16	1

How this entity was disambiguated

This entity first appeared as the object of triple T1205701 — resolving that mention is where its identity was fixed. The disambiguator weighed these candidate entities and picked the highlighted one (or “None”, minting a new entity). This is how homonymy is resolved: the same surface form can point to different entities.

NED1 Entity disambiguation (via context triple) gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07

Target entity: Leviticus 23
Context triple: [Leviticus 23:26–32, partOf, Leviticus 23]

A. Leviticus 23:33–43
Leviticus 23:33–43 is the biblical passage that outlines the commandments, rituals, and significance of the festival of Sukkot in the Hebrew Bible.
B. Leviticus 23:26–32
Leviticus 23:26–32 is the biblical passage that establishes the Day of Atonement (Yom Kippur), outlining its date, rituals, and requirements for fasting and self-denial.
C. Leviticus 23:23–25
Leviticus 23:23–25 is a passage in the Hebrew Bible that institutes the sacred day later known as Rosh Hashanah, prescribing a memorial proclaimed with trumpet blasts and a cessation of regular work.
D. Leviticus 19
Leviticus 19 is a key chapter in the Hebrew Bible that outlines the “Holiness Code,” emphasizing ethical conduct, social justice, and love of neighbor as central to Israel’s covenantal life.
E. Leviticus 16
Leviticus 16 is the biblical chapter that details the Day of Atonement (Yom Kippur) rituals, including the high priest’s sacrifices and the scapegoat ceremony for Israel’s sins.
F. None of above. chosen
G. Unsure - the case is ambiguous/there is not enough information to decide.

NED2 Entity disambiguation (via description) gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07

Target entity: Leviticus 23
Target entity description: Leviticus 23 is a chapter in the Hebrew Bible/Old Testament that outlines Israel’s appointed festivals and sacred days, including weekly Sabbaths and annual feasts.

A. Leviticus 23:33–43
Leviticus 23:33–43 is the biblical passage that outlines the commandments, rituals, and significance of the festival of Sukkot in the Hebrew Bible.
B. Leviticus 23:26–32
Leviticus 23:26–32 is the biblical passage that establishes the Day of Atonement (Yom Kippur), outlining its date, rituals, and requirements for fasting and self-denial.
C. Leviticus 23:23–25
Leviticus 23:23–25 is a passage in the Hebrew Bible that institutes the sacred day later known as Rosh Hashanah, prescribing a memorial proclaimed with trumpet blasts and a cessation of regular work.
D. Leviticus 19
Leviticus 19 is a key chapter in the Hebrew Bible that outlines the “Holiness Code,” emphasizing ethical conduct, social justice, and love of neighbor as central to Israel’s covenantal life.
E. Leviticus 16
Leviticus 16 is the biblical chapter that details the Day of Atonement (Yom Kippur) rituals, including the high priest’s sacrifices and the scapegoat ceremony for Israel’s sins.
F. None of above. chosen

Statements (50)

Predicate	Object
instanceOf	Bible chapter ⓘ chapter of the Book of Leviticus ⓘ
addressedTo	Israelites ⓘ Moses ⓘ
chapterNumber	23 ⓘ
commandedBy	YHWH ⓘ
containsLawType	cultic law ⓘ festival law ⓘ ritual law ⓘ
describes	weekly Sabbath ⓘ
emphasizes	rest from ordinary work ⓘ sacred assembly ⓘ
includesInstruction	burnt offerings ⓘ counting seven weeks from the sheaf of firstfruits ⓘ drink offerings ⓘ food offerings ⓘ grain offerings ⓘ living in booths during Sukkot ⓘ no regular work on certain days ⓘ presenting two loaves at the Feast of Weeks ⓘ rejoicing before the LORD with branches ⓘ sabbath-rest on the Day of Atonement ⓘ self-denial on the Day of Atonement ⓘ sin offerings ⓘ
languageOfOriginal	Biblical Hebrew ⓘ
listsFestival	Yom Kippur ⓘ surface form: Day of Atonement Sukkot ⓘ surface form: Feast of Booths Sukkot ⓘ surface form: Feast of Tabernacles Rosh Hashanah ⓘ surface form: Feast of Trumpets Passover ⓘ surface form: Feast of Unleavened Bread Shavuot ⓘ surface form: Feast of Weeks Firstfruits ⓘ Passover ⓘ Pentecost ⓘ Sukkot ⓘ Yom Kippur ⓘ
literaryGenre	legal text ⓘ
locatedInText	Book of Leviticus ⓘ surface form: Leviticus
mentions	Shabbat ⓘ surface form: Sabbath
partOf	Book of Leviticus ⓘ Tanakh ⓘ surface form: Hebrew Bible Bible ⓘ surface form: Old Testament Five Books of Moses ⓘ surface form: Pentateuch Torah ⓘ
primaryTheme	appointed festivals of the LORD ⓘ sacred assemblies ⓘ
religiousTradition	Christianity ⓘ Judaism ⓘ
usesTerm	appointed times ⓘ holy convocation ⓘ

How these facts were elicited

Referenced by (6)

Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

Leviticus 23:26–32 → partOf → Leviticus 23 ⓘ

Leviticus 23:33–43 → partOf → Leviticus 23 ⓘ

Shemini Atzeret → biblicalSource → Leviticus 23 ⓘ

Counting of the Omer → basedOn → Leviticus 23 ⓘ

this entity surface form: Leviticus 23:15–16

Eighth Day of Assembly → hasBiblicalSource → Leviticus 23 ⓘ

this entity surface form: Leviticus 23:36

Shemini means eighth → hasScripturalSource → Leviticus 23 ⓘ

subject surface form: Shemini Atzeret