Leviticus 23
23
1 The LORD spoke to Moses, saying, 2“Speak to the children of Israel, and tell them, ‘The set feasts of the LORD, which you shall proclaim to be holy convocations, even these are my set feasts.
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 kind of work. It is a Sabbath to the LORD in all your dwellings.
4“‘These are the set feasts of the LORD, even holy convocations, which you shall proclaim in their appointed season. 5In the first month, on the fourteenth day of the month in the evening, is the LORD’s Passover. 6On the fifteenth day of the same month is the feast of unleavened bread to the LORD. Seven days you shall eat unleavened bread. 7In the first day you shall have a holy convocation. You shall do no regular work. 8But you shall offer an offering made by fire to the LORD seven days. In the seventh day is a holy convocation. You shall do no regular work.’”
9 The LORD spoke to Moses, saying, 10“Speak to the children of Israel, and tell them, ‘When you have come into the land which I give to you, and shall reap its harvest, then you shall bring the sheaf of the first fruits of your harvest to the priest. 11He shall wave the sheaf before the LORD, to be accepted for you. On the next day after the Sabbath the priest shall wave it. 12On the day when you wave the sheaf, you shall offer a male lamb without defect a year old for a burnt offering to the LORD. 13The meal offering with it shall be two tenths of an efah#23:13 1 efah is about 22 liters or about 2/3 of a bushel of fine flour mixed with oil, an offering made by fire to the LORD for a pleasant aroma; and the drink offering with it shall be of wine, the fourth part of a hin.#23:13 A hin is about 6.5 liters or 1.7 gallons. 14You must not eat bread, or roasted grain, or fresh grain, until this same day, until you have brought the offering of your God. This is a statute forever throughout your generations in all your dwellings.
15“‘You shall count from the next day after the Sabbath, from the day that you brought the sheaf of the wave offering: seven Sabbaths shall be completed. 16The next day after the seventh Sabbath you shall count fifty days; and you shall offer a new meal offering to the LORD. 17You shall bring out of your habitations two loaves of bread for a wave offering made of two tenths of an efah#23:17 1 efah is about 22 liters or about 2/3 of a bushel of fine flour. They shall be baked with yeast, for first fruits to the LORD. 18You shall present with the bread seven lambs without defect a year old, one young bull, and two rams. They shall be a burnt offering to the LORD, with their meal offering and their drink offerings, even an offering made by fire, of a sweet aroma to the LORD. 19You shall offer one male goat for a sin offering, and two male lambs a year old for a sacrifice of peace offerings. 20The priest shall wave them with the bread of the first fruits for a wave offering before the LORD, with the two lambs. They shall be holy to the LORD for the priest. 21You shall make proclamation on the same day that there shall be a holy convocation to you. You shall do no regular work. This is a statute forever in all your dwellings throughout your generations.
22“‘When you reap the harvest of your land, you must not wholly reap into the corners of your field. You must not gather the gleanings of your harvest. You must leave them for the poor and for the foreigner. I am the LORD your God.’”
23 The LORD spoke to Moses, saying, 24“Speak to the children of Israel, saying, ‘In the seventh month, on the first day of the month, there shall be a solemn rest for you, a memorial of blowing of shofars#23:24 or, trumpets, a holy convocation. 25You shall do no regular work. You shall offer an offering made by fire to the LORD.’”
26 The LORD spoke to Moses, saying, 27“However on the tenth day of this seventh month is Yom Kippur. It shall be a holy convocation to you. You shall afflict yourselves and you shall offer an offering made by fire to the LORD. 28You shall do no kind of work in that same day, for it is Yom Kippur#23:28 a day of atonement, to make atonement for you before the LORD your God. 29For whoever it is who shall not deny himself in that same day shall be cut off from his people. 30Whoever does any kind of work in that same day, I will destroy that person from among his people. 31You shall do no kind of work: it is a statute forever throughout your generations in all your dwellings. 32It shall be a Sabbath of solemn rest for you, and you shall deny yourselves. In the ninth day of the month at evening, from evening to evening, you shall keep your Sabbath.”
33 The LORD spoke to Moses, saying, 34“Speak to the children of Israel, and say, ‘On the fifteenth day of this seventh month is the feast of booths#23:34 or, feast of booths, or Succoth for seven days to the LORD. 35On the first day shall be a holy convocation. You shall do no regular work. 36Seven days you shall offer an offering made by fire to the LORD. On the eighth day shall be a holy convocation to you. You shall offer an offering made by fire to the LORD. It is a solemn assembly; you shall do no regular work.
37“‘These are the appointed feasts of the LORD which you shall proclaim to be holy convocations, to offer an offering made by fire to the LORD, a burnt offering, a meal offering, a sacrifice, and drink offerings, each on its own day— 38in addition to the Sabbaths of the LORD, and in addition to your gifts, and in addition to all your vows, and in addition to all your free will offerings, which you give to the LORD.
39“‘So on the fifteenth day of the seventh month, when you have gathered in the fruits 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. 40You shall take on the first day the fruit of majestic trees, branches of palm trees, and boughs of thick trees, and willows of the brook; and you shall rejoice before the LORD your God seven days. 41You shall keep it as a feast to the LORD seven days in the year. It is a statute forever throughout your generations. You shall keep it in the seventh month. 42You shall dwell in temporary shelters#23:42 or, booths for seven days. All who are native-born in Israel shall dwell in temporary shelters,#23:42 or, booths 43that your generations may know that I made the children of Israel to dwell in temporary shelters#23:43 or, booths when I brought them out of the land of Egypt. I am the LORD your God.’”
44 So Moses declared to the children of Israel the appointed feasts of the LORD.
Currently Selected:
Leviticus 23: WMB
Highlight
Share
Copy
Want to have your highlights saved across all your devices? Sign up or sign in
PUBLIC DOMAIN
Leviticus 23
23
Holy Days
1The Lord spoke to Moses: 2“Speak to the Israelites and tell them: These are my appointed times,#Lv 23:37,44; Nm 10:10; 2Ch 2:3; Ezr 3:5 the times of the Lord that you will proclaim as sacred assemblies.#Ex 12:16; Lv 23:21,24,27,35–37; Nm 28:18,25–26; 29:1,7,12
3“Work may be done for six days, but on the seventh day there is to be a Sabbath of complete rest,#Ex 31:15; 35:2; Lv 16:31; 23:32; 25:4 a sacred assembly. You are not to do any work; it is a Sabbath#Gn 2:2–3 to the Lord wherever you live.
4“These are the Lord’s appointed times, the sacred assemblies you are to proclaim at their appointed times. 5The Passover#Ex 12:11 to the Lord comes in the first month, at twilight on the fourteenth day of the month. 6The Festival of Unleavened Bread#Ex 12:17 to the Lord is on the fifteenth day of the same month. For seven days you must eat unleavened bread. 7On the first day you are to hold a sacred assembly; you are not to do any daily work. 8You are to present a food offering to the Lord for seven days. On the seventh day there will be a sacred assembly; do not do any daily work.”
9The Lord spoke to Moses: 10“Speak to the Israelites and tell them: When you enter the land I am giving you and reap its harvest,#23:10 = the barley harvest you are to bring the first sheaf of your harvest to the priest. 11He will present the sheaf before the Lord so that you may be accepted; the priest is to present it on the day after the Sabbath. 12On the day you present the sheaf, you are to offer a year-old male lamb#23:12 Or a male lamb in its first year without blemish#Ex 29:1 as a burnt offering to the Lord. 13Its grain offering is to be four quarts#23:13 Lit two-tenths of an ephah, also in v. 17 of fine flour mixed with oil as a food offering to the Lord, a pleasing aroma, and its drink offering will be one quart#23:13 Lit one-fourth of a hin of wine. 14You must not eat bread, roasted grain, or any new grain#23:14 Grain or bread from the new harvest until this very day, and until you have brought the offering to your God. This is to be a permanent statute throughout your generations wherever you live.
15“You are to count seven#23:15 Lit count; they will be seven complete weeks#23:15 Or Sabbaths#Ex 34:22; Nm 28:26; Dt 16:10; Ac 2:1 starting from the day after the Sabbath, the day you brought the sheaf of the presentation offering.#Ex 29:24 16You are to count fifty days until the day after the seventh Sabbath and then present an offering of new grain to the Lord. 17Bring two loaves of bread from your settlements as a presentation offering, each of them made from four quarts of fine flour, baked with yeast, as firstfruits#Lv 2:12; 1Co 15:20; Rv 14:4 to the Lord. 18You are to present with the bread seven unblemished male lambs a year old, one young bull, and two rams. They will be a burnt offering to the Lord, with their grain offerings and drink offerings, a food offering, a pleasing aroma to the Lord. 19You are also to prepare one male goat as a sin offering, and two male lambs a year old as a fellowship sacrifice. 20The priest will present the lambs with the bread of firstfruits as a presentation offering before the Lord; the bread and the two lambs will be holy to the Lord for the priest. 21On that same day you are to make a proclamation and hold a sacred assembly. You are not to do any daily work. This is to be a permanent statute wherever you live throughout your generations. 22When you reap the harvest of your land, you are not to reap all the way to the edge of your field or gather the gleanings of your harvest. Leave them for the poor and the resident alien;#Ex 2:22; Lv 19:9–10; Ac 6:1; 11:29 I am the Lord your God.”
23The Lord spoke to Moses: 24“Tell the Israelites: In the seventh month, on the first day of the month, you are to have a day of complete rest, commemoration, and trumpet blasts#Lv 25:9; Nm 5:15 — a sacred assembly.#Nm 29:1; Ps 81:3 25You must not do any daily work, but you must present a food offering to the Lord.”
26The Lord again spoke to Moses: 27“The tenth day of this seventh month is the Day of Atonement.#Ex 30:10; Lv 16:29–30; 25:9; Nm 29:7–11 You are to hold a sacred assembly and practice self-denial;#Ac 27:9 you are to present a food offering to the Lord. 28On this particular day you are not to do any work, for it is a Day of Atonement to make atonement for yourselves before the Lord your God. 29If any person does not practice self-denial on this particular day, he is to be cut off from his people. 30I will destroy among his people anyone who does any work on this same day. 31You are not to do any work. This is a permanent statute throughout your generations wherever you live. 32It will be a Sabbath of complete rest for you, and you must practice self-denial. You are to observe your Sabbath from the evening of the ninth day of the month until the following evening.”
33The Lord spoke to Moses: 34“Tell the Israelites: The Festival of Shelters#23:34 Or Tabernacles, or Booths#Ex 23:16; Jn 7:37 to the Lord begins on the fifteenth day of this seventh month and continues for seven days. 35There is to be a sacred assembly on the first day; you are not to do any daily work. 36You are to present a food offering to the Lord for seven days. On the eighth day you are to hold a sacred assembly and present a food offering to the Lord. It is a solemn assembly;#Nm 29:35 you are not to do any daily work.
37“These are the Lord’s appointed times that you are to proclaim as sacred assemblies for presenting food offerings to the Lord, burnt offerings and grain offerings, sacrifices and drink offerings, each on its designated day. 38These are in addition to the offerings for the Lord’s Sabbaths, your gifts, all your vow offerings, and all your freewill offerings that you give to the Lord.
39“You are to celebrate the Lord’s festival on the fifteenth day of the seventh month for seven days after you have gathered the produce of the land. There will be complete rest on the first day and complete rest on the eighth day. 40On the first day you are to take the product#Gn 1:11 of majestic trees — palm fronds,#Ex 15:27; Nm 33:9; Jdg 4:5; Neh 8:15; Ps 92:12; Sg 7:8–9; Jl 1:12; Rv 7:9 boughs of leafy trees,#Neh 8:15; Ezk 6:13; 20:28 and willows of the brook#Jb 40:22; Is 44:4 — and rejoice before the Lord your God for seven days. 41You are to celebrate it as a festival to the Lord seven days each year. This is a permanent statute for you throughout your generations; celebrate it in the seventh month. 42You are to live in shelters#Gn 33:17; Dt 16:13,16; 31:10; Neh 8:14–17; Am 9:11; Jnh 4:5 for seven days. All the native-born of Israel must live in shelters, 43so that your generations may know that I made the Israelites live in shelters when I brought them out of the land of Egypt; I am the Lord your God.” 44So Moses declared the Lord’s appointed times to the Israelites.
Currently Selected:
:
Highlight
Share
Copy
Want to have your highlights saved across all your devices? Sign up or sign in
© 2017 Holman Bible Publishers