Leviticus 23:1-22

Legacy Standard Bible

Yahweh’s Appointed Times

23 And Yahweh spoke again to Moses, saying, ² “Speak to the sons of Israel and say to them, ‘^(A)The appointed times of Yahweh which you shall ^(B)proclaim as holy convocations—My appointed times are these:

The Sabbath

³ ‘^(C)For six days work may be done, but on the seventh day there is a sabbath of complete rest, a holy convocation. You shall not do any work; it is a sabbath to Yahweh in all your places of habitation.

The Passover

⁴ ‘These are the ^(D)appointed times of Yahweh, holy convocations which you shall proclaim at the times appointed for them. ^5 (E)In the first month, on the fourteenth day of the month ^[a]at twilight is the Passover of Yahweh. ⁶ Then on the fifteenth day of the same month there is the ^(F)Feast of Unleavened Bread to Yahweh; for seven days you shall eat unleavened bread. ⁷ On the first day you shall have a holy convocation; you shall ^(G)not do any laborious work. ⁸ But for seven days you shall bring near an offering by fire to Yahweh. On the seventh day is a holy convocation; you shall not do any laborious work.’”

The Feast of the Harvest

⁹ Then Yahweh spoke to Moses, saying, ¹⁰ “Speak to the sons of Israel and say to them, ‘When you enter the land which I am going to give to you and ^(H)reap its harvest, then you shall bring in the sheaf of the first fruits of your harvest to the priest. ¹¹ And he shall wave the sheaf before Yahweh for you to be accepted; on the day after the sabbath the priest shall wave it. ¹² Now on the day when you wave the sheaf, you shall offer a male lamb one year old without blemish for a burnt offering to Yahweh. ¹³ Its ^(I)grain offering shall then be two-tenths of an ^[b]ephah of fine flour mixed with oil, an offering by fire to Yahweh for a soothing aroma, with its drink offering, a fourth of a ^[c]hin of wine. ¹⁴ Until this same day, until you have brought in the offering of your God, ^(J)you shall eat neither bread nor roasted grain nor new growth. It is to be a perpetual statute throughout your generations in all your places of habitation.

The Feast of Weeks

¹⁵ ‘^(K)You shall also count for yourselves from the day after the sabbath, from the day when you brought in the sheaf of the wave offering; there shall be seven complete sabbaths. ¹⁶ You shall count fifty days to the day after the seventh sabbath; then you shall bring a ^(L)new grain offering near to Yahweh. ¹⁷ You shall bring in from your places of habitation two loaves of bread for a wave offering, made of two-tenths of an ^[d]ephah; they shall be of a fine flour, baked ^(M)with leaven as first fruits to Yahweh. ¹⁸ Along with the bread you shall bring near seven one year old male lambs without blemish and a bull from the herd and two rams; they shall be a burnt offering to Yahweh, with their grain offering and their drink offerings, an offering by fire of a soothing aroma to Yahweh. ¹⁹ You shall also offer ^(N)one male goat for a sin offering and two male lambs one year old for a sacrifice of peace offerings. ²⁰ The priest shall then wave them with the bread of the first fruits for a wave offering with two lambs before Yahweh; they shall be holy to Yahweh for the priest. ²¹ On this same day you shall ^(O)make a proclamation as well; it shall be a holy convocation for you. You shall do no laborious ^(P)work. It is to be a perpetual statute in all your places of habitation throughout your generations.

²² ‘^(Q)When you reap the harvest of your land, moreover, you shall not reap to the very corners of your field nor gather the gleaning of your harvest; you are to leave them for the afflicted and the sojourner. I am Yahweh your God.’”