Leviticus · Literal Standard Version
Leviticus 23 Literal Standard Version
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1 And YHWH speaks to Moses, saying,
1 Yahweh spoke to Moses, saying,
2 “Speak to the sons of Israel, and you have said to them: Appointed times of YHWH, which you proclaim [as] holy convocations, these [are] My appointed times.
2 “Speak to the children of Israel, and tell them, ‘The set feasts of Yahweh, which you shall proclaim to be holy convocations, even these are my set feasts.
3 [For] six days work is done, and in the seventh day [is] a Sabbath of rest, a holy convocation; you do no work; it [is] a Sabbath to YHWH in all your dwellings.
3 “‘Six days shall work be done, but on the seventh day is a Sabbath of solemn rest, a holy convocation; you shall do no kind of work. It is a Sabbath to Yahweh in all your dwellings.
4 These [are] appointed times of YHWH, holy convocations, which you proclaim in their appointed times:
4 “‘These are the set feasts of Yahweh, even holy convocations, which you shall proclaim in their appointed season.
5 in the first month, on the fourteenth of the month, between the evenings, [is] the Passover to YHWH;
5 In the first month, on the fourteenth day of the month in the evening, is Yahweh’s Passover.
6 and on the fifteenth day of this month [is] the Celebration of Unleavened Things to YHWH; [for] seven days you eat unleavened things;
6 On the fifteenth day of the same month is the feast of unleavened bread to Yahweh. Seven days you shall eat unleavened bread.
7 on the first day you have a holy convocation, you do no servile work;
7 In the first day you shall have a holy convocation. You shall do no regular work.
8 and you have brought a fire-offering near to YHWH [for] seven days; in the seventh day [is] a holy convocation; you do no servile work.”
8 But you shall offer an offering made by fire to Yahweh seven days. In the seventh day is a holy convocation. You shall do no regular work.’”
9 And YHWH speaks to Moses, saying,
9 Yahweh spoke to Moses, saying,
10 “Speak to the sons of Israel, and you have said to them: When you come into the land which I am giving to you, and have reaped its harvest, and have brought in the sheaf, the beginning of your harvest to the priest,
10 “Speak to the children of Israel, and tell them, ‘When you have come into the land which I give to you, and shall reap its harvest, then you shall bring the sheaf of the first fruits of your harvest to the priest.
11 then he has waved the sheaf before YHWH for your acceptance; on the next day of the Sabbath the priest waves it.
11 He shall wave the sheaf before Yahweh, to be accepted for you. On the next day after the Sabbath the priest shall wave it.
12 And you have prepared a lamb, a perfect one, a son of a year, in the day of your waving the sheaf for a burnt-offering to YHWH,
12 On the day when you wave the sheaf, you shall offer a male lamb without defect a year old for a burnt offering to Yahweh.
13 and its present [is] two-tenth parts of flour mixed with oil, a fire-offering to YHWH, a refreshing fragrance, and its drink-offering [is] a fourth of the hin of wine.
13 The meal offering with it shall be two tenths of an ephah of fine flour mixed with oil, an offering made by fire to Yahweh for a pleasant aroma; and the drink offering with it shall be of wine, the fourth part of a hin.
14 And you do not eat bread and roasted grain and full ears until this very day, until your bringing in the offering of your God—a continuous statute throughout your generations, in all your dwellings.
14 You must not eat bread, or roasted grain, or fresh grain, until this same day, until you have brought the offering of your God. This is a statute forever throughout your generations in all your dwellings.
15 And you have numbered for yourselves from the day after the Sabbath, from the day of your bringing in the sheaf of the wave-offering: they are seven perfect Sabbaths;
15 “‘You shall count from the next day after the Sabbath, from the day that you brought the sheaf of the wave offering: seven Sabbaths shall be completed.
16 you number fifty days to the day after the seventh Sabbath, and you have brought a new present near to YHWH;
16 The next day after the seventh Sabbath you shall count fifty days; and you shall offer a new meal offering to Yahweh.
17 you bring in two [loaves] of bread out of your dwellings [for] a wave-offering; they are of two-tenth parts of flour; they are baked [with] yeast—first-[fruits] to YHWH.
17 You shall bring out of your habitations two loaves of bread for a wave offering made of two tenths of an ephah of fine flour. They shall be baked with yeast, for first fruits to Yahweh.
18 And you have brought near, besides the bread, seven lambs, perfect ones, sons of a year, and one bullock, a son of the herd, and two rams; they are a burnt-offering to YHWH, with their present and their drink-offerings, a fire-offering of refreshing fragrance to YHWH.
18 You shall present with the bread seven lambs without defect a year old, one young bull, and two rams. They shall be a burnt offering to Yahweh, with their meal offering and their drink offerings, even an offering made by fire, of a sweet aroma to Yahweh.
19 And you have prepared one kid of the goats for a sin-offering, and two lambs, sons of a year, for a sacrifice of peace-offerings,
19 You shall offer one male goat for a sin offering, and two male lambs a year old for a sacrifice of peace offerings.
20 and the priest has waved them, besides the bread of the first-[fruits], [as] a wave-offering before YHWH, besides the two lambs; they are holy to YHWH for the priest;
20 The priest shall wave them with the bread of the first fruits for a wave offering before Yahweh, with the two lambs. They shall be holy to Yahweh for the priest.
21 and you have proclaimed in this very day [that] it is a holy convocation for yourselves, you do no servile work—a continuous statute in all your dwellings, throughout your generations.
21 You shall make proclamation on the same day that there shall be a holy convocation to you. You shall do no regular work. This is a statute forever in all your dwellings throughout your generations.
22 And in your reaping the harvest of your land you do not complete the corner of your field in your reaping, and you do not gather the gleaning of your harvest, you leave them for the poor and for the sojourner; I [am] your God YHWH.”
22 “‘When you reap the harvest of your land, you must not wholly reap into the corners of your field. You must not gather the gleanings of your harvest. You must leave them for the poor and for the foreigner. I am Yahweh your God.’”
23 And YHWH speaks to Moses, saying,
23 Yahweh spoke to Moses, saying,
24 “Speak to the sons of Israel, saying, In the seventh month, on the first of the month, you have a Sabbath, a memorial of shouting, a holy convocation;
24 “Speak to the children of Israel, saying, ‘In the seventh month, on the first day of the month, there shall be a solemn rest for you, a memorial of blowing of trumpets, a holy convocation.
25 you do no servile work, and you have brought a fire-offering near to YHWH.”
25 You shall do no regular work. You shall offer an offering made by fire to Yahweh.’”
26 And YHWH speaks to Moses, saying,
26 Yahweh spoke to Moses, saying,
27 “Only—on the tenth of this seventh month is the Day of Atonements; you have a holy convocation, and you have humbled yourselves, and have brought a fire-offering near to YHWH;
27 “However on the tenth day of this seventh month is the day of atonement. It shall be a holy convocation to you. You shall afflict yourselves and you shall offer an offering made by fire to Yahweh.
28 and you do no work in this very day, for it is a day of atonements, to make atonement for you, before your God YHWH.
28 You shall do no kind of work in that same day, for it is a day of atonement, to make atonement for you before Yahweh your God.
29 For any person who is not humbled in this very day has even been cut off from his people;
29 For whoever it is who shall not deny himself in that same day shall be cut off from his people.
30 and any person who does any work in this very day, I have even destroyed that person from the midst of his people;
30 Whoever does any kind of work in that same day, I will destroy that person from among his people.
31 you do no work—a continuous statute throughout your generations in all your dwellings.
31 You shall do no kind of work: it is a statute forever throughout your generations in all your dwellings.
32 It [is] a Sabbath of rest for yourselves, and you have humbled yourselves in the ninth of the month at evening; you keep your Sabbath from evening until evening.”
32 It shall be a Sabbath of solemn rest for you, and you shall deny yourselves. In the ninth day of the month at evening, from evening to evening, you shall keep your Sabbath.”
33 And YHWH speaks to Moses, saying,
33 Yahweh spoke to Moses, saying,
34 “Speak to the sons of Israel, saying, In the fifteenth day of this seventh month [is the] Celebration of Shelters [for] seven days to YHWH;
34 “Speak to the children of Israel, and say, ‘On the fifteenth day of this seventh month is the feast of booths for seven days to Yahweh.
35 the first day [is] a holy convocation, you do no servile work;
35 On the first day shall be a holy convocation. You shall do no regular work.
36 [for] seven days you bring a fire-offering near to YHWH, on the eighth day you have a holy convocation, and you have brought a fire-offering near to YHWH; it [is] a restraint, you do no servile work.
36 Seven days you shall offer an offering made by fire to Yahweh. On the eighth day shall be a holy convocation to you. You shall offer an offering made by fire to Yahweh. It is a solemn assembly; you shall do no regular work.
37 These [are] appointed times of YHWH, which you proclaim [as] holy convocations, to bring a fire-offering near to YHWH, a burnt-offering, and a present, a sacrifice, and drink-offerings, a thing of a day in its day,
37 “‘These are the appointed feasts of Yahweh which you shall proclaim to be holy convocations, to offer an offering made by fire to Yahweh, a burnt offering, a meal offering, a sacrifice, and drink offerings, each on its own day—
38 apart from the Sabbaths of YHWH, and apart from your gifts, and apart from all your vows, and apart from all your willing-offerings, which you give to YHWH.
38 in addition to the Sabbaths of Yahweh, and in addition to your gifts, and in addition to all your vows, and in addition to all your free will offerings, which you give to Yahweh.
39 Only—on the fifteenth day of the seventh month, in your gathering the increase of the land, you keep the celebration of YHWH [for] seven days; on the first day [is] a Sabbath, and on the eighth day a Sabbath;
39 “‘So on the fifteenth day of the seventh month, when you have gathered in the fruits of the land, you shall keep the feast of Yahweh seven days. On the first day shall be a solemn rest, and on the eighth day shall be a solemn rest.
40 and you have taken for yourselves on the first day the fruit of beautiful trees, branches of palms, and boughs of thick trees, and willows of a brook, and have rejoiced before your God YHWH [for] seven days.
40 You shall take on the first day the fruit of majestic trees, branches of palm trees, and boughs of thick trees, and willows of the brook; and you shall rejoice before Yahweh your God seven days.
41 And you have kept it [as] a celebration to YHWH, seven days in a year—a continuous statute throughout your generations; in the seventh month you keep it [as] a celebration.
41 You shall keep it as a feast to Yahweh seven days in the year. It is a statute forever throughout your generations. You shall keep it in the seventh month.
42 You dwell in shelters [for] seven days; all who are natives in Israel dwell in shelters,
42 You shall dwell in temporary shelters for seven days. All who are native-born in Israel shall dwell in temporary shelters,
43 so that your generations know that I caused the sons of Israel to dwell in shelters in My bringing them out of the land of Egypt; I [am] your God YHWH.”
43 that your generations may know that I made the children of Israel to dwell in temporary shelters when I brought them out of the land of Egypt. I am Yahweh your God.’”
44 And Moses speaks to the sons of Israel [concerning] the appointed times of YHWH.
44 So Moses declared to the children of Israel the appointed feasts of Yahweh.
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Moses
Drawn from the Nile, he led Israel out of Egypt and received God's Law.
Cited in the guide: Exodus 2–Deuteronomy 34
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- 2 Leviticus 23:37; Leviticus 23:4; Hosea 2:11; Psalm 81:3; Exodus 23:14–17
- 3 Leviticus 19:3; Exodus 35:2–3; Exodus 23:12; Exodus 34:21; Exodus 20:8–11
- 4 Exodus 23:14; Leviticus 23:37; Leviticus 23:2
- 5 Deuteronomy 16:1–8; Joshua 5:10; Exodus 12:2–14; Exodus 13:3–10; Exodus 12:18–19
- 6 Exodus 34:18; Exodus 12:15–16; Deuteronomy 16:8; Numbers 28:17–18; Exodus 13:6–7
- 7 Numbers 28:18–25; Leviticus 23:8; Leviticus 23:25; Leviticus 23:35–36; Leviticus 23:21
- 10 Exodus 34:26; Exodus 23:19; Numbers 15:18–21; Deuteronomy 16:9; Revelation 14:4
- 11 Exodus 29:24; Leviticus 9:21; Leviticus 10:14
- 12 Hebrews 10:10–12; Leviticus 1:10; 1 Peter 1:19
- 13 Leviticus 2:14–16; Ezekiel 45:24; Numbers 15:3–12; Exodus 29:40–41; Joel 1:9
- 14 Exodus 34:26; Genesis 4:4–5; Leviticus 25:2–3; Joshua 5:11–12; Leviticus 3:17
- 15 Leviticus 23:10–11; Leviticus 25:8; Deuteronomy 16:9–10; Exodus 34:22; Numbers 28:26
- 16 Acts 2:1; Numbers 28:26
- 17 Leviticus 23:10; Exodus 34:22; Exodus 23:19; Exodus 34:26; Leviticus 7:13
- 18 Numbers 28:27–31; Malachi 1:13–14; Numbers 15:4–12; Leviticus 23:12–13
- 19 Numbers 28:30; 2 Corinthians 5:21; Leviticus 4:23–28; Leviticus 7:11–18; Leviticus 16:15
- 20 Deuteronomy 18:4; Numbers 18:8–12; Exodus 29:24; Leviticus 23:17; Leviticus 10:14–15
- 21 Leviticus 23:2; Numbers 18:23; Genesis 17:7; Leviticus 23:4; Leviticus 23:14
- 22 Deuteronomy 24:19–21; Leviticus 19:9–10; Isaiah 58:10; Proverbs 11:24–25; 2 Corinthians 9:5–12
- 24 1 Corinthians 15:52; 1 Thessalonians 4:16; Leviticus 25:9; Numbers 29:1–6; Numbers 10:9–10
- 25 Leviticus 23:21
- 27 Leviticus 16:29–31; Numbers 29:7–11; Leviticus 16:24; Exodus 30:10; Leviticus 16:15
- 28 Zechariah 3:9; Leviticus 16:34; Romans 5:10–11; Hebrews 10:14; Hebrews 9:26
- 29 Genesis 17:14; Leviticus 23:27; Numbers 5:2; Leviticus 23:32; Ezekiel 7:16
- 30 Leviticus 20:3; Leviticus 20:5–6; Ezekiel 14:9; Genesis 17:14; Jeremiah 15:7
- 32 Leviticus 16:31; Psalm 69:10–11; Psalm 35:13; Leviticus 23:27; Psalm 51:17
- 34 Nehemiah 8:14; John 7:2; Ezra 3:4; Numbers 29:12; Exodus 34:22
- 35 Leviticus 23:24–25; Leviticus 23:7–8
- 36 Nehemiah 8:18; John 7:37; Deuteronomy 16:8; 2 Chronicles 7:8–11; Numbers 29:12–38
- 37 Leviticus 23:2; Leviticus 23:4; Ecclesiastes 3:1; Deuteronomy 16:16–17
- 38 Numbers 29:39; 2 Chronicles 35:7–8; Deuteronomy 12:6; Leviticus 23:3; 1 Chronicles 29:3–8
- 39 Exodus 23:16; Deuteronomy 16:13; Leviticus 23:34; Leviticus 23:36; Leviticus 23:24
- 40 Revelation 7:9; Philippians 4:4; Matthew 21:8; John 12:13; Deuteronomy 16:14–15
- 41 Numbers 29:12; Nehemiah 8:18
- 42 Nehemiah 8:14–17; Numbers 24:2; Hebrews 11:13–16; Jeremiah 35:10; Numbers 24:5
- 43 Exodus 13:14; Psalm 78:5–6; Deuteronomy 31:10–13
- 44 Leviticus 23:1–2; Matthew 18:20; Leviticus 21:24
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