¹⁰“Sow your land for six years and gather its produce. ^q¹¹But during the seventh year you are to let it rest and leave it uncultivated, so that the poor among your people may eat from it and the wild animals may consume what they leave. Do the same with your vineyard and your olive grove.

¹²“Do your work ^rfor six days but rest on the seventh day so that your ox and your donkey may rest, and the son of your female slave as well as the foreign resident may be refreshed.

¹³“Pay strict attention to everything I have said to you. You must not invoke the names of other gods; they must not be heard on your lips. ^s^t

¹⁴“Celebrate a festival in My honor three times a year. ^u¹⁵Observe the Festival of Unleavened Bread. As I commanded you, you are to eat unleavened bread for seven days at the appointed time in the month of Abib, ^vbecause you came out of Egypt in that month. No one is to appear before Me empty-handed. ^w¹⁶Also observe the Festival of Harvest ^xwith the firstfruits of your produce from what you sow in the field, and observe the Festival of Ingathering ^y^zat the end of the year, when you gather your produce ^afrom the field. ¹⁷Three times a year all your males are to appear before the Lord God.

¹⁸“You must not offer the blood of My sacrifices with anything leavened. The fat of My festival offering must not remain until morning. ^b

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Footnotes

s23:13 mouth
v23:15 March–April; called Nisan in the post-exilic period; Neh 2:1; Est 3:7
x23:16 The Festival of Harvest is called Festival of Weeks elsewhere; Ex 34:22. In the NT it is called Pentecost; Ac 2:1.
y23:16 The Festival of Ingathering is called Festival of Booths elsewhere; Lv 23:34–36.
a23:16 labors

Cross references

q23:10 Lv 25:3–4
r23:12 Ex 20:9
t23:13 Dt 4:9; Jos 23:7; Hs 2:17; 1Tm 4:16
u23:14 Ex 34:23; Dt 16:16
w23:15 Ex 12:15; 34:20
z23:16 Ex 34:22; Lv 23:39; Dt 16:13
b23:18 Ex 34:25; Dt 16:4