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LEVITICUS 23
The LORD spoke again to Moses, saying,
2 "Speak to the sons of Israel and say to them, "The LORD'S appointed
times which you shall proclaim as holy convocations -- My appointed
times are these:
3 "For six days work may be done, but on the seventh day there is a
sabbath of complete rest, a holy convocation. You shall not do any
work; it is a sabbath to the LORD in all your dwellings.
THE FEASTS OF THE LORD
4 "These are the appointed times of the LORD, holy convocations which
you shall proclaim at the times appointed for them.
1. The Feast Of The LORD (Passover)
5 "In the first month, on the fourteenth day of the month at twilight
is the LORD'S Passover.
2. The Feast Of The LORD (Unleavened Bread)
6 "Then on the fifteenth day of the same month there is the Feast 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 not
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.'"
3. The Feast Of The LORD (First Fruits)
9 Then 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 reap 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 grain 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 hin of wine.
14 "Until this same day, until you have brought in the offering of
your God, you 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.
4. The Feast Of The LORD ([Pentecost)
15 "You 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 new 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 ephah; they shall be of
a fine flour, baked with 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 one 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 make a proclamation as well; you are to
have a holy convocation. You shall do no laborious work. It is to be a
perpetual statute in all your dwelling places throughout your
generations.
22 "When 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.'"
5. The Feast Of The LORD (Trumpets)
23 Again the LORD spoke to Moses, saying,
24 "Speak to the sons of Israel, saying, "In the seventh month on the
first of the month you shall have a rest, a reminder by blowing of
trumpets, a holy convocation.
25 "You shall not do any laborious work, but you shall present an
offering by fire to the LORD.'"
6. The Feast Of The LORD (Day Of Atonement)
26 The LORD spoke to Moses, saying,
27 "On exactly the tenth day of this seventh month is the 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 day of
atonement, to make atonement on your behalf before the LORD your God.
29 "If there is any person who will not humble himself on this same
day, he 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."
7. The Feast Of The LORD (Tabernacles)
33 Again the LORD spoke to Moses, saying,
34 "Speak to the sons of Israel, saying, "On the fifteenth of this
seventh month is the Feast of Booths for seven days to the LORD.
35 "On the first day is a holy convocation; you shall do no laborious
work of any kind.
36 "For seven days you shall present an offering by fire to the LORD.
On the 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.
37 "These are the appointed times of the LORD which you shall proclaim
as holy convocations, to present offerings by fire to the LORD -- burnt
offerings and grain offerings, sacrifices and drink offerings, each
day's matter on its own day -
38 besides those of the sabbaths of the LORD, and besides your gifts
and besides all your votive and freewill offerings, which you give to
the LORD.
39 "On exactly the fifteenth day of the seventh month, when you have
gathered in the crops of the land, you shall celebrate the feast of
the LORD for seven days, with a rest on the first day and a rest on
the eighth day.
40 "Now on the first day you shall take for yourselves the foliage of
beautiful trees, palm branches and boughs of leafy trees and willows
of the brook, and you shall rejoice before the LORD your God for seven
days.
41 "You shall thus celebrate it as a feast to the LORD for seven days
in the year. It shall be a perpetual statute throughout your
generations; you shall celebrate it in the seventh month.
42 "You shall live in booths for seven days; all the native-born in
Israel shall live in booths,
43 so that your generations may know that I had the sons of Israel
live in booths when I brought them out from the land of Egypt. I am
the LORD your God.'"
44 So Moses declared to the sons of Israel the appointed times of the
LORD.
NASU
