Exodus 23:10–18

The Sabbath and Land

¹⁰“^aYou shall sow your land for six years and gather in its yield,

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. You are to do the same with your vineyard and your olive grove.

¹²“^aSix days you are to do your work, but on the seventh day you shall cease from labor so that your ox and your donkey may rest, and the son of your female slave, as well as ¹your stranger, may refresh themselves.

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

Three National Feasts

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

¹⁵“You shall observe ^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 observe ^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 ¹God.

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.