1The LORD said to Moses,2‘Speak to the Israelites. Tell them, “Here are my appointed feast days. They are the appointed feast days of the LORD. Tell the people that they must come together for these sacred assemblies.3‘ “There are six days when you can work. But the seventh day is a day of sabbath rest. You must rest on it. Come together on that sacred day. You must not do any work on it. No matter where you live, it is a Sabbath day to honour the LORD.
The Sabbath day Passover and unleavened bread
4‘ “Here are the LORD’s appointed feasts. Tell the people that they must come together for these sacred gatherings at their appointed times.5The LORD’s Passover begins when the sun goes down on the 14th day of the first month.6The LORD’s Feast of Unleavened Bread begins on the 15th day of that month. For seven days you must eat bread made without yeast.7On the first day you must come together for a special service. Do not do any regular work on that day.8On each of the seven days bring a food offering to the LORD. On the seventh day come together for a special service. Do not do any regular work on that day.” ’
The first share of Israel’s crops belongs to the Lord
9The LORD said to Moses,10‘Speak to the Israelites. Tell them, “When you enter the land I am going to give you, bring an offering to the LORD. Gather your crops. Bring the first bundle of corn to the priest.11He must lift up the corn and wave it in front of the LORD. Then the LORD will accept it from you. The priest must wave it on the day after the Sabbath.12On the day he waves the corn for you, you must sacrifice a burnt offering to me. It must be a lamb that does not have any flaws. It must be a year old.13You must bring it together with its grain offering. The grain offering must be 3 kilograms of the finest flour. Mix it with olive oil. It is a food offering presented to the LORD. It has a pleasant smell. You must offer a drink offering along with the burnt offering. It must be a litre of wine.14You must not eat any bread until the day you bring your offering to the LORD your God. You must not eat any cooked corn or any of your first corn until that time. This is a law that will last for all time to come. It applies no matter where you live.
The Feast of Weeks
15‘ “The day you brought the corn for the wave offering was the day after the Sabbath. Count seven full weeks from that day.16Count 50 days up to the day after the seventh Sabbath. On that day bring to the LORD an offering of your first corn.17Bring two loaves of bread that are made with 3 kilograms of the finest flour. They must be baked with yeast. Bring them to me as a wave offering from the first share of your crops. That applies no matter where you live.18Together with the bread, bring seven male lambs. Each lamb must be a year old. It must not have any flaws. Also bring one young bull and two rams. They will be a burnt offering to the LORD. They will be offered together with their grain offerings and drink offerings. They are food offerings. Their smell pleases the LORD.19Then sacrifice one male goat for a sin offering. Also sacrifice two lambs for a friendship offering. Each of the lambs must be a year old.20The priest must lift up the two lambs and wave them in front of me as a wave offering. He must offer them together with the bread made out of the first share of your crops. They are a sacred offering to the LORD. They will be given to the priest.21On that same day tell the people that they must come together for a special worship service. They must not do any regular work. That is a law that will last for all time to come. It applies no matter where you live.22‘ “Suppose you are gathering your crops. Then do not harvest all the way to the edges of your field. And do not pick up the corn you missed. Leave some for the poor people and the outsiders who live among you. I am the LORD your God.” ’
The Feast of Trumpets
23The LORD said to Moses,24‘Say to the Israelites, “On the first day of the seventh month you must have a day of sabbath rest. It must be a special service announced with trumpet blasts.25Do not do any regular work on that day. Instead, bring a food offering to the LORD.” ’
The day when sin is paid for
26The LORD spoke to Moses. He said,27‘The tenth day of the seventh month is the day when sin is paid for. Come together for a special service. Do not eat any food. Bring a food offering to the LORD.28Do not do any work on that day. It is the day when sin is paid for. On that day your sin will be paid for in my sight. I am the LORD your God.29Suppose you do eat food on that day. Then you will be separated from your people.30I will destroy anyone among your people who does any work on that day.31You must not do any work at all. This is a law that will last for all time to come. It applies no matter where you live.32That day is a day of sabbath rest for you. You must rest on it. You must not eat anything on that day. You must follow the rules of the sabbath rest. Follow them from the evening of the ninth day of the month until the following evening.’
The Feast of Booths
33The LORD said to Moses,34‘Say to the Israelites, “On the 15th day of the seventh month the LORD’s Feast of Booths begins. It lasts for seven days.35On the first day you must come together for a special service. Do not do any regular work on that day.36On each of the seven days bring a food offering to the LORD. On the eighth day come together for a special service. Bring a food offering to the LORD. That special service is the closing service. Do not do any regular work on that day.37‘ “These are the LORD’s appointed feasts. Tell the people that they must come together for these sacred assemblies. During those times, the people must bring food offerings to the LORD. They are burnt offerings and grain offerings. They are sacrifices and drink offerings. Each offering must be brought at its required time.38The offerings are in addition to those of the days of sabbath rest. The offerings are also in addition to your gifts and anything you have promised. They are also in addition to all the offerings you choose to give to the LORD.39‘ “Begin with the 15th day of the seventh month. That is after you have gathered your crops. On that day celebrate the LORD’s Feast of Booths for seven days. The first day is a day of rest. The eighth day is also a day of rest.40On the first day you must get branches from palms, willows and other leafy trees. You must be filled with joy in front of the LORD your God for seven days.41Celebrate the LORD’s Feast of Booths for seven days each year. This is a law that will last for all time to come. Celebrate the feast in the seventh month.42Live in booths for seven days. All the Israelites must live in booths.43Then your children after you will know that I made the Israelites live in booths. I made them do it after I brought them out of Egypt. I am the LORD your God.” ’44So Moses announced to the Israelites the appointed feasts of the LORD.
Leviticus 23
English Standard Version
Feasts of the Lord
1The Lord spoke to Moses, saying,2“Speak to the people of Israel and say to them, These are the appointed feasts of the Lord that you shall proclaim as holy convocations; they are my appointed feasts. (Ex 12:16; Ex 23:14; Le 23:4; Le 23:37; Nu 10:10; Nu 29:39; Ps 81:3; Joe 2:15)
The Sabbath
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 dwelling places. (Ex 20:8; Ex 23:12; Ex 31:15; Ex 34:21; Le 19:3; De 5:12; Lu 13:14)
The Passover
4“These are the appointed feasts of the Lord, the holy convocations, which you shall proclaim at the time appointed for them. (Ex 12:16; Le 23:2)5In the first month, on the fourteenth day of the month at twilight,[1] is the Lord’s Passover. (Ex 12:2; Ex 13:3; Ex 13:10; Ex 23:15; Ex 34:18; Nu 9:2; Nu 9:10; Nu 28:16; De 16:1; Jos 5:10; 2Ki 23:21; 2Ch 30:2; 2Ch 30:13; 2Ch 30:15; Ezr 6:19)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.7On the first day you shall have a holy convocation; you shall not do any ordinary work. (Ex 12:16; Nu 28:18; Nu 28:25)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,10“Speak to the people of Israel and say to them, When you come into the land that I give you and reap its harvest, you shall bring the sheaf of the firstfruits of your harvest to the priest, (Ex 23:19; Ex 34:26; Le 23:17; Nu 15:18; Nu 28:26; De 26:1)11and he shall wave the sheaf before the Lord, so that you may be accepted. On the day after the Sabbath the priest shall wave it. (Ex 29:24; Le 23:15; Le 23:20)12And 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. (Le 1:10; Le 23:11)13And the grain offering with it shall be two tenths of an ephah[2] of fine flour mixed with oil, a food offering to the Lord with a pleasing aroma, and the drink offering with it shall be of wine, a fourth of a hin.[3] (Ex 29:40; Le 2:14)14And 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 forever throughout your generations in all your dwellings. (Le 2:14)
The Feast of Weeks
15“You shall count seven full weeks from the day after the Sabbath, from the day that you brought the sheaf of the wave offering. (Ex 34:22; Le 23:11; De 16:9)16You shall count fifty days to the day after the seventh Sabbath. Then you shall present a grain offering of new grain to the Lord. (Nu 28:26; Ac 2:1)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 firstfruits to the Lord. (Le 23:10)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 male goat for a sin offering, and two male lambs a year old as a sacrifice of peace offerings. (Le 3:1; Le 4:23; Le 4:28; Nu 28:30)20And the priest shall wave them with the bread of the firstfruits as a wave offering before the Lord, with the two lambs. They shall be holy to the Lord for the priest. (Le 23:11; Nu 18:12; De 18:4)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 when 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.” (Le 19:9; De 24:19; Ru 2:2)
The Feast of Trumpets
23And the Lord spoke to Moses, saying,24“Speak to the people of Israel, saying, 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. (Le 25:9; Nu 29:1)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,27“Now 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[4] and present a food offering to the Lord. (Le 16:29; Nu 29:7)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[5] on that very day shall be cut off from his people. (Ex 30:33)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,34“Speak to the people of Israel, saying, On the fifteenth day of this seventh month and for seven days is the Feast of Booths[6] to the Lord. (Nu 29:12; De 16:13; Ezr 3:4; Ne 8:14; Eze 45:25; Ho 12:9; Zec 14:16; Joh 7:2)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. On the eighth day you shall hold a holy convocation and present a food offering to the Lord. It is a solemn assembly; you shall not do any ordinary work. (Nu 29:35; De 16:8; 2Ki 10:20; 2Ch 7:9; Ne 8:18; Isa 1:13; Joe 1:14; Joe 2:15; Am 5:21; Joh 7:37)37“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, (Le 23:2; Le 23:4)38besides 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. (Nu 29:39)39“On the fifteenth day of the seventh month, when you have gathered 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. (Ex 23:16; De 16:13)40And you 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 you shall rejoice before the Lord your God seven days. (De 16:14; Ne 8:14)41You 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. (Nu 29:12)42You shall dwell in booths for seven days. All native Israelites shall dwell in booths, (Ne 8:14)43that 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.” (De 31:10)44Thus Moses declared to the people of Israel the appointed feasts of the Lord. (Le 23:2)