The Festival of Weeks^(A)

¹⁵ “‘From the day after the Sabbath, the day you brought the sheaf of the wave offering, count off seven full weeks. ¹⁶ Count off fifty days up to the day after the seventh Sabbath,^(B) and then present an offering of new grain to the Lord. ¹⁷ From wherever you live, bring two loaves made of two-tenths of an ephah^(C) of the finest flour, baked with yeast, as a wave offering of firstfruits^(D) to the Lord. ¹⁸ Present with this bread seven male lambs, each a year old and without defect, one young bull and two rams. They will be a burnt offering to the Lord, together with their grain offerings and drink offerings^(E)—a food offering, an aroma pleasing to the Lord. ¹⁹ Then sacrifice one male goat for a sin offering^[a] and two lambs, each a year old, for a fellowship offering. ²⁰ The priest is to wave the two lambs before the Lord as a wave offering,^(F) together with the bread of the firstfruits. They are a sacred offering to the Lord for the priest. ²¹ On that same day you are to proclaim a sacred assembly^(G) and do no regular work.^(H) This is to be a lasting ordinance for the generations to come, wherever you live.

²² “‘When you reap the harvest^(I) of your land, do not reap to the very edges of your field or gather the gleanings of your harvest.^(J) Leave them for the poor and for the foreigner residing among you.^(K) I am the Lord your God.’”

The Festival of Trumpets^(L)

²³ The Lord said to Moses, ²⁴ “Say to the Israelites: ‘On the first day of the seventh month you are to have a day of sabbath rest, a sacred assembly^(M) commemorated with trumpet blasts.^{(N) 25} Do no regular work,^(O) but present a food offering to the Lord.^(P)’”

The Day of Atonement^(Q)

²⁶ The Lord said to Moses, ²⁷ “The tenth day of this seventh month^(R) is the Day of Atonement.^(S) Hold a sacred assembly^(T) and deny yourselves,^[b] and present a food offering to the Lord. ²⁸ Do not do any work^(U) on that day, because it is the Day of Atonement, when atonement is made for you before the Lord your God. ²⁹ Those who do not deny themselves on that day must be cut off from their people.^{(V) 30} I will destroy from among their people^(W) anyone who does any work on that day. ³¹ You shall do no work at all. This is to be a lasting ordinance^(X) for the generations to come, wherever you live. ³² It is a day of sabbath rest^(Y) for you, and you must deny yourselves. From the evening of the ninth day of the month until the following evening you are to observe your sabbath.”^(Z)

The Festival of Tabernacles^(AA)

³³ The Lord said to Moses, ³⁴ “Say to the Israelites: ‘On the fifteenth day of the seventh^(AB) month the Lord’s Festival of Tabernacles^(AC) begins, and it lasts for seven days. ³⁵ The first day is a sacred assembly;^(AD) do no regular work.^{(AE) 36} For seven days present food offerings to the Lord, and on the eighth day hold a sacred assembly^(AF) and present a food offering to the Lord.^(AG) It is the closing special assembly; do no regular work.

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^(AH) required for each day. ³⁸ These offerings^(AI) are in addition to those for the Lord’s Sabbaths^(AJ) and^[c] in addition to your gifts and whatever you have vowed and all the freewill offerings^(AK) you give to the Lord.)

³⁹ “‘So beginning with the fifteenth day of the seventh month, after you have gathered the crops of the land, celebrate the festival^(AL) to the Lord for seven days;^(AM) the first day is a day of sabbath rest, and the eighth day also is a day of sabbath rest. ⁴⁰ On the first day you are to take branches^(AN) from luxuriant trees—from palms, willows and other leafy trees^(AO)—and rejoice^(AP) before the Lord your God for seven days. ⁴¹ Celebrate this as a festival to the Lord for seven days each year. This is to be a lasting ordinance for the generations to come; celebrate it in the seventh month. ⁴² Live in temporary shelters^(AQ) for seven days: All native-born Israelites are to live in such shelters ⁴³ so your descendants will know^(AR) that I had the Israelites live in temporary shelters when I brought them out of Egypt. I am the Lord your God.’”

⁴⁴ So Moses announced to the Israelites the appointed festivals of the Lord.

¹⁶ Paul had decided to sail past Ephesus^(A) to avoid spending time in the province of Asia,^(B) for he was in a hurry to reach Jerusalem,^(C) if possible, by the day of Pentecost.^(D)

⁸ But I will stay on at Ephesus^(A) until Pentecost,^(B)