Old Testament · Leviticus

Leviticus 23

Feasts and Shabbats

(Exodus 23:14–19)

1And the LORD spoke to Moses, saying: 2Speak to the sons of Israel, and say to them: The appointed times (moedim) of the LORD, which you shall proclaim them holy convocations^a, these are My appointed times (moedim).

3Six days work shall be done, but on the seventh day is a Shabbat of Shabbaton, a holy convocation; any work you shall not do; it is a Shabbat to the LORD in all your dwellings.

Passover and the Feast of Unleavened Bread

(Exodus 12:14–28; Numbers 28:16–25; Deuteronomy 16:1–8)

4These are the appointed times (moedim) of the LORD, holy convocations, which you shall proclaim them in their appointed time (mo-ed). 5In the first month, on the fourteenth of the month, between the evenings, is a Passover to the LORD. 📊 Chart 6And on the fifteenth day of this month is the feast^b of unleavened bread to the LORD; seven days you shall eat unleavened bread. 7On the first day a holy convocation shall be to you; any work of service^c you shall not do. 8And you shall bring near a fire-offering to the LORD seven days; on the seventh day is a holy convocation; any work of service you shall not do.

The Sheaf of the Firstfruits

9And the LORD spoke to Moses, saying: 10Speak to the sons of Israel, and say to them: When you come into the land which I am giving to you, and you reap its harvest, then you shall bring a sheaf of the firstfruits of your harvest to the priest. 11And he shall wave the sheaf before the LORD for your acceptance; on the morrow after the Shabbat the priest shall wave it.

12And you shall offer, on the day you wave the sheaf, a lamb without blemish, a son of its year, for a burnt offering to the LORD. 13And its grain offering, two tenths of fine flour mingled with oil, a fire-offering to the LORD, a savor of soothing; and its drink offering, wine, a fourth of the hin.

14And bread and parched grain and fresh ears you shall not eat until this very day, until you have brought the offering of your God; an everlasting statute^d throughout your generations in all your dwellings.

The Feast of Weeks

(Acts 2:1–13)

15And you shall count for yourselves from the morrow after the Shabbat, from the day you brought the sheaf of the wave offering; seven complete Shabbats they shall be. 16Until the morrow after the seventh Shabbat you shall count fifty days; and you shall bring near a new grain offering to the LORD.

17From your dwellings you shall bring two wave loaves of two tenths; of fine flour they shall be, with leaven they shall be baked, firstfruits to the LORD.

18And you shall bring near with the bread seven lambs without blemish, sons of a year, and one young bull, and two rams; they shall be a burnt offering to the LORD, with their grain offering and their drink offerings, a fire-offering of a savor of soothing to the LORD.

19And you shall make one he-goat of the goats for a sin offering, and two lambs, sons of a year, for a sacrifice of peace offerings. 20And the priest shall wave them with the bread of the firstfruits, a wave offering before the LORD, with the two lambs; they shall be holy to the LORD for the priest.

21And you shall proclaim on this very day; a holy convocation it shall be to you; any work of service you shall not do; an everlasting statute in all your dwellings throughout your generations.

22And when you reap the harvest of your land, you shall not wholly reap the corner of your field in your reaping, and the gleaning of your harvest you shall not gather; for the poor and for the stranger you shall leave them: I am the LORD your God.

The Feast of Trumpets

(Numbers 29:1–6)

23And the LORD spoke to Moses, saying: 24Speak to the sons of Israel, saying: In the seventh month, on the first of the month, shall be to you a Shabbaton, a memorial of trumpet blast, a holy convocation. 25Any work of service you shall not do; and you shall bring near a fire-offering to the LORD.

The Day of Atonement

(Leviticus 16:1–34; Numbers 29:7–11)

26And the LORD spoke to Moses, saying: 27But on the tenth of this seventh month is the Day of Atonement; a holy convocation it shall be to you, and you shall afflict your souls^e; and you shall bring near a fire-offering to the LORD.

28And any work you shall not do on this very day; for it is a day of atonement, to make atonement for you before the LORD your God. 29For every soul that is not afflicted on this very day shall be cut off from its peoples. 30And every soul that does any work on this very day, I will destroy that soul from the midst of its people.

31Any work you shall not do; an everlasting statute throughout your generations in all your dwellings. 32A Shabbat of Shabbaton it is to you, and you shall afflict your souls; on the ninth of the month in the evening, from evening to evening, you shall shabbat your Shabbat.

The Feast of Tabernacles

(Nehemiah 8:13–18; Zechariah 14:16–21)

33And the LORD spoke to Moses, saying: 34Speak to the sons of Israel, saying: On the fifteenth day of this seventh month is the feast of booths for seven days to the LORD. 35On the first day is a holy convocation; any work of service you shall not do. 36Seven days you shall bring near a fire-offering to the LORD; on the eighth day a holy convocation it shall be to you, and you shall bring near a fire-offering to the LORD; it is a solemn assembly; any work of service you shall not do.

37These are the appointed times (moedim) of the LORD, which you shall proclaim them holy convocations, to bring near a fire-offering to the LORD, a burnt offering and a grain offering, a sacrifice and drink offerings, the matter of a day on its day; 38besides the Shabbat of the LORD, and besides your gifts, and besides all your vows, and besides all your freewill offerings which you give to the LORD.

39But on the fifteenth day of the seventh month, when you gather in the produce of the land, you shall keep the feast of the LORD seven days; on the first day is a Shabbaton, and on the eighth day a Shabbaton.

40And you shall take for yourselves on the first day fruit of a majestic tree, fronds of palms, and a branch of a leafy tree, and willows of the brook; and you shall rejoice before the LORD your God seven days. 41And you shall keep it a feast to the LORD seven days in the year; an everlasting statute throughout your generations; in the seventh month you shall keep it.

42In booths you shall dwell seven days; every native in Israel shall dwell in booths; 43that your generations may know that I made the sons of Israel dwell in booths when I brought them out of the land of Egypt: I am the LORD your God.

44And Moses declared the appointed times (moedim) of the LORD to the sons of Israel.