² “Speak to the Israelites and say to them: ‘These are my appointed festivals,^(A) the appointed festivals of the Lord, which you are to proclaim as sacred assemblies.^(B)

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^(A) required for each day.

The Passover and the Festival of Unleavened Bread^(A)

⁴ “‘These are the Lord’s appointed festivals, the sacred assemblies you are to proclaim at their appointed times:^(B)

³⁹ “‘In addition to what you vow^(A) and your freewill offerings,^(B) offer these to the Lord at your appointed festivals:^(C) your burnt offerings,^(D) grain offerings, drink offerings and fellowship offerings.^(E)’”

¹⁰ Also at your times of rejoicing—your appointed festivals and New Moon feasts^(A)—you are to sound the trumpets^(B) over your burnt offerings^(C) and fellowship offerings,^(D) and they will be a memorial for you before your God. I am the Lord your God.^(E)”

The Three Annual Festivals

¹⁴ “Three times^(A) a year you are to celebrate a festival to me.

¹⁵ “Celebrate the Festival of Unleavened Bread;^(B) for seven days eat bread made without yeast, as I commanded you. Do this at the appointed time in the month of Aviv,^(C) for in that month you came out of Egypt.

“No one is to appear before me empty-handed.^(D)

¹⁶ “Celebrate the Festival of Harvest^(E) with the firstfruits^(F) of the crops you sow in your field.

“Celebrate the Festival of Ingathering^(G) at the end of the year, when you gather in your crops from the field.^(H)

¹⁷ “Three times^(I) a year all the men are to appear before the Sovereign Lord.