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The Third Book of Moses: Leviticus

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- Chapter 23 -

(Exodus 23:14–19)
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And YHWH speaks to Moses, saying,
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“Speak to the sons of Israel, and you have said to them: Appointed times of YHWH, which you proclaim [as] holy convocations, these [are] My appointed times.
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[For] six days work is done, and in the seventh day [is] a Sabbath of rest, a holy convocation; you do no work; it [is] a Sabbath to YHWH in all your dwellings.

Passover and the Feast of Unleavened Bread

(Exodus 12:14–28; Numbers 28:16–25; Deuteronomy 16:1–8)
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These [are] appointed times of YHWH, holy convocations, which you proclaim in their appointed times:
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in the first month, on the fourteenth of the month, between the evenings, [is] the Passover to YHWH;
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and on the fifteenth day of this month [is] the Celebration of Unleavened Things to YHWH; [for] seven days you eat unleavened things;
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on the first day you have a holy convocation, you do no servile work;
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and you have brought a fire-offering near to YHWH [for] seven days; in the seventh day [is] a holy convocation; you do no servile work.”

The Feast of Firstfruits

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And YHWH speaks to Moses, saying,
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“Speak to the sons of Israel, and you have said to them: When you come into the land which I am giving to you, and have reaped its harvest, and have brought in the sheaf, the beginning of your harvest to the priest,
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then he has waved the sheaf before YHWH for your acceptance; on the next day of the Sabbath the priest waves it.
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And you have prepared a lamb, a perfect one, a son of a year, in the day of your waving the sheaf for a burnt-offering to YHWH,
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and its present [is] two-tenth parts of flour mixed with oil, a fire-offering to YHWH, a refreshing fragrance, and its drink-offering [is] a fourth of the hin of wine.
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And you do not eat bread and roasted grain and full ears until this very day, until your bringing in the offering of your God—a continuous statute throughout your generations, in all your dwellings.

The Feast of Weeks

(Acts 2:1–13)
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And you have numbered for yourselves from the day after the Sabbath, from the day of your bringing in the sheaf of the wave-offering: they are seven perfect Sabbaths;
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you number fifty days to the day after the seventh Sabbath, and you have brought a new present near to YHWH;
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you bring in two [loaves] of bread out of your dwellings [for] a wave-offering; they are of two-tenth parts of flour; they are baked [with] yeast—first-[fruits] to YHWH.
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And you have brought near, besides the bread, seven lambs, perfect ones, sons of a year, and one bullock, a son of the herd, and two rams; they are a burnt-offering to YHWH, with their present and their drink-offerings, a fire-offering of refreshing fragrance to YHWH.
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And you have prepared one kid of the goats for a sin-offering, and two lambs, sons of a year, for a sacrifice of peace-offerings,
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and the priest has waved them, besides the bread of the first-[fruits], [as] a wave-offering before YHWH, besides the two lambs; they are holy to YHWH for the priest;
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and you have proclaimed in this very day [that] it is a holy convocation for yourselves, you do no servile work—a continuous statute in all your dwellings, throughout your generations.
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And in your reaping the harvest of your land you do not complete the corner of your field in your reaping, and you do not gather the gleaning of your harvest, you leave them for the poor and for the sojourner; I [am] your God YHWH.”

The Feast of Trumpets

(Numbers 29:1–6)
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And YHWH speaks to Moses, saying,
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“Speak to the sons of Israel, saying, In the seventh month, on the first of the month, you have a Sabbath, a memorial of shouting, a holy convocation;
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you do no servile work, and you have brought a fire-offering near to YHWH.”

The Day of Atonement

(Leviticus 16:1–34; Numbers 29:7–11)
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And YHWH speaks to Moses, saying,
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“Only—on the tenth of this seventh month is the Day of Atonements; you have a holy convocation, and you have humbled yourselves, and have brought a fire-offering near to YHWH;
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and you do no work in this very day, for it is a day of atonements, to make atonement for you, before your God YHWH.
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For any person who is not humbled in this very day has even been cut off from his people;
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and any person who does any work in this very day, I have even destroyed that person from the midst of his people;
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you do no work—a continuous statute throughout your generations in all your dwellings.
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It [is] a Sabbath of rest for yourselves, and you have humbled yourselves in the ninth of the month at evening; you keep your Sabbath from evening until evening.”

The Feast of Tabernacles

(Nehemiah 8:13–18; Zechariah 14:16–21)
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And YHWH speaks to Moses, saying,
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“Speak to the sons of Israel, saying, In the fifteenth day of this seventh month [is the] Celebration of Shelters [for] seven days to YHWH;
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the first day [is] a holy convocation, you do no servile work;
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[for] seven days you bring a fire-offering near to YHWH, on the eighth day you have a holy convocation, and you have brought a fire-offering near to YHWH; it [is] a restraint, you do no servile work.
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These [are] appointed times of YHWH, which you proclaim [as] holy convocations, to bring a fire-offering near to YHWH, a burnt-offering, and a present, a sacrifice, and drink-offerings, a thing of a day in its day,
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apart from the Sabbaths of YHWH, and apart from your gifts, and apart from all your vows, and apart from all your willing-offerings, which you give to YHWH.
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Only—on the fifteenth day of the seventh month, in your gathering the increase of the land, you keep the celebration of YHWH [for] seven days; on the first day [is] a Sabbath, and on the eighth day a Sabbath;
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and you have taken for yourselves on the first day the fruit of beautiful trees, branches of palms, and boughs of thick trees, and willows of a brook, and have rejoiced before your God YHWH [for] seven days.
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And you have kept it [as] a celebration to YHWH, seven days in a year—a continuous statute throughout your generations; in the seventh month you keep it [as] a celebration.
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You dwell in shelters [for] seven days; all who are natives in Israel dwell in shelters,
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so that your generations know that I caused the sons of Israel to dwell in shelters in My bringing them out of the land of Egypt; I [am] your God YHWH.”
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And Moses speaks to the sons of Israel [concerning] the appointed times of YHWH.
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(Exodus 23:14–19)
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The LORD spoke to Moses, saying,
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“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.
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“‘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.

Passover and the Feast of Unleavened Bread

(Exodus 12:14–28; Numbers 28:16–25; Deuteronomy 16:1–8)
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“‘These are the set feasts of the LORD, even holy convocations, which you shall proclaim in their appointed season.
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In the first month, on the fourteenth day of the month in the evening, is the LORD’s Passover.
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On the fifteenth day of the same month is the feast of unleavened bread to the LORD. Seven days you shall eat unleavened bread.
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In the first day you shall have a holy convocation. You shall do no regular work.
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But 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.’”

The Feast of Firstfruits

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The LORD spoke to Moses, saying,
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“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.
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He shall wave the sheaf before the LORD, to be accepted for you. On the next day after the Sabbath the priest shall wave it.
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On 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.
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The meal offering with it shall be two tenths of an ephah(a) 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.(b)
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You 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.

The Feast of Weeks

(Acts 2:1–13)
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“‘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.
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The next day after the seventh Sabbath you shall count fifty days; and you shall offer a new meal offering to the LORD.
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You shall bring out of your habitations two loaves of bread for a wave offering made of two tenths of an ephah(c) of fine flour. They shall be baked with yeast, for first fruits to the LORD.
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You 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.
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You shall offer one male goat for a sin offering, and two male lambs a year old for a sacrifice of peace offerings.
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The 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.
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You 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.
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“‘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.’”

The Feast of Trumpets

(Numbers 29:1–6)
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The LORD spoke to Moses, saying,
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“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 trumpets, a holy convocation.
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You shall do no regular work. You shall offer an offering made by fire to the LORD.’”

The Day of Atonement

(Leviticus 16:1–34; Numbers 29:7–11)
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The LORD spoke to Moses, saying,
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“However on the tenth day of this seventh month is the day of atonement. It shall be a holy convocation to you. You shall afflict yourselves and you shall offer an offering made by fire to the LORD.
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You shall do no kind of work in that same day, for it is a day of atonement, to make atonement for you before the LORD your God.
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For whoever it is who shall not deny himself in that same day shall be cut off from his people.
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Whoever does any kind of work in that same day, I will destroy that person from among his people.
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You shall do no kind of work: it is a statute forever throughout your generations in all your dwellings.
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It 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.”

The Feast of Tabernacles

(Nehemiah 8:13–18; Zechariah 14:16–21)
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The LORD spoke to Moses, saying,
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“Speak to the children of Israel, and say, ‘On the fifteenth day of this seventh month is the feast of booths (d) for seven days to the LORD.
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On the first day shall be a holy convocation. You shall do no regular work.
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Seven 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.
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“‘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—
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in 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.
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“‘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.
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You 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.
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You 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.
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You shall dwell in temporary shelters (e) for seven days. All who are native-born in Israel shall dwell in temporary shelters,(f)
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that your generations may know that I made the children of Israel to dwell in temporary shelters (g) when I brought them out of the land of Egypt. I am the LORD your God.’”
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So Moses declared to the children of Israel the appointed feasts of the LORD.

Footnotes

(a)23:13 1 ephah is about 22 liters or about 2/3 of a bushel
(b)23:13 A hin is about 6.5 liters or 1.7 gallons.
(c)23:17 1 ephah is about 22 liters or about 2/3 of a bushel
(d)23:34 or, feast of tents, or Succoth
(e)23:42 or, booths
(f)23:42 or, booths
(g)23:43 or, booths
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