The In-Dept Study of the Bible
Leviticus 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 seventhday is a Sabbathof solemnrest,
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 broughtthe 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 childrenofIsrael, 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 Youshalldono regular work. Youshall
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 inthat
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 sevendays
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 onthefifteenth day ofthe seventh
month, when you have gathered in the
fruits ofthe land, youshall keepthe 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.