Leviticus 23:23–43

The Feast of Trumpets

²³Again Yahweh spoke to Moses, saying,

²⁴“Speak to the sons of Israel, saying, ‘^aIn the seventh month on the first of the month you shall have a ¹rest, a ^bmemorial by blowing of trumpets, a holy convocation.

²⁵‘You shall ^anot do any laborious work, but you shall bring an offering by fire near to Yahweh.’”

The Day of Atonement

²⁶And Yahweh spoke to Moses, saying,

²⁷“On exactly ^athe tenth day of this seventh month is ^bthe day of atonement; it shall be a holy convocation for you, and you shall humble your souls and bring an offering by fire near to Yahweh.

²⁸“And you shall not do any work on this same day, for it is a ^aday of atonement, ^bto make atonement on your behalf before Yahweh your God.

²⁹“If there is any ¹person who will not humble himself on this same day, ^ahe shall be cut off from his people.

³⁰“And as for any person who does any work on this same day, that person I will cause to perish from among his people.

³¹“You shall do no work at all. It is to be a perpetual statute throughout your generations in all your places of habitation.

³²“It is to be a sabbath of complete rest to you, and you shall humble your souls; on the ninth of the month at evening, from evening until evening you shall keep your sabbath.”

The Feast of Booths

³³Again Yahweh spoke to Moses, saying,

³⁴“Speak to the sons of Israel, saying, ‘On ^athe fifteenth of this seventh month is the ^bFeast of Booths for seven days to Yahweh.

³⁵‘On the first day is a holy convocation; you shall do ^ano laborious work of any kind.

³⁶‘^aFor seven days you shall bring an offering by fire near to Yahweh. On ^bthe eighth day you shall have a holy convocation and bring an offering by fire near to Yahweh; it is a solemn assembly. You shall do no laborious work.

³⁷‘These are ^athe appointed times of Yahweh which you shall proclaim as holy convocations, to bring offerings by fire near to Yahweh—burnt offerings and grain offerings, sacrifices and drink offerings, ^beach day’s matter on its own day—

³⁸besides those of the sabbaths of Yahweh and besides your gifts and besides all your ¹votive and freewill offerings, which you give to Yahweh.

³⁹‘On exactly the fifteenth day of the seventh month, ^awhen you have gathered in the produce of the land, you shall celebrate the feast of Yahweh for seven days, with a ¹rest on the first day and a ²rest on the eighth day.

⁴⁰‘And on the first day you shall take for yourselves the ¹foliage of beautiful trees, palm branches and boughs of leafy trees and willows of the brook, and you shall be glad before Yahweh your God for seven days.

⁴¹‘You shall thus celebrate it as a feast to Yahweh for seven days in the year. It shall be a perpetual statute throughout your generations; you shall celebrate it in the seventh month.

⁴²‘You shall ¹live ^ain booths for seven days; all the native-born in Israel shall ²live in booths,

⁴³so that ^ayour generations may know that I had the sons of Israel live in booths when I brought them out from the land of Egypt. I am Yahweh your God.’”