Leviticus, 23

1. Yahweh spoke to Moses and said:

1. The LORD said to Moses,

2. 'Speak to the Israelites and say: (The solemn festivals of Yahweh to which you will summon them are my sacred assemblies.) "These are my solemn festivals:

2. "Say to the people of Israel, The appointed feasts of the LORD which you shall proclaim as holy convocations, my appointed feasts, are these.

3. "You will work for six days, but the seventh will be a day of complete rest, a day for the sacred assembly on which you do no work at all. Wherever you live, this is a Sabbath for Yahweh.

3. Six days shall work be done; but on the seventh day is a sabbath of solemn rest, a holy convocation; you shall do no work; it is a sabbath to the LORD in all your dwellings.

4. "These are Yahweh's solemn festivals, the sacred assemblies to which you will summon the Israelites on the appointed day:

4. "These are the appointed feasts of the LORD, the holy convocations, which you shall proclaim at the time appointed for them.

5. "The fourteenth day of the first month, at twilight, is the Passover of Yahweh;

5. In the first month, on the fourteenth day of the month in the evening, is the LORD's passover.

6. and the fifteenth day of the same month is the feast of Unleavened Bread for Yahweh. For seven days you will eat unleavened bread.

6. And on the fifteenth day of the same month is the feast of unleavened bread to the LORD; seven days you shall eat unleavened bread.

7. On the first day you will hold a sacred assembly; you will do no heavy work.

7. On the first day you shall have a holy convocation; you shall do no laborious work.

8. For seven days you will offer food burnt for Yahweh. On the seventh day there will be a sacred assembly; you will do no heavy work." '

8. But you shall present an offering by fire to the LORD seven days; on the seventh day is a holy convocation; you shall do no laborious work."

9. Yahweh spoke to Moses and said:

9. And the LORD said to Moses,

10. 'Speak to the Israelites and say: "When you enter the country which I am giving you and reap the harvest there, you will bring the priest the first sheaf of your harvest,

10. "Say to the people of Israel, When you come into the land which I give you and reap its harvest, you shall bring the sheaf of the first fruits of your harvest to the priest;

11. and he will present it to Yahweh with the gesture of offering, for you to be acceptable. The priest will make this offering on the day after the Sabbath,

11. and he shall wave the sheaf before the LORD, that you may find acceptance; on the morrow after the sabbath the priest shall wave it.

12. and on the same day as you make this offering, you will offer Yahweh an unblemished lamb one year old as a burnt offering.

12. And on the day when you wave the sheaf, you shall offer a male lamb a year old without blemish as a burnt offering to the LORD.

13. The cereal offering for that day will be two-tenths of wheaten flour mixed with oil, as food burnt as a smell pleasing to Yahweh. The libation will be a quarter of a hin of wine.

13. And the cereal offering with it shall be two tenths of an ephah of fine flour mixed with oil, to be offered by fire to the LORD, a pleasing odor; and the drink offering with it shall be of wine, a fourth of a hin.

14. You will eat no bread, roasted ears of wheat or fresh produce before this day, before making the offering to your God. This is a perpetual law for all your descendants, wherever you live.

14. And you shall eat neither bread nor grain parched or fresh until this same day, until you have brought the offering of your God: it is a statute for ever throughout your generations in all your dwellings.

15. "From the day after the Sabbath, the day on which you bring the sheaf of offering, you will count seven full weeks.

15. "And you shall count from the morrow after the sabbath, from the day that you brought the sheaf of the wave offering; seven full weeks shall they be,

16. You will count fifty days, to the day after the seventh Sabbath, and then you will offer Yahweh a new cereal offering.

16. counting fifty days to the morrow after the seventh sabbath; then you shall present a cereal offering of new grain to the LORD.

17. You will bring bread from your homes to present with the gesture of offering -- two loaves, made of two-tenths of wheaten flour baked with leaven; these are first-fruits for Yahweh.

17. You shall bring from your dwellings two loaves of bread to be waved, made of two tenths of an ephah; they shall be of fine flour, they shall be baked with leaven, as first fruits to the LORD.

18. In addition to the bread, you will offer seven unblemished lambs a year old, a young bull and two rams, as a burnt offering to Yahweh with a cereal offering and a libation, as food burnt as a smell pleasing to Yahweh.

18. And you shall present with the bread seven lambs a year old without blemish, and one young bull, and two rams; they shall be a burnt offering to the LORD, with their cereal offering and their drink offerings, an offering by fire, a pleasing odor to the LORD.

19. You will also offer a goat as a sacrifice for sin, and two lambs a year old as communion sacrifice.

19. And you shall offer one male goat for a sin offering, and two male lambs a year old as a sacrifice of peace offerings.

20. The priest will present them before Yahweh with the gesture of offering, in addition to the bread of the first-fruits. These, and the two lambs, are holy things for Yahweh, and will revert to the priest.

20. And the priest shall wave them with the bread of the first fruits as a wave offering before the LORD, with the two lambs; they shall be holy to the LORD for the priest.

21. "On the same day, you will hold an assembly; for you this will be a sacred assembly; you will do no heavy work. This is a perpetual law for your descendants, wherever you live.

21. And you shall make proclamation on the same day; you shall hold a holy convocation; you shall do no laborious work: it is a statute for ever in all your dwellings throughout your generations.

22. "When you reap the harvest in your country, you will not reap to the very edges of your field, nor will you gather the gleanings of the harvest. You will leave them for the poor and the stranger. I am Yahweh your God." '

22. "And when you reap the harvest of your land, you shall not reap your field to its very border, nor shall you gather the gleanings after your harvest; you shall leave them for the poor and for the stranger: I am the LORD your God."

23. Yahweh spoke to Moses and said:

23. And the LORD said to Moses,

24. 'Speak to the Israelites and say: "The first day of the seventh month will be a day of rest for you, of remembrance and acclamation, a sacred assembly.

24. "Say to the people of Israel, In the seventh month, on the first day of the month, you shall observe a day of solemn rest, a memorial proclaimed with blast of trumpets, a holy convocation.

25. You will do no heavy work and you will offer food burnt for Yahweh." '

25. You shall do no laborious work; and you shall present an offering by fire to the LORD."

26. Yahweh spoke to Moses and said:

26. And the LORD said to Moses,

27. 'But the tenth day of this seventh month will be the Day of Expiation. You will hold a sacred assembly. You will fast and offer food burnt for Yahweh.

27. "On 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 and present an offering by fire to the LORD.

28. You will do no work that day, for it is the Day of Expiation, on which the rite of expiation will be performed for you before Yahweh your God.

28. And you shall do no work on this same day; for it is a day of atonement, to make atonement for you before the LORD your God.

29. Anyone who fails to fast that day will be outlawed from his people;

29. For whoever is not afflicted on this same day shall be cut off from his people.

30. anyone who works that day I shall eliminate from his people.

30. And whoever does any work on this same day, that person I will destroy from among his people.

31. No work will be done -- this is a perpetual law for your descendants wherever you live.

31. You shall do no work: it is a statute for ever throughout your generations in all your dwellings.

32. It must be a day of complete rest for you. You will fast; on the evening of the ninth day of the month, from this evening till the following evening, you will rest completely.'

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."

33. Yahweh spoke to Moses and said:

33. And the LORD said to Moses,

34. 'Speak to the Israelites and say: "On the fifteenth day of this seventh month there will be the feast of Shelters for Yahweh, lasting for seven days.

34. "Say to the people of Israel, On the fifteenth day of this seventh month and for seven days is the feast of booths to the LORD.

35. The first day will be a day of sacred assembly; you will do no heavy work.

35. On the first day shall be a holy convocation; you shall do no laborious work.

36. For seven days you will offer food burnt for Yahweh. On the eighth day you will hold a sacred assembly and you will offer food burnt for Yahweh. It is a day of solemn meeting; you will do no heavy work.

36. Seven days you shall present offerings by fire to the LORD; on the eighth day you shall hold a holy convocation and present an offering by fire to the LORD; it is a solemn assembly; you shall do no laborious work.

37. "These are Yahweh's solemn festivals to which you will summon the Israelites, the sacred assemblies for the purpose of offering food burnt for Yahweh, consisting of burnt offerings, cereal offerings, sacrifices and libations, each on its appropriate day,

37. "These are the appointed feasts of the LORD, which you shall proclaim as times of holy convocation, for presenting to the LORD offerings by fire, burnt offerings and cereal offerings, sacrifices and drink offerings, each on its proper day;

38. besides Yahweh's Sabbaths, and your presents and all your votive and voluntary gifts that you make to Yahweh.

38. besides the sabbaths of the LORD, and besides your gifts, and besides all your votive offerings, and besides all your freewill offerings, which you give to the LORD.

39. "But on the fifteenth day of the seventh month, when you have gathered in the produce of the land, you will celebrate the feast of Yahweh for seven days. The first and eighth days will be days of rest.

39. "On the fifteenth day of the seventh month, when you have gathered in the produce of the land, you shall keep 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. On the first day you will take choice fruit, palm branches, boughs of leafy trees and flowering shrubs from the river bank, and for seven days enjoy yourselves before Yahweh your God.

40. And you shall take on the first day the fruit of goodly trees, branches of palm trees, and boughs of leafy trees, and willows of the brook; and you shall rejoice before the LORD your God seven days.

41. You will celebrate a feast for Yahweh in this way for seven days every year. This is a perpetual law for your descendants. "You will keep this feast in the seventh month.

41. You shall keep it as a feast to the LORD seven days in the year; it is a statute for ever throughout your generations; you shall keep it in the seventh month.

42. For seven days you will live in shelters: all the citizens of Israel will live in shelters,

42. You shall dwell in booths for seven days; all that are native in Israel shall dwell in booths,

43. so that your descendants may know that I made the Israelites live in shelters when I brought them out of Egypt, I, Yahweh your God." '

43. that your 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. Moses then promulgated Yahweh's solemn festivals to the Israelites.

44. Thus Moses declared to the people of Israel the appointed feasts of the LORD.