1 The LORD spoke to Moses, saying,
2 “Speak to the children of Israel, and tell
them, ‘The set feasts of the LORD, which
you shall proclaim to be holy convocations,
even these are my set feasts.
3 “ ‘Six days shall work be done, but on
the seventh day is a Sabbath of solemn rest,
a holy convocation; you shall do no kind
of work. It is a Sabbath to the LORD in all
your dwellings.
4 “ ‘These are the set feasts of the LORD,
even holy convocations, which you shall
proclaim in their appointed season.
5 In the first month, on the fourteenth
day of the month in the evening, is the
LORD’s Passover.
6 On the fifteenth day of the same month
is the feast of unleavened bread to the
LORD. Seven days you shall eat unleavened
bread.
7 In the first day you shall have a holy
convocation. You shall do no regular work.
8 But you shall offer an offering made by
fire to the LORD seven days. In the seventh
day is a holy convocation. You shall do no
regular work.’ ”
9 The LORD spoke to Moses, saying,
10 “Speak to the children of Israel, and
tell them, ‘When you have come into the
land which I give to you, and shall reap its
harvest, then you shall bring the sheaf of
the first fruits of your harvest to the priest.
11 He shall wave the sheaf before the
LORD, to be accepted for you. On the next
day after the Sabbath the priest shall wave
it.
12 On the day when you wave the sheaf,
you shall offer a male lamb without defect
a year old for a burnt offering to the LORD.
13 The meal offering with it shall be two
tenths of an ephah† of fine flour mixed
with oil, an offering made by fire to the
LORD for a pleasant aroma; and the drink
offering with it shall be of wine, the fourth
part of a hin.‡
14 You must not eat bread, or roasted
grain, or fresh grain, until this same day,
until you have brought the offering of your
God. This is a statute forever throughout
your generations in all your dwellings.
15 “ ‘You shall count from the next day
after the Sabbath, from the day that you
brought the sheaf of the wave offering:
seven Sabbaths shall be completed.
16 The next day after the seventh Sabbath
you shall count fifty days; and you
shall offer a new meal offering to the
LORD.
17 You shall bring out of your habitations
two loaves of bread for a wave offering
made of two tenths of an ephah§ of fine
flour. They shall be baked with yeast, for
first fruits to the LORD.
18 You shall present with the bread seven
lambs without defect a year old, one young
bull, and two rams. They shall be a burnt
offering to the LORD, with their meal offering
and their drink offerings, even an
offering made by fire, of a sweet aroma to
the LORD.
19 You shall offer one male goat for a sin
offering, and two male lambs a year old for
a sacrifice of peace offerings.
20 The priest shall wave them with the
bread of the first fruits for a wave offering
before the LORD, with the two lambs. They
shall be holy to the LORD for the priest.
21 You shall make proclamation on the
same day that there shall be a holy convocation
to you. You shall do no regular
work. This is a statute forever in all your
dwellings throughout your generations.
22 “ ‘When you reap the harvest of your
land, you must not wholly reap into the
corners of your field. You must not gather
the gleanings of your harvest. You must
leave them for the poor and for the foreigner.
I am the LORD your God.’ ”
23 The LORD spoke to Moses, saying,
24 “Speak to the children of Israel, saying,
‘In the seventh month, on the first day of
the month, there shall be a solemn rest for
you, a memorial of blowing of trumpets, a
holy convocation.
25 You shall do no regular work. You
shall offer an offering made by fire to the
LORD.’ ” 26 The LORD spoke to Moses, saying,
27 “However on the tenth day of this seventh
month is the day of atonement. It
shall be a holy convocation to you. You
shall afflict yourselves and you shall offer
an offering made by fire to the LORD.
28 You shall do no kind of work in that
same day, for it is a day of atonement, to
make atonement for you before the LORD
your God.
29 For whoever it is who shall not deny
himself in that same day shall be cut off
from his people.
30 Whoever does any kind of work in that
same day, I will destroy that person from
among his people.
31 You shall do no kind of work: it is
a statute forever throughout your generations
in all your dwellings.
32 It shall be a Sabbath of solemn rest for
you, and you shall deny yourselves. In the
ninth day of the month at evening, from
evening to evening, you shall keep your
Sabbath.”
33 The LORD spoke to Moses, saying,
34 “Speak to the children of Israel, and
say, ‘On the fifteenth day of this seventh
month is the feast of booths† for seven days
to the LORD.
35 On the first day shall be a holy convocation.
You shall do no regular work.
36 Seven days you shall offer an offering
made by fire to the LORD. On the eighth
day shall be a holy convocation to you. You
shall offer an offering made by fire to the
LORD. It is a solemn assembly; you shall do
no regular work.
37 “ ‘These are the appointed feasts of the
LORD which you shall proclaim to be holy
convocations, to offer an offering made by
fire to the LORD, a burnt offering, a meal
offering, a sacrifice, and drink offerings,
each on its own day—
38 in addition to the Sabbaths of the
LORD, and in addition to your gifts, and in
addition to all your vows, and in addition
to all your free will offerings, which you
give to the LORD.
39 “ ‘So on the fifteenth day of the seventh
month, when you have gathered in the
fruits of the land, you shall keep the feast
of the LORD seven days. On the first day
shall be a solemn rest, and on the eighth
day shall be a solemn rest.
40 You shall take on the first day the fruit
of majestic trees, branches of palm trees,
and boughs of thick trees, and willows of
the brook; and you shall rejoice before the
LORD your God seven days.
41 You shall keep it as a feast to the LORD
seven days in the year. It is a statute
forever throughout your generations. You
shall keep it in the seventh month.
42 You shall dwell in temporary shelters‡
for seven days. All who are native-born in
Israel shall dwell in temporary shelters,§
43 that your generations may know that
I made the children of Israel to dwell in
temporary shelters† when I brought them
out of the land of Egypt. I am the LORD
your God.’ ”
44 So Moses declared to the children of
Israel the appointed feasts of the LORD.
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