²¹ On that same day you are to proclaim a sacred assembly^(A) and do no regular work.^(B) This is to be a lasting ordinance for the generations to come, wherever you live.

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)

²³ It is the Levites who are to do the work at the tent of meeting and bear the responsibility for any offenses they commit against it. This is a lasting ordinance^(A) for the generations to come.^(B) They will receive no inheritance^(C) among the Israelites.^(D)

¹⁴ You must not eat any bread, or roasted or new grain,^(A) until the very day you bring this offering to your God.^(B) This is to be a lasting ordinance for the generations to come,^(C) wherever you live.^(D)

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)

⁷ I will establish my covenant^(A) as an everlasting covenant^(B) between me and you and your descendants after you for the generations to come, to be your God^(C) and the God of your descendants after you.^(D)

¹⁰ In that day^(A) the Root of Jesse^(B) will stand as a banner^(C) for the peoples; the nations^(D) will rally to him,^(E) and his resting place^(F) will be glorious.^(G)

¹¹ And rejoice^(A) before the Lord your God at the place he will choose as a dwelling for his Name^(B)—you, your sons and daughters, your male and female servants, the Levites^(C) in your towns, and the foreigners,^(D) the fatherless and the widows living among you.^(E)

⁷ On the first day hold a sacred assembly^(A) and do no regular work.