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Yahweh’s Appointed Times

23 And Yahweh spoke again to Moses, saying, “Speak to the sons of Israel and say to them, ‘(A)The appointed times of Yahweh which you shall (B)proclaim as holy convocations—My appointed times are these:

The Sabbath

(C)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 Yahweh in all your places of habitation.

The Passover

‘These are the (D)appointed times of Yahweh, holy convocations which you shall proclaim at the times appointed for them. (E)In the first month, on the fourteenth day of the month [a]at twilight is the Passover of Yahweh. Then on the fifteenth day of the same month there is the (F)Feast of Unleavened Bread to Yahweh; for seven days you shall eat unleavened bread. On the first day you shall have a holy convocation; you shall (G)not do any laborious work. But for seven days you shall bring near an offering by fire to Yahweh. On the seventh day is a holy convocation; you shall not do any laborious work.’”

The Feast of the Harvest

Then Yahweh 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 (H)reap its harvest, then you shall bring in the sheaf of the first fruits of your harvest to the priest. 11 And he shall wave the sheaf before Yahweh 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 blemish for a burnt offering to Yahweh. 13 Its (I)grain offering shall then be two-tenths of an [b]ephah of fine flour mixed with oil, an offering by fire to Yahweh for a soothing aroma, with its drink offering, a fourth of a [c]hin of wine. 14 Until this same day, until you have brought in the offering of your God, (J)you shall eat neither bread nor roasted grain nor new growth. It is to be a perpetual statute throughout your generations in all your places of habitation.

The Feast of Weeks

15 (K)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 bring a (L)new grain offering near to Yahweh. 17 You shall bring in from your places of habitation two loaves of bread for a wave offering, made of two-tenths of an [d]ephah; they shall be of a fine flour, baked (M)with leaven as first fruits to Yahweh. 18 Along with the bread you shall bring near seven one year old male lambs without blemish and a bull from the herd and two rams; they shall be a burnt offering to Yahweh, with their grain offering and their drink offerings, an offering by fire of a soothing aroma to Yahweh. 19 You shall also offer (N)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 Yahweh; they shall be holy to Yahweh for the priest. 21 On this same day you shall (O)make a proclamation as well; it shall be a holy convocation for you. You shall do no laborious (P)work. It is to be a perpetual statute in all your places of habitation throughout your generations.

22 (Q)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 afflicted and the sojourner. I am Yahweh your God.’”

The Feast of Trumpets

23 Again Yahweh spoke to Moses, saying, 24 “Speak to the sons of Israel, saying, ‘(R)In the seventh month on the first of the month you shall have a [e]rest, a (S)memorial by blowing of trumpets, a holy convocation. 25 You shall (T)not do any laborious work, but you shall bring an offering by fire near to Yahweh.’”

The Day of Atonement

26 And Yahweh spoke to Moses, saying, 27 “On exactly (U)the tenth day of this seventh month is (V)the day of atonement; it shall be a holy convocation for you, and you shall humble your souls and bring an offering by fire near to Yahweh. 28 And you shall not do any work on this same day, for it is a (W)day of atonement, (X)to make atonement on your behalf before Yahweh your God. 29 If there is any [f]person who will not humble himself on this same day, (Y)he shall be cut off from his people. 30 And as for any person who does any work on this same day, that person I will cause to perish 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 places of habitation. 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.”

The Feast of Booths

33 Again Yahweh spoke to Moses, saying, 34 “Speak to the sons of Israel, saying, ‘On (Z)the fifteenth of this seventh month is the (AA)Feast of Booths for seven days to Yahweh. 35 On the first day is a holy convocation; you shall do (AB)no laborious work of any kind. 36 (AC)For seven days you shall bring an offering by fire near to Yahweh. On (AD)the eighth day you shall have a holy convocation and bring an offering by fire near to Yahweh; it is a solemn assembly. You shall do no laborious work.

37 ‘These are (AE)the appointed times of Yahweh which you shall proclaim as holy convocations, to bring offerings by fire near to Yahweh—burnt offerings and grain offerings, sacrifices and drink offerings, (AF)each day’s matter on its own day— 38 besides those of the sabbaths of Yahweh and besides your gifts and besides all your [g]votive and freewill offerings, which you give to Yahweh.

39 ‘On exactly the fifteenth day of the seventh month, (AG)when you have gathered in the produce of the land, you shall celebrate the feast of Yahweh for seven days, with a [h]rest on the first day and a [i]rest on the eighth day. 40 And on the first day you shall take for yourselves the [j]foliage of beautiful trees, palm branches and boughs of leafy trees and willows of the brook, and you shall be glad before Yahweh your God for seven days. 41 You shall thus celebrate it as a feast to Yahweh 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 [k]live (AH)in booths for seven days; all the native-born in Israel shall [l]live in booths, 43 so that (AI)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 Yahweh your God.’” 44 So Moses spoke to the sons of Israel (AJ)the appointed times of Yahweh.

Footnotes

  1. Leviticus 23:5 Lit between the two evenings
  2. Leviticus 23:13 An ephah was approx. 21 qt. or 23 l
  3. Leviticus 23:13 A hin was approx. 1 gal. or 3.8 l
  4. Leviticus 23:17 An ephah was approx. 21 qt. or 23 l
  5. Leviticus 23:24 Lit sabbath rest
  6. Leviticus 23:29 Lit soul
  7. Leviticus 23:38 Lit vows, and besides all your
  8. Leviticus 23:39 Lit sabbath rest
  9. Leviticus 23:39 Lit sabbath rest
  10. Leviticus 23:40 Lit products, fruit
  11. Leviticus 23:42 Lit dwell
  12. Leviticus 23:42 Lit dwell

Daily Offerings

28 Then Yahweh spoke to Moses, saying, “Command the sons of Israel and say to them, ‘You shall [a]be careful to bring near My offering, My (A)food for My offerings by fire, of a soothing aroma to Me, at their appointed time.’ (B)And you shall say to them, ‘This is the offering by fire which you shall bring near to Yahweh: two male lambs one year old without blemish as a continual burnt offering every day. You shall offer the one lamb in the morning, and the other lamb you shall offer [b]at twilight, also (C)a tenth of an [c]ephah of fine flour for a (D)grain offering, mixed with a fourth of a [d]hin of beaten oil. It is a continual burnt offering which was ordained in Mount Sinai as a soothing aroma, an offering by fire to Yahweh. Then the drink offering with it shall be a fourth of a hin for each lamb, (E)in the holy place you shall pour out a drink offering of strong drink to Yahweh. And the other lamb you shall offer [e]at twilight; as the grain offering of the morning and as its drink offering, you shall offer it, an offering by fire, a soothing aroma to Yahweh.

Sabbath Offerings

‘Then on the sabbath day two male lambs one year old without blemish, and two-tenths of an [f]ephah of fine flour mixed with oil as a grain offering, and its drink offering: 10 This is the burnt offering of every sabbath in addition to the (F)continual burnt offering and its drink offering.

Monthly Offerings

11 ‘Then (G)at the beginning of each of your months you shall bring near a burnt offering to Yahweh: two bulls from the herd and one ram, seven male lambs one year old without blemish; 12 (H)and three-tenths of an [g]ephah of fine flour mixed with oil for a grain offering, for each bull; and two-tenths of fine flour mixed with oil for a grain offering, for the one ram; 13 and a tenth of an [h]ephah of fine flour mixed with oil for a grain offering for each lamb, for a burnt offering of a soothing aroma, an offering by fire to Yahweh. 14 And their drink offerings shall be half a hin of wine for a bull and a third of a hin for the ram and a fourth of a hin for a lamb; this is the burnt offering of each month throughout the months of the year. 15 And one male goat for a sin offering to Yahweh; it shall be offered with its drink offering in addition to the (I)continual burnt offering.

Passover Offerings

16 (J)Then on the fourteenth day of the first month shall be the Passover of Yahweh. 17 (K)And on the fifteenth day of this month shall be a (L)feast; unleavened bread shall be eaten for seven days. 18 On the (M)first day shall be a holy convocation; you shall do no laborious work. 19 And you shall bring near an offering by fire, a burnt offering to Yahweh: two bulls from the herd and one ram and seven male lambs one year old; (N)they shall be for you without blemish. 20 Now as for their grain offering, you shall offer fine flour mixed with oil: three-tenths of an [i]ephah for a bull and two-tenths for the ram. 21 A tenth of an [j]ephah you shall offer for [k]each of the seven lambs; 22 and one male goat for a (O)sin offering to make atonement for you. 23 You shall offer these besides (P)the burnt offering of the morning, which is for a continual burnt offering. 24 After this manner you shall offer daily, for seven days, (Q)the food of the offering by fire, of a soothing aroma to Yahweh; it shall be offered with its drink offering in addition to the (R)continual burnt offering. 25 Now on the seventh day you shall have a holy convocation; (S)you shall do no laborious work.

Offerings for the Feast of Weeks

26 ‘Also on (T)the day of the first fruits, when you bring near a new grain offering to Yahweh in your Feast of Weeks, you shall have a holy convocation; (U)you shall do no laborious work. 27 And you shall bring near a burnt offering for a soothing aroma to Yahweh: two bulls from the herd, one ram, seven male lambs one year old; 28 and their grain offering, fine flour mixed with oil: three-tenths of an [l]ephah for each bull, two-tenths for the one ram, 29 a tenth for [m]each of the seven lambs; 30 also one male goat to make atonement for you. 31 (V)Besides the continual burnt offering and its grain offering, you shall offer them with their drink offerings. They shall be [n]without blemish.

The Various Offerings of the Seventh Month

29 (W)Now in the seventh month, on the first day of the month, you shall also have a holy convocation; (X)you shall do no laborious work. It will be to you a day for blowing trumpets. And you shall offer a burnt offering as a soothing aroma to Yahweh: one bull from the herd, one ram, and seven male lambs one year old without blemish; also their grain offering, fine flour mixed with oil: three-tenths of an [o]ephah for the bull, two-tenths for the ram, and one-tenth for [p]each of the seven lambs. And offer one male goat for a sin offering, to make atonement for you, (Y)besides the burnt offering of the new moon and its grain offering, and the (Z)continual burnt offering and its grain offering, and their drink offerings, according to their legal judgment, for a soothing aroma, an offering by fire to Yahweh.

‘Then on (AA)the tenth day of this seventh month you shall have a holy convocation, and you shall humble yourselves; you shall not do any work. And you shall bring near a burnt offering to Yahweh as a soothing aroma: one bull from the herd, one ram, seven male lambs one year old, (AB)having them without blemish; and their grain offering, fine flour mixed with oil: three-tenths of an [q]ephah for the bull, two-tenths for the one ram, 10 a tenth for each of the seven lambs; 11 one male goat for a sin offering, besides (AC)the sin offering of atonement and (AD)the continual burnt offering and its grain offering and their drink offerings.

12 ‘Then on (AE)the fifteenth day of the seventh month you shall have a holy convocation; you (AF)shall do no laborious work, and you shall celebrate a feast to Yahweh for seven days. 13 And you shall bring near a burnt offering, an offering by fire as a soothing aroma to Yahweh: thirteen bulls from the herd, two rams, fourteen male lambs one year old, which are without blemish; 14 and their grain offering, fine flour mixed with oil: three-tenths of an [r]ephah for [s]each of the thirteen bulls, two-tenths for [t]each of the two rams, 15 and a tenth for each of the fourteen lambs; 16 and one male goat for a sin offering, (AG)besides the continual burnt offering, its grain offering, and its drink offering.

17 ‘Then on (AH)the second day: twelve bulls from the herd, two rams, fourteen male lambs one year old without blemish; 18 and their grain offering and their drink offerings for the bulls, for the rams and for the lambs, by their number (AI)according to the legal judgment; 19 and one male goat for a sin offering, (AJ)besides the continual burnt offering and its grain offering and their drink offerings.

20 ‘Then on the third day: eleven bulls, two rams, fourteen male lambs one year old without blemish; 21 and their grain offering and their drink offerings for the bulls, for the rams and for the lambs, by their number according to the legal judgment; 22 and one male goat for a sin offering, besides the continual burnt offering and its grain offering and its drink offering.

23 ‘Then on the fourth day: ten bulls, two rams, fourteen male lambs one year old without blemish; 24 their grain offering and their drink offerings for the bulls, for the rams and for the lambs, by their number according to the legal judgment; 25 and one male goat for a sin offering, besides the continual burnt offering, its grain offering and its drink offering.

26 ‘Then on the fifth day: nine bulls, two rams, fourteen male lambs one year old (AK)without blemish; 27 and their grain offering and their drink offerings for the bulls, for the rams and for the lambs, by their number according to the legal judgment; 28 and one male goat for a sin offering, besides the continual burnt offering and its grain offering and its drink offering.

29 ‘Then on the sixth day: eight bulls, two rams, fourteen male lambs one year old without blemish; 30 and their grain offering and their drink offerings for the bulls, for the rams and for the lambs, by their number according to the legal judgment; 31 and one male goat for a sin offering, besides the continual burnt offering, its grain offering and its drink offerings.

32 ‘Then on the seventh day: seven bulls, two rams, fourteen male lambs one year old without blemish; 33 and their grain offering and their drink offerings for the bulls, for the rams and for the lambs, by their number according to the legal judgment; 34 and one male goat for a sin offering, besides the continual burnt offering, its grain offering and its drink offering.

35 (AL)On the eighth day you shall have a solemn assembly; you shall do no laborious work. 36 But you shall bring near a burnt offering, an offering by fire, as a soothing aroma to Yahweh: one bull, one ram, seven male lambs one year old without blemish; 37 their grain offering and their drink offerings for the bull, for the ram and for the lambs, by their number according to the legal judgment; 38 and one male goat for a sin offering, besides the continual burnt offering and its grain offering and its drink offering.

39 ‘You shall offer these to Yahweh at your (AM)appointed times, besides your [u]votive offerings and your freewill offerings, for your burnt offerings and for your grain offerings and for your drink offerings and for your peace offerings.’”

Footnotes

  1. Numbers 28:2 Lit watch
  2. Numbers 28:4 Lit between the two evenings
  3. Numbers 28:5 An ephah was approx. 21 qt. or 23 l
  4. Numbers 28:5 A hin was approx. 1 gal. or 3.8 l
  5. Numbers 28:8 Lit between the two evenings
  6. Numbers 28:9 An ephah was approx. 21 qt. or 23 l
  7. Numbers 28:12 An ephah was approx. 21 qt. or 23 l
  8. Numbers 28:13 An ephah was approx. 21 qt. or 23 l
  9. Numbers 28:20 An ephah was approx. 21 qt. or 23 l
  10. Numbers 28:21 An ephah was approx. 21 qt. or 23 l
  11. Numbers 28:21 Lit each lamb
  12. Numbers 28:28 An ephah was approx. 21 qt. or 23 l
  13. Numbers 28:29 Lit each lamb
  14. Numbers 28:31 Lit without blemish to you
  15. Numbers 29:3 An ephah was approx. 21 qt. or 23 l
  16. Numbers 29:4 Lit each lamb, so in ch
  17. Numbers 29:9 An ephah was approx. 21 qt. or 23 l
  18. Numbers 29:14 An ephah was approx. 21 qt. or 23 l
  19. Numbers 29:14 Lit each bull
  20. Numbers 29:14 Lit each ram
  21. Numbers 29:39 Lit vows