Leviticus 23:1-30 ▼

1 Then the LORD {YHWH} said to Moses (drawn out),

2 “Speak to the Israelites (God prevails) and say to them, ‘These are My appointed feasts, the feasts of the LORD {YHWH} that you⁺ are to proclaim as sacred assemblies.

3 For six days work may be done, but the seventh day is a Sabbath of complete rest, a day of sacred assembly. You⁺ must not do any work; wherever you⁺ live, it is a Sabbath to the LORD {YHWH}.

4 These are the LORD’s {YHWH} appointed feasts, the sacred assemblies you⁺ are to proclaim at their appointed times.

5 The Passover to the LORD {YHWH} begins at twilight \between the two evenings/ on the fourteenth day of the first month.

6 On the fifteenth day of the same month begins the Feast of Unleavened Bread to the LORD {YHWH}. For seven days you⁺ must eat unleavened bread.

7 On the first day you⁺ are to hold a sacred assembly; you⁺ are not to do any regular work.

8 For seven days you⁺ are to present a food offering to the LORD {YHWH}. On the seventh day there shall be a sacred assembly; you⁺ must not do any regular work.’”

9 And the LORD {YHWH} said to Moses (drawn out),

10 “Speak to the Israelites (God prevails) and say, ‘When you⁺ enter the land that I am giving you⁺ and you⁺ reap its harvest, you⁺ are to bring to the priest a sheaf of the firstfruits of your⁺ harvest.

11 And he shall wave the sheaf before the LORD {YHWH} so that it may be accepted on your⁺ behalf; the priest is to wave it on the day after the Sabbath.

12 On the day you⁺ wave the sheaf, you⁺ shall offer a year-old lamb without blemish as a burnt offering to the LORD {YHWH},

13 along with its grain offering of two-tenths of an ephah of fine flour <4 qt / 4.4 l> mixed with oil—a food offering to the LORD {YHWH}, a pleasing aroma—and its drink offering of a quarter hin of wine <0.97 qt / 0.92 l>.

14 You⁺ must not eat any bread or roasted or new grain until the very day you⁺ have brought this offering to your⁺ God {Eloheikem}. This is to be a permanent statute for the generations to come, wherever you⁺ live.

15 From the day after the Sabbath, the day you⁺ brought the sheaf of the wave offering, you⁺ are to count off seven full weeks.

16 You⁺ shall count off fifty days until the day after the seventh Sabbath, and then present an offering of new grain to the LORD {YHWH}.

17 Bring two loaves of bread from your⁺ dwellings as a wave offering, each made from two-tenths of an ephah of fine flour, baked with leaven, as the firstfruits to the LORD {YHWH}.

18 Along with the bread you⁺ are to present seven unblemished male lambs a year old, one young bull, and two rams. They will be a burnt offering to the LORD {YHWH}, together with their grain offerings and drink offerings—a food offering, a pleasing aroma to the LORD.

19 You⁺ shall also prepare one male goat as a sin offering and two male lambs a year old as a peace offering.

20 The priest is to wave the lambs as a wave offering before the LORD {YHWH}, together with the bread of the firstfruits. The bread and the two lambs shall be holy to the LORD for the priest.

21 On that same day you⁺ are to proclaim a sacred assembly, and you⁺ must not do any regular work. This is to be a permanent statute wherever you⁺ live for the generations to come.

22 When you⁺ reap the harvest of your⁺ land, do not reap all the way to the edges of your field or gather the gleanings of your harvest. Leave them for the poor and the foreign resident. I am the LORD your⁺ God {YHWH Eloheikem}.’”

23 The LORD also {YHWH} said to Moses (drawn out),

24 “Speak to the Israelites (God prevails) and say, ‘On the first day of the seventh month you⁺ are to have a day of rest, a sacred assembly announced by trumpet blasts (a sacred assembly, a memorial of shouting).

25 You⁺ must not do any regular work, but you⁺ are to present a food offering to the LORD {YHWH}.’”

26 Again the LORD {YHWH} said to Moses (drawn out),

27 “The tenth day of this seventh month is the Day of Atonement. You⁺ shall hold a sacred assembly and humble yourselves (afflict your souls), and present a food offering to the LORD {YHWH}.

28 On this day you⁺ are not to do any work, for it is the Day of Atonement, when atonement is made for you⁺ before the LORD your⁺ God {YHWH Eloheikem}.

29 If anyone does not humble himself on this day, he must be cut off from his people.

30 I will destroy from among his people anyone who does any work on this day.