⁵ So David told him, “Look, tomorrow is the New Moon,^(A) and I’m supposed to sit down and eat with the king.^(B) Instead, let me go, and I’ll hide in the countryside for the next two nights.^[a](C)

³¹ Whenever burnt offerings are offered to the Lord on the Sabbaths, New Moons,^(A) and appointed festivals, they are to offer them regularly in the Lord’s presence according to the number prescribed for them.^(B)

⁴ Now I am building a temple for the name of the Lord my God in order to dedicate it to him for burning fragrant incense before him,^(A) for displaying the rows of the Bread of the Presence continuously,^(B) and for sacrificing burnt offerings for the morning and the evening,^(C) the Sabbaths^(D) and the New Moons, and the appointed festivals of the Lord our God. This is ordained for Israel permanently.

⁵ After that, they offered the regular burnt offering and the offerings for the beginning of each month^[a](A) and for all the Lord’s appointed holy occasions, as well as the freewill offerings brought to^[b] the Lord.