Chapter 23
1 Yahweh spoke to Moses , saying ,
2 " Speak to the children of Israel , and tell them , ‘ The set feasts of Yahweh , which you shall proclaim to be holy convocations , even these are my set feasts .
3 "‘ Six days shall work be done , but on the seventh day is a Sabbath of solemn rest , a holy convocation ; you shall do no kind of work . It is a Sabbath to Yahweh in all your dwellings .
4 "‘ These are the set feasts of Yahweh , even holy convocations , which you shall proclaim in their appointed season .
5 In the first month , on the fourteenth day of the month in the evening , is Yahweh ’s Passover .
6 On the fifteenth day of the same month is the feast of unleavened bread to Yahweh . Seven days you shall eat unleavened bread .
7 In the first day you shall have a holy convocation . You shall do no regular work .
8 But you shall offer an offering made by fire to Yahweh seven days . In the seventh day is a holy convocation . You shall do no regular work .’"
9 Yahweh spoke to Moses , saying ,
10 " Speak to the children of Israel , and tell them , ‘ When you have come into the land which I give to you , and shall reap its harvest , then you shall bring the sheaf of the first fruits of your harvest to the priest .
11 He shall wave the sheaf before Yahweh , to be accepted for you . On the next day after the Sabbath the priest shall wave it .
12 On the day when you wave the sheaf , you shall offer a male lamb without defect a year old for a burnt offering to Yahweh .
13 The meal offering with it shall be two tenths of an ephah of fine flour mixed with oil , an offering made by fire to Yahweh for a pleasant aroma ; and the drink offering with it shall be of wine , the fourth part of a hin .
14 You must not eat bread , or roasted grain , or fresh grain , until this same day , until you have brought the offering of your God . This is a statute forever throughout your generations in all your dwellings .
15 "‘ You shall count from the next day after the Sabbath , from the day that you brought the sheaf of the wave offering : seven Sabbaths shall be completed.
16 The next day after the seventh Sabbath you shall count fifty days ; and you shall offer a new meal offering to Yahweh .
17 You shall bring out of your habitations two loaves of bread for a wave offering made of two tenths of an ephah of fine flour . They shall be baked with yeast, for first fruits to Yahweh .
18 You shall present with the bread seven lambs without defect a year old , one young bull , and two rams. They shall be a burnt offering to Yahweh , with their meal offering and their drink offerings , even an offering made by fire, of a sweet aroma to Yahweh .
19 You shall offer one male goat for a sin offering , and two male lambs a year old for a sacrifice of peace offerings .
20 The priest shall wave them with the bread of the first fruits for a wave offering before Yahweh , with the two lambs . They shall be holy to Yahweh for the priest .
21 You shall make proclamation on the same day that there shall be a holy convocation to you . You shall do no regular work . This is a statute forever in all your dwellings throughout your generations .
22 "‘ When you reap the harvest of your land , you must not wholly reap into the corners of your field . You must not gather the gleanings of your harvest . You must leave them for the poor and for the foreigner . I am Yahweh your God .’"
23 Yahweh spoke to Moses , saying ,
24 " Speak to the children of Israel , saying , ‘ In the seventh month , on the first day of the month , there shall be a solemn rest for you , a memorial of blowing of trumpets , a holy convocation .
25 You shall do no regular work . You shall offer an offering made by fire to Yahweh .’"
26 Yahweh spoke to Moses , saying ,
27 "However on the tenth day of this seventh month is the day of atonement . It shall be a holy convocation to you . You shall afflict yourselves and you shall offer an offering made by fire to Yahweh .
28 You shall do no kind of work in that same day , for it is a day of atonement , to make atonement for you before Yahweh your God .
29 For whoever it is who shall not deny himself in that same day shall be cut off from his people .
30 Whoever does any kind of work in that same day , I will destroy that person from among his people .
31 You shall do no kind of work : it is a statute forever throughout your generations in all your dwellings .
32 It shall be a Sabbath of solemn rest for you , and you shall deny yourselves . In the ninth day of the month at evening , from evening to evening , you shall keep your Sabbath ."
33 Yahweh spoke to Moses , saying ,
34 " Speak to the children of Israel , and say , ‘ On the fifteenth day of this seventh month is the feast of booths for seven days to Yahweh .
35 On the first day shall be a holy convocation . You shall do no regular work .
36 Seven days you shall offer an offering made by fire to Yahweh . On the eighth day shall be a holy convocation to you . You shall offer an offering made by fire to Yahweh . It is a solemn assembly ; you shall do no regular work .
37 "‘ These are the appointed feasts of Yahweh which you shall proclaim to be holy convocations , to offer an offering made by fire to Yahweh , a burnt offering , a meal offering , a sacrifice , and drink offerings , each on its own day —
38 in addition to the Sabbaths of Yahweh , and in addition to your gifts , and in addition to all your vows , and in addition to all your free will offerings , which you give to Yahweh .
39 "‘So on the fifteenth day of the seventh month , when you have gathered in the fruits of the land, you shall keep the feast of Yahweh seven days . On the first day shall be a solemn rest , and on the eighth day shall be a solemn rest .
40 You shall take on the first day the fruit of majestic trees , branches of palm trees , and boughs of thick trees , and willows of the brook ; and you shall rejoice before Yahweh your God seven days .
41 You shall keep it as a feast to Yahweh seven days in the year . It is a statute forever throughout your generations . You shall keep it in the seventh month .
42 You shall dwell in temporary shelters for seven days . All who are native-born in Israel shall dwell in temporary shelters ,
43 that your generations may know that I made the children of Israel to dwell in temporary shelters when I brought them out of the land of Egypt . I am Yahweh your God .’"
44 So Moses declared to the children of Israel the appointed feasts of Yahweh .