Feasts of the Lord
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The LORD spoke to Moses, saying,
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"Speak to the people of Israel and say to them, 1These are the appointed feasts of the LORD that you shall 2proclaim as 3holy convocations; they are my appointed feasts.
The Sabbath
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4"Six days shall work be done, but on the seventh day is a Sabbath of solemn rest, a holy convocation. You shall do no work. It is a Sabbath to the LORD in all your dwelling places.
The Passover
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5"These are the appointed feasts of the LORD, the 6holy convocations, which you shall proclaim at the time appointed for them
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And on the fifteenth day of the same month is the Feast of Unleavened Bread to the LORD; for seven days you shall eat unleavened bread.
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But you shall present a food offering to the LORD for seven days. On the seventh day is a holy convocation; you shall not do any ordinary work."
The Feast of Firstfruits
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And the LORD spoke to Moses, saying,
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"Speak to the people of Israel and say to them, 9When you come into the land that I give you and reap its harvest, you shall bring the sheaf of 10the firstfruits of your harvest to the priest,
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and he shall 11wave the sheaf before the LORD, so that you may be accepted. On the day after the Sabbath the priest shall wave it.
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And on the day when you 12wave the sheaf, you shall offer a 13male lamb a year old without blemish as a burnt offering to the LORD.
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14And the grain offering with it shall be two tenths of an ephahb of fine flour mixed with oil, a food offering to the LORD with a pleasing aroma, 15and the drink offering with it shall be of wine, a fourth of a hin.c
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And you shall eat neither bread nor grain 16parched or 17fresh until this same day, until you have brought the offering of your God: it is a statute forever throughout your generations in all your dwellings
The Feast of Weeks
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18"You shall count seven full weeks from the day after the Sabbath, from the day that you brought the sheaf of the 19wave offering.
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You shall count 20fifty days to the day after the seventh Sabbath. Then you shall present a grain offering of 21new grain to the LORD.
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You shall bring from your dwelling places two loaves of bread to be waved, made of two tenths of an ephah. They shall be of fine flour, and they shall be baked with leaven, as 22firstfruits to the LORD.
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And you shall present with the bread seven lambs a year old without blemish, and one bull from the herd and two rams. They shall be a burnt offering to the LORD, with their grain offering and their drink offerings, a food offering with a pleasing aroma to the LORD.
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And you shall offer one 23male goat for a sin offering, and two male lambs a year old as a sacrifice of 24peace offerings
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And the priest shall 25wave them with the bread of the firstfruits as a wave offering before the LORD, with the two lambs. 26They shall be holy to the LORD for the priest.
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And you shall make proclamation on the same day. You shall hold a holy convocation. You shall not do any ordinary work. It is a statute forever in all your dwelling places throughout your generations
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"And 27when you reap the harvest of your land, you shall not reap your field right up to its edge, nor shall you gather the gleanings after your harvest. You shall leave them for the poor and for the sojourner: I am the LORD your God."
The Feast of Trumpets
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And the LORD spoke to Moses, saying,
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"Speak to the people of Israel, saying, In 28the seventh month, on the first day of the month, you shall observe a day of solemn rest, 29a memorial proclaimed with blast of trumpets, a holy convocation.
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You shall not do any ordinary work, and you shall present a food offering to the LORD."
The Day of Atonement
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And the LORD spoke to Moses, saying,
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"Now 30on the tenth day of this seventh month is the Day of Atonement. It shall be for you a time of holy convocation, and you shall afflict yourselves and present a food offering to the LORD.
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And you shall not do any work on that very day, for it is a Day of Atonement, to make atonement for you before the LORD your God.
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And whoever does any work on that very day, that person I will destroy from among his people.
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You shall not do any work. It is a statute forever throughout your generations in all your dwelling places.
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It shall be to you a Sabbath of solemn rest, and you shall afflict yourselves. On the ninth day of the month beginning at evening, from evening to evening shall you keep your Sabbath."
The Feast of Booths
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And the LORD spoke to Moses, saying,
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"Speak to the people of Israel, saying, 32On the fifteenth day of this seventh month and for seven days is the Feast of Boothsd to the LORD.
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On the first day shall be a holy convocation; you shall not do any ordinary work.
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For seven days you shall present food offerings to the LORD. 33On the eighth day you shall hold a holy convocation and present a food offering to the LORD. It is a 34solemn assembly; you shall not do any ordinary work
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35"These are the appointed feasts of the LORD, which you shall proclaim as times of holy convocation, for presenting to the LORD food offerings, burnt offerings and grain offerings, sacrifices and drink offerings, each on its proper day,
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36besides the LORD's Sabbaths and besides your gifts and besides all your vow offerings and besides all your freewill offerings, which you give to the LORD
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"On the fifteenth day of the seventh month, when you have 37gathered in the produce of the land, you shall celebrate the feast of the LORD seven days. On the first day shall be a solemn rest, and on the eighth day shall be a solemn rest.
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And 38you shall take on the first day the fruit of splendid trees, branches of palm trees and boughs of leafy trees and willows of the brook, and 39you shall rejoice before the LORD your God seven days.
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40You shall celebrate it as a feast to the LORD for seven days in the year. It is a statute forever throughout your generations; you shall celebrate it in the seventh month.
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(English Standard Version - The Holy Bible Online)