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Leviticus 23:4–36

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The Passover

4“ ‘These are Yahweh’s appointed times, holy assemblies, which you shall proclaim atd their appointed time. 5In the first month, on the fourteenth of the month at the evening is Yahweh’s Passover. 6And on the fifteenth day of this month is Yahweh’s Feast of Unleavened Bread; for seven days you shall eat unleavened bread. 7On the first day there shall be a holy assembly for you; you shall not do any regular work.e 8And you shall present an offering for Yahweh made by fire for seven days; on the seventh day there shall be a holy assembly; you shall not do any regular work.’ ”f

The Feast of Firstfruits

9Theng Yahweh spoke to Moses, saying, 10“Speak to the Israelites,h and say to them, ‘When you come to the land that I am about to give to you and you reap its harvest, theni you shall bring a sheaf of the firstfruit of your harvest to the priest. 11And he shall wave the sheaf beforej Yahweh for your acceptance; the priest shall wave it on the day afterk the Sabbath. 12And on the day of your waving the sheaf you shall offerl a yearlingm male lamb without defect as a burnt offering to Yahweh. 13And its grain offering shall be two-tenths of an ephahn of finely milled flour mixed with oil, an offering made by fire for Yahweh, an appeasing fragrance; and its libation shall be a fourth of a hino of wine. 14And you shall not eat bread orp roasted grain orq ripe grain until this very same day,r until you present your God’s offering. This must be a lasting statutes for your generations in all your dwellings.

The Feast of Weeks

15“ ‘And you shall count for yourselves from the day aftert the Sabbath, from the day of your bringing the wave offering’s sheaf—there shall be seven full weeks. 16Until the day afteru the seventh Sabbath you shall count fifty days; thenv you shall present a new grain offering for Yahweh. 17You shall bring from your dwellings for a wave offering two loaves of bread made withw two-tenths of an ephahx of finely milled flour; they must be baked with leaven—the firstfruits belonging toy Yahweh. 18And, in addition to the bread, you shall present seven yearlingz male lambs without defects and one young bulla and two rams—they shall be a burnt offering for Yahweh withb their grain offering and their libations, an offering made by fire, an appeasing fragrance for Yahweh. 19And you shall offerc one he-goat as a sin offering and two yearlingd male lambs as a sacrifice of fellowship offerings. 20And the priest shall wave them with the bread of the firstfruits as a wave offering beforee Yahweh; in addition to the two male lambs, they shall be holy for Yahweh for the priest. 21And you shall make a proclamationf on this very same day;g it shall be a holy assembly for you; you shall not do any regular work;h this is a lasting statutei in all your dwellings throughoutj your generations. 22And when youk reap the harvest of yourl land, youm must not finish the edge of yourn field at your reaping, and youo must not glean the remnants of yourp harvest—youq shall leave them behind for the needy and for the alien; I am Yahweh yourr God.’ ”

The Feast of Trumpets

23Thens Yahweh spoke to Moses, saying, 24“Speak to the Israelites,t saying, ‘In the seventh month, on the first day of the month, you must haveu a rest period, a remembrance of the trumpet blast, a holy assembly. 25You must not do any regular work,v and you shall present an offering made by fire to Yahweh.’ ”

The Day of Atonement

26Thenw Yahweh spoke to Moses, saying, 27“Surely the Day of Atonement is on the tenth day of the seventh month; it shall be a holy assembly for you, and you shall deny yourselves, and you shall present an offering made by fire to Yahweh. 28And you must not do any regular workx on this very same day,y because it is the Day of Atonement to make atonement for you beforez Yahweh your God. 29If there is any person who does not deny himself on this very same day,a thenb he shall be cut off from his people. 30As forc any person who does any work on this very same day,d I will exterminate that person from the midst of his people. 31You must not do any work; it is a lasting statutee throughout your generations in all your dwellings. 32It is a Sabbath of complete restf for you, and you shall deny yourselves on the ninth day of the month in the evening—from evening to evening you must observe your extraordinaryg Sabbath.”

The Feast of Booths

33Thenh Yahweh spoke to Moses, saying, 34“Speak to the Israelites,i saying, ‘On the fifteenth day of the seventh month, this shall be the Feast of Booths for seven days for Yahweh. 35On the first day there shall be a holy assembly; you must not do any regular work.j 36For seven days you must present an offering made by fire to Yahweh. On the eighth day it shall be a holy assembly for you, and you shall present an offering made by fire to Yahweh; it is a celebration; you must not do any regular work.k

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Footnotes

  1. dOr “on”
  2. eLiterally “all work of labor”
  3. fLiterally “all work of labor”
  4. gOr “And”
  5. hLiterally “sons/children of Israel”
  6. iOr “and”
  7. jLiterally “to the faces of”
  8. kLiterally “from the next day of”
  9. lOr “sacrifice”; literally “do” or “make”
  10. mLiterally “a son of its year”
  11. nSupplied by context
  12. oHebrew “the hin”
  13. pOr “and”
  14. qOr “and”
  15. rLiterally “the exactly of this day”
  16. sLiterally “a statute of eternity” or “a statute of long duration”
  17. tLiterally “from the next day of”
  18. uLiterally “from the next day of”
  19. vOr “and”
  20. wLiterally “they shall be”
  21. xSupplied by context
  22. yLiterally “to”
  23. zLiterally “a son of its year”
  24. aLiterally “a bull a son of cattle”
  25. bOr “and”
  26. cOr “sacrifice”; literally “do” or “make”
  27. dLiterally “a son of its year”
  28. eLiterally “to the faces of”
  29. fLiterally “you shall proclaim”
  30. gLiterally “the exactly of this day”
  31. hLiterally “all work of labor”
  32. iLiterally “a statute of eternity” or “a statute of long duration”
  33. jOr “for”
  34. kPlural
  35. lPlural
  36. mSingular
  37. nSingular
  38. oSingular
  39. pSingular
  40. qSingular
  41. rPlural
  42. sOr “And”
  43. tLiterally “sons/children of Israel”
  44. uLiterally “it must be for yourselves”
  45. vLiterally “all work of labor”
  46. wOr “And”
  47. xLiterally “all work of labor”
  48. yLiterally “the exactly of this day”
  49. zLiterally “to the faces of”
  50. aLiterally “the exactly of this day”
  51. bOr “and”
  52. cOr “And”
  53. dLiterally “the exactly of this day”
  54. eLiterally “a statute of eternity” or “a statute of long duration”
  55. fLiterally “a Sabbath of ‘Sabbathation.’ ” “Sabbathation” is not a real word, but it is devised as an attempt to convey the sounds of the related nouns in the Hebrew phrase
  56. gSupplied from the immediate context within this verse
  57. hOr “And”
  58. iLiterally “sons/children of Israel”
  59. jLiterally “work of labor”
  60. kLiterally “all work of labor”