Colossians 2:16 to 1 Chronicles 23:31

NT Text: "food or drink... festival or new moon or Sabbath days"

OT Source(s):

• 1 Chronicles 23:31; 2 Chronicles 2:4; 31:3; Nehemiah 10:33; Isaiah 1:13-14; Ezekiel 45:17; Hosea 2:11 (tripartite formula - feasts + new moons + Sabbaths)
• Letter of Aristeas 142 (Jewish purity rules - "eat, drink, touch, hear, see")

Source: Treasury of Scripture Knowledge

Reference Type: Allusion

Connection Method(s): Typology + Contrast

Significance: OT festivals were shadows pointing to Christ