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利未记 23
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有关节期的条例

23 耶和华对摩西说： 2 “你要告诉以色列人，以下是耶和华所定的节期，你们要宣布这些节期为举行圣会的日子。

安息日

3 “你们一周可以工作六天，但第七天是安息日，你们要休息，举行圣会。不可做任何工，无论你们住在哪里，都要守耶和华的安息日。

4 “以下是耶和华所定的节期，你们要在这些日子召开圣会。

逾越节和无酵节

5 “一月十四日从黄昏开始是耶和华的逾越节。 6 从一月十五日开始是耶和华的无酵节，一连七天你们必须吃无酵饼。 7 在无酵节的第一天，你们要举行圣会，不可做日常工作。 8 这七天你们要献火祭给耶和华。第七天，你们要举行圣会，不可做日常工作。”

初熟节

9 耶和华对摩西说： 10 “你把以下条例告诉以色列人。

“你们进入耶和华将要赐给你们的那片土地以后，每逢庄稼初熟之时，你们要带一捆初熟的谷物交给祭司。 11 祭司要在安息日后第一天把那捆谷物在耶和华面前摇一摇，你们所献的就会得到悦纳。 12 在献谷物那天，你们要献给耶和华一只毫无残疾、一岁的公羊羔作燔祭， 13 同时要把两公斤调油的细面粉作素祭，一起献给耶和华作馨香的火祭，也要献一升酒作奠祭。 14 你们必须先将这些祭物献给你们的上帝后，才可以吃饼、烘烤的谷物和新鲜穗子。不论住在哪里，你们都要世代遵守这永远不变的律例。

五旬节

15 “从安息日后第一天，即你们献上摇祭的那天算起，你们要数整整七周， 16 一直数到第七个安息日后的第一天，共五十天。到那天，你们要把新收的谷物作为素祭献给耶和华。 17 你们要用两公斤细面粉加上酵，烤成两个饼作摇祭，从你们居住的地方带来献给耶和华作初熟之祭。 18 你们要把七只毫无残疾、一岁的公羊羔、一头公牛犊、两只公绵羊和那两个饼一起献给耶和华作燔祭。这些一起献上的燔祭、素祭和奠祭是蒙耶和华悦纳的馨香火祭。 19 你们也要献一只公山羊作赎罪祭，两只一岁的公绵羊作平安祭。 20 祭司要把这两只公绵羊和初熟之物做的饼作为摇祭在耶和华面前摇一摇。这些是献给耶和华的圣物，归祭司所有。 21 你们要在那天召开圣会，不可做日常工作。不论住在哪里，你们都要世代遵守这永远不变的律例。 22 你们收割时，不可割尽田角地边的庄稼，也不可捡落在地里的。要把这些留给穷人和外族人。我是你们的上帝耶和华。”

吹号节

23 耶和华对摩西说： 24 “你告诉以色列人，‘你们要在七月一日休息，要吹号作纪念，召开圣会。 25 你们不可做日常工作，要献火祭给耶和华。’”

赎罪日

26 耶和华对摩西说： 27 “七月十日是赎罪日，你们要举行圣会，禁食，献火祭给耶和华。 28 那是在你们的上帝耶和华面前为自己赎罪的日子，你们不可工作。 29 那天，凡不禁食的，要将他从民中铲除； 30 凡工作的，耶和华要毁灭他。 31 你们不可做任何工作。不论住在哪里，你们都要世代遵守这永不改变的律例。 32 那是你们可以完全休息的安息之日。从七月九日傍晚至次日傍晚，你们必须禁食。”

住棚节

33 耶和华对摩西说： 34 “你把以下条例告诉以色列人。

“从七月十五日开始，你们要一连七天向耶和华守住棚节。 35 第一天，你们要举行圣会，不可做日常工作。 36 这七天你们要献火祭给耶和华。第八天要举行圣会，献火祭给耶和华。这是庄严的聚会，你们不可做日常工作。

37 “以上是耶和华所定的节期。在这些节期里，你们要召开圣会，按规定的日子献给耶和华燔祭、素祭、奠祭和其他祭物。 38 除了守安息日并向耶和华献供物、还愿祭和自愿献的祭以外，你们还要守这些节期。

39 “你们收割完后，从七月十五日起，要一连七天庆祝耶和华的节期，第一天和第八天是安息之日。 40 第一天，你们要摘下树上结的上好果子，折下棕树枝、叶子浓密的树枝与河边的柳枝，在你们的上帝耶和华面前欢庆七天。 41 在每年七月的这七天，你们要向耶和华守这节期。这是永远不变的律例，你们世世代代都要遵守。 42 你们要搭棚居住七天，所有以色列人都要住在棚里。 43 这样，你们的后代就会知道，我带领以色列人离开埃及后，曾让他们住在棚里。我是你们的上帝耶和华。”

44 于是，摩西向以色列人宣布了耶和华所定的这些节期。

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Leviticus 23
New English Translation

Regulations for Israel’s Appointed Times

23 The Lord spoke to Moses: 2 “Speak to the Israelites and tell them, ‘These are the Lord’s appointed times which you must proclaim as holy assemblies—my appointed times.[a]

The Weekly Sabbath

3 “‘Six days work may be done, but on the seventh day there must be a Sabbath of complete rest,[b] a holy assembly. You must not do any work; it is a Sabbath to the Lord in all the places where you live.

The Passover and Feast of Unleavened Bread

4 “‘These are the Lord’s appointed times, holy assemblies, which you must proclaim at their appointed time. 5 In the first month, on the fourteenth day of the month, at twilight,[c] is a Passover offering to the Lord. 6 Then on the fifteenth day of the same month[d] will be the Feast of Unleavened Bread to the Lord; seven days you must eat unleavened bread. 7 On the first day there will be a holy assembly for you; you must not do any regular work.[e] 8 You must present a gift to the Lord for seven days, and the seventh day is a holy assembly; you must not do any regular work.’”

The Presentation of Firstfruits

9 The Lord spoke to Moses: 10 “Speak to the Israelites and tell them, ‘When you enter the land that I am about to give to you and you gather in its harvest,[f] then you must bring the sheaf of the first portion of your harvest[g] to the priest, 11 and he must wave the sheaf before the Lord to be accepted for your benefit[h]—on the day after the Sabbath the priest is to wave it.[i] 12 On the day you wave the sheaf you must also offer[j] a flawless yearling lamb[k] for a burnt offering to the Lord, 13 along with its grain offering, two-tenths of an ephah of[l] choice wheat flour[m] mixed with olive oil, as a gift to the Lord, a soothing aroma,[n] and its drink offering, one-fourth of a hin of wine.[o] 14 You must not eat bread, roasted grain, or fresh grain until this very day,[p] until you bring the offering to your God. This is a perpetual statute throughout your generations[q] in all the places where you live.

The Feast of Weeks

15 “‘You must count for yourselves seven weeks from the day after the Sabbath, from the day you bring the wave offering sheaf; they must be complete weeks.[r] 16 You must count fifty days—until the day after the seventh Sabbath—and then[s] you must present a new grain offering to the Lord. 17 From the places where you live you must bring two loaves of[t] bread for a wave offering; they must be made from two-tenths of an ephah of fine wheat flour, baked with yeast,[u] as firstfruits to the Lord. 18 Along with the loaves of bread,[v] you must also present seven flawless yearling lambs,[w] one young bull,[x] and two rams.[y] They are to be a burnt offering to the Lord along with their grain offering[z] and drink offerings, a gift of a soothing aroma to the Lord.[aa] 19 You must also offer[ab] one male goat[ac] for a sin offering and two yearling lambs for a peace-offering sacrifice, 20 and the priest is to wave them—the two lambs[ad]—along with the bread of the firstfruits, as a wave offering before the Lord; they will be holy to the Lord for the priest.

21 “‘On this very day you must proclaim an assembly; it is to be a holy assembly for you.[ae] You must not do any regular work. This is a perpetual statute in all the places where you live throughout your generations.[af] 22 When you gather in the harvest[ag] of your land, you must not completely harvest the corner of your field,[ah] and you must not gather up the gleanings of your harvest. You must leave them for the poor and the resident foreigner.[ai] I am the Lord your God.’”[aj]

The Feast of Horn Blasts

23 The Lord spoke to Moses: 24 “Tell the Israelites, ‘In the seventh month, on the first day of the month, you must have a complete rest, a memorial announced by loud horn blasts,[ak] a holy assembly. 25 You must not do any regular work, but[al] you must present a gift to the Lord.’”

The Day of Atonement

26 The Lord spoke to Moses: 27 “The[am] tenth day of this seventh month is the Day of Atonement.[an] It is to be a holy assembly for you, and you must humble yourselves[ao] and present a gift to the Lord. 28 You must not do any work on this particular day,[ap] because it is a day of atonement to make atonement for yourselves[aq] before the Lord your God. 29 Indeed,[ar] any person who does not behave with humility on this particular day will be cut off from his people.[as] 30 As for any person[at] who does any work on this particular day, I will exterminate[au] that person from the midst of his people[av]— 31 you must not do any work! This is a perpetual statute throughout your generations[aw] in all the places where you live. 32 It is a Sabbath of complete rest for you, and you must humble yourselves on the ninth day of the month in the evening, from evening until evening you must observe your Sabbath.”[ax]

The Feast of Temporary Shelters

33 The Lord spoke to Moses: 34 “Tell the Israelites, ‘On the fifteenth day of this seventh month is the Feast of Shelters[ay] for seven days to the Lord. 35 On the first day is a holy assembly; you must do no regular work.[az] 36 For seven days you must present a gift to the Lord. On the eighth day there is to be a holy assembly for you, and you must present a gift to the Lord. It is a solemn assembly day;[ba] you must not do any regular work.

37 “‘These are the appointed times of the Lord that you must proclaim as holy assemblies to present a gift to the Lord—burnt offering, grain offering, sacrifice, and drink offerings,[bb] each day according to its regulation,[bc] 38 besides[bd] the Sabbaths of the Lord and all your gifts, votive offerings, and freewill offerings which you must give to the Lord.

39 “‘On[be] the fifteenth day of the seventh month, when you gather in the produce of the land, you must celebrate a pilgrim festival of the Lord for seven days. On the first day is a complete rest and on the eighth day is complete rest. 40 On the first day you must take for yourselves branches from majestic trees[bf]—palm branches, branches of leafy trees, and willows of the brook—and you must rejoice before the Lord your God for seven days. 41 You must celebrate it as a pilgrim festival to the Lord for seven days in the year. This is a perpetual statute throughout your generations;[bg] you must celebrate it in the seventh month. 42 You must live in temporary shelters[bh] for seven days; every native citizen in Israel must live in shelters, 43 so that your future generations may know that I made the Israelites live in shelters when I brought them out from the land of Egypt. I am the Lord your God.’”

44 So Moses spoke to the Israelites about the appointed times of the Lord.[bi]

Footnotes

  1. Leviticus 23:2 tn Heb “these are them, my appointed times.” sn The term מוֹעֵד (moʿed, rendered “appointed time” here) can refer to either a time or place of meeting. See the note on “tent of meeting” (אֹהֶל מוֹעֵד, ʾohel moʿed) in Lev 1:1.
  2. Leviticus 23:3 tn This is a superlative expression, emphasizing the full and all inclusive rest of the Sabbath and certain festival times throughout the chapter (see B. A. Levine, Leviticus [JPSTC], 155). Cf. ASV “a sabbath of solemn rest.”
  3. Leviticus 23:5 tn Heb “between the two evenings,” either designating the time between the setting of the sun and the true darkness of night or the time between the descent of the sun from high noon to sunset; the translation “at twilight” accepts the first interpretation. Cf. KJV, ASV “at even”; NAB “at the evening twilight.”sn See B. A. Levine, Leviticus (JPSTC), 156, for a full discussion of the issues raised in this verse. The rabbinic tradition places the slaughter of Passover offerings between approximately 3:00 p.m. and 6:00 p.m., not precisely at twilight. Moreover, the term פֶּסַח (pesakh) may mean “protective offering” rather than “Passover offering,” although they amount to about the same thing in the historical context of the exodus from Egypt (see Exod 11-12).
  4. Leviticus 23:6 tn Heb “to this month.”
  5. Leviticus 23:7 tn Heb “work of service”; KJV “servile work”; NASB “laborious work”; TEV “daily work.”
  6. Leviticus 23:10 tn Heb “and you harvest its harvest.”
  7. Leviticus 23:10 tn Heb “the sheaf of the first of your harvest.”
  8. Leviticus 23:11 tn Heb “for your acceptance.”
  9. Leviticus 23:11 sn See Lev 7:30 for a note on the “waving” of a “wave offering.”
  10. Leviticus 23:12 tn Heb “And you shall make in the day of your waving the sheaf.”
  11. Leviticus 23:12 tn Heb “a flawless lamb, a son of its year”; KJV “of the first year”; NLT “a year-old male lamb.”
  12. Leviticus 23:13 sn See the note on Lev 5:11.
  13. Leviticus 23:13 sn See the note on Lev 2:1.
  14. Leviticus 23:13 sn See the note on Lev 1:9.
  15. Leviticus 23:13 tn Heb “wine, one-fourth of the hin.” A pre-exilic hin is about 3.6 liters (= ca. 1 gallon), so one-fourth of a hin would be about 1 quart (1 liter).
  16. Leviticus 23:14 tn Heb “until the bone of this day.”
  17. Leviticus 23:14 tn Heb “for your generations.”
  18. Leviticus 23:15 tn Heb “seven Sabbaths, they shall be complete.” The disjunctive accent under “Sabbaths” precludes the translation “seven complete Sabbaths” (as NASB, NIV; cf. NAB, NRSV, NLT). The text is somewhat awkward, which may explain why the LXX tradition is confused here, either adding “you shall count” again at the end of the verse, or leaving out “they shall be,” or keeping “they shall be” and adding “to you.”
  19. Leviticus 23:16 tn Heb “and.” In the translation “then” is supplied to clarify the sequence.
  20. Leviticus 23:17 tc Smr, LXX, Syriac, Tg. Onq., and Tg. Ps.-J. insert the word חַלּוֹת (khallot, “loaves”; cf. Lev 2:4 and the note there). Even though “loaves” is not explicit in the MT, the number “two” suggests that these are discrete units, not just a measure of flour, so “loaves” should be assumed even in the MT.
  21. Leviticus 23:17 tn Heb “with leaven.” The noun “leaven” is traditional in English versions (cf. KJV, ASV, NASB, NRSV), but “yeast” is more commonly used today.
  22. Leviticus 23:18 tn Heb “And you shall present on the bread.”
  23. Leviticus 23:18 tn Heb “seven flawless lambs, sons of a year.”
  24. Leviticus 23:18 tn Heb “and one bull, a son of a herd.”
  25. Leviticus 23:18 tc Smr and LXX add “flawless.”
  26. Leviticus 23:18 tn Heb “and their grain offering.”
  27. Leviticus 23:18 sn See the note on Lev 1:9.
  28. Leviticus 23:19 tn Heb “And you shall make.”
  29. Leviticus 23:19 tn Heb “a he-goat of goats.”
  30. Leviticus 23:20 tn Smr and LXX have the Hebrew article on “lambs.” The syntax of this verse is difficult. The object of the verb (two lambs) is far removed from the verb itself (shall wave) in the MT, and the preposition עַל (ʿal, “upon”), rendered “along with” in this verse, is also added to the far removed subject (literally, “upon [the] two lambs”; see B. A. Levine, Leviticus [JPSTC], 159). It is clear, however, that the two lambs and the loaves (along with their associated grain and drink offerings) constituted the “wave offering,” which served as the prebend “for the priest.” Burnt and sin offerings (vv. 18-19a) were not included in this (see Lev 7:11-14, 28-36).
  31. Leviticus 23:21 tn Heb “And you shall proclaim [an assembly] in the bone of this day; a holy assembly it shall be to you” (see the remarks in B. A. Levine, Leviticus [JPSTC], 160, and the remarks on the LXX rendering in J. E. Hartley, Leviticus [WBC], 367).
  32. Leviticus 23:21 tn Heb “for your generations.”
  33. Leviticus 23:22 tn Heb “And when you harvest the harvest.”
  34. Leviticus 23:22 tn Heb “you shall not complete the corner of your field in your harvest.”
  35. Leviticus 23:22 sn On the Hebrew גֵּר (ger, “resident foreigner”) see notes at Exod 12:19 and Deut 29:11. On the privilege of gleaning see also Lev 19:10; 23:22; Deut 14:29; 24:19-21.
  36. Leviticus 23:22 sn Cf. Lev 19:9-10.
  37. Leviticus 23:24 tn Heb “a memorial of loud blasts.” Although the term for “horn” does not occur here, allowing for the possibility that vocal “shouts” of acclamation are envisioned (see P. J. Budd, Leviticus [NCBC], 325), the “blast” of the shofar (a trumpet made from a ram’s “horn”) is most likely what is intended. On this occasion, the loud blasts on the horn announced the coming of the new year on the first day of the seventh month (see the explanations in J. E. Hartley, Leviticus [WBC], 387, and B. A. Levine, Leviticus [JPSTC], 160).
  38. Leviticus 23:25 tn Heb “and.” The Hebrew conjunction ו (vav, “and”) can be considered to have adversative force here (cf. KJV, NASB, NIV).
  39. Leviticus 23:27 tn Heb “Surely the tenth day” or perhaps “Precisely the tenth day.” The Hebrew adverbial particle אַךְ (ʾakh) is left untranslated by most recent English versions; cf. however NASB “On exactly the tenth day.”
  40. Leviticus 23:27 sn See the description of this day and its regulations in Lev 16 and the notes there.
  41. Leviticus 23:27 tn Heb “you shall humble your souls.” See the note on Lev 16:29 above.
  42. Leviticus 23:28 tn Heb “in the bone of this day.”
  43. Leviticus 23:28 tn Heb “on you [plural]”; cf. NASB, NRSV “on your behalf.”
  44. Leviticus 23:29 tn The particular כִּי (ki) is taken in an asseverative sense here (“Indeed,” see the NJPS translation).
  45. Leviticus 23:29 tn Heb “it [i.e., that person; literally “soul,” feminine] shall be cut off from its peoples [plural]”; NLT “from the community.”
  46. Leviticus 23:30 tn Heb “And any person.”
  47. Leviticus 23:30 tn See HALOT 3 s.v. I אבד hif. Cf. KJV, NASB, NIV, NRSV, NLT “destroy”; CEV “wipe out.”
  48. Leviticus 23:30 tn Heb “its people” (“its” is feminine to agree with “person,” literally “soul,” which is feminine in Hebrew; cf. v. 29).
  49. Leviticus 23:31 tn Heb “for your generations.”
  50. Leviticus 23:32 tn Heb “you shall rest your Sabbath.”
  51. Leviticus 23:34 tn The rendering “booths” (cf. NAB, NASB, NRSV) is probably better than the traditional “tabernacles” in light of the meaning of the term סֻכָּה (sukkah, “hut, booth”), but “booths” are frequently associated with trade shows and craft fairs in contemporary American English. The nature of the celebration during this feast (see the following verses) as a commemoration of the wanderings of the Israelites after they left Egypt suggests that a translation like “shelters” is more appropriate.
  52. Leviticus 23:35 tn Heb “work of service”; KJV “servile work”; NASB “laborious work”; TEV “daily work.”
  53. Leviticus 23:36 tn The Hebrew term עֲצֶרֶת (ʿatseret) “solemn assembly [day]” derives from a root associated with restraint or closure. It could refer either to the last day as “closing assembly” day of the festival (e.g., NIV) or a special day of restraint expressed in a “solemn assembly” (e.g., NRSV); cf. NLT “a solemn closing assembly.”
  54. Leviticus 23:37 tn The LXX has “[their] burnt offerings, and their sacrifices, and their drink offerings.”
  55. Leviticus 23:37 tn Heb “a matter of a day in its day”; NAB “as prescribed for each day”; NRSV, NLT “each on its proper day.”
  56. Leviticus 23:38 tn Heb “from to separation.” See BDB 94 s.v. בַּד 1.e for an explanation of this phrase. This phrase is repeated in front of each of the four items in this verse in the Hebrew text, but these have not been translated into English for stylistic reasons. Cf. KJV, NASB “besides”; NRSV “apart from.”
  57. Leviticus 23:39 tn Heb “Surely on the fifteenth day.” The Hebrew adverbial particle אַךְ (ʾakh) is left untranslated by most recent English versions; however, cf. NASB “On exactly the fifteenth day.”
  58. Leviticus 23:40 tn Heb “fruit of majestic trees,” but the following terms and verses define what is meant by this expression. For extensive remarks on the celebration of this festival in history and tradition see B. A. Levine, Leviticus (JPSTC), 163; J. E. Hartley, Leviticus (WBC), 389-90; and P. J. Budd, Leviticus (NCBC), 328-29.
  59. Leviticus 23:41 tn Heb “for your generations.”
  60. Leviticus 23:42 tn Heb “in the huts” (again at the end of this verse and in v. 43), perhaps referring to temporary shelters (i.e., huts) made of the foliage referred to in v. 40 (J. E. Hartley, Leviticus [WBC], 389).
  61. Leviticus 23:44 sn E. S. Gerstenberger (Leviticus [OTL], 352) takes v. 44 to be an introduction to another set of festival regulations, perhaps something like those found in Exod 23:14-17. For others this verse reemphasizes the Mosaic authority of the preceding festival regulations (e.g., J. E. Hartley, Leviticus [WBC], 390).
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