1The Lord said to Moses,2‘Speak to the Israelites and say to them: “These are my appointed festivals, the appointed festivals of the Lord, which you are to proclaim as sacred assemblies.3‘ “There are six days when you may work, but the seventh day is a day of sabbath rest, a day of sacred assembly. You are not to do any work; wherever you live, it is a sabbath to the Lord.
The Sabbath The Passover and the Festival of Unleavened Bread
4‘ “These are the Lord’s appointed festivals, the sacred assemblies you are to proclaim at their appointed times:5the Lord’s Passover begins at twilight on the fourteenth day of the first month.6On the fifteenth day of that month the Lord’s Festival of Unleavened Bread begins; for seven days you must eat bread made without yeast.7On the first day hold a sacred assembly and do not do any of your ordinary work.8For seven days present a food offering to the Lord. And on the seventh day hold a sacred assembly and do not do any of your ordinary work.” ’
Offering the Firstfruits
9The Lord said to Moses,10‘Speak to the Israelites and say to them: “When you enter the land I am going to give you and you reap its harvest, bring to the priest a sheaf of the first grain you harvest.11He is to wave the sheaf before the Lord so it will be accepted on your behalf; the priest is to wave it on the day after the Sabbath.12On the day you wave the sheaf, you must sacrifice as a burnt offering to the Lord a lamb a year old without defect,13together with its grain offering of one-fifth of an ephah[1] of the finest flour mixed with olive oil – a food offering presented to the Lord, a pleasing aroma – and its drink offering of a quarter of a hin[2] of wine.14You must not eat any bread, or roasted or new grain, until the very day you bring this offering to your God. This is to be a lasting ordinance for the generations to come, wherever you live.
The Festival of Weeks
15‘ “From the day after the Sabbath, the day you brought the sheaf of the wave offering, count seven full weeks.16Count fifty days up to the day after the seventh Sabbath, and then present an offering of new grain to the Lord.17From wherever you live, bring two loaves made of one-fifth of an ephah of the finest flour, baked with yeast, as a wave offering of firstfruits to the Lord.18Present with this bread seven male lambs, each a year old and without defect, one young bull and two rams. They will be a burnt offering to the Lord, together with their grain offerings and drink offerings – a food offering, an aroma pleasing to the Lord.19Then sacrifice one male goat for a sin offering[3] and two lambs, each a year old, for a fellowship offering.20The priest is to wave the two lambs before the Lord as a wave offering, together with the bread of the firstfruits. They are a sacred offering to the Lord for the priest.21On that same day you are to proclaim a sacred assembly and not do any ordinary work. This is to be a lasting ordinance for the generations to come, wherever you live.22‘ “When you reap the harvest of your land, do not reap to the very edges of your field or gather the gleanings of your harvest. Leave them for the poor and for the foreigner residing among you. I am the Lord your God.” ’
The Festival of Trumpets
23The Lord said to Moses,24‘Say to the Israelites: “On the first day of the seventh month you are to have a day of sabbath rest, a sacred assembly commemorated with trumpet blasts.25Do not do any of your ordinary work, but present a food offering to the Lord.” ’
The Day of Atonement
26The Lord said to Moses,27‘The tenth day of this seventh month is the Day of Atonement. Hold a sacred assembly and deny yourselves,[4] and present a food offering to the Lord.28Do not do any work on that day, because it is the Day of Atonement, when atonement is made for you before the Lord your God.29Those who do not deny themselves on that day must be cut off from their people.30I will destroy from among their people anyone who does any work on that day.31You shall do no work at all. This is to be a lasting ordinance for the generations to come, wherever you live.32It is a day of sabbath rest for you, and you must deny yourselves. From the evening of the ninth day of the month until the following evening you are to observe your sabbath.’
The Festival of Tabernacles
33The Lord said to Moses,34‘Say to the Israelites: “On the fifteenth day of the seventh month the Lord’s Festival of Tabernacles begins, and it lasts for seven days.35The first day is a sacred assembly; do not do any of your ordinary work.36For seven days present food offerings to the Lord, and on the eighth day hold a sacred assembly and present a food offering to the Lord. It is the closing special assembly; do not do any of your ordinary work.37(‘ “These are the Lord’s appointed festivals, which you are to proclaim as sacred assemblies for bringing food offerings to the Lord – the burnt offerings and grain offerings, sacrifices and drink offerings required for each day.38These offerings are in addition to those for the Lord’s Sabbaths and[5] in addition to your gifts and whatever you have vowed and all the freewill offerings you give to the Lord.)39‘ “So beginning with the fifteenth day of the seventh month, after you have gathered the crops of the land, celebrate the festival to the Lord for seven days; the first day is a day of sabbath rest, and the eighth day also is a day of sabbath rest.40On the first day you are to take branches from luxuriant trees – from palms, willows and other leafy trees – and rejoice before the Lord your God for seven days.41Celebrate this as a festival to the Lord for seven days each year. This is to be a lasting ordinance for the generations to come; celebrate it in the seventh month.42Live in temporary shelters for seven days: all native-born Israelites are to live in such shelters43so that your descendants will know that I made the Israelites live in temporary shelters when I brought them out of Egypt. I am the Lord your God.” ’44So Moses announced to the Israelites the appointed festivals 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)