Leviticus
23
- The LORD said to Moses,
- "Speak to the Israelites and say to
them: 'These are my appointed feasts, the appointed feasts of the LORD, which
you are to proclaim as sacred assemblies.
- "'There are six days when you may work,
but the seventh day is a Sabbath of rest, a day of sacred assembly. You are
not to do any work; wherever you live, it is a Sabbath to the LORD.
- "'These are the LORD'S appointed feasts,
the sacred assemblies you are to proclaim at their appointed times:
- The LORD'S Passover begins at twilight on
the fourteenth day of the first month.
- On the fifteenth day of that month the LORD'S
Feast of Unleavened Bread begins; for seven days you must eat bread made without
yeast.
- On the first day hold a sacred assembly
and do no regular work.
- For seven days present an offering made
to the LORD by fire. And on the seventh day hold a sacred assembly and do
no regular work.'"
- The LORD said to Moses,
- "Speak to the Israelites and say to
them: 'When you enter the land I am going to give you and you reap its harvest,
bring to the priest a sheaf of the first grain you harvest.
- He is to wave the sheaf before the LORD
so it will be accepted on your behalf; the priest is to wave it on the day
after the Sabbath.
- On the day you wave the sheaf, you must
sacrifice as a burnt offering to the LORD a lamb a year old without defect,
- together with its grain offering of two-tenths
of an ephah of fine flour mixed with oil -- an offering made to the LORD by
fire, a pleasing aroma -- and its drink offering of a quarter of a hin of
wine.
- You must not eat any bread, or roasted or
new grain, until the very day you bring this offering to your God. This is
to be a lasting ordinance for the generations to come, wherever you live.
- "'From the day after the Sabbath, the
day you brought the sheaf of the wave offering, count off seven full weeks.
- Count off fifty days up to the day after
the seventh Sabbath, and then present an offering of new grain to the LORD.
- From wherever you live, bring two loaves
made of two-tenths of an ephah of fine flour, baked with yeast, as a wave
offering of firstfruits to the LORD.
- Present with this bread seven male lambs,
each a year old and without defect, one young bull and two rams. They will
be a burnt offering to the LORD, together with their grain offerings and drink
offerings -- an offering made by fire, an aroma pleasing to the LORD.
- Then sacrifice one male goat for a sin offering
and two lambs, each a year old, for a fellowship offering.
- The priest is to wave the two lambs before
the LORD as a wave offering, together with the bread of the firstfruits. They
are a sacred offering to the LORD for the priest.
- On that same day you are to proclaim a sacred
assembly and do no regular work. This is to be a lasting ordinance for the
generations to come, wherever you live.
- "'When you reap the harvest of your
land, do not reap to the very edges of your field or gather the gleanings
of your harvest. Leave them for the poor and the alien. I am the LORD your
God.'"
- The LORD said to Moses,
- "Say to the Israelites: 'On the first
day of the seventh month you are to have a day of rest, a sacred assembly
commemorated with trumpet blasts.
- Do no regular work, but present an offering
made to the LORD by fire.'"
- The LORD said to Moses,
- "The tenth day of this seventh month
is the Day of Atonement. Hold a sacred assembly and deny yourselves, and present
an offering made to the LORD by fire.
- Do no work on that day, because it is the
Day of Atonement, when atonement is made for you before the LORD your God.
- Anyone who does not deny himself on that
day must be cut off from his people.
- I will destroy from among his people anyone
who does any work on that day.
- You shall do no work at all. This is to
be a lasting ordinance for the generations to come, wherever you live.
- It is a sabbath of rest for you, and you
must deny yourselves. From the evening of the ninth day of the month until
the following evening you are to observe your sabbath."
- The LORD said to Moses,
- "Say to the Israelites: 'On the fifteenth
day of the seventh month the LORD'S Feast of Tabernacles begins, and it lasts
for seven days.
- The first day is a sacred assembly; do no
regular work.
- For seven days present offerings made to
the LORD by fire, and on the eighth day hold a sacred assembly and present
an offering made to the LORD by fire. It is the closing assembly; do no regular
work.
- ("'These are the LORD'S appointed feasts,
which you are to proclaim as sacred assemblies for bringing offerings made
to the LORD by fire -- the burnt offerings and grain offerings, sacrifices
and drink offerings required for each day.
- These offerings are in addition to those
for the LORD'S Sabbaths and in addition to your gifts and whatever you have
vowed and all the freewill offerings you give to the LORD.)
- "'So beginning with the fifteenth day
of the seventh month, after you have gathered the crops of the land, celebrate
the festival to the LORD for seven days; the first day is a day of rest, and
the eighth day also is a day of rest.
- On the first day you are to take choice
fruit from the trees, and palm fronds, leafy branches and poplars, and rejoice
before the LORD your God for seven days.
- Celebrate this as a festival to the LORD
for seven days each year. This is to be a lasting ordinance for the generations
to come; celebrate it in the seventh month.
- Live in booths for seven days: All native-born
Israelites are to live in booths
- so your descendants will know that I had
the Israelites live in booths when I brought them out of Egypt. I am the LORD
your God.'"
- So Moses announced to the Israelites the
appointed feasts of the LORD.
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