IV.
Ordinances concerning feasts
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A.
The weekly feasts — the Sabbath
vv. 1-3
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Then Jehovah spoke to Moses, saying,
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Speak to the children of Israel, and say to them,
As to the appointed
1afeasts of Jehovah, which you shall proclaim as holy
2convocations, these are My appointed feasts.
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aSix days work shall be done, but on the seventh day there is a
1Sabbath of complete rest, a holy convocation. You shall do no work; it is a Sabbath to Jehovah in all your dwelling places.
B.
The annual feasts
vv. 4-44
1.
The Feast of Passover
vv. 4-5
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These are the appointed
1afeasts of Jehovah, even the holy convocations, which you shall proclaim at their appointed time:
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aIn the first month, on the fourteenth
day of the month
1at twilight, is Jehovah’s
2bPassover,
2.
The Feast of Unleavened Bread
vv. 6-8
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And on the fifteenth day of this month is the
aFeast of Unleavened Bread to Jehovah; seven days you shall eat unleavened bread.
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aOn the
1first day you shall have a holy convocation; you shall do no work of labor.
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But you shall present an offering by fire to Jehovah
1seven days. On the seventh day there shall be a holy convocation; you shall do no work of labor.
3.
The Feast of Firstfruits
vv. 9-14
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Then Jehovah spoke to Moses, saying,
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Speak to the children of Israel, and say to them, When you come into the land which I am giving you, and reap its harvest, then you shall bring the
1sheaf of the
afirstfruits of your harvest to the priest;
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And he shall
awave the sheaf before Jehovah for your
1acceptance; on the
bday after the Sabbath the priest shall wave it.
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And on the day when you wave the sheaf, you shall offer a male lamb a year old without blemish as a
1aburnt offering to Jehovah.
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And its
1meal offering shall be two-tenths
of an ephah of fine flour mingled with oil, an offering by fire to Jehovah for a satisfying fragrance. And its
2adrink offering shall be of wine, a fourth of a hin.
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And you shall eat
1no bread or parched grain or fresh ears until that same day, until you have brought the offering of your God. It shall be a perpetual statute throughout your generations in all your dwelling places.
4.
The Feast of Pentecost
vv. 15-22
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And you shall count for yourselves from the day after the Sabbath; from the day that you brought the
asheaf of the wave offering there shall be
bseven complete
1Sabbaths.
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You shall count
1afifty days until the day after the seventh Sabbath; then you shall present a
bnew meal offering to Jehovah.
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You shall bring out of your dwelling places
1two loaves as a wave offering; they shall be of two tenths
of an ephah of fine flour, baked with
aleaven, as firstfruits to Jehovah.
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And you shall present with the bread seven lambs, a year old without blemish, and one bull of the herd and two rams; they shall be a
1burnt offering to Jehovah with their
1meal offering and their
1drink offerings, an offering by fire for a satisfying fragrance to Jehovah.
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And you shall offer one male goat for a
1sin offering and two male lambs, a year old, for a sacrifice of
1peace offerings.
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And the priest shall wave them with the bread of the firstfruits as a wave offering before Jehovah with the two lambs; they shall be holy to Jehovah for the priest.
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And you shall make a proclamation on that same day; you shall have a holy convocation; you shall do
1no work of labor. It shall be a perpetual statute in all your dwelling places throughout your generations.
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And when you reap the harvest of your land, you shall not completely reap the corners of your field, nor shall you
agather the gleaning of your harvest; you shall leave them for the
1poor and for the
1sojourner; I am Jehovah your God.
5.
The Feast of the Blowing of Trumpets
vv. 23-25
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Then Jehovah spoke to Moses, saying,
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Speak to the children of Israel, saying,
aIn the seventh month, on the first day of the month, you shall have a complete rest, a memorial
commemorated by the
1bblowing of trumpets, a holy convocation.
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You shall do no work of labor, but you shall present an offering by fire to Jehovah.
6.
The Feast of Expiation
vv. 26-32
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Then Jehovah spoke to Moses, saying,
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aAnd on the tenth day of this seventh month is the Day of
1Expiation; you shall have a holy convocation, and you shall
2afflict your souls and present an offering by fire to Jehovah.
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And you shall do
1no work on that same day, because it is a Day of Expiation, to make expiation on your behalf before Jehovah your God.
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If there is any person who does not afflict himself on that same day, he shall be cut off from his people.
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And if any person does any work on that same day, I will destroy that person from among his people.
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You shall do no work; it shall be a perpetual statute throughout your generations in all your dwelling places.
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It shall be to you a Sabbath of complete rest, and you shall afflict your souls; on the ninth day of the month in the evening, from evening to evening, you shall keep your Sabbath.
7.
The Feast of Tabernacles
vv. 33-44
Lev. 23
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Then Jehovah spoke to Moses, saying,
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Speak to the children of Israel, saying,
aOn the fifteenth day of this seventh month is the
1bFeast of
2Tabernacles for
3seven days to Jehovah.
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On the first day shall be a holy convocation; you shall do no work of labor.
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1Seven days you shall present an offering by fire to Jehovah. On the
2aeighth day you shall have a holy convocation, and you shall present an offering by fire to Jehovah. It is a solemn assembly; you shall do no work of labor.
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These are the appointed feasts of Jehovah, which you shall proclaim as holy convocations, to present an offering by fire to Jehovah, burnt offerings and meal offerings, sacrifices and drink offerings, each on its own day,
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Besides the Sabbaths of Jehovah and besides your gifts and besides all your vows and besides all your freewill offerings which you give to Jehovah.
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Then on the fifteenth day of the seventh month, when you have
1agathered in the produce of the land, you shall keep the feast of Jehovah seven days; on the first day shall be a complete rest, and on the eighth day shall be a complete rest.
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And on the first day you shall take for yourselves the
1product of stately trees, branches of
2apalm trees and boughs of leafy trees and willows of the brook; and you shall rejoice before Jehovah your God for seven days.
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And you shall keep it as a feast to Jehovah seven days in the year. It shall be a perpetual statute throughout your generations; you shall keep it in the seventh month.
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You shall dwell in
1booths seven days — all who are native in Israel shall dwell in
abooths —
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So that your
1descendants may know that I made the children of Israel to dwell in booths when I brought them out of the land of Egypt; I am Jehovah your God.
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And Moses declared to the children of Israel the appointed
1feasts of Jehovah.
