Leviticus 23:4–36

⁴‘These are the ^aappointed times of the Lord, holy convocations which you shall proclaim at the times appointed for them.

⁵‘^aIn the first month, on the fourteenth day of the month ¹at twilight is the Lord’s Passover.

⁶‘Then on the fifteenth day of the same month there is the ^aFeast of Unleavened Bread to the Lord; for seven days you shall eat unleavened bread.

⁷‘On the first day you shall have a holy convocation; you shall ^anot do any laborious work.

⁸‘But for seven days you shall present an offering by fire to the Lord. On the seventh day is a holy convocation; you shall not do any laborious work.’ ”

⁹Then the Lord spoke to Moses, saying,

¹⁰“Speak to the sons of Israel and say to them, ‘When you enter the land which I am going to give to you and ^areap its harvest, then you shall bring in the sheaf of the first fruits of your harvest to the priest.

¹¹‘He shall wave the sheaf before the Lord for you to be accepted; on the day after the sabbath the priest shall wave it.

¹²‘Now on the day when you wave the sheaf, you shall offer a male lamb one year old without defect for a burnt offering to the Lord.

¹³‘Its ^agrain offering shall then be two-tenths of an ephah of fine flour mixed with oil, an offering by fire to the Lord for a soothing aroma, with its drink offering, a fourth of a ¹hin of wine.

¹⁴‘Until this same day, until you have brought in the offering of your God, ^ayou shall eat neither bread nor roasted grain nor new growth. It is to be a perpetual statute throughout your generations in all your dwelling places.

¹⁵‘^aYou shall also count for yourselves from the day after the sabbath, from the day when you brought in the sheaf of the wave offering; there shall be seven complete sabbaths.

¹⁶‘You shall count fifty days to the day after the seventh sabbath; then you shall present a ^anew grain offering to the Lord.

¹⁷‘You shall bring in from your dwelling places two loaves of bread for a wave offering, made of two-tenths of an ¹ephah; they shall be of a fine flour, baked ^awith leaven as first fruits to the Lord.

¹⁸‘Along with the bread you shall present seven one year old male lambs without defect, and a bull of the herd and two rams; they are to be a burnt offering to the Lord, with their grain offering and their drink offerings, an offering by fire of a soothing aroma to the Lord.

¹⁹‘You shall also offer ^aone male goat for a sin offering and two male lambs one year old for a sacrifice of peace offerings.

²⁰‘The priest shall then wave them with the bread of the first fruits for a wave offering with two lambs before the Lord; they are to be holy to the Lord for the priest.

²¹‘On this same day you shall ^amake a proclamation as well; you are to have a holy convocation. You shall do no laborious ^bwork. It is to be a perpetual statute in all your dwelling places throughout your generations.

²²‘^aWhen you reap the harvest of your land, moreover, you shall not reap to the very corners of your field nor gather the gleaning of your harvest; you are to leave them for the needy and the alien. I am the Lord your God.’ ”

²³Again the Lord 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 ^breminder by blowing of trumpets, a holy convocation.

²⁵‘You shall ^anot do any laborious work, but you shall present an offering by fire to the Lord.’ ”

The Day of Atonement

²⁶The Lord 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 present an offering by fire to the Lord.

²⁸“You shall not do any work on this same day, for it is a ^aday of atonement, ^bto make atonement on your behalf before the Lord 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“As for any person who does any work on this same day, that person I will destroy 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 dwelling places.

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.”

³³Again the Lord 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 the Lord.

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

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