Beginning

Offerings to the Lord

28 The Lord said to Moses, ² ‘Tell the Israelites that they must give their gifts to God at the proper time. The smell of the gifts when they burn will make him happy. ³ You must say to them, “This is the offering by fire that you must offer to the Lord: It must be two male lambs that are one year old. They must not have anything wrong with them. That is the burnt offering for every day. ⁴ You must give one lamb in the morning and one lamb in the evening. ⁵ With the lambs, you must also offer to God one kilogram of flour that you have mixed with one litre of good olive oil. ⁶ It is a regular burnt offering that God told you about. He told you about it on Sinai mountain. It is an offering by fire to the Lord. The smell as it burns makes the Lord happy. ⁷ Then the drink offering with it will be one litre of wine for each lamb. In God's Holy Tent, you must pour out a drink offering of the best wine to the Lord. ⁸ You must offer the other lamb when it begins to get dark. Offer it with a grain offering and a drink offering like the offerings in the morning. You must give it as an offering by fire. The smell of the smoke from these sacrifices will make the Lord happy.

⁹ Then on the Sabbath day, you must offer two male lambs that are one year old. They must not have anything wrong with them. And you must offer 2 kilograms of good flour. Mix that with oil as a grain offering. And you must give the proper drink offering with it. ¹⁰ This is the burnt offering for every Sabbath. But you must also give the regular burnt offering with its proper drink offering.

¹¹ Also, on the first day of every month, you must give a burnt offering to the Lord. It must be two young bulls, one male sheep and seven male lambs. The lambs must be one year old and they must not have anything wrong with them. ¹² With each bull and with the male sheep, you must give a grain offering. Mix together 3 kilograms of the best flour with olive oil. Offer it to me with each bull. Mix together 2 kilograms of the best flour with olive oil. Offer it to me with the male sheep. ¹³ And with each lamb you must give a grain offering. Mix together 1 kilogram of the best flour with olive oil. Offer it to me with each male lamb as a burnt offering to the Lord. The smell of the smoke from these sacrifices will make the Lord happy. ¹⁴ And there must be drink offerings with these sacrifices. The offering must be 2 litres of wine for a bull. It must be 1.5 litres for the male sheep and 1 litre for a lamb. That is the burnt offering of each month for every month of the year. ¹⁵ Also, you must offer one male goat as a sin offering to the Lord. You must offer it with the proper drink offering. But you must still offer the regular burnt offering.

The Passover

¹⁶ On the 14th day of the first month, you must eat the Lord's Passover meal. ¹⁷ Day 15 is the start of a week when you must eat the flat bread. You must not put any yeast in the bread. You must do that for seven days. ¹⁸ The first day will be a holy day and all the people must meet together. You must not work at your jobs on that day. ¹⁹ And you must give an offering by fire, a burnt offering to the Lord. The offering must be two young bulls, one male sheep and seven male lambs that are one year old. But these animals must not have anything wrong with them. ²⁰ Offer the proper grain offering with each animal. Mix together 3 kilograms of the best flour and olive oil. Offer it to me with each bull. With the male sheep, offer 2 kilograms of the best flour with oil. ²¹ With each of the seven lambs, you must offer one kilogram of flour that you have mixed with oil. ²² You must also give one male goat as a sin offering. That is to make things right with God for you. ²³ But you must still give the regular burnt offering in the morning. ²⁴ You must offer those gifts every day for seven days. They are the food of an offering by fire. The smell of them as they burn will make the Lord happy. But you must still give the regular burnt offering with the proper drink offering. ²⁵ And the seventh day must be a holy day and all the people must meet together. You must not work at your jobs on that day.

The Festival of Weeks

²⁶ The day when you offer to the Lord the first part of the harvest must also be a holy day. That is also the day when you give to the Lord an offering of new grain. That is the Festival of Weeks. All the people must meet together. You must not work at your jobs on that day. ²⁷ And you must give a burnt offering to the Lord. The offering must be two young bulls, one male sheep and seven male lambs that are one year old. The smell of the smoke from these sacrifices will make the Lord happy. ²⁸ Mix together 3 kilograms of the best flour and olive oil. Offer that with each bull. With the male sheep, offer 2 kilograms of flour with oil. ²⁹ With each of the seven lambs, you must offer one kilogram of flour that you have mixed with oil. ³⁰ You must also offer one male goat to remove your sins. ³¹ You must still give the regular burnt offering with the proper grain offering. You must give them with the proper drink offerings. The animals must not have anything wrong with them.

The Festival of Trumpets

29 On the first day of the seventh month, all the people must come together for a holy meeting. You must not work at your jobs. It is a day for you to make music with your trumpets. ² And you must offer a burnt offering to the Lord. You must give one young bull and one male sheep. Also offer seven lambs that are one year old. The animals must not have anything wrong with them. The smell of the smoke from these sacrifices will cause the Lord to be happy. ³ Offer to me the proper grain offering with each animal. Mix together 3 kilograms of the best flour with olive oil. Offer it to me with the young bull. Offer 2 kilograms of flour with oil with the male sheep. ⁴ Offer 1 kilogram of flour with each lamb. ⁵ Also offer one male goat as a sin offering, so that I will forgive the people's sins. ⁶ Offer these sacrifices as well as the burnt offering, grain offerings and drink offerings that you give each month and each day. The smell of the smoke from these sacrifices will cause the Lord to be happy.

The Day of Atonement

⁷ On the tenth day of the seventh month, you must come together for a holy meeting. During that day, you must make yourselves humble. And you must not do any work. ⁸ You must offer a burnt offering to the Lord. The smell of the smoke will make the Lord happy. Offer one young bull, one male sheep and seven male lambs that are one year old. The animals must not have anything wrong with them. ⁹ Offer to me the proper grain offering with each animal. Mix together 3 kilograms of the best flour with olive oil. Offer it to me with the young bull. Offer 2 kilograms of flour with oil with the male sheep. ¹⁰ Offer 1 kilogram of flour with oil with each lamb. ¹¹ Also offer one male goat as a sin offering. Give these gifts as well as the burnt offering, the grain offerings and the drink offerings that you give each day and each month.

The Festival of Huts

¹² On the 15th day of the seventh month, you must come together for a holy meeting. You must not work at your jobs. You must have a feast to the Lord for seven days. ¹³ Give an offering by fire as a smell to make the Lord happy. Give a burnt offering of 13 young bulls, two male sheep and 14 lambs that are one year old. The animals must not have anything wrong with them. ¹⁴ With each of the 13 bulls give a grain offering. Mix together 3 kilograms of the best flour with olive oil. Offer it to me with each bull. With each male sheep, offer 2 kilograms of flour with oil. ¹⁵ Offer one kilogram of flour that you have mixed with oil with each male lamb. ¹⁶ Include one male goat as a sin offering. Sacrifice it with the regular burnt offering with the proper grain offering and the drink offering.

¹⁷ On the second day, give 12 young bulls, two male sheep and 14 lambs that are one year old. The animals must not have anything wrong with them. ¹⁸ With the bulls, male sheep and lambs, give the proper grain offerings and drink offerings for each animal. ¹⁹ Include one male goat as a sin offering. Sacrifice it with the regular burnt offering with the proper grain offering and their drink offerings.

²⁰ On the third day, give 11 bulls, two male sheep and 14 male lambs that are a year old. The animals must not have anything wrong with them. ²¹ With the bulls, male sheep and lambs, give the proper grain offerings and drink offerings for each animal. ²² Include one male goat as a sin offering. Sacrifice it with the regular burnt offering with the proper grain offering and the drink offering.

²³ On the fourth day give ten bulls, two male sheep and 14 male lambs that are a year old. The animals must not have anything wrong with them. ²⁴ With the bulls, male sheep and lambs, give the proper grain offerings and drink offerings for each animal. ²⁵ Include one male goat as a sin offering. Sacrifice it with the regular burnt offering with the proper grain offering and the drink offering.

²⁶ On the fifth day give nine bulls, two male sheep and 14 male lambs that are a year old. The animals must not have anything wrong with them. ²⁷ With the bulls, male sheep and lambs, give the proper grain offerings and drink offerings for each animal. ²⁸ Include one male goat as a sin offering. Sacrifice it with the regular burnt offering with the proper grain offering and the drink offering.

²⁹ On the sixth day give eight bulls, two male sheep and 14 male lambs that are a year old. The animals must not have anything wrong with them. ³⁰ With the bulls, male sheep and lambs, give the proper grain offerings and drink offerings for each animal. ³¹ Include one male goat as a sin offering. Sacrifice it with the regular burnt offering with the proper grain offering and the drink offering.

³² On the seventh day give seven bulls, two male sheep and 14 male lambs that are a year old. The animals must not have anything wrong with them. ³³ With the bulls, male sheep and lambs, give the proper grain offerings and drink offerings for each animal. ³⁴ Include one male goat as a sin offering. Sacrifice it with the regular burnt offering with the proper grain offering and the drink offering.

³⁵ On the eighth day, all the people must come together for a holy meeting. You must not work at your jobs. ³⁶ Give an offering by fire as a smell to make the Lord happy. Give a burnt offering of one bull, one male sheep and seven male lambs that are a year old. The animals must not have anything wrong with them. ³⁷ With the bull, the male sheep and the lambs, give the proper grain offerings and drink offerings for each animal. ³⁸ Include one male goat as a sin offering. Sacrifice it with the regular burnt offering with the proper grain offering and the drink offering.

³⁹ You must offer those gifts to the Lord at the times of the feasts. You must do that even if you have given your usual burnt offering, grain offerings, drink offerings or friendship offerings. And you must do it even if you have given other offerings. You might have given those other offerings because you wanted to give them. Or you might have given them because you had promised to give them.” ’

⁴⁰ Moses told the Israelites everything that the Lord had said to him.

Rules about promises

30 Moses said to the leaders of the Israelite tribes: ‘The Lord commands this: ² If a man promises to the Lord that he will do something, he must do everything that he has promised.

³ A young woman who still lives in her father's house might make a promise to the Lord. ⁴ If her father hears about her promise and he does not say anything, she must do everything that she has promised. ⁵ But her father may refuse to let her do it. Then she does not have to do what she promised to do. The Lord will understand why she does not do it.

⁶ But a young woman like that might make a promise to God and then marry a husband. She might have promised something when she had not thought carefully about it. ⁷ After she marries, if her husband hears about it but he does not stop her, she must do what she promised. ⁸ But her husband may say that he refuses to let her do it. He must say that on the day when he first hears about it. Then the woman does not have to do what she promised to do. The Lord will forgive her.

⁹ If a woman no longer has a husband, she must do whatever she has promised to the Lord. Maybe she is a widow, or she has become separate from her husband.

¹⁰ A woman who is living with her husband may make a promise to the Lord. ¹¹ If her husband hears about it but he does not say anything, she must do everything that she has promised. ¹² But her husband may say clearly that she must not do it. Then she must obey him. The Lord will understand why she does not do it.

¹³ The husband may let his wife do what she promised to do, or he may refuse. ¹⁴ If the husband does not say anything for many days about the promise, the woman must do what she promised. ¹⁵ The husband may wait for many days after he hears about his wife's promise. If he then refuses to let her do what she promised, he will be guilty. God will punish him instead of his wife.’

¹⁶ Those are the rules that the Lord gave to Moses. They say what must happen when husbands, wives or young women who still live at home make a promise to the Lord.