Leviticus 23:15   (Read all of Leviticus 23)

" 'From the day after the Sabbath, the day you brought the sheaf of the wave offering, count off seven full weeks.

Leviticus 23:16   (Read all of Leviticus 23)

Count off fifty days up to the day after the seventh Sabbath, and then present an offering of new grain to the Lord.

Leviticus 23:18   (Read all of Leviticus 23)

Present with this bread seven male lambs, each a year old and without defect, 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, an aroma pleasing to the Lord.

Leviticus 23:19   (Read all of Leviticus 23)

Then sacrifice one male goat for a sin offering and two lambs, each a year old, for a fellowship offering.

Leviticus 23:20   (Read all of Leviticus 23)

The priest is to wave the two lambs before the Lord as a wave offering, together with the bread of the firstfruits. They are a sacred offering to the Lord for the priest.

Leviticus 23:21   (Read all of Leviticus 23)

On that same day you are to proclaim a sacred assembly and do no regular work. This is to be a lasting ordinance for the generations to come, wherever you live.

Leviticus 23:23   (Read all of Leviticus 23)

The Lord said to Moses,

Leviticus 23:24   (Read all of Leviticus 23)

"Say to the Israelites: 'On the first day of the seventh month you are to have a day of sabbath rest, a sacred assembly commemorated with trumpet blasts.

Leviticus 23:26   (Read all of Leviticus 23)

The Lord said to Moses,

Leviticus 23:27   (Read all of Leviticus 23)

"The tenth day of this seventh month is the Day of Atonement. Hold a sacred assembly and deny yourselves, and present a food offering to the Lord.

Leviticus 23:31   (Read all of Leviticus 23)

You shall do no work at all. This is to be a lasting ordinance for the generations to come, wherever you live.

Leviticus 23:32   (Read all of Leviticus 23)

It is a day of sabbath rest for you, and you must deny yourselves. From the evening of the ninth day of the month until the following evening you are to observe your sabbath."

Leviticus 23:33   (Read all of Leviticus 23)

The Lord said to Moses,

Leviticus 23:34   (Read all of Leviticus 23)

"Say to the Israelites: 'On the fifteenth day of the seventh month the Lord's Festival of Tabernacles begins, and it lasts for seven days.

Leviticus 23:35   (Read all of Leviticus 23)

The first day is a sacred assembly; do no regular work.

Leviticus 23:36   (Read all of Leviticus 23)

For seven days present food offerings to the Lord, and on the eighth day hold a sacred assembly and present a food offering to the Lord. It is the closing special assembly; do no regular work.

Leviticus 23:37   (Read all of Leviticus 23)

(" 'These are the Lord's appointed festivals, which you are to proclaim as sacred assemblies for bringing food offerings to the Lord-the burnt offerings and grain offerings, sacrifices and drink offerings required for each day.

Leviticus 23:38   (Read all of Leviticus 23)

These offerings are in addition to those for the Lord's Sabbaths and in addition to your gifts and whatever you have vowed and all the freewill offerings you give to the Lord.)

Leviticus 23:39   (Read all of Leviticus 23)

" 'So beginning with the fifteenth day of the seventh month, after you have gathered the crops of the land, celebrate the festival to the Lord for seven days; the first day is a day of sabbath rest, and the eighth day also is a day of sabbath rest.

Leviticus 23:40   (Read all of Leviticus 23)

On the first day you are to take branches from luxuriant trees-from palms, willows and other leafy trees-and rejoice before the Lord your God for seven days.

Leviticus 23:41   (Read all of Leviticus 23)

Celebrate this as a festival to the Lord for seven days each year. This is to be a lasting ordinance for the generations to come; celebrate it in the seventh month.

Leviticus 23:42   (Read all of Leviticus 23)

Live in temporary shelters for seven days: All native-born Israelites are to live in such shelters

Leviticus 23:43   (Read all of Leviticus 23)

so your descendants will know that I had the Israelites live in temporary shelters when I brought them out of Egypt. I am the Lord your God.' "

Leviticus 23:44   (Read all of Leviticus 23)

So Moses announced to the Israelites the appointed festivals of the Lord.