Feasts and Sabbaths (Exodus 23:14–19)
1 ULT And Yahweh spoke to Moses, saying, BSB BSB: Then the LORD said to Moses,
2 ULT “Speak to the sons of Israel, and you shall say to them,‘The appointed times of Yahweh, which you shall proclaim them{ as} assemblies of holiness, these{ are} them, my appointed times. 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 ULT Six days work shall be done, and on the seventh day{ is} a sabbath of sabbaths, an assembly of holiness. You shall not do any work. It{ is} a sabbath to Yahweh 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 ULT These{ are} the appointed times of Yahweh, assemblies of holiness which you shall proclaim them in their appointed times. BSB BSB: These are the LORD’s appointed feasts, the sacred assemblies you are to proclaim at their appointed times.
5 ULT In the first month, on{ day} 14 of the month, between the evenings,{ is} the Passover to Yahweh. BSB BSB: The Passover to the LORD begins at twilight on the fourteenth day of the first month.
6 ULT And on day 15 of this month{ is} the Festival of Unleavened Bread to Yahweh. Seven days you shall 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 ULT On the first day there shall be an assembly of holiness for you. You shall not do any work of labor. BSB BSB: On the first day you are to hold a sacred assembly; you are not to do any regular work.
8 ULT And you shall present a gift to Yahweh{ for} seven days. On the seventh day{ is} an assembly of holiness. You shall not do any work of labor.’” 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 ULT And Yahweh spoke to Moses, saying, BSB BSB: And the LORD said to Moses,
10 ULT “Speak to the sons of Israel, and you shall say to them,‘When you enter into the land that I am giving to you and you harvest its harvest, then you shall bring a sheaf of the first of your harvest to 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 ULT And he shall wave the sheaf to the face of Yahweh for your acceptance. On the 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 ULT And on the day you raise the sheaf, you shall offer a perfect lamb, a son of its year, as a burnt offering to Yahweh. 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 ULT And its grain offering{ shall be} two- tenths{ of an ephah} of flour mixed with oil, a gift to Yahweh, a scent of pleasing, and its drink offering{ shall be} wine, a fourth 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 ULT And bread and roasted grain and fresh grain you shall not eat until this same day, until you bring the offering of your God.{ It is} a statute of eternity for 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 ULT And you shall count for yourselves from the day after the sabbath, from the day you brought the sheaf of the raised offering, seven sabbaths 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 ULT Until the day after the seventh sabbath you shall count 50 days, and you shall present a new grain offering to Yahweh. 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 ULT From your dwellings you shall bring bread of raising, two{ loaves} of two- tenths{ of an ephah}. They shall be{ of} flour. They shall be baked{ with} leaven, first fruits to Yahweh. 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 ULT And you shall present with the bread seven perfect male lambs, sons of a year, and one bull, a son of cattle, and two rams. They shall be a burnt offering to Yahweh, and their grain offering and their drink offerings, a gift, a scent of pleasing to Yahweh. 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 ULT And you shall offer one male goat as a sin offering and two lambs, sons of a year, as a sacrifice of peace offerings. 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 ULT And the priest shall raise them with the bread of the first fruits{ as} a raised offering to the face of Yahweh, with the two lambs. They shall be holy to Yahweh 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 ULT And you shall proclaim on this same day: it shall be an assembly of holiness for you. You shall not do any work of labor.{ It is} a statute of eternity in all your dwellings for 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 ULT And when you harvest the harvest of your land, you shall not finish the edge of your field in your harvesting, and you shall not glean the gleaning of your harvest. For the poor and for the foreigner you shall leave them. I{ am} Yahweh 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 ULT And Yahweh spoke to Moses, saying, BSB BSB: The LORD also said to Moses,
24 ULT “Speak to the sons of Israel, saying,‘In the seventh month, on{ day} one of the month, there shall be for you a rest, a memorial of a loud blast, an assembly of holiness. 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 ULT You shall not do any work of labor, and you shall present a gift to Yahweh.’” 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 ULT And Yahweh spoke to Moses, saying, BSB BSB: Again the LORD said to Moses,
27 ULT “Surely on the tenth of this seventh month, it is the Day of Atonement. It shall be an assembly of holiness for you, and you shall humble your souls, and you shall present a gift to Yahweh. 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 ULT And you shall not do any work on this same day, for it{ is} a Day of Atonement, to make atonement for you to the face of Yahweh 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 ULT For any person who is not humbled on this same day shall be cut off from his people. BSB BSB: If anyone does not humble himself on this day, he must be cut off from his people.
30 ULT And any person who does any work on this same day, I will destroy that person from among his people. BSB BSB: I will destroy from among his people anyone who does any work on this day.
31 ULT You shall not do any work.{ It is} a statute of eternity for 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 ULT It{ is} a sabbath of sabbaths for you, and you shall humble your souls. On{ day} nine of the month in the evening, from evening until evening, you shall observe 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 ULT And Yahweh spoke to Moses, saying, BSB BSB: And the LORD said to Moses,
34 ULT “Speak to the sons of Israel, saying,‘On day 15 of this seventh month{ is} the Feast of Booths{ for} seven days to Yahweh. 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 ULT On the first day is an assembly of holiness. You shall not do any work of labor. BSB BSB: On the first day there shall be a sacred assembly. You must not do any regular work.
36 ULT { For} seven days you shall present a gift to Yahweh. On the eighth day there shall be an assembly of holiness for you, and you shall present a gift to Yahweh. It is a holiday. You shall not do any work of labor. 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 ULT These{ are} the appointed times of Yahweh which you shall proclaim{ as} assemblies of holiness, to present a gift to Yahweh: a burnt offering and a grain offering, a sacrifice and drink offerings, the thing of a day on 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 ULT besides the sabbaths of Yahweh and besides your gifts and besides all your vows and besides all your freewill offerings that you give to Yahweh. 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 ULT Surely on day 15 of the seventh month, when you gather the produce of the land, you shall celebrate the feast of Yahweh{ for} seven days. On the first day{ shall be} a sabbath, and on the eighth day{ shall be} a sabbath. 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 ULT And you shall take for yourselves on the first day the fruit of majestic trees, branches of palm trees, and boughs of leafy trees and willows of the river, and you shall rejoice to the face of Yahweh your God{ for} 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 ULT And you shall celebrate it{ as} a feast to Yahweh{ for} seven days in the year.{ It is} a statute of eternity for your generations. In the seventh month you shall 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 ULT You shall dwell in booths{ for} seven days. All the native- 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 ULT so that your generations may know that I made the sons of Israel dwell in booths when I brought them out from the land of Egypt. I{ am} Yahweh 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 ULT And Moses declared the appointed times of Yahweh to the sons of Israel. BSB BSB: So Moses announced to the Israelites the appointed feasts of the LORD.
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