Tithes. ²² Each year you shall tithe all the produce of your seed that grows in the field;^{(A) 23} then in the place which the Lord, your God, chooses as the dwelling place of his name^(B) you shall eat in his presence the tithe of your grain, wine and oil, as well as the firstlings of your herd and flock, that you may learn always to fear the Lord, your God. ^24 (C)But if, when the Lord, your God, blesses you, the journey is too much for you and you are not able to bring your tithe, because the place which the Lord, your God, chooses to put his name is too far for you, ²⁵ you may exchange the tithe for money, and with the money securely in hand, go to the place which the Lord, your God, chooses. ²⁶ You may then exchange the money for whatever you desire, oxen or sheep, wine or beer, or anything else you want, and there in the presence of the Lord, your God, you shall consume it and rejoice, you and your household together.^{(D) 27} But do not neglect the Levite within your gates, for he has no hereditary portion with you.^(E)

^28 (F)At the end of every third year you shall bring out all the tithes of your produce for that year and deposit them within your own communities, ²⁹ that the Levite who has no hereditary portion with you, and also the resident alien, the orphan and the widow within your gates, may come and eat and be satisfied; so that the Lord, your God, may bless you in all that you undertake.

Chapter 16

Feast of the Passover. ¹ Observe the month of Abib^[a] by keeping the Passover of the Lord, your God,^(A) since it was in the month of Abib that the Lord, your God, brought you out of Egypt by night. ² You shall offer the Passover sacrifice from your flock and your herd to the Lord, your God, in the place the Lord will choose as the dwelling place of his name.^{(B) 3 (C)}You shall not eat leavened bread with it. For seven days you shall eat with it only unleavened bread, the bread of affliction, so that you may remember as long as you live the day you left the land of Egypt; for in hurried flight you left the land of Egypt. ⁴ No leaven is to be found with you in all your territory for seven days, and none of the meat which you sacrificed on the evening of the first day shall be kept overnight for the next day.

⁵ You may not sacrifice the Passover in any of the communities which the Lord, your God, gives you; ⁶ only at the place which the Lord, your God, will choose as the dwelling place of his name, and in the evening at sunset, at the very time when you left Egypt, shall you sacrifice the Passover.^{(D) 7} You shall cook and eat it at the place the Lord, your God, will choose; then in the morning you may return to your tents. ⁸ For six days you shall eat unleavened bread, and on the seventh day there shall be a solemn assembly for the Lord, your God; on that day you shall do no work.^(E)

Feast of Weeks. ^9 (F)You shall count off seven weeks; begin to count the seven weeks from the day when the sickle is first put to the standing grain. ¹⁰ You shall then keep the feast of Weeks^[b] for the Lord, your God, and the measure of your own voluntary offering which you will give shall be in proportion to the blessing the Lord, your God, has given you. ¹¹ You shall rejoice in the presence of the Lord, your God, together with your son and daughter, your male and female slave, and the Levite within your gates, as well as the resident alien, the orphan, and the widow among you, in the place which the Lord, your God, will choose as the dwelling place of his name.^{(G) 12} Remember that you too were slaves in Egypt, so carry out these statutes carefully.

Feast of Booths. ^13 (H)You shall celebrate the feast of Booths^[c] for seven days, when you have gathered in the produce from your threshing floor and wine press. ¹⁴ You shall rejoice at your feast,^(I) together with your son and daughter, your male and female slave, and also the Levite, the resident alien, the orphan and the widow within your gates. ¹⁵ For seven days you shall celebrate this feast for the Lord, your God, in the place which the Lord will choose; since the Lord, your God, has blessed you in all your crops and in all your undertakings, you will be full of joy.

¹⁶ Three times a year,^(J) then, all your males shall appear before the Lord, your God, in the place which he will choose: at the feast of Unleavened Bread, at the feast of Weeks, and at the feast of Booths. They shall not appear before the Lord empty-handed, ¹⁷ but each with his own gift, in proportion to the blessing which the Lord, your God, has given to you.

²⁹ You must do the same with your oxen and your sheep; for seven days the firstling may stay with its mother, but on the eighth day you must give it to me.^(A)

^9 [a]The Lord said to Moses: ¹⁰ Speak to the Israelites and tell them: When you come into the land which I am giving you, and reap its harvest, you shall bring the first sheaf of your harvest to the priest, ¹¹ who shall elevate^(A) the sheaf before the Lord that it may be acceptable on your behalf.^(B) On the day after the sabbath^[b] the priest shall do this. ¹² On this day, when your sheaf is elevated, you shall offer to the Lord for a burnt offering an unblemished yearling lamb. ¹³ Its grain offering shall be two tenths of an ephah of bran flour mixed with oil, as a sweet-smelling oblation to the Lord; and its libation shall be a fourth of a hin of wine. ¹⁴ You shall not eat any bread or roasted grain or fresh kernels until this day, when you bring the offering for your God. This shall be a perpetual statute throughout your generations wherever you dwell.

Pentecost. ¹⁵ Beginning with the day after the sabbath, the day on which you bring the sheaf for elevation, you shall count seven full weeks;^{(C) 16} you shall count to the day after the seventh week, fifty days.^[c](D) Then you shall present a new grain offering to the Lord. ¹⁷ For the elevated offering of your first-ripened fruits to the Lord, you shall bring with you from wherever you live two loaves of bread made of two tenths of an ephah of bran flour and baked with leaven. ¹⁸ Besides the bread, you shall offer to the Lord a burnt offering of seven unblemished yearling lambs, one bull of the herd, and two rams, along with their grain offering and libations, as a sweet-smelling oblation to the Lord. ¹⁹ One male goat shall be sacrificed as a purification offering, and two yearling lambs as a communion sacrifice. ²⁰ The priest shall elevate them—that is, the two lambs—with the bread of the first-ripened fruits as an elevated offering before the Lord; these shall be sacred to the Lord and belong to the priest. ²¹ On this same day you shall make a proclamation: there shall be a declared holy day for you; no heavy work may be done. This shall be a perpetual statute through all your generations wherever you dwell.

At Pentecost. ²⁶ On the day of first fruits,^[a] on your feast of Weeks,^(A) when you present to the Lord an offering of new grain, you will declare a holy day: you shall do no heavy work. ²⁷ You will offer burnt offering for a pleasing aroma to the Lord: two bulls of the herd, one ram, and seven yearling lambs that you are sure are unblemished. ²⁸ Their grain offerings will be of bran flour mixed with oil: three tenths of an ephah for each bull, two tenths for the ram, ²⁹ and one tenth for each of the seven lambs. ³⁰ One goat will be for a purification offering to make atonement for yourselves. ³¹ You will make these offerings, together with their libations, in addition to the regular burnt offering with its grain offering.