Leviticus 23:23–43

The Festival of Trumpets

23:23–25pp—Nu 29:1–6

²³The Lord said to Moses, ²⁴“Say to the Israelites: ‘On the first day of the seventh month you are to have a day of sabbath rest, a sacred assembly^m commemorated with trumpet blasts.^{n 25}Do no regular work,^o but present a food offering to the Lord.^p’ ”

The Day of Atonement

23:26–32pp—Lev 16:2–34; Nu 29:7–11

²⁶The Lord said to Moses, ²⁷“The tenth day of this seventh month^q is the Day of Atonement.^r Hold a sacred assembly^s and deny yourselves,^d and present a food offering to the Lord. ²⁸Do not do any work^t on that day, because it is the Day of Atonement, when atonement is made for you before the Lord your God. ²⁹Those who do not deny themselves on that day must be cut off from their people.^{u 30}I will destroy from among their people^v anyone who does any work on that day. ³¹You shall do no work at all. This is to be a lasting ordinance^w for the generations to come, wherever you live. ³²It is a day of sabbath rest^x for you, and you must deny yourselves. From the evening of the ninth day of the month until the following evening you are to observe your sabbath.”^y

The Festival of Tabernacles

23:33–43pp—Nu 29:12–39; Dt 16:13–17

³³The Lord said to Moses, ³⁴“Say to the Israelites: ‘On the fifteenth day of the seventh^z month the Lord’s Festival of Tabernacles^a begins, and it lasts for seven days. ³⁵The first day is a sacred assembly;^b do no regular work.^{c 36}For seven days present food offerings to the Lord, and on the eighth day hold a sacred assembly^d and present a food offering to the Lord.^e It is the closing special assembly; do no regular work.

³⁷(“ ‘These are the Lord’s appointed festivals, which you are to proclaim as sacred assemblies for bringing food offerings to the Lord—the burnt offerings and grain offerings, sacrifices and drink offerings^f required for each day. ³⁸These offerings^g are in addition to those for the Lord’s Sabbaths^h and^e in addition to your gifts and whatever you have vowed and all the freewill offeringsⁱ you give to the Lord.)

³⁹“ ‘So beginning with the fifteenth day of the seventh month, after you have gathered the crops of the land, celebrate the festival^j to the Lord for seven days;^k the first day is a day of sabbath rest, and the eighth day also is a day of sabbath rest. ⁴⁰On the first day you are to take branches^l from luxuriant trees—from palms, willows and other leafy trees^m—and rejoiceⁿ before the Lord your God for seven days. ⁴¹Celebrate this as a festival to the Lord for seven days each year. This is to be a lasting ordinance for the generations to come; celebrate it in the seventh month. ⁴²Live in temporary shelters^o for seven days: All native-born Israelites are to live in such shelters ⁴³so your descendants will know^p that I had the Israelites live in temporary shelters when I brought them out of Egypt. I am the Lord your God.’ ”