Feast of the Lord
1 The Lord spoke to Moses, saying, 2 “Speak to the Israelites and tell them, ‘The set feasts of the Lord, which you shall proclaim to be holy convocations, these are my set feasts:
3 Six days shall work be done, but the seventh day is a Sabbath of solemn rest, a holy convocation. You shall do no work of any kind. It is a Sabbath to the Lord in all your dwellings.’ ”
The Passover Feast
4 ” ‘These are the set feasts of the Lord, 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 the Lord’s Passover. 6 On the fifteenth day of the same month is the feast of unleavened bread to the Lord. Seven days you shall eat unleavened bread. 7 On the first day you shall have a holy convocation. You shall do no regular work. 8 But you shall present an offering made by fire to the Lord for seven days. The seventh day is a holy convocation. You shall do no regular work.’ ”
The Feast of First Fruits
9 The Lord spoke to Moses, saying, 10 “Speak to the Israelites and tell them, ‘When you have come into the land which I am giving 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 the Lord, 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 one year old male lamb without defect for a burnt offering to the Lord. 13 The grain offering with it shall be four quarts of fine flour mixed with oil, an offering made by fire to the Lord for a pleasant aroma, and the drink offering with it shall be one quart of wine.
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.’ ”
The Feast of Pentecost
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 50 days, and you shall offer a new grain offering to the Lord.
17 You shall bring out of your dwellings, two loaves of bread for a wave offering made of four quarts of fine flour. They shall be baked with yeast, for first fruits to the Lord. 18 You shall present with the bread seven one year old lambs without defect, one young bull, and two rams. They shall be a burnt offering to the Lord, with their grain offering and their drink offerings, an offering made by fire, of a sweet aroma to the Lord.
19 You shall offer one male goat for a sin offering, and two one year old male lambs for a sacrifice of peace offerings. 20 The priest shall wave them with the bread of the first fruits for a wave offering before the Lord, with the two lambs. They shall be holy to the Lord for the priest. 21 You shall make a 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, and you must not gather the gleanings of your harvest. You must leave them for the poor and for the foreigner. I am the Lord your God.’ ”
The Feast of Trumpets
23 The Lord spoke to Moses, saying, 24 “Speak to the Israelites, saying, ‘In the seventh month, on the first day of the month, there shall be a Sabbath rest for you, a memorial of blowing of trumpets, a holy convocation. 25 You shall do no regular work. You shall present an offering made by fire to the Lord.’ ”
The Day of Atonement
26 The Lord spoke to Moses, saying, 27 “However, the tenth day of this seventh month is the day of atonement. It shall be a holy convocation to you. You shall afflict your souls and you shall present an offering made by fire to the Lord. 28 You shall do no kind of work on that same day, for it is a day of atonement, to make atonement for you before the Lord your God.
29 For whatever soul is not afflicted on that same day shall be cut off from among his people. 30 And whatever person that does any work on that same day, that same person, I will destroy 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 celebrate your Sabbath rest.”
The Feast of Booths
33 The Lord spoke to Moses, saying, 34 “Speak to the Israelites and say, ‘On the fifteenth day of this seventh month is the feast of booths for seven days to the Lord. 35 The first day shall be a holy convocation. You shall do no regular work. 36 Seven days you shall present an offering made by fire to the Lord. The eighth day shall be a holy convocation to you. You shall present an offering made by fire to the Lord. It is a sacred assembly. You shall do no regular work.
37 These are the appointed feasts of the Lord which you shall proclaim to be holy convocations, to offer an offering made by fire to the Lord, a burnt offering, a grain offering, a sacrifice, and drink offerings, each on its own day— 38 in addition to the Lord’s Sabbaths, 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 the Lord.
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 the Lord for seven days. The first day shall be a sabbath rest, and the eighth day shall be a sabbath rest.
40 The first day, you shall take the fruit of majestic trees, branches of palm trees, and boughs of thick trees, and willows of the brook; and you shall rejoice before the Lord your God for seven days. 41 You shall keep it as a feast to the Lord seven days a year. It is a statute forever throughout your generations. You shall celebrate it in the seventh month.
42 You shall dwell in temporary booths for seven days. All who are native-born in Israel shall dwell in booths, 43 that your generations may know that I made the Israelites dwell in booths when I brought them out of the land of Egypt. I am the Lord your God.’ ”
44 So Moses declared to the Israelites the appointed feasts of the Lord.