The Bible

Leviticus Chapter 23

¹Yahweh spoke to Moses, saying, ²"Speak to the children of Israel, and tell them, 'Yahweh's set feasts, which you must proclaim to be holy convocations, these are my set feasts.

³"'For six days work may be done, but the seventh day is a Sabbath of solemn rest, a holy convocation; do no kind of work. It is a Sabbath to Yahweh in all your dwellings.

⁴"'These are Yahweh's set feasts, holy convocations, which you must proclaim in their appointed season. ⁵In the first month, on the fourteenth day of the month in the evening, is Yahweh's Passover. ⁶On the fifteenth day of the same month is the feast of unleavened bread to Yahweh. Eat unleavened bread for seven days. ⁷On the first day have a holy convocation. Do no regular work. ⁸But offer an offering made by fire to Yahweh for seven days. On the seventh day is a holy convocation. Do no regular work.'"

⁹Yahweh spoke to Moses, saying, ¹⁰"Speak to the children of Israel, and tell them, 'When you have entered the land that I am giving to you, and shall reap its harvest, then bring the sheaf of the first fruits of your harvest to the priest. ¹¹He shall wave the sheaf in Yahweh's presence, to be accepted for you. On the next day after the Sabbath the priest is to wave it. ¹²On the day when you wave the sheaf, offer a male lamb without defect a year old for a burnt offering to Yahweh. ¹³The meal offering with it shall be two tenths of an ephah of fine flour mixed with oil, an offering made by fire to Yahweh for a pleasant aroma; and the drink offering with it shall be of wine, a quarter of a hin. ¹⁴You must not eat bread, or roasted grain, or fresh grain, until this same day, until you have brought the offering of your God. This is a statute forever throughout your generations in all your dwellings.

¹⁵"'Count from the next day after the Sabbath, from the day that you brought the sheaf of the wave offering: seven Sabbaths shall be completed. ¹⁶[From] the day after the seventh Sabbath count fifty days and offer a new meal offering to Yahweh. ¹⁷Bring from your habitations two loaves of bread for a wave offering made of two tenths of an ephah of fine flour. Bake them with yeast, for first fruits to Yahweh. ¹⁸Present with the bread seven lambs without defect a year old, one young bull, and two rams. They shall be a burnt offering to Yahweh, with their meal offering and their drink offerings, even an offering made by fire, of a sweet aroma to Yahweh. ¹⁹Offer one male goat for a sin offering, and two male lambs a year old for a sacrifice of peace offerings. ²⁰The priest is to wave them with the bread of the first fruits for a wave offering in Yahweh's presence, with the two lambs. They shall be holy to Yahweh for the priest. ²¹Make a proclamation on the same day [that] there will be a holy convocation for you. Do no regular work. This is a statute forever in all your dwellings throughout your generations.

²²"'When you reap the harvest of your land, don't wholly reap into the corners of your field. Don't gather the gleanings of your harvest. Leave them for the poor and the foreigner. I am Yahweh your God.'"

²³Yahweh spoke to Moses, saying, ²⁴"Tell the children of Israel, saying, 'In the seventh month, on the first day of the month, there shall be a solemn rest for you, a memorial of blowing of trumpets, a holy convocation. ²⁵Do no regular work. Offer an offering made by fire to Yahweh.'"

²⁶Yahweh spoke to Moses, saying, ²⁷"However on the tenth day of this seventh month is the day of atonement. It shall be a holy convocation to you. Deny yourselves and offer an offering made by fire to Yahweh. ²⁸Do no kind of work on that same day, for it is a day of atonement, to make atonement for you in Yahweh your God's presence. ²⁹For whoever it is who shall not deny himself in that same day shall be cut off from his people. ³⁰Whoever does any kind of work on that day, I will destroy that person from among his people. ³¹Do no kind of work. This is a statute forever throughout your generations in all your dwellings. ³²It shall be a Sabbath of solemn rest for you, and deny yourselves. Keep your Sabbath on the ninth day of the month at evening, from evening to evening."

³³Yahweh spoke to Moses, saying, ³⁴"Speak to the children of Israel, and say, 'On the fifteenth day of this seventh month is the feast of temporary-shelters for seven days to Yahweh. ³⁵On the first day shall be a holy convocation. Do no regular work. ³⁶Offer an offering made by fire to Yahweh for seven days. The eighth day is a holy convocation for you. Offer an offering made by fire to Yahweh. It is a solemn assembly. Do no regular work.

³⁷"'These are Yahweh's appointed feasts, which you must proclaim to be holy convocations, to offer an offering made by fire to Yahweh, a burnt offering, a meal offering, a sacrifice, and drink offerings, each on its own day- ³⁸in addition to Yahweh's Sabbaths, and in addition to your gifts, and in addition to all your vows, and in addition to all your freewill offerings, which you give to Yahweh.

³⁹"'So on the fifteenth day of the seventh month, when you have gathered in the fruits of the land, keep Yahweh's feast for seven days. The first day will be a solemn rest, and the eighth day will be a solemn rest. ⁴⁰Take on the first day the fruit of majestic trees, branches of palm trees, and boughs of thick trees, and willows of the brook; and rejoice in Yahweh your God's presence for seven days. ⁴¹Keep it as a feast to Yahweh for seven days in the year. It is a statute forever throughout your generations. Keep it in the seventh month. ⁴²Live in temporary-shelters for seven days. All who are native-born in Israel should live in temporary-shelters, ⁴³so that your generations may know that I made the children of Israel live in temporary-shelters when I brought them from the land of Egypt. I am Yahweh your God.'"

⁴⁴So Moses declared to the children of Israel Yahweh's appointed feasts.