⁴⁰ Here Balak sacrificed oxen and sheep, and sent portions to Balaam and to the princes who were with him.

At the Passover. ¹⁶ The fourteenth day^[a] of the first month is the Passover of the Lord,^{(A) 17} and the fifteenth day of this month is the pilgrimage feast. For seven days unleavened bread is to be eaten. ¹⁸ On the first day you will declare a holy day, and you shall do no heavy work.^{[b](B) 19} You will offer an oblation, a burnt offering to the Lord: two bulls of the herd, one ram, and seven yearling lambs that you are sure are unblemished. ²⁰ Their grain offerings will be of bran flour mixed with oil; you will offer three tenths of an ephah for each bull and two tenths for the ram. ²¹ You will offer one tenth for each of the seven lambs; ²² and one goat as a purification offering to make atonement for yourselves. ²³ These offerings you will make in addition to the morning burnt offering which is part of the regular burnt offering. ²⁴ You will make exactly the same offerings each day for seven days as food offerings, oblations of pleasing aroma to the Lord; they will be offered in addition to the regular burnt offering with its libation. ²⁵ On the seventh day you will declare a holy day: you shall do no heavy work.^(C)