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Laws of Religious Festivals |
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| Leviticus 23:1 |
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The LORD spoke again to Moses, saying, |
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| Leviticus 23:2 |
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"Speak to the sons of Israel and say to them,
'The LORD'S appointed times which you shall proclaim as holy convocations-My appointed
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| Leviticus 23:3 |
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'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 the LORD in all your dwellings. |
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| Leviticus 23:4 |
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'These are the appointed times of the LORD,
holy convocations which you shall proclaim at the times appointed for them. |
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| Leviticus 23:5 |
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In the first month, on the fourteenth day of
the month at twilight is the LORD'S Passover. |
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| Leviticus 23:6 |
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Then on the fifteenth day of the same month
there is the Feast of Unleavened Bread to the LORD; for seven days you shall eat
unleavened bread. |
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| Leviticus 23:7 |
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On the first day you shall have a holy convocation;
you shall not do any laborious work. |
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| Leviticus 23:8 |
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But for seven days you shall present an offering
by fire to the LORD. On the seventh day is a holy convocation; you shall not do
any laborious work.'" |
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| Leviticus 23:9 |
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Then the LORD spoke to Moses, saying, |
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| Leviticus 23:10 |
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"Speak to the sons of Israel and say to them,
'When you enter the land which I am going to give to you and reap its harvest,
then you shall bring in the sheaf of the first fruits of your harvest to the priest. |
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| Leviticus 23:11 |
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He shall wave the sheaf before the LORD for
you to be accepted; on the day after the sabbath the priest shall wave it. |
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| Leviticus 23:12 |
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Now on the day when you wave the sheaf, you
shall offer a male lamb one year old without defect for a burnt offering to the
LORD. |
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| Leviticus 23:13 |
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Its grain offering shall then be two-tenths
of an ephah of fine flour mixed with oil, an offering by fire to the LORD for
a soothing aroma, with its drink offering, a fourth of a hin of wine. |
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| Leviticus 23:14 |
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Until this same day, until you have brought
in the offering of your God, you shall eat neither bread nor roasted grain nor
new growth. It is to be a perpetual statute throughout your generations in all
your dwelling places. |
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| Leviticus 23:15 |
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'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. |
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| Leviticus 23:16 |
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You shall count fifty days to the day after
the seventh sabbath; then you shall present a new grain offering to the LORD. |
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| Leviticus 23:17 |
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You shall bring in from your dwelling places
two loaves of bread for a wave offering, made of two-tenths of an ephah; they
shall be of a fine flour, baked with leaven as first fruits to the LORD. |
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| Leviticus 23:18 |
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Along with the bread you shall present seven
one year old male lambs without defect, and a bull of the herd and two rams; they
are to be a burnt offering to the LORD, with their grain offering and their drink
offerings, an offering by fire of a soothing aroma to the LORD. |
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| Leviticus 23:19 |
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You shall also offer one male goat for a sin
offering and two male lambs one year old for a sacrifice of peace offerings. |
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| Leviticus 23:20 |
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The priest shall then wave them with the bread
of the first fruits for a wave offering with two lambs before the LORD; they are
to be holy to the LORD for the priest. |
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| Leviticus 23:21 |
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On this same day you shall make a proclamation
as well; you are to have a holy convocation. You shall do no laborious work. It
is to be a perpetual statute in all your dwelling places throughout your generations. |
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| Leviticus 23:22 |
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'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 needy and the alien. I am the LORD
your God.'" |
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| Leviticus 23:23 |
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Again the LORD spoke to Moses, saying, |
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| Leviticus 23:24 |
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"Speak to the sons of Israel, saying, 'In the
seventh month on the first of the month you shall have a rest, a reminder by blowing
of trumpets, a holy convocation. |
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| Leviticus 23:25 |
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You shall not do any laborious work, but you
shall present an offering by fire to the LORD.'" |
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The Day of Atonement |
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| Leviticus 23:26 |
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The LORD spoke to Moses, saying, |
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| Leviticus 23:27 |
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"On exactly the tenth day of this seventh month
is the day of atonement; it shall be a holy convocation for you, and you shall
humble your souls and present an offering by fire to the LORD. |
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| Leviticus 23:28 |
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You shall not do any work on this same day,
for it is a day of atonement, to make atonement on your behalf before the LORD
your God. |
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| Leviticus 23:29 |
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If there is any person who will not humble himself
on this same day, he shall be cut off from his people. |
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| Leviticus 23:30 |
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As for any person who does any work on this
same day, that person I will destroy from among his people. |
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| Leviticus 23:31 |
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You shall do no work at all. It is to be a perpetual
statute throughout your generations in all your dwelling places. |
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| Leviticus 23:32 |
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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." |
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| Leviticus 23:33 |
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Again the LORD spoke to Moses, saying, |
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| Leviticus 23:34 |
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"Speak to the sons of Israel, saying, 'On the
fifteenth of this seventh month is the Feast of Booths for seven days to the LORD. |
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| Leviticus 23:35 |
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On the first day is a holy convocation; you
shall do no laborious work of any kind. |
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| Leviticus 23:36 |
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For seven days you shall present an offering
by fire to the LORD. On the eighth day you shall have a holy convocation and present
an offering by fire to the LORD; it is an assembly. You shall do no laborious
work. |
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| Leviticus 23:37 |
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'These are the appointed times of the LORD
which you shall proclaim as holy convocations, to present offerings by fire to
the LORD--burnt offerings and grain offerings, sacrifices and drink offerings,
each day's matter on its own day-- |
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| Leviticus 23:38 |
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besides those of the sabbaths of the LORD, and
besides your gifts and besides all your votive and freewill offerings, which you
give to the LORD. |
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| Leviticus 23:39 |
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'On exactly the fifteenth day of the seventh
month, when you have gathered in the crops of the land, you shall celebrate the
feast of the LORD for seven days, with a rest on the first day and a rest on the
eighth day. |
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| Leviticus 23:40 |
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Now on the first day you shall take for yourselves
the foliage of beautiful trees, palm branches and boughs of leafy trees and willows
of the brook, and you shall rejoice before the LORD your God for seven days. |
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| Leviticus 23:41 |
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You shall thus celebrate it as a feast to the
LORD for seven days in the year. It shall be a perpetual statute throughout your
generations; you shall celebrate it in the seventh month. |
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| Leviticus 23:42 |
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You shall live in booths for seven days; all
the native-born in Israel shall live in booths, |
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| Leviticus 23:43 |
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so that 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 the LORD your God.'" |
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| Leviticus 23:44 |
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So Moses declared to the sons of Israel the
appointed times of the LORD. |
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