The Harvest Festival

(Numbers 28.26-31)

The Lord said:

^15 (A) Seven weeks after you offer this bundle of grain, each family must bring another offering of new grain. ¹⁶ Do this exactly 50 days later, which is the day following the seventh Sabbath. ¹⁷ Bring two loaves of bread to be lifted up^[a] in dedication to me. Each loaf is to be made with yeast and with two kilograms of the finest flour from the first part of your harvest.

¹⁸ At this same time, the entire community of Israel must bring seven lambs that are a year old, a young bull, and two rams. These animals must have nothing wrong with them, and they must be offered as a sacrifice to please me.^[b] You must also offer the proper grain and wine sacrifices with each animal.^{[c] 19} Offer a goat^[d] as a sacrifice for sin, and two rams a year old as a sacrifice to ask my blessing.^{[e] 20} The priest will lift up^[f] the rams together with the bread in dedication to me. These offerings are holy and are my gift to the priest. ²¹ This is a day of celebration and worship, a time of rest from your work. You and your descendants must obey this law.

The Harvest Festival

(Exodus 34.22; Leviticus 23.15-21)

Moses said to Israel:

^9 (A) Seven weeks after you start your grain harvest, ^10-11 go to the place where the Lord chooses to be worshiped and celebrate the Harvest Festival^[a] in honor of the Lord your God. Bring him an offering as large as you can afford, depending on how big a harvest he has given you. Be sure to take along your sons and daughters and all your servants. Also invite the poor, including Levites, foreigners, orphans, and widows.