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Yahweh's Appointed Times

¹ And Yahweh spoke again to Moses, saying,² "Speak to the sons of Israel and say to them, '^(C1)The appointed times of Yahweh which you shall ^(C2)proclaim as holy convocations—My appointed times are these:

The Sabbath

³ '^(C1)For six days work may be done, but on the seventh day there is a sabbath of complete rest, a holy convocation. You shall not do any work; it is a sabbath to Yahweh in all your places of habitation.

The Passover

⁴ 'These are the ^(C1)appointed times of Yahweh, holy convocations which you shall proclaim at the times appointed for them.⁵ '^(C1)In the first month, on the fourteenth day of the month ^(F1)at twilight is the Passover of Yahweh.⁶ 'Then on the fifteenth day of the same month there is the ^(C1)Feast of Unleavened Bread to Yahweh; for seven days you shall eat unleavened bread.⁷ 'On the first day you shall have a holy convocation; you shall ^(C1)not do any laborious work.⁸ 'But for seven days you shall bring near an offering by fire to Yahweh. On the seventh day is a holy convocation; you shall not do any laborious work.'"

The Feast of the Harvest

⁹ Then Yahweh spoke to Moses, saying,¹⁰ "Speak to the sons of Israel and say to them, 'When you enter the land which I am going to give to you and ^(C1)reap its harvest, then you shall bring in the sheaf of the first fruits of your harvest to the priest.¹¹ 'And he shall wave the sheaf before Yahweh for you to be accepted; on the day after the sabbath the priest shall wave it.¹² 'Now on the day when you wave the sheaf, you shall offer a male lamb one year old without blemish for a burnt offering to Yahweh.¹³ 'Its ^(C1)grain offering shall then be two-tenths of an ^(F1)ephah of fine flour mixed with oil, an offering by fire to Yahweh for a soothing aroma, with its drink offering, a fourth of a ^(F2)hin of wine.¹⁴ 'Until this same day, until you have brought in the offering of your God, ^(C1)you shall eat neither bread nor roasted grain nor new growth. It is to be a perpetual statute throughout your generations in all your places of habitation.

The Feast of Weeks

¹⁵ '^(C1)You shall also count for yourselves from the day after the sabbath, from the day when you brought in the sheaf of the wave offering; there shall be seven complete sabbaths.¹⁶ 'You shall count fifty days to the day after the seventh sabbath; then you shall bring a ^(C1)new grain offering near to Yahweh.¹⁷ 'You shall bring in from your places of habitation two loaves of bread for a wave offering, made of two-tenths of an ^(F1)ephah; they shall be of a fine flour, baked ^(C1)with leaven as first fruits to Yahweh.¹⁸ 'Along with the bread you shall bring near seven one year old male lambs without blemish and a bull from the herd and two rams; they shall be a burnt offering to Yahweh, with their grain offering and their drink offerings, an offering by fire of a soothing aroma to Yahweh.¹⁹ 'You shall also offer ^(C1)one male goat for a sin offering and two male lambs one year old for a sacrifice of peace offerings.²⁰ 'The priest shall then wave them with the bread of the first fruits for a wave offering with two lambs before Yahweh; they shall be holy to Yahweh for the priest.²¹ 'On this same day you shall ^(C1)make a proclamation as well; it shall be a holy convocation for you. You shall do no laborious ^(C2)work. It is to be a perpetual statute in all your places of habitation throughout your generations.

²² '^(C1)When you reap the harvest of your land, moreover, you shall not reap to the very corners of your field nor gather the gleaning of your harvest; you are to leave them for the afflicted and the sojourner. I am Yahweh your God.'"

The Feast of Trumpets

²³ Again Yahweh spoke to Moses, saying,²⁴ "Speak to the sons of Israel, saying, '^(C1)In the seventh month on the first of the month you shall have a ^(F1)rest, a ^(C2)memorial by blowing of trumpets, a holy convocation.²⁵ 'You shall ^(C1)not do any laborious work, but you shall bring an offering by fire near to Yahweh.'"

The Day of Atonement

²⁶ And Yahweh spoke to Moses, saying,²⁷ "On exactly ^(C1)the tenth day of this seventh month is ^(C2)the day of atonement; it shall be a holy convocation for you, and you shall humble your souls and bring an offering by fire near to Yahweh.²⁸ "And you shall not do any work on this same day, for it is a ^(C1)day of atonement, ^(C2)to make atonement on your behalf before Yahweh your God.²⁹ "If there is any ^(F1)person who will not humble himself on this same day, ^(C1)he shall be cut off from his people.³⁰ "And as for any person who does any work on this same day, that person I will cause to perish from among his people.³¹ "You shall do no work at all. It is to be a perpetual statute throughout your generations in all your places of habitation.³² "It is to be a sabbath of complete rest to you, and you shall humble your souls; on the ninth of the month at evening, from evening until evening you shall keep your sabbath."

The Feast of Booths

³³ Again Yahweh spoke to Moses, saying,³⁴ "Speak to the sons of Israel, saying, 'On ^(C1)the fifteenth of this seventh month is the ^(C2)Feast of Booths for seven days to Yahweh.³⁵ 'On the first day is a holy convocation; you shall do ^(C1)no laborious work of any kind.³⁶ '^(C1)For seven days you shall bring an offering by fire near to Yahweh. On ^(C2)the eighth day you shall have a holy convocation and bring an offering by fire near to Yahweh; it is a solemn assembly. You shall do no laborious work.

³⁷ 'These are ^(C1)the appointed times of Yahweh which you shall proclaim as holy convocations, to bring offerings by fire near to Yahweh—burnt offerings and grain offerings, sacrifices and drink offerings, ^(C2)each day's matter on its own day—³⁸ besides those of the sabbaths of Yahweh and besides your gifts and besides all your ^(F1)votive and freewill offerings, which you give to Yahweh.

³⁹ 'On exactly the fifteenth day of the seventh month, ^(C1)when you have gathered in the produce of the land, you shall celebrate the feast of Yahweh for seven days, with a ^(F1)rest on the first day and a ^(F1)rest on the eighth day.⁴⁰ 'And on the first day you shall take for yourselves the ^(F1)foliage of beautiful trees, palm branches and boughs of leafy trees and willows of the brook, and you shall be glad before Yahweh your God for seven days.⁴¹ 'You shall thus celebrate it as a feast to Yahweh for seven days in the year. It shall be a perpetual statute throughout your generations; you shall celebrate it in the seventh month.⁴² 'You shall ^(F1)live ^(C1)in booths for seven days; all the native-born in Israel shall ^(F1)live in booths,⁴³ so that ^(C1)your generations may know that I had the sons of Israel live in booths when I brought them out from the land of Egypt. I am Yahweh your God.'"⁴⁴ So Moses spoke to the sons of Israel ^(C1)the appointed times of Yahweh.