Laws of Religious Festivals

23 The Lord spoke again to Moses, saying, ² “Speak to the sons of Israel and say to them, ‘^(A)The Lord’s appointed times which you shall ^(B)proclaim as holy convocations—My appointed times are these:

³ ‘^(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 the Lord in all your dwellings.

⁴ ‘These are the ^(D)appointed times of the Lord, holy convocations which you shall proclaim at the times appointed for them. ^5 (E)In the first month, on the fourteenth day of the month ^[a]at twilight is the Lord’s Passover. ⁶ Then on the fifteenth day of the same month there is the ^(F)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 ^(G)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.’”

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 ^(H)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 ^(I)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 ^[b]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 dwelling places.

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 present a ^(L)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 ^[c]ephah; they shall be of a fine flour, baked ^(M)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 ^(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 the Lord; they are to be holy to the Lord for the priest. ²¹ On this same day you shall ^(O)make a proclamation as well; you are to have a holy convocation. You shall do no laborious ^(P)work. It is to be a perpetual statute in all your dwelling places 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 needy and the alien. I am the Lord your God.’”

²³ Again the Lord 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 ^[d]rest, a ^(S)reminder by blowing of trumpets, a holy convocation. ²⁵ You shall ^(T)not do any laborious work, but you shall present an offering by fire to the Lord.’”

The Day of Atonement

²⁶ The Lord 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 present an offering by fire to the Lord. ²⁸ 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 the Lord your God. ²⁹ If there is any ^[e]person who will not humble himself on this same day, ^(Y)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.”

³³ Again the Lord 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 the Lord. 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 present an offering by fire to the Lord. On ^(AD)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 ^(AE)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, ^(AF)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 ^[f]votive and freewill offerings, which you give to the Lord.

³⁹ ‘On exactly the fifteenth day of the seventh month, ^(AG)when you have gathered in the crops of the land, you shall celebrate the feast of the Lord for seven days, with a ^[g]rest on the first day and a ^[h]rest on the eighth day. ⁴⁰ Now on the first day you shall take for yourselves the ^[i]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 ^[j]live ^(AH)in booths for seven days; all the native-born in Israel shall ^[k]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 the Lord your God.’” ⁴⁴ So Moses declared to the sons of Israel ^(AJ)the appointed times of the Lord.

Laws for Offerings

28 Then the Lord spoke to Moses, saying, ² “Command the sons of Israel and say to them, ‘You shall ^[a]be careful to present My offering, My ^(A)food for My offerings by fire, of a soothing aroma to Me, at their appointed time.’ ^3 (B)You shall say to them, ‘This is the offering by fire which you shall offer to the Lord: two male lambs one year old without defect as a continual burnt offering every day. ⁴ You shall offer the one lamb in the morning and the other lamb you shall offer ^[b]at twilight; ⁵ also ^(C)a tenth of an ephah of fine flour for a ^(D)grain offering, mixed with a fourth of a hin of beaten oil. ⁶ It is a continual burnt offering which was ordained in Mount Sinai as a soothing aroma, an offering by fire to the Lord. ⁷ 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 the Lord. ⁸ The other lamb you shall offer ^[c]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 the Lord.

⁹ ‘Then on the sabbath day two male lambs one year old without defect, and two-tenths of an ^[d]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.

¹¹ ‘Then ^(G)at the beginning of each of your months you shall present a burnt offering to the Lord: two ^[e]bulls and one ram, seven male lambs one year old without defect; ^12 (H)and three-tenths of an ^[f]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 ^[g]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 the Lord. ¹⁴ 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 the Lord; it shall be offered with its drink offering in addition to the ^(I)continual burnt offering.

¹⁶ ‘^(J)Then on the fourteenth day of the first month shall be the Lord’s Passover. ^17 (K)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 You shall present an offering by fire, a burnt offering to the Lord: two ^[h]bulls and one ram and seven male lambs one year old, ^(N)having them without defect. ²⁰ 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 present these besides ^(P)the burnt offering of the morning, which is for a continual burnt offering. ²⁴ After this manner you shall present daily, for seven days, ^(Q)the food of the offering by fire, of a soothing aroma to the Lord; it shall be presented with its drink offering in addition to the ^(R)continual burnt offering. ²⁵ On the seventh day you shall have a holy convocation; ^(S)you shall do no laborious work.

²⁶ ‘Also on ^(T)the day of the first fruits, when you present a new grain offering to the Lord in your Feast of Weeks, you shall have a holy convocation; ^(U)you shall do no laborious work. ²⁷ You shall offer a burnt offering for a soothing aroma to the Lord: two young bulls, 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 present them with their drink offerings. They shall be ^[n]without defect.

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. ² You shall offer a burnt offering as a soothing aroma to the Lord: one ^[o]bull, one ram, and seven male lambs one year old without defect; ³ also their grain offering, fine flour mixed with oil: three-tenths of an ^[p]ephah for the bull, two-tenths for the ram, ⁴ and one-tenth for ^[q]each of the seven lambs. ⁵ Offer one male goat for a sin offering, to make atonement for you, ^6 (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 ordinance, for a soothing aroma, an offering by fire to the Lord.

⁷ ‘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. ⁸ You shall present a burnt offering to the Lord as a soothing aroma: one bull, one ram, seven male lambs one year old, ^(AB)having them without defect; ⁹ and their grain offering, fine flour mixed with oil: three-tenths of an ^[r]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 observe a feast to the Lord for seven days. ¹³ You shall present a burnt offering, an offering by fire as a soothing aroma to the Lord: thirteen bulls, two rams, fourteen male lambs one year old, which are without defect; ¹⁴ and their grain offering, fine flour mixed with oil: three-tenths of an ^[s]ephah for ^[t]each of the thirteen bulls, two-tenths for ^[u]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, two rams, fourteen male lambs one year old without defect; 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 ordinance; 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 defect; 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 ordinance; 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 defect; ²⁴ their grain offering and their drink offerings for the bulls, for the rams and for the lambs, by their number according to the ordinance; 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 defect; 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 ordinance; 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 defect; 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 ordinance; 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 defect; 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 ordinance; 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 present a burnt offering, an offering by fire, as a soothing aroma to the Lord: one bull, one ram, seven male lambs one year old without defect; ³⁷ their grain offering and their drink offerings for the bull, for the ram and for the lambs, by their number according to the ordinance; 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 present these to the Lord at your ^(AM)appointed times, besides your ^[v]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.’”