Leviticus 23:4-36

The Passover

4 a“These are the appointed feasts of the Lord, the bholy convocations, which you shall proclaim at the time appointed for them. 5 cIn the first month, on the fourteenth day of the month at twilight,
Hebrew between the two evenings
is the Lord’s Passover.
6And on the fifteenth day of the same month is the Feast of Unleavened Bread to the Lord; for seven days you shall eat unleavened bread. 7 eOn the first day you shall have a holy convocation; you shall not do any ordinary work. 8But you shall present a food offering to the Lord for seven days. On the seventh day is a holy convocation; you shall not do any ordinary work.”

The Feast of Firstfruits

9And the Lord spoke to Moses, saying, 10Speak to the people of Israel and say to them, fWhen you come into the land that I give you and reap its harvest, you shall bring the sheaf of gthe firstfruits of your harvest to the priest, 11and he shall hwave the sheaf before the Lord, so that you may be accepted. On the day after the Sabbath the priest shall wave it. 12And on the day when you iwave the sheaf, you shall offer a jmale lamb a year old without blemish as a burnt offering to the Lord. 13 kAnd the grain offering with it shall be two tenths of an ephah
An  ephah was about 3/5 bushel or 22 liters
of fine flour mixed with oil, a food offering to the Lord with a pleasing aroma, mand the drink offering with it shall be of wine, a fourth of a hin.
A  hin was about 4 quarts or 3.5 liters
14And you shall eat neither bread nor grain oparched or pfresh until this same day, until you have brought the offering of your God: it is a statute forever throughout your generations in all your dwellings.

The Feast of Weeks

15 q“You shall count seven full weeks from the day after the Sabbath, from the day that you brought the sheaf of the rwave offering. 16You shall count sfifty days to the day after the seventh Sabbath. Then you shall present a grain offering of tnew grain to the Lord. 17You shall bring from your dwelling places two loaves of bread to be waved, made of two tenths of an ephah. They shall be of fine flour, and they shall be baked with leaven, as ufirstfruits to the Lord. 18And you shall present with the bread seven lambs a year old without blemish, and one bull from the herd and two rams. They shall be a burnt offering to the Lord, with their grain offering and their drink offerings, a food offering with a pleasing aroma to the Lord. 19And you shall offer one vmale goat for a sin offering, and two male lambs a year old as a sacrifice of wpeace offerings. 20And the priest shall xwave them with the bread of the firstfruits as a wave offering before the Lord, with the two lambs. yThey shall be holy to the Lord for the priest. 21And you shall make a proclamation on the same day. You shall hold a holy convocation. You shall not do any ordinary work. It is a statute forever in all your dwelling places throughout your generations.

22“And zwhen you reap the harvest of your land, you shall not reap your field right up to its edge, nor shall you gather the gleanings after your harvest. You shall leave them for the poor and for the sojourner: I am the Lord your God.”

The Feast of Trumpets

23And the Lord spoke to Moses, saying, 24Speak to the people of Israel, saying, In aathe seventh month, on the first day of the month, you shall observe a day of solemn rest, aba memorial proclaimed with blast of trumpets, a holy convocation. 25You shall not do any ordinary work, and you shall present a food offering to the Lord.”

The Day of Atonement

26And the Lord spoke to Moses, saying, 27Now acon 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.
28And 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. 29For whoever is not afflicted on that very day aeshall be cut off from his people. 30And whoever does any work on that very day, that person I will destroy from among his people. 31You shall not do any work. It is a statute forever throughout your generations in all your dwelling places. 32It 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

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

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