HOLY DAYS

23 The Lord spoke to Moses: 2 “Speak to the Israelites and tell them: These are my appointed times,a the times of the Lord that you will proclaim as sacred assemblies.b

3 “Work may be done for six days, but on the seventh day there is to be a Sabbath of complete rest,c a sacred assembly. You are not to do any work; it is a Sabbathd to the Lord wherever you live.

4 “These are the Lord’s appointed times, the sacred assemblies you are to proclaim at their appointed times. 5 The Passovere to the Lord comes in the first month, at twilight on the fourteenth day of the month. 6 The Festival of Unleavened Breadf to the Lord is on the fifteenth day of the same month. For seven days you must eat unleavened bread. 7 On the first day you are to hold a sacred assembly; you are not to do any daily work. 8 You are to present a food offering to the Lord for seven days. On the seventh day there will be a sacred assembly; do not do any daily work.”