Leviticus 23
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1And the LORD said to Moses, 2“Say to the children of Israel, ‘Concerning the feasts of the LORD, which you shall proclaim to be holy convocations, these are My feasts. 3Six days shall work be done: but the seventh day is the Sabbath of rest, a holy convocation; you shall do no work that day: it is the Sabbath of the LORD in all your dwellings.

4These are the feasts of the LORD, the holy convocations, which you shall proclaim in their seasons: 5In the fourteenth day of the first month at evening is the LORD's Passover. 6And on the fifteenth day of the same month is the feast of unleavened bread unto the LORD: seven days you must eat unleavened bread. 7In the first day you shall have a holy convocation: you shall do no servile work in it. 8But you shall present an offering made by fire unto the LORD seven days. The seventh day is a holy convocation: you shall do no servile work in it.’”

9And the LORD said to Moses, 10“Speak to the children of Israel, and say to them, When you be come into the land which I give to you, and reap the harvest from it, then you shall bring a sheaf of the first fruits of your harvest to the priest: 11And he shall wave the sheaf before the LORD, to be accepted for you: on the day after the Sabbath, the priest shall wave it. 12And on that day, when you wave the sheaf, you shall offer a male lamb without blemish of the first year for a burnt offering unto the LORD. 13And the meal offering of it shall be two tenth parts of fine flour mixed with oil, an offering made by fire unto the LORD for a sweet savor: and the drink offering of it shall be of wine, the fourth part of a hin. 14And you shall eat neither bread, nor parched grain, nor green ears, until the very day that you have brought an offering unto your God: it shall be a statute forever throughout your generations in all your dwellings.

15And you shall count from the next day after the Sabbath, from the day that you brought the sheaf of the wave offering; seven Sabbaths: 16And on the day after the seventh Sabbath, you shall count fifty days; and you shall offer a new meal offering unto the LORD. 17You shall bring out of your dwellings two wave loaves of two tenth parts: they shall be of fine flour; they shall be baked with leaven; they are the first fruits unto the LORD. 18And you shall offer with the bread seven lambs without blemish of the first year, and one young bullock, and two rams: they shall be for a burnt offering unto the LORD, with their meal offering, and their drink offerings, - an offering made by fire, of sweet savor unto the LORD. 19Then you shall sacrifice one kid of the goats for a sin offering, and two lambs of the first year for a sacrifice of peace offerings. 20And the priest shall wave them with the bread of the first fruits for a wave offering before the LORD, with the two lambs: they are a sacred offering to the LORD for the priest. 21And you shall proclaim on that same day, that it may be a holy convocation unto you: you shall do no servile work in it: it shall be a statute forever in all your dwellings throughout your generations. 22And when you reap the harvest of your land, you shall not reap the corners of your field, nor shall you gather any gleaning of your harvest: you shall leave them for the poor, and for the sojourner: I am the LORD your God.’”

23And the LORD said to Moses, 24“Speak to the children of Israel, and say, ‘In the seventh month, on the first day of the month, you shall have a Sabbath, a memorial of blowing of trumpets, a holy convocation. 25You shall do no servile work on that day: but you shall make an offering made by fire unto the LORD.’”

26And the LORD said to Moses, 27“Also, on the tenth day of this seventh month, there shall be a day of atonement: it shall be a holy convocation to you; and you shall deny your souls, and present an offering made by fire unto the LORD. 28And you shall do no work in that day: for it is a day of atonement, to make an atonement for you before the LORD your God. 29For whoever does not deny themselves on that day shall be cut off from among his people. 30And if anyone does any work on that day, I will destroy that soul from among his people. 31You shall do no manner of work: it shall be a statute forever throughout your generations in all your dwellings. 32It shall be to you a Sabbath of rest, and you shall deny your souls: in the ninth day of the month at evening, from evening to evening, you shall observe your Sabbath.”

33And the LORD said to Moses, 34“Speak to the children of Israel, and say, ‘The fifteenth day of this seventh month shall be the feast of tabernacles unto the LORD for seven days. 35On the first day shall be a holy convocation: you shall do no servile work on that day. 36Seven days you shall present an offering made by fire unto the LORD: on the eighth day shall be a holy convocation to you; and you shall present an offering made by fire unto the LORD: it is a solemn assembly; and you shall do no servile work in it.

37‘These are the feasts of the LORD, which you shall proclaim to be holy convocations, to present an offering made by fire unto the LORD, a burnt offering, and a meal offering, and drink offerings, everything upon his day: 38Beside the Sabbaths of the LORD, and beside your gifts, and beside all your vows, and beside all your freewill offerings, which you give unto the LORD.

39‘Also on the fifteenth day of the seventh month, when you have gathered in the fruit of the land, you shall keep a feast unto the LORD for seven days: the first day shall be a Sabbath, and the eighth day shall be a Sabbath. 40And you shall take the boughs of majestic trees - branches of palm trees, the boughs of thick trees, and willows of the brook - on the first day and you shall rejoice before the LORD your God for seven days. 41And you shall celebrate it as a feast unto the LORD for seven days in the year. It shall be a statute forever in your generations: you shall celebrate it in the seventh month. 42You shall live in booths seven days; all that are born Israelites shall live in booths: 43That your generations may know that I caused the Israelites to live in booths, when I brought them out of the land of Egypt: I am the LORD your God.’”

44And Moses instructed the Israelites about the feasts of the LORD.

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