²³Again the Lord said to Moses, ²⁴“Tell the people of Israel: ‘On the first day of the seventh month you must have a special day of rest, a holy meeting, when you blow the trumpet for a special time of remembering. ²⁵Do not do any work, and bring an offering made by fire to the Lord.’ ”

The Day of Cleansing

²⁶The Lord said to Moses, ²⁷“The Day of Cleansing will be on the tenth day of the seventh month. There will be a holy meeting, and you will deny yourselves and bring an offering made by fire to the Lord. ²⁸Do not do any work on that day, because it is the Day of Cleansing. On that day the priests will go before the Lord and perform the acts to make you clean from sin so you will belong to the Lord.

²⁹“Anyone who refuses to give up food on this day must be cut off from the people. ³⁰If anyone works on this day, I will destroy that person from among the people. ³¹You must not do any work at all; this law will continue for people from now on wherever you live. ³²It will be a special day of rest for you, and you must deny yourselves. You will start this special day of rest on the evening after the ninth day of the month, and it will continue from that evening until the next evening.”

The Feast of Shelters

³³Again the Lord said to Moses, ³⁴“Tell the people of Israel: ‘On the fifteenth day of the seventh month is the Feast of Shelters. This feast to the Lord will continue for seven days. ³⁵There will be a holy meeting on the first day; do not do any work. ³⁶You will bring an offering made by fire to the Lord each day for seven days. On the eighth day you will have another holy meeting, and you will bring an offering made by fire to the Lord. This will be a holy meeting; do not do any work.

³⁷(“ ‘These are the Lord’s special feasts, when there will be holy meetings and when you bring offerings made by fire to the Lord. You will bring whole burnt offerings, grain offerings, sacrifices, and drink offerings—each at the right time. ³⁸These offerings are in addition to those for the Lord’s Sabbath days, in addition to offerings you give as payment for special promises, and in addition to special offerings you want to give to the Lord.)

³⁹“ ‘So on the fifteenth day of the seventh month, after you have gathered in the crops of the land, celebrate the Lord’s festival for seven days. You must rest on the first day and the eighth day. ⁴⁰On the first day you will take good fruit from the fruit trees, as well as branches from palm trees, poplars, and other leafy trees. You will celebrate before the Lord your God for seven days. ⁴¹Celebrate this festival to the Lord for seven days each year. This law will continue from now on; you will celebrate it in the seventh month. ⁴²Live in shelters for seven days. All the people born in Israel must live in shelters ⁴³so that all your descendants will know I made Israel live in shelters during the time I brought them out of Egypt. I am the Lord your God.’ ”

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