Leviticus 23

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Feasts and Sabbaths

¹Then the LORD said to Moses,

¹And YHWH spoke to Moses, saying,

²“Speak to the Israelites and say to them, ‘These are My appointed feasts, the feasts of the LORD that you are to proclaim as sacred assemblies.

²“Speak to the sons of Israel and say to them, ‘The feasts of YHWH that you shall proclaim to be holy convocations—these are My feasts.

³For six days work may be done, but the seventh day is a Sabbath of complete rest, a day of sacred assembly. You must not do any work; wherever you live, it is a Sabbath to the LORD.

³Six days work shall be done, and the seventh day is a Sabbath of complete rest, a holy convocation. You shall not do any work; it is the Sabbath of YHWH in all your dwellings.

Passover and the Feast of Unleavened Bread

⁴These are the LORD’s appointed feasts, the sacred assemblies you are to proclaim at their appointed times.

⁴These are the feasts of YHWH, holy convocations, which you shall proclaim at their appointed times.

⁵The Passover to the LORD begins at twilight on the fourteenth day^a of the first month.

⁵In the first month, on the fourteenth of the month, between the evenings, is the passover to YHWH.

⁶On the fifteenth day of the same month begins the Feast of Unleavened Bread^a to the LORD. For seven days you must eat unleavened bread.

⁶And on the fifteenth day of this month is the feast of the Unleavened to YHWH. Seven days you must eat unleavened bread.

⁷On the first day you are to hold a sacred assembly; you are not to do any regular work.

⁷On the first day you shall have a holy convocation. You shall not do any customary work.

⁸For seven days you are to present a food offering to the LORD. On the seventh day there shall be a sacred assembly; you must not do any regular work.’”

⁸And you shall offer a fire offering to YHWH for seven days. The seventh day is a holy convocation; you shall not do any customary work.’”

The Feast of Firstfruits

⁹And the LORD said to Moses,

⁹And YHWH spoke to Moses, saying,

¹⁰“Speak to the Israelites and say, ‘When you enter the land that I am giving you and you reap its harvest, you are to bring to the priest a sheaf of the firstfruits of your harvest.

¹⁰“Speak to the sons of Israel and say to them, ‘When you come into the land that I am giving to you and you reap its harvest, then you shall bring a sheaf of the firstfruits of your harvest to the priest.

¹¹And he shall wave the sheaf before the LORD so that it may be accepted on your behalf; the priest is to wave it on the day after the Sabbath.

¹¹And he shall wave the sheaf before the face of YHWH to be accepted on your behalf. On the day after the Sabbath the priest shall wave it.

¹²On the day you wave the sheaf, you shall offer a year-old lamb without blemish as a burnt offering to the LORD,

¹²And you shall offer on that day when you wave the sheaf a male lamb, unblemished, a son of a year, as a burnt offering to YHWH.

¹³along with its grain offering of two-tenths of an ephah of fine flour^a mixed with oil—a food offering to the LORD, a pleasing aroma—and its drink offering of a quarter hin of wine.^b

¹³And its grain offering is two tenths of an ephah of fine flour mixed with the oil, a fire offering to YHWH, a pleasing aroma. And its drink offering is of wine, a fourth of a hin.

¹⁴You must not eat any bread or roasted or new grain until the very day you have brought this offering to your God. This is to be a permanent statute for the generations to come, wherever you live.

¹⁴And you shall not eat bread, nor parched grain, nor fresh grain, until this same day that you have brought an offering to your God; it shall be an everlasting statute throughout your generations in all your dwellings.

The Feast of Weeks

¹⁵From the day after the Sabbath, the day you brought the sheaf of the wave offering, you are to count off seven full weeks.

¹⁵And you shall count for yourselves from the day after the Sabbath, from the day that you brought the sheaf of the wave offering—they are seven completed Sabbaths—

¹⁶You shall count off fifty days until the day after the seventh Sabbath, and then present an offering of new grain to the LORD.

¹⁶until the day after the seventh Sabbath. You shall number fifty days, and you shall offer a new grain offering to YHWH.

¹⁷Bring two loaves of bread from your dwellings as a wave offering, each made from two-tenths of an ephah of fine flour, baked with leaven, as the firstfruits to the LORD.

¹⁷From your dwellings you shall bring bread of a wave offering, two loaves, of two tenths of an ephah of fine flour; they shall be baked with leaven, the firstfruits to YHWH.

¹⁸Along with the bread you are to present seven unblemished male lambs a year old, one young bull, and two rams. They will be a burnt offering to the LORD, together with their grain offerings and drink offerings—a food offering, a pleasing aroma to the LORD.

¹⁸And you shall offer with the bread seven lambs unblemished, sons of a year, and one bull, a son of the herd, and two rams; they shall be a burnt offering to YHWH, and with their grain offerings and their drink offerings, a fire offering for a pleasing aroma to YHWH.

¹⁹You shall also prepare one male goat as a sin offering and two male lambs a year old as a peace offering.

¹⁹And you shall sacrifice one kid of the goats as a sin offering, and two male lambs, sons of a year, as a sacrifice of peace offerings.

²⁰The priest is to wave the lambs as a wave offering before the LORD, together with the bread of the firstfruits. The bread and the two lambs shall be holy to the LORD for the priest.

²⁰And the priest shall wave them with the bread of the firstfruits as a wave offering before the face of YHWH, besides the two lambs; they shall be holy to YHWH for the priest.

²¹On that same day you are to proclaim a sacred assembly, and you must not do any regular work. This is to be a permanent statute wherever you live for the generations to come.

²¹And you shall proclaim on this same day that it is a holy convocation to you. You shall not do any customary work; it shall be an everlasting statute in all your dwellings throughout your generations.

²²When you reap the harvest of your land, do not reap all the way to the edges of your field or gather the gleanings of your harvest. Leave them for the poor and the foreign resident. I am the LORD your God.’”

²²And in your reaping the harvest of your land, you shall not wholly reap the corners of your field in your reaping, and you shall not gather the gleaning of your harvest; you shall leave them to the poor and to the sojourner. I am YHWH your God.’”

The Feast of Trumpets

²³The LORD also said to Moses,

²³And YHWH spoke to Moses, saying,

²⁴“Speak to the Israelites and say, ‘On the first day of the seventh month you are to have a day of rest, a sacred assembly announced by trumpet blasts.^a

²⁴“Speak to the sons of Israel, saying, ‘In the seventh month, on the first of the month, it shall be to you a complete rest, a memorial of shouting, a holy convocation.

²⁵You must not do any regular work, but you are to present a food offering to the LORD.’”

²⁵You shall not do any customary work, and you shall offer a fire offering to YHWH.’”

The Day of Atonement

²⁶Again the LORD said to Moses,

²⁶And YHWH spoke to Moses, saying,

²⁷“The tenth day of this seventh month is the Day of Atonement. You shall hold a sacred assembly and humble yourselves,^a and present a food offering to the LORD.

²⁷“Indeed on the tenth of this seventh month, it is the Day of Atonement. It shall be for you a holy convocation, and you shall afflict your souls and offer a fire offering to YHWH.

²⁸On this day you are not to do any work, for it is the Day of Atonement, when atonement is made for you before the LORD your God.

²⁸And you shall not do any work on this same day. For it is the Day of Atonement, to make atonement upon you before the face of YHWH your God.

²⁹If anyone does not humble himself on this day, he must be cut off from his people.

²⁹For any person who is not afflicted on this very day shall even be cut off from his people.

³⁰I will destroy from among his people anyone who does any work on this day.

³⁰And any person who does any work on this very day, I will even destroy that person from among his people.

³¹You are not to do any work at all. This is a permanent statute for the generations to come, wherever you live.

³¹You shall not do any work; it is an everlasting statute throughout your generations in all your dwellings.

³²It will be a Sabbath of complete rest for you, and you shall humble yourselves. From the evening of the ninth day of the month until the following evening you are to keep your Sabbath.”

³²It is to you a Sabbath of complete rest, and you shall afflict your souls. On the ninth of the month at the evening, from evening to evening you shall celebrate your sabbath.”

The Feast of Tabernacles

³³And the LORD said to Moses,

³³And YHWH spoke to Moses, saying,

³⁴“Speak to the Israelites and say, ‘On the fifteenth day of the seventh month the Feast of Tabernacles^a to the LORD begins, and it continues for seven days.

³⁴“Speak to the sons of Israel, saying, ‘On the fifteenth day of this seventh month is the Feast of Booths for seven days to YHWH.

³⁵On the first day there shall be a sacred assembly. You must not do any regular work.

³⁵On the first day is a holy convocation; you shall not do any customary work.

³⁶For seven days you are to present a food offering to the LORD. On the eighth day you are to hold a sacred assembly and present a food offering to the LORD. It is a solemn assembly; you must not do any regular work.

³⁶For seven days you shall offer a fire offering to YHWH. On the eighth day you shall have a holy convocation, and you shall offer a fire offering to YHWH. It is a sacred assembly; you shall not do any customary work.

³⁷These are the LORD’s appointed feasts, which you are to proclaim as sacred assemblies for presenting food offerings to the LORD—burnt offerings and grain offerings, sacrifices and drink offerings, each on its designated day.

³⁷These are the feasts of YHWH that you shall proclaim as holy convocations, to offer a fire offering to YHWH, a burnt offering, and a grain offering, a sacrifice, and drink offerings—everything on its proper day—

³⁸These offerings are in addition to the offerings for the LORD’s Sabbaths, and in addition to your gifts, to all your vow offerings, and to all the freewill offerings you give to the LORD.

³⁸besides the Sabbaths of YHWH, and besides your gifts, and besides all your vows, and besides all your freewill offerings that you give to YHWH.

³⁹On the fifteenth day of the seventh month, after you have gathered the produce of the land, you are to celebrate a feast to the LORD for seven days. There shall be complete rest on the first day and also on the eighth day.

³⁹Indeed on the five and tenth day of the seventh month, when you have gathered in the produce of the land, you shall keep the feast of YHWH for seven days. On the first day is a complete rest, and on the eighth day a complete rest.

⁴⁰On the first day you are to gather the fruit of majestic trees, the branches of palm trees, and the boughs of leafy trees and of willows^a of the brook. And you are to rejoice before the LORD your God for seven days.

⁴⁰And you shall take for yourselves on the first day the fruit of beautiful trees, branches of palms, and the boughs of leafy trees, and willows of the brook. And you shall rejoice before the face of YHWH your God for seven days.

⁴¹You are to celebrate this as a feast to the LORD for seven days each year. This is a permanent statute for the generations to come; you are to celebrate it in the seventh month.

⁴¹And you shall keep it as a feast to YHWH for seven days in the year, an everlasting statute in your generations. In the seventh month you shall celebrate it.

⁴²You are to dwell in booths^a for seven days. All the native-born of Israel must dwell in booths,

⁴²You shall dwell in booths for seven days; all the native of Israel shall dwell in booths,

⁴³so that your descendants may know that I made the Israelites dwell in booths when I brought them out of the land of Egypt. I am the LORD your God.’”

⁴³that your generations may know that I made the sons of Israel to dwell in booths when I brought them out of the land of Egypt. I am YHWH your God.’”

⁴⁴So Moses announced to the Israelites the appointed feasts of the LORD.

⁴⁴And Moses declared the feasts of YHWH to the sons of Israel.