Feasts and Sabbaths (Exodus 23:14–19)
1 DBY And Jehovah spoke to Moses, saying, BSB BSB: Then the LORD said to Moses,
2 DBY Speak unto the children of Israel, and say unto them, Concerning the set feasts of Jehovah, which ye shall proclaim as holy convocations — these are my set feasts. BSB BSB: “Speak to the Israelites and say to them, ‘These are My appointed feasts, the feasts of the LORD that you are to proclaim as sacred assemblies.
3 DBY Six days shall work be done; but on the seventh day is the sabbath of rest, a holy convocation; no manner of work shall ye do: it is the sabbath to Jehovah in all your dwellings. BSB BSB: For six days work may be done, but the seventh day is a Sabbath of complete rest, a day of sacred assembly. You must not do any work; wherever you live, it is a Sabbath to the LORD.
Passover and the Feast of Unleavened Bread (Exodus 12:14–28; Numbers 28:16–25; Deuteronomy 16:1–8)
4 DBY These are the set feasts of Jehovah, holy convocations, which ye shall proclaim in their seasons: BSB BSB: These are the LORD’s appointed feasts, the sacred assemblies you are to proclaim at their appointed times.
5 DBY In the first month, on the fourteenth of the month, between the two evenings, is the passover to Jehovah. BSB BSB: The Passover to the LORD begins at twilight on the fourteenth day of the first month.
6 DBY And on the fifteenth day of this month is the feast of unleavened bread to Jehovah; seven days shall ye eat unleavened bread. BSB BSB: On the fifteenth day of the same month begins the Feast of Unleavened Bread to the LORD. For seven days you must eat unleavened bread.
7 DBY On the first day ye shall have a holy convocation: no manner of servile work shall ye do. BSB BSB: On the first day you are to hold a sacred assembly; you are not to do any regular work.
8 DBY And ye shall present to Jehovah an offering by fire seven days; on the seventh day is a holy convocation: no manner of servile work shall ye do. BSB BSB: For seven days you are to present a food offering to the LORD. On the seventh day there shall be a sacred assembly; you must not do any regular work.’”
The Feast of Firstfruits 9 DBY And Jehovah spoke to Moses, saying, BSB BSB: And the LORD said to Moses,
10 DBY Speak unto the children of Israel and say unto them, When ye come into the land that I give unto you, and ye reap the harvest thereof, then ye shall bring a sheaf of the first-fruits of your harvest unto the priest. BSB BSB: “Speak to the Israelites and say, ‘When you enter the land that I am giving you and you reap its harvest, you are to bring to the priest a sheaf of the firstfruits of your harvest.
11 DBY And he shall wave the sheaf before Jehovah, to be accepted for you; on the next day after the sabbath the priest shall wave it. BSB BSB: And he shall wave the sheaf before the LORD so that it may be accepted on your behalf; the priest is to wave it on the day after the Sabbath.
12 DBY And ye shall offer that day when ye wave the sheaf, a he-lamb without blemish, a yearling, for a burnt-offering to Jehovah; BSB BSB: On the day you wave the sheaf, you shall offer a year-old lamb without blemish as a burnt offering to the LORD,
13 DBY and the oblation thereof: two tenths of fine flour mingled with oil, an offering by fire to Jehovah for a sweet odour; and the drink-offering thereof, of wine, a fourth part of a hin. BSB BSB: along with its grain offering of two-tenths of an ephah of fine flour mixed with oil—a food offering to the LORD, a pleasing aroma—and its drink offering of a quarter hin of wine.
14 DBY And ye shall not eat bread, or roast corn, or green ears, until the same day that ye have brought the offering of your God: it is an everlasting statute throughout your generations in all your dwellings. BSB BSB: You must not eat any bread or roasted or new grain until the very day you have brought this offering to your God. This is to be a permanent statute for the generations to come, wherever you live.
The Feast of Weeks (Acts 2:1–13)
15 DBY And ye shall count from the morning after the sabbath, from the day that ye brought the sheaf of the wave-offering, seven weeks; they shall be complete; BSB BSB: From the day after the Sabbath, the day you brought the sheaf of the wave offering, you are to count off seven full weeks.
16 DBY even unto the morning after the seventh sabbath shall ye count fifty days; and ye shall present a new oblation to Jehovah. BSB BSB: You shall count off fifty days until the day after the seventh Sabbath, and then present an offering of new grain to the LORD.
17 DBY Out of your dwellings shall ye bring two wave-loaves, of two tenths of fine flour; with leaven shall they be baken; as first-fruits to Jehovah. BSB BSB: Bring two loaves of bread from your dwellings as a wave offering, each made from two-tenths of an ephah of fine flour, baked with leaven, as the firstfruits to the LORD.
18 DBY And ye shall present with the bread seven he-lambs without blemish, yearlings, and one young bullock, and two rams: they shall be a burnt-offering to Jehovah with their oblation, and their drink-offerings, an offering by fire of a sweet odour to Jehovah. BSB BSB: Along with the bread you are to present seven unblemished male lambs a year old, one young bull, and two rams. They will be a burnt offering to the LORD, together with their grain offerings and drink offerings—a food offering, a pleasing aroma to the LORD.
19 DBY And ye shall sacrifice one buck of the goats for a sin-offering, and two he-lambs, yearlings, for a sacrifice of peace-offering. BSB BSB: You shall also prepare one male goat as a sin offering and two male lambs a year old as a peace offering.
20 DBY And the priest shall wave them with the bread of the first-fruits as a wave-offering before Jehovah, with the two he-lambs; they shall be holy to Jehovah, for the priest. BSB BSB: The priest is to wave the lambs as a wave offering before the LORD, together with the bread of the firstfruits. The bread and the two lambs shall be holy to the LORD for the priest.
21 DBY And ye shall make proclamation on that same day — a holy convocation shall it be unto you: no manner of servile work shall ye do: it is an everlasting statute in all your dwellings throughout your generations. BSB BSB: On that same day you are to proclaim a sacred assembly, and you must not do any regular work. This is to be a permanent statute wherever you live for the generations to come.
22 DBY And when ye reap the harvest of your land, thou shalt not in thy harvest entirely reap the corners of thy field, and the gleaning of thy harvest shalt thou not gather: thou shalt leave them unto the poor and to the stranger: I am Jehovah your God. BSB BSB: When you reap the harvest of your land, do not reap all the way to the edges of your field or gather the gleanings of your harvest. Leave them for the poor and the foreign resident. I am the LORD your God.’”
The Feast of Trumpets (Numbers 29:1–6)
23 DBY And Jehovah spoke to Moses, saying, BSB BSB: The LORD also said to Moses,
24 DBY Speak unto the children of Israel, saying, In the seventh month, on the first of the month, shall ye have a rest, a memorial of blowing of trumpets, a holy convocation. BSB BSB: “Speak to the Israelites and say, ‘On the first day of the seventh month you are to have a day of rest, a sacred assembly announced by trumpet blasts.
25 DBY No manner of servile work shall ye do; and ye shall present an offering by fire to Jehovah. BSB BSB: You must not do any regular work, but you are to present a food offering to the LORD.’”
The Day of Atonement (Leviticus 16:1–34; Numbers 29:7–11)
26 DBY And Jehovah spoke to Moses, saying, BSB BSB: Again the LORD said to Moses,
27 DBY Also on the tenth of this seventh month is the day of the atonement: a holy convocation shall it be unto you; and ye shall afflict your souls, and present an offering by fire to Jehovah. BSB BSB: “The tenth day of this seventh month is the Day of Atonement. You shall hold a sacred assembly and humble yourselves, and present a food offering to the LORD.
28 DBY And ye shall do no manner of work on that same day; for it is a day of atonement, to make atonement for you before Jehovah your God. BSB BSB: On this day you are not to do any work, for it is the Day of Atonement, when atonement is made for you before the LORD your God.
29 DBY For every soul that is not afflicted on that same day, shall be cut off from among his peoples. BSB BSB: If anyone does not humble himself on this day, he must be cut off from his people.
30 DBY And every soul that doeth any manner of work on that same day, the same soul will I destroy from among his people. BSB BSB: I will destroy from among his people anyone who does any work on this day.
31 DBY No manner of work shall ye do: it is an everlasting statute throughout your generations in all your dwellings. BSB BSB: You are not to do any work at all. This is a permanent statute for the generations to come, wherever you live.
32 DBY A sabbath of rest shall it be unto you; and ye shall afflict your souls. On the ninth of the month at even, from even unto even, shall ye celebrate your sabbath. BSB BSB: It will be a Sabbath of complete rest for you, and you shall humble yourselves. From the evening of the ninth day of the month until the following evening you are to keep your Sabbath.”
The Feast of Tabernacles (Nehemiah 8:13–18; Zechariah 14:16–21)
33 DBY And Jehovah spoke to Moses, saying, BSB BSB: And the LORD said to Moses,
34 DBY Speak unto the children of Israel, saying, On the fifteenth day of this seventh month is the feast of booths seven days to Jehovah. BSB BSB: “Speak to the Israelites and say, ‘On the fifteenth day of the seventh month the Feast of Tabernacles to the LORD begins, and it continues for seven days.
35 DBY On the first day there shall be a holy convocation: no manner of servile work shall ye do. BSB BSB: On the first day there shall be a sacred assembly. You must not do any regular work.
36 DBY Seven days ye shall present an offering by fire to Jehovah; on the eighth day shall be a holy convocation unto you; and ye shall present an offering by fire to Jehovah: it is a solemn assembly; no manner of servile work shall ye do. BSB BSB: For seven days you are to present a food offering to the LORD. On the eighth day you are to hold a sacred assembly and present a food offering to the LORD. It is a solemn assembly; you must not do any regular work.
37 DBY These are the set feasts of Jehovah, which ye shall proclaim as holy convocations, to present an offering by fire to Jehovah, a burnt-offering, and an oblation, a sacrifice, and drink-offerings, everything upon its day; BSB BSB: These are the LORD’s appointed feasts, which you are to proclaim as sacred assemblies for presenting food offerings to the LORD—burnt offerings and grain offerings, sacrifices and drink offerings, each on its designated day.
38 DBY besides the sabbaths of Jehovah, and besides your gifts, and besides all your vows, and besides all your voluntary offerings, which ye give to Jehovah. BSB BSB: These offerings are in addition to the offerings for the LORD’s Sabbaths, and in addition to your gifts, to all your vow offerings, and to all the freewill offerings you give to the LORD.
39 DBY But on the fifteenth day of the seventh month, when ye have gathered in the produce of the land, ye shall celebrate the feast of Jehovah seven days: on the first day there shall be rest, and on the eighth day there shall be rest. BSB BSB: On the fifteenth day of the seventh month, after you have gathered the produce of the land, you are to celebrate a feast to the LORD for seven days. There shall be complete rest on the first day and also on the eighth day.
40 DBY And ye shall take on the first day the fruit of beautiful trees, palm branches and the boughs of leafy trees, and willows of the brook; and ye shall rejoice before Jehovah your God seven days. BSB BSB: On the first day you are to gather the fruit of majestic trees, the branches of palm trees, and the boughs of leafy trees and of willows of the brook. And you are to rejoice before the LORD your God for seven days.
41 DBY And ye shall celebrate it as a feast to Jehovah seven days in the year: it is an everlasting statute throughout your generations; in the seventh month shall ye celebrate it. BSB BSB: You are to celebrate this as a feast to the LORD for seven days each year. This is a permanent statute for the generations to come; you are to celebrate it in the seventh month.
42 DBY In booths shall ye dwell seven days; all born in Israel shall dwell in booths; BSB BSB: You are to dwell in booths for seven days. All the native-born of Israel must dwell in booths,
43 DBY that your generations may know that I caused the children of Israel to dwell in booths, when I brought them out of the land of Egypt: I am Jehovah your God. BSB BSB: so that your descendants 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 DBY And Moses declared the set feasts of Jehovah to the children of Israel. BSB BSB: So Moses announced to the Israelites the appointed feasts of the LORD.