Exo 23:14-17, Lev 16:29, 23:24, 27-44, Num 29, Neh 8:2, 14 | ESV | STEP | Three times in the year you shall keep a feast to me.

14 ^a“Three times in the year you shall keep a feast to me. 15 ^bYou shall keep the Feast of Unleavened Bread. As I commanded you, you shall eat unleavened bread for seven days at the appointed time in the month of ^cAbib, for in it you came out of Egypt. ^dNone shall appear before me empty-handed. 16 You shall keep ^ethe Feast of Harvest, of the firstfruits of your labor, of what you sow in the field. You shall keep the ^fFeast of Ingathering at the end of the year, when you gather in from the field the fruit of your labor. 17 ^gThree times in the year shall all your males appear before the Lord God.

Leviticus 16:29

29 “And it shall be a statute to you forever that ^hin the seventh month, on the tenth day of the month, you shall ⁱafflict yourselves ^{▼▼Or shall fast; also verse 31} and shall do no work, either ^kthe native or the stranger who sojourns among you.

Leviticus 23:24

24 “Speak to the people of Israel, saying, In ^lthe seventh month, on the first day of the month, you shall observe a day of solemn rest, ^ma memorial proclaimed with blast of trumpets, a holy convocation.

Leviticus 23:27-44

27 “Now ⁿon the tenth day of this seventh month is the Day of Atonement. It shall be for you a time of holy convocation, and you shall afflict yourselves ^{▼▼Or shall fast; also verse 32} and present a food offering to the Lord. 28 And you shall not do any work on that very day, for it is a Day of Atonement, to make atonement for you before the Lord your God. 29 For whoever is not afflicted on that very day ^pshall be cut off from his people. 30 And whoever does any work on that very day, that person I will destroy from among his people. 31 You shall not do any work. It is a statute forever throughout your generations in all your dwelling places. 32 It shall be to you a Sabbath of solemn rest, and you shall afflict yourselves. On the ninth day of the month beginning at evening, from evening to evening shall you keep your Sabbath.”

The Feast of Booths

33 And the Lord spoke to Moses, saying, 34 “Speak to the people of Israel, saying, ^qOn the fifteenth day of this seventh month and for seven days is the Feast of Booths ^{▼▼Or tabernacles} to the Lord. 35 On the first day shall be a holy convocation; you shall not do any ordinary work. 36 For seven days you shall present food offerings to the Lord. ^sOn the eighth day you shall hold a holy convocation and present a food offering to the Lord. It is a ^tsolemn assembly; you shall not do any ordinary work.

37 ^u“These are the appointed feasts of the Lord, which you shall proclaim as times of holy convocation, for presenting to the Lord food offerings, burnt offerings and grain offerings, sacrifices and drink offerings, each on its proper day, 38 ^vbesides the Lord’s Sabbaths and besides your gifts and besides all your vow offerings and besides all your freewill offerings, which you give to the Lord.

39 “On the fifteenth day of the seventh month, when you have ^wgathered in the produce of the land, you shall celebrate the feast of the Lord seven days. On the first day shall be a solemn rest, and on the eighth day shall be a solemn rest. 40 And ^xyou shall take on the first day the fruit of splendid trees, branches of palm trees and boughs of leafy trees and willows of the brook, and ^yyou shall rejoice before the Lord your God seven days. 41 ^zYou shall celebrate it as a feast to the Lord for seven days in the year. It is a statute forever throughout your generations; you shall celebrate it in the seventh month. 42 ^aaYou shall dwell in booths for seven days. All native Israelites shall dwell in booths, 43 that ^abyour generations may know that I made the people of Israel dwell in booths when I brought them out of the land of Egypt: I am the Lord your God.”

44 Thus Moses ^acdeclared to the people of Israel the appointed feasts of the Lord.

Numbers 29

Offerings for the Feast of Trumpets

1 “On the first day of the seventh month you shall have a holy convocation. You shall not do any ordinary work. ^adIt is a day for you to blow the trumpets, 2 and you shall offer a burnt offering, for a pleasing aroma to the Lord: one bull from the herd, one ram, seven male lambs a year old without blemish; 3 also their grain offering of fine flour mixed with oil, three tenths of an ephah ^{▼▼An ephah was about 3/5 bushel or 22 liters} for the bull, two tenths for the ram, 4 and one tenth for each of the seven lambs; 5 with ^afone male goat for a sin offering, to make atonement for you; 6 besides ^agthe burnt offering of the new moon, and its grain offering, and ^ahthe regular burnt offering and its grain offering, and their drink offering, according to the rule for them, for a pleasing aroma, a food offering to the Lord.

Offerings for the Day of Atonement

7 ^ai“On the tenth day of this seventh month you shall have a holy convocation and ^ajafflict yourselves. ^{▼▼Or and fast} You shall do no work, 8 but you shall offer a burnt offering to the Lord, a pleasing aroma: one bull from the herd, one ram, seven male lambs a year old: ^alsee that they are without blemish. 9 And their grain offering shall be of fine flour mixed with oil, three tenths of an ephah for the bull, two tenths for the one ram, 10 a tenth for each of the seven lambs: 11 also ^amone male goat for a sin offering, besides ^anthe sin offering of atonement, and the regular burnt offering and its grain offering, and their drink offerings.

Offerings for the Feast of Booths

12 ^ao“On the fifteenth day of the seventh month you shall have a holy convocation. You shall not do any ordinary work, and you shall keep a feast to the Lord seven days. 13 And ^apyou shall offer a burnt offering, a food offering, with a pleasing aroma to the Lord, thirteen bulls from the herd, two rams, fourteen male lambs a year old; they shall be without blemish; 14 and their grain offering of fine flour mixed with oil, three tenths of an ephah for each of the thirteen bulls, two tenths for each of the two rams, 15 and a tenth for each of the fourteen lambs; 16 also one male goat for a sin offering, besides the regular burnt offering, its grain offering and its drink offering.

17 “On the second day twelve bulls from the herd, two rams, fourteen male lambs a year old without blemish, 18 with the grain offering and the drink offerings for the bulls, for the rams, and for the lambs, ^aqin the prescribed quantities; 19 also one male goat for a sin offering, besides the regular burnt offering and its grain offering, and their drink offerings.

20 “On the third day eleven bulls, two rams, fourteen male lambs a year old without blemish, 21 with the grain offering and the drink offerings for the bulls, for the rams, and for the lambs, in the prescribed quantities; 22 also one male goat for a sin offering, besides the regular burnt offering and its grain offering and its drink offering.

23 “On the fourth day ten bulls, two rams, fourteen male lambs a year old without blemish, 24 with the grain offering and the drink offerings for the bulls, for the rams, and for the lambs, in the prescribed quantities; 25 also one male goat for a sin offering, besides the regular burnt offering, its grain offering and its drink offering.

26 “On the fifth day nine bulls, two rams, fourteen male lambs a year old without blemish, 27 with the grain offering and the drink offerings for the bulls, for the rams, and for the lambs, in the prescribed quantities; 28 also one male goat for a sin offering; besides the regular burnt offering and its grain offering and its drink offering.

29 “On the sixth day eight bulls, two rams, fourteen male lambs a year old without blemish, 30 with the grain offering and the drink offerings for the bulls, for the rams, and for the lambs, in the prescribed quantities; 31 also one male goat for a sin offering; besides the regular burnt offering, its grain offering, and its drink offerings.

32 “On the seventh day seven bulls, two rams, fourteen male lambs a year old without blemish, 33 with the grain offering and the drink offerings for the bulls, for the rams, and for the lambs, in the prescribed quantities; 34 also one male goat for a sin offering; besides the regular burnt offering, its grain offering, and its drink offering.

35 ^ar“On the eighth day you shall have a ^assolemn assembly. You shall not do any ordinary work, 36 but you shall offer a burnt offering, a food offering, with a pleasing aroma to the Lord: one bull, one ram, seven male lambs a year old without blemish, 37 and the grain offering and the drink offerings for the bull, for the ram, and for the lambs, in the prescribed quantities; 38 also one male goat for a sin offering; besides the regular burnt offering and its grain offering and its drink offering.

39 “These you shall offer to the Lord at your ^atappointed feasts, in addition to your ^auvow offerings and your freewill offerings, for your burnt offerings, and for your grain offerings, and for your drink offerings, and for your peace offerings.”

40 ^{▼▼Ch 30:1 in Hebrew} So Moses told the people of Israel everything just as the Lord had commanded Moses.

Nehemiah 8:2

2 So Ezra the priest ^awbrought the Law before the assembly, both men and women and all who could understand what they heard, ^axon the first day of the seventh month.

Nehemiah 8:14

14 And they found it written in the Law that the Lord had commanded by Moses ^aythat the people of Israel should dwell in booths ^{▼▼Or temporary shelters} during the feast of the seventh month,