Leviticus 23:23–43

The Feast of Trumpets

²³Then the Lord spoke to Moses, saying, ²⁴“Speak to the children of Israel, saying: ‘In the ^pseventh month, on the first day of the month, you shall have a sabbath-rest, ^qa memorial of blowing of trumpets, a holy convocation. ²⁵You shall do no customary work on it; and you shall offer an offering made by fire to the Lord.’ ”

The Day of Atonement

²⁶And the Lord spoke to Moses, saying: ^27r“Also the tenth day of this seventh month shall be the Day of Atonement. It shall be a holy convocation for you; you shall afflict your souls, and offer an offering made by fire to the Lord. ²⁸And you shall do no work on that same day, for it is the Day of Atonement, ^sto make atonement for you before the Lord your God. ²⁹For any person who is not ^tafflicted in soul on that same day ^ushall be cut off from his people. ³⁰And any person who does any work on that same day, ^vthat person I will destroy from among his people. ³¹You shall do no manner of work; it shall be a statute forever throughout your generations in all your dwellings. ³²It shall be to you a sabbath of solemn rest, and you shall ³afflict your souls; on the ninth day of the month at evening, from evening to evening, you shall ⁴celebrate your sabbath.”

The Feast of Tabernacles

³³Then the Lord spoke to Moses, saying, ³⁴“Speak to the children of Israel, saying: ^w‘The fifteenth day of this seventh month shall be the Feast of Tabernacles for seven days to the Lord. ³⁵On the first day there shall be a holy convocation. You shall do no customary work on it. ³⁶For seven days you shall offer an ^xoffering made by fire to the Lord. ^yOn the eighth day you shall have a holy convocation, and you shall offer an offering made by fire to the Lord. It is a ^zsacred ⁵assembly, and you shall do no customary work on it.

^37a‘These are the feasts of the Lord which you shall proclaim to be holy convocations, to offer an offering made by fire to the Lord, a burnt offering and a grain offering, a sacrifice and drink offerings, everything on its day—^38bbesides the Sabbaths of the Lord, besides your gifts, besides all your vows, and besides all your freewill offerings which you give to the Lord.

³⁹‘Also on the fifteenth day of the seventh month, when you have ^cgathered in the fruit of the land, you shall keep the feast of the Lord for seven days; on the first day there shall be a sabbath-rest, and on the eighth day a sabbath-rest. ⁴⁰And ^dyou shall take for yourselves on the first day the ⁶fruit of beautiful trees, branches of palm trees, the boughs of leafy trees, and willows of the brook; ^eand you shall rejoice before the Lord your God for seven days. ^41fYou shall keep it as a feast to the Lord for seven days in the year. It shall be a statute forever in your generations. You shall celebrate it in the seventh month. ^42gYou shall dwell in ⁷booths for seven days. ^hAll who are native Israelites shall dwell in booths, ⁴³ⁱthat your generations may ^jknow that I made the children of Israel dwell in booths when ^kI brought them out of the land of Egypt: I am the Lord your God.’ ”