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Leviticus 23
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Leviticus 23
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The Appointed Festivals
23 The Lord said to Moses, 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)
The Sabbath
3 “‘There are six days when you may work,(C) but the seventh day is a day of sabbath rest,(D) a day of sacred assembly. You are not to do any work;(E) wherever you live, it is a sabbath to the Lord.
The Passover and the Festival of Unleavened Bread(F)
4 “‘These are the Lord’s appointed festivals, the sacred assemblies you are to proclaim at their appointed times:(G) 5 The Lord’s Passover(H) begins at twilight on the fourteenth day of the first month.(I) 6 On the fifteenth day of that month the Lord’s Festival of Unleavened Bread(J) begins; for seven days(K) you must eat bread made without yeast. 7 On the first day hold a sacred assembly(L) and do no regular work. 8 For seven days present a food offering to the Lord.(M) And on the seventh day hold a sacred assembly and do no regular work.’”
Offering the Firstfruits
9 The Lord said to Moses, 10 “Speak to the Israelites and say to them: ‘When you enter the land I am going to give you(N) and you reap its harvest,(O) bring to the priest a sheaf(P) of the first grain you harvest.(Q) 11 He is to wave the sheaf before the Lord(R) so it will be accepted(S) on your behalf; the priest is to wave it on the day after the Sabbath. 12 On the day you wave the sheaf, you must sacrifice as a burnt offering to the Lord a lamb a year old(T) without defect,(U) 13 together with its grain offering(V) of two-tenths of an ephah[a](W) of the finest flour mixed with olive oil—a food offering presented to the Lord, a pleasing aroma—and its drink offering(X) of a quarter of a hin[b] of wine.(Y) 14 You must not eat any bread, or roasted or new grain,(Z) until the very day you bring this offering to your God.(AA) This is to be a lasting ordinance for the generations to come,(AB) wherever you live.(AC)
The Festival of Weeks(AD)
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,(AE) 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(AF) of the finest flour, baked with yeast, as a wave offering of firstfruits(AG) 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(AH)—a food offering, an aroma pleasing to the Lord. 19 Then sacrifice one male goat for a sin offering[c] 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,(AI) 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(AJ) and do no regular work.(AK) This is to be a lasting ordinance for the generations to come, wherever you live.
22 “‘When you reap the harvest(AL) of your land, do not reap to the very edges of your field or gather the gleanings of your harvest.(AM) Leave them for the poor and for the foreigner residing among you.(AN) I am the Lord your God.’”
The Festival of Trumpets(AO)
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(AP) commemorated with trumpet blasts.(AQ) 25 Do no regular work,(AR) but present a food offering to the Lord.(AS)’”
The Day of Atonement(AT)
26 The Lord said to Moses, 27 “The tenth day of this seventh month(AU) is the Day of Atonement.(AV) Hold a sacred assembly(AW) and deny yourselves,[d] and present a food offering to the Lord. 28 Do not do any work(AX) 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.(AY) 30 I will destroy from among their people(AZ) anyone who does any work on that day. 31 You shall do no work at all. This is to be a lasting ordinance(BA) for the generations to come, wherever you live. 32 It is a day of sabbath rest(BB) 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.”(BC)
The Festival of Tabernacles(BD)
33 The Lord said to Moses, 34 “Say to the Israelites: ‘On the fifteenth day of the seventh(BE) month the Lord’s Festival of Tabernacles(BF) begins, and it lasts for seven days. 35 The first day is a sacred assembly;(BG) do no regular work.(BH) 36 For seven days present food offerings to the Lord, and on the eighth day hold a sacred assembly(BI) and present a food offering to the Lord.(BJ) 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(BK) required for each day. 38 These offerings(BL) are in addition to those for the Lord’s Sabbaths(BM) and[e] in addition to your gifts and whatever you have vowed and all the freewill offerings(BN) 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(BO) to the Lord for seven days;(BP) 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(BQ) from luxuriant trees—from palms, willows and other leafy trees(BR)—and rejoice(BS) 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(BT) for seven days: All native-born Israelites are to live in such shelters 43 so your descendants will know(BU) 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.
Footnotes
- Leviticus 23:13 That is, probably about 7 pounds or about 3.2 kilograms; also in verse 17
- Leviticus 23:13 That is, about 1 quart or about 1 liter
- Leviticus 23:19 Or purification offering
- Leviticus 23:27 Or and fast; similarly in verses 29 and 32
- Leviticus 23:38 Or These festivals are in addition to the Lord’s Sabbaths, and these offerings are
Leviticus 23
English Standard Version
Leviticus 23
English Standard Version
Feasts of the Lord
23 The Lord spoke to Moses, saying, 2 “Speak to the people of Israel and say to them, (A)These are the appointed feasts of the Lord that you shall (B)proclaim as (C)holy convocations; they are my appointed feasts.
The Sabbath
3 (D)“Six days shall work be done, but on the seventh day is a Sabbath of solemn rest, a holy convocation. You shall do no work. It is a Sabbath to the Lord in all your dwelling places.
The Passover
4 (E)“These are the appointed feasts of the Lord, the (F)holy convocations, which you shall proclaim at the time appointed for them. 5 (G)In the first month, on the fourteenth day of the month at twilight,[a] is the Lord's Passover. 6 And on the fifteenth day of the same month is the Feast of Unleavened Bread to the Lord; for seven days you shall eat unleavened bread. 7 (H)On the first day you shall have a holy convocation; you shall not do any ordinary work. 8 But you shall present a food offering to the Lord for seven days. On the seventh day is a holy convocation; you shall not do any ordinary work.”
The Feast of Firstfruits
9 And the Lord spoke to Moses, saying, 10 “Speak to the people of Israel and say to them, (I)When you come into the land that I give you and reap its harvest, you shall bring the sheaf of (J)the firstfruits of your harvest to the priest, 11 and he shall (K)wave the sheaf before the Lord, so that you may be accepted. On the day after the Sabbath the priest shall wave it. 12 And on the day when you (L)wave the sheaf, you shall offer a (M)male lamb a year old without blemish as a burnt offering to the Lord. 13 (N)And the grain offering with it shall be two tenths of an ephah[b] of fine flour mixed with oil, a food offering to the Lord with a pleasing aroma, (O)and the drink offering with it shall be of wine, a fourth of a hin.[c] 14 And you shall eat neither bread nor grain (P)parched or (Q)fresh until this same day, until you have brought the offering of your God: it is a statute forever throughout your generations in all your dwellings.
The Feast of Weeks
15 (R)“You shall count seven full weeks from the day after the Sabbath, from the day that you brought the sheaf of the (S)wave offering. 16 You shall count (T)fifty days to the day after the seventh Sabbath. Then you shall present a grain offering of (U)new grain to the Lord. 17 You shall bring from your dwelling places two loaves of bread to be waved, made of two tenths of an ephah. They shall be of fine flour, and they shall be baked with leaven, as (V)firstfruits to the Lord. 18 And you shall present with the bread seven lambs a year old without blemish, and one bull from the herd and two rams. They shall be a burnt offering to the Lord, with their grain offering and their drink offerings, a food offering with a pleasing aroma to the Lord. 19 And you shall offer one (W)male goat for a sin offering, and two male lambs a year old as a sacrifice of (X)peace offerings. 20 And the priest shall (Y)wave them with the bread of the firstfruits as a wave offering before the Lord, with the two lambs. (Z)They shall be holy to the Lord for the priest. 21 And you shall make a proclamation on the same day. You shall hold a holy convocation. You shall not do any ordinary work. It is a statute forever in all your dwelling places throughout your generations.
22 “And (AA)when you reap the harvest of your land, you shall not reap your field right up to its edge, nor shall you gather the gleanings after your harvest. You shall leave them for the poor and for the sojourner: I am the Lord your God.”
The Feast of Trumpets
23 And the Lord spoke to Moses, saying, 24 “Speak to the people of Israel, saying, In (AB)the seventh month, on the first day of the month, you shall observe a day of solemn rest, (AC)a memorial proclaimed with blast of trumpets, a holy convocation. 25 You shall not do any ordinary work, and you shall present a food offering to the Lord.”
The Day of Atonement
26 And the Lord spoke to Moses, saying, 27 “Now (AD)on the tenth day of this seventh month is the Day of Atonement. It shall be for you a time of holy convocation, and you shall afflict yourselves[d] and present a food offering to the Lord. 28 And you shall not do any work on that very day, for it is a Day of Atonement, to make atonement for you before the Lord your God. 29 For whoever is not afflicted[e] on that very day (AE)shall be cut off from his people. 30 And whoever does any work on that very day, that person I will destroy from among his people. 31 You shall not do any work. It is a statute forever throughout your generations in all your dwelling places. 32 It shall be to you a Sabbath of solemn rest, and you shall afflict yourselves. On the ninth day of the month beginning at evening, from evening to evening shall you keep your Sabbath.”
The Feast of Booths
33 And the Lord spoke to Moses, saying, 34 “Speak to the people of Israel, saying, (AF)On the fifteenth day of this seventh month and for seven days is the Feast of Booths[f] to the Lord. 35 On the first day shall be a holy convocation; you shall not do any ordinary work. 36 For seven days you shall present food offerings to the Lord. (AG)On the eighth day you shall hold a holy convocation and present a food offering to the Lord. It is a (AH)solemn assembly; you shall not do any ordinary work.
37 (AI)“These are the appointed feasts of the Lord, which you shall proclaim as times of holy convocation, for presenting to the Lord food offerings, burnt offerings and grain offerings, sacrifices and drink offerings, each on its proper day, 38 (AJ)besides the Lord's Sabbaths and besides your gifts and besides all your vow offerings and besides all your freewill offerings, which you give to the Lord.
39 “On the fifteenth day of the seventh month, when you have (AK)gathered in the produce of the land, you shall celebrate the feast of the Lord seven days. On the first day shall be a solemn rest, and on the eighth day shall be a solemn rest. 40 And (AL)you shall take on the first day the fruit of splendid trees, branches of palm trees and boughs of leafy trees and willows of the brook, and (AM)you shall rejoice before the Lord your God seven days. 41 (AN)You shall celebrate it as a feast to the Lord for seven days in the year. It is a statute forever throughout your generations; you shall celebrate it in the seventh month. 42 (AO)You shall dwell in booths for seven days. All native Israelites shall dwell in booths, 43 that (AP)your generations may know that I made the people of Israel dwell in booths when I brought them out of the land of Egypt: I am the Lord your God.”
44 Thus Moses (AQ)declared to the people of Israel the appointed feasts of the Lord.
Footnotes
- Leviticus 23:5 Hebrew between the two evenings
- Leviticus 23:13 An ephah was about 3/5 bushel or 22 liters
- Leviticus 23:13 A hin was about 4 quarts or 3.5 liters
- Leviticus 23:27 Or shall fast; also verse 32
- Leviticus 23:29 Or is not fasting
- Leviticus 23:34 Or Tabernacles
3 Mosebok 23
Svenska 1917
3 Mosebok 23
Svenska 1917
23 Och HERREN talade till Mose och sade:
2 Tala till Israels barn och säg till dem: Dessa äro HERRENS högtider, vilka I skolen utlysa såsom heliga sammankomster; mina högtider äro dessa:
3 Sex dagar skall arbete göras, men på sjunde dagen är vilosabbat, en dag för helig sammankomst; intet arbete skolen I då göra. Det är HERRENS sabbat, var I än ären bosatta.
4 Dessa äro HERRENS högtider, de heliga sammankomster som I skolen utlysa på bestämda tider:
5 I första månaden, på fjortonde dagen i månaden, vid aftontiden, är HERRENS påsk.
6 Och på femtonde dagen i samma månad är HERRENS osyrade bröds högtid; då skolen I äta osyrat bröd, i sju dagar.
7 På den första dagen skolen I hålla en helig sammankomst; ingen arbetssyssla skolen I då göra.
8 Och I skolen offra eldsoffer åt HERREN i sju dagar. På den sjunde dagen skall åter hållas en helig sammankomst; ingen arbetssyssla skolen I då göra.
9 Och HERREN talade till Mose och sade:
10 Tala till Israels barn och säg till dem: När I kommen in i det land som jag vill giva eder, och I inbärgen dess skörd, då skolen I bära till prästen den kärve som är förstlingen av eder skörd.
11 Och den kärven skall han vifta inför HERRENS ansikte, för att I mån bliva välbehagliga; dagen efter sabbaten skall prästen vifta den.
12 Och på den dag då I låten vifta kärven skolen I offra ett felfritt årsgammalt lamm till brännoffer åt HERREN,
13 och såsom spisoffer därtill två tiondedels efa fint mjöl, begjutet med olja, ett eldsoffer åt HERREN till en välbehaglig lukt, och såsom drickoffer därtill en fjärdedels hin vin.
14 Och intet av det nya, varken bröd eller rostade ax eller korn av grönskuren säd, skolen I äta förrän på denna samma dag, icke förrän I haven burit fram offergåvan åt eder Gud. Detta skall vara en evärdlig stadga för eder från släkte till släkte, var I än ären bosatta.
15 Sedan skolen I räkna sju fulla veckor från dagen efter sabbaten, från den dag då I buren fram viftofferskärven;
16 femtio dagar skolen I räkna intill dagen efter den sjunde sabbaten; då skolen I bära fram ett offer av den nya grödan åt HERREN.
17 Från de orter där I bon skolen I bära fram viftoffersbröd, två kakor av två tiondedels efa fint mjöl, bakade med surdeg: en förstlingsgåva åt HERREN.
18 Och jämte brödet skolen I föra fram sju felfria årsgamla lamm, en ungtjur och två vädurar, till att offras såsom brännoffer åt HERREN, med tillhörande spisoffer och drickoffer: ett eldsoffer till en välbehaglig lukt för HERREN.
19 Därtill skolen I offra en bock till syndoffer och två årsgamla lamm till tackoffer.
20 Och prästen skall vifta dem såsom ett viftoffer inför HERRENS ansikte, jämte förstlingsbröden som bäras fram tillika med de båda lammen de skola vara helgade åt HERREN och tillhöra prästen.
21 Och till denna samma dag skolen I utlysa en helig sammankomst att hållas av eder; ingen arbetssyssla skolen I då göra. Detta skall vara en evärdlig stadga för eder från släkte till släkte, var I än ären bosatta.
22 Och när I inbärgen skörden av edert land, skall du icke skörda intill yttersta kanten av din åker, icke heller skall du göra någon axplockning efter din skörd, du skall lämna detta kvar åt den fattige och åt främlingen. Jag är HERREN, eder Gud.
23 Och HERREN talade till Mose och sade:
24 Tala till Israels barn och säg: I sjunde månaden, på första dagen i månaden, skolen I hålla sabbatsvila, en högtid med basunklang, till att bringa eder i åminnelse inför HERREN, en helig sammankomst.
25 Ingen arbetssyssla skolen I då göra, och I skolen offra eldsoffer åt HERREN.
26 Och HERREN talade till Mose och sade:
27 Men på tionde dagen i samma sjunde månad är försoningsdagen; då skolen I hålla en helig sammankomst, och I skolen då späka eder; och I skolen offra eldsoffer åt HERREN.
28 Och I skolen intet arbete göra på denna samma dag, ty det är en försoningsdag, då försoning bringas för eder inför HERRENS, eder Guds, ansikte.
29 Och var och en som icke späker sig på denna samma dag skall utrotas ur sin släkt.
30 Och var och en som gör något arbete på denna samma dag, honom skall jag förgöra ur hans folk.
31 Intet arbete skolen I då göra Detta skall vara en evärdlig stadga för eder från släkte till släkte, var I än ären bosatta.
32 En vilosabbat skall den vara för eder, och I skolen då späka eder. På nionde dagen i månaden, om aftonen, skolen I hålla denna eder sabbatsvila, från afton till afton.
33 Och HERREN talade till Mose och sade:
34 Tala till Israels barn och säg: På femtonde dagen i samma sjunde månad är HERRENS lövhyddohögtid, i sju dagar.
35 På den första dagen skall man hålla en helig sammankomst; ingen arbetssyssla skolen I då göra.
36 I sju dagar skolen I offra eldsoffer åt HERREN. På den åttonde dagen skolen I hålla en helig sammankomst och skolen offra eldsoffer åt HERREN. Då är högtidsförsamling; ingen arbetssyssla skolen I då göra.
37 Dessa äro HERRENS högtider, vilka I skolen utlysa såsom heliga sammankomster, och på vilka I skolen offra eldsoffer åt HERREN, brännoffer och spisoffer, slaktoffer och drickoffer, var dag de för den dagen bestämda offren --
38 detta förutom HERRENS sabbater, och förutom edra övriga gåvor, och förutom alla edra löftesoffer, och förutom alla frivilliga offer som I given åt HERREN.
39 Men på femtonde dagen i sjunde månaden, när I inbärgen avkastningen av landet, skolen I fira HERRENS högtid, i sju dagar. På den första dagen är sabbatsvila, på den åttonde dagen är ock sabbatsvila.
40 Och I skolen på den första dagen taga frukt av edra skönaste träd, kvistar av palmer och grenar av lummiga träd och av pilträd, och skolen så vara glada i sju dagar inför HERRENS, eder Guds, ansikte.
41 I skolen fira denna högtid såsom en HERRENS högtid sju dagar om året. Detta skall vara en evärdlig stadga för eder från släkte till släkte; i sjunde månaden skolen I fira den.
42 Då skolen I bo i lövhyddor i sju dagar; alla de som äro infödingar i Israel skola bo i lövhyddor,
43 för att edra efterkommande må veta huru jag lät Israels barn bo i lövhyddor, när jag förde dem ut ur Egyptens land Jag är HERREN, eder Gud.
44 Och Mose talade till Israels barn om dessa HERRENS högtider.
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