Feasts and Sabbaths (Exodus 23:14–19)
1 UST Yahweh spoke to Moses, BSB BSB: Then the LORD said to Moses,
2 UST “Tell the Israelite people: I have appointed these sacred festivals. You must announce when the people should gather together to worship me. 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 UST You may work for six days, but the seventh day is a special day of complete rest. You must gather together to worship me. You must not do any work on that day. This is a Sabbath to honor Yahweh wherever you live. 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 UST These are the special times that I have chosen, the holy gatherings that you must announce at their proper times. BSB BSB: These are the LORD’s appointed feasts, the sacred assemblies you are to proclaim at their appointed times.
5 UST In the first month, on the fourteenth day at twilight,{ you must celebrate} the Passover to{ honor} Yahweh. BSB BSB: The Passover to the LORD begins at twilight on the fourteenth day of the first month.
6 UST On the fifteenth day of this same month is the Festival of Unleavened Bread to{ honor} Yahweh. For seven days you must eat bread{ that you made} without yeast. 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 UST On the first day you must gather together for a holy meeting. You must not do any regular work. BSB BSB: On the first day you are to hold a sacred assembly; you are not to do any regular work.
8 UST For seven days you must bring offerings to Yahweh. On the seventh day you must gather again for a holy meeting. You must not do any regular work.” 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 UST Yahweh spoke to Moses, BSB BSB: And the LORD said to Moses,
10 UST “Tell the Israelite people: When you enter the land that I am giving you and harvest your crops, you must bring a bundle of the first grain you 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 UST The priest will lift up the bundle{ to present it} to Yahweh so that Yahweh will accept your gift. The priest must do this on the day after the Sabbath. 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 UST On the day you present the bundle of grain, you must also sacrifice a one- year- old male lamb that has no defects 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 UST With it{ you must also bring} a grain offering of four liters of fine flour mixed with olive oil as an offering to Yahweh. It will make an aroma he enjoys.{ You must also bring} one liter of wine as a drink offering. 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 UST On that day, you must not eat any bread, roasted grain, or fresh grain until you have brought this offering to your God. This is a rule that will continue forever for all your descendants, wherever you live. 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 UST Count seven full weeks from the day after the Sabbath when you brought the bundle of grain as an offering. 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 UST Count fifty days until the day after the seventh Sabbath. Then bring 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 UST At home,{ each family must} bake two loaves of bread using yeast and four liters of fine flour.{ Take them to the priest} and he will lift them up high to dedicate them to Yahweh. This will be the first offering to Yahweh from your harvest. 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 UST Along with the bread, present seven one- year- old male lambs with no defects, one young bull, and two rams. Burn them completely{ on the altar} to Yahweh. They and the grain offering and drink offerings are a present for Yahweh and will make a pleasing aroma for 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 UST You must also offer one male goat as a purifying sacrifice and two one- year- old male lambs as a fellowship sacrifice. 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 UST The priest will lift up these two lamb offerings{ high to dedicate them} to Yahweh. He will also offer the loaves of bread that were baked from the first wheat that you harvest. Those offerings are sacred to Yahweh, but they are for the priests{ to eat}. 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 UST On that same day announce that the people must gather together for a holy meeting. You must not do any regular work. This is a rule that will continue forever for all your descendants, wherever you live. 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 UST When you harvest your crops, do not harvest all the way to the edges of your fields. Do not pick up the grain that falls on the ground. Leave it for poor people and foreigners. Remember: 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 UST Yahweh spoke to Moses, BSB BSB: The LORD also said to Moses,
24 UST “Tell the Israelite people: On the first day of the seventh month, you must have a special day of rest. You must gather together for a holy meeting{ when you hear} the trumpet blast. 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 UST You must not do any regular work{ on that day}. Instead you must bring a present 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 UST Yahweh spoke to Moses, BSB BSB: Again the LORD said to Moses,
27 UST “On the tenth day of this seventh month you must gather together for a holy meeting. Show that you are sorry for sinning{ by not eating}. Bring a food present to Yahweh. This will be a special day for asking Yahweh to forgive you for the sins that you have committed. 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 UST Because on that day{ the priests} will offer sacrifices to Yahweh your God to ask him to forgive your sins, you must not do any work all day. 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 UST You must expel from your group and from the Israelite nation anyone who does not show that he is sorry for sinning{ by not eating} on that day. BSB BSB: If anyone does not humble himself on this day, he must be cut off from his people.
30 UST I will kill anyone who does any work on that day, right in the middle of his family! BSB BSB: I will destroy from among his people anyone who does any work on this day.
31 UST You must not work at all! You and all your descendants must always obey these commands, wherever you live. 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 UST That day you must all rest completely. Also, you must{ not eat} to show that you are sorry for having sinned. Rest from the evening of the ninth day of the month until the evening of the tenth day of the month.” 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 UST Yahweh spoke to Moses, BSB BSB: And the LORD said to Moses,
34 UST “Tell the Israelite people: On the fifteenth day of this seventh month is the Festival of Shelters. This festival to honor Yahweh will last for seven days. 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 UST On the first day you must gather together for a holy meeting. You must not do any regular work. BSB BSB: On the first day there shall be a sacred assembly. You must not do any regular work.
36 UST On each of the seven days of this festival, you must bring food presents to Yahweh. On the eighth day you must gather together again for a holy meeting and bring another food present to Yahweh. This is a special gathering. You must not do any regular work. 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 UST (To summarize, these are the festivals that Yahweh has appointed. You must announce that these are holy meetings in order to give presents to Yahweh. You will bring these: animal presents that you will burn completely, presents you make from flour, presents{ to promise friendship with Yahweh}, and presents of wine. Bring each present on the day that Yahweh commanded. 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 UST You must celebrate these festivals in addition to worshiping Yahweh on the Sabbath days. You must give Yahweh all those offerings in addition to his regular presents, the presents that people give when they solemnly promise to do something, and any presents that people give to Yahweh voluntarily.) 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 UST On the fifteenth day of the seventh month, after you have harvested your crops, be sure to celebrate the Festival of Shelters to honor Yahweh for seven days. Rest completely on the first day and on the eighth day. 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 UST On the first day, take the best fruit from your trees, palm branches, leafy branches, and willow branches from the riverbank. Celebrate with joy before 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 UST Celebrate this festival to honor Yahweh for seven days each year. You must celebrate it in the seventh month. You and all your descendants must always obey these commands. 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 UST During the seven days of that festival, all of you people who have been Israelites all of your lives must live in shelters. BSB BSB: You are to dwell in booths for seven days. All the native-born of Israel must dwell in booths,
43 UST That will remind your descendants that I made their ancestors live in shelters after I rescued them from Egypt. Do not forget that I, Yahweh your God,{ am the one who is commanding this}.” 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 UST So Moses told the Israelites about all these special times that Yahweh had chosen. BSB BSB: So Moses announced to the Israelites the appointed feasts of the LORD.
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