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Several passages refer to keeping a feast as a statute forever. For instance, Exodus 12:14 reads:

“This day shall be for you a memorial day, and you shall keep it as a feast to the Lord; throughout your generations, as a statute forever, you shall keep it as a feast. (ESV)

Also, Leviticus 23:41:

You shall celebrate it as a feast to the Lord for seven days in the year. It is a statute forever throughout your generations; you shall celebrate it in the seventh month. (ESV)

What does “forever” (olam) mean in Leviticus 23:41? In Strong’s I see this:

olam: long duration, antiquity, futurity
Original Word: עוֹלָם
Part of Speech: Noun Masculine
Transliteration: olam
Phonetic Spelling: (o-lawm’)
Short Definition: forever

Does the word indicate an infinitely long time period?

Several passages refer to keeping a feast as a statute forever. For instance, Exodus 12:14 reads:

“This day shall be for you a memorial day, and you shall keep it as a feast to the Lord; throughout your generations, as a statute forever, you shall keep it as a feast. (ESV)

Also, Leviticus 23:41:

You shall celebrate it as a feast to the Lord for seven days in the year. It is a statute forever throughout your generations; you shall celebrate it in the seventh month. (ESV)

What does “forever” (olam) mean in Leviticus 23:41? In Strong’s I see this:

olam: long duration, antiquity, futurity
Original Word: עוֹלָם
Part of Speech: Noun Masculine
Transliteration: olam
Phonetic Spelling: (o-lawm’)
Short Definition: forever

Does the word indicate an infinitely long time period?

Several passages refer to keeping a feast as a statute forever. For instance, Exodus 12:14 reads:

“This day shall be for you a memorial day, and you shall keep it as a feast to the Lord; throughout your generations, as a statute forever, you shall keep it as a feast. (ESV)

Also, Leviticus 23:41:

You shall celebrate it as a feast to the Lord for seven days in the year. It is a statute forever throughout your generations; you shall celebrate it in the seventh month. (ESV)

What does “forever” (olam) mean in Leviticus 23:41? In Strong’s I see this:

olam: long duration, antiquity, futurity
Original Word: עוֹלָם
Part of Speech: Noun Masculine
Transliteration: olam
Phonetic Spelling: (o-lawm’)
Short Definition: forever

Does the word indicate an infinitely long time period?

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Does the Hebrew word “olam" mean “forever" in Leviticus 23:41?

Several passages refer to keeping a feast as a statute forever. For instance, Exodus 12:14 reads:

“This day shall be for you a memorial day, and you shall keep it as a feast to the Lord; throughout your generations, as a statute forever, you shall keep it as a feast. (ESV)

Also, Leviticus 23:41:

You shall celebrate it as a feast to the Lord for seven days in the year. It is a statute forever throughout your generations; you shall celebrate it in the seventh month. (ESV)

What does “forever” (olam) mean herein Leviticus 23:41? In Strong’s I see this:

olam: long duration, antiquity, futurity
Original Word: עוֹלָם
Part of Speech: Noun Masculine
Transliteration: olam
Phonetic Spelling: (o-lawm’)
Short Definition: forever

Does the word indicate an infinitely long time period?

Does the Hebrew word “olam" mean “forever"?

Several passages refer to keeping a feast as a statute forever. For instance, Exodus 12:14 reads:

“This day shall be for you a memorial day, and you shall keep it as a feast to the Lord; throughout your generations, as a statute forever, you shall keep it as a feast. (ESV)

Also, Leviticus 23:41:

You shall celebrate it as a feast to the Lord for seven days in the year. It is a statute forever throughout your generations; you shall celebrate it in the seventh month. (ESV)

What does “forever” (olam) mean here? In Strong’s I see this:

olam: long duration, antiquity, futurity
Original Word: עוֹלָם
Part of Speech: Noun Masculine
Transliteration: olam
Phonetic Spelling: (o-lawm’)
Short Definition: forever

Does the word indicate an infinitely long time period?

Does the Hebrew word “olam" mean “forever" in Leviticus 23:41?

Several passages refer to keeping a feast as a statute forever. For instance, Exodus 12:14 reads:

“This day shall be for you a memorial day, and you shall keep it as a feast to the Lord; throughout your generations, as a statute forever, you shall keep it as a feast. (ESV)

Also, Leviticus 23:41:

You shall celebrate it as a feast to the Lord for seven days in the year. It is a statute forever throughout your generations; you shall celebrate it in the seventh month. (ESV)

What does “forever” (olam) mean in Leviticus 23:41? In Strong’s I see this:

olam: long duration, antiquity, futurity
Original Word: עוֹלָם
Part of Speech: Noun Masculine
Transliteration: olam
Phonetic Spelling: (o-lawm’)
Short Definition: forever

Does the word indicate an infinitely long time period?

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