Exodus 23:10–18

Judgments About Work and Rest

¹⁰“^aNow you shall sow your land for six years and gather in its produce,

¹¹but on the seventh year you shall let it ¹rest and lie fallow, so that the needy of your people may eat; and whatever they leave the beast of the field may eat. Thus you shall do with your vineyard and your olive grove.

¹²“^aSix days you are to do your work, but on the seventh day you shall ¹rest so that your ox and your donkey may ²rest, and the son of your maidservant, as well as your sojourner, may refresh themselves.

¹³“Now ^aconcerning everything which I have said to you, beware; and ^bdo not mention the name of other gods, nor let them be heard ¹from your mouth.

Judgments About National Feasts

¹⁴“^aThree times a year you shall celebrate a feast to Me.

¹⁵“You shall keep ^athe Feast of Unleavened Bread; for seven days you are to eat unleavened bread, as I commanded you, at the appointed time in the ^bmonth Abib, for in it you came out of Egypt. And ^1cnone shall appear before Me empty-handed.

¹⁶“Also you shall keep ^athe Feast of the Harvest of the first fruits of your labors from what you sow in the field; also the Feast of the Ingathering at the end of the year ^bwhen you gather in the fruit of your labors from the field.

¹⁷“^aThree times a year all your males shall appear before the Lord Yahweh.

¹⁸“^aYou shall not offer the blood of My sacrifice with leavened bread; ^bnor is the fat of My ¹feast to remain overnight until morning.