Leviticus 23 :: Hebrew Names Version (HNV)

Laws of Religious Festivals

Lev 23:1The LORD spoke to Moshe, saying,

Lev 23:2"Speak to the children of Yisra'el, and tell them, 'The set feasts of the LORD, which you shall proclaim to be holy convocations, even these are my set feasts.

Lev 23:3

Lev 23:3"'Six days shall work be done: but on the seventh day is a Shabbat of solemn rest, a holy convocation; you shall do no manner of work. It is a Shabbat to the LORD in all your dwellings.

(Num 28:16–25 )

Lev 23:4

Lev 23:4"'These are the set feasts of the LORD, even holy convocations, which you shall proclaim in their appointed season.

Lev 23:5

Lev 23:5In the first month, on the fourteenth day of the month in the evening, is the LORD's Pesach.

Lev 23:6

Lev 23:6On the fifteenth day of the same month is the feast of matzah to the LORD. Seven days you shall eat matzah.

Lev 23:7

Lev 23:7In the first day you shall have a holy convocation. You shall do no regular work.

Lev 23:8

Lev 23:8But you shall offer an offering made by fire to the LORD seven days. In the seventh day is a holy convocation: you shall do no regular work.'"

Lev 23:9

Lev 23:9The LORD spoke to Moshe, saying,

Lev 23:10

Lev 23:10"Speak to the children of Yisra'el, and tell them, 'When you have come into the land which I give to you, and shall reap its the harvest, then you shall bring the sheaf of the first fruits of your harvest to the Kohen:

Lev 23:11

Lev 23:11and he shall wave the sheaf before the LORD, to be accepted for you. On the next day after the Shabbat the Kohen shall wave it.

Lev 23:12

Lev 23:12On the day when you wave the sheaf, you shall offer a male lamb without blemish a year old for a burnt offering to the LORD.

Lev 23:13

Lev 23:13The meal offering with it shall be two tenth parts of an efah of fine flour mingled with oil, an offering made by fire to the LORD for a sweet savor; and the drink offering with it shall be of wine, the fourth part of a hin.

Lev 23:14

Lev 23:14You shall eat neither bread, nor roasted grain, nor 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.

(Exo 34:22; Num 28:26–31; Deu 16:9, 10 )

Lev 23:15

Lev 23:15"'You shall count from the next day after the Shabbat, from the day that you brought the sheaf of the wave offering; seven Shabbatot shall be completed:

Lev 23:16

Lev 23:16even to the next day after the seventh Shabbat you shall number fifty days; and you shall offer a new meal offering to the LORD.

Lev 23:17

Lev 23:17You shall bring out of your habitations two wave-loaves of two tenth parts of an efah: they shall be of fine flour, they shall be baked with yeast, for first fruits to the LORD.

Lev 23:18

Lev 23:18You shall present with the bread seven lambs without blemish a year old, one young bull, and two rams. They shall be a burnt offering to the LORD, with their meal offering, and their drink offerings, even an offering made by fire, of a sweet aroma to the LORD.

Lev 23:19

Lev 23:19You shall offer one male goat for a sin offering, and two male lambs a year old for a sacrifice of shalom offerings.

Lev 23:20

Lev 23:20The Kohen shall wave them with the bread of the first fruits for a wave offering before the LORD, with the two lambs. They shall be holy to the LORD for the Kohen.

Lev 23:21

Lev 23:21You shall make proclamation on the same day: 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.

Lev 23:22

Lev 23:22"'When you reap the harvest of your land, you shall not wholly reap into the corners of your field, neither shall you gather the gleanings of your harvest: you shall leave them for the poor, and for the foreigner. I am the LORD your God.'"

(Num 29:1–6 )

Lev 23:23

Lev 23:23The LORD spoke to Moshe, saying,

Lev 23:24

Lev 23:24"Speak to the children of Yisra'el, saying, 'In the seventh month, on the first day of the month, shall be a solemn rest to you, a memorial of blowing of trumpets, a holy convocation.

Lev 23:25

Lev 23:25You shall do no regular work; and you shall offer an offering made by fire to the LORD.'"

The Day of Atonement

(Num 29:7–11 )

Lev 23:26

Lev 23:26The LORD spoke to Moshe, saying,

Lev 23:27

Lev 23:27"However on the tenth day of this seventh month is Yom Kippur: it shall be a holy convocation to you, and you shall afflict yourselves; and you shall offer an offering made by fire to the LORD.

Lev 23:28

Lev 23:28You shall do no manner of work in that same day; for it is Yom Kippura day of atonement, to make atonement for you before the LORD your God.

Lev 23:29

Lev 23:29For whoever it is who shall not deny himself in that same day; shall be cut off from his people.

Lev 23:30

Lev 23:30Whoever it is who does any manner of work in that same day, that person I will destroy from among his people.

Lev 23:31

Lev 23:31You shall do no manner of work: it is a statute forever throughout your generations in all your dwellings.

Lev 23:32

Lev 23:32It shall be a Shabbat 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 Shabbat."

(Num 29:12–40; Deu 16:13–17 )

Lev 23:33

Lev 23:33The LORD spoke to Moshe, saying,

Lev 23:34

Lev 23:34"Speak to the children of Yisra'el, and say, 'On the fifteenth day of this seventh month is the feast of booths for seven days to the LORD.

Lev 23:35

Lev 23:35On the first day shall be a holy convocation: you shall do no regular work.

Lev 23:36

Lev 23:36Seven days you shall offer an offering made by fire to the LORD. On the eighth day shall be a holy convocation to you; and you shall offer an offering made by fire to the LORD. It is a solemn assembly; you shall do no regular work.

Lev 23:37

Lev 23:37"'These are the appointed feasts of the LORD, which you shall proclaim to be holy convocations, to offer an offering made by fire to the LORD, a burnt offering, and a meal offering, a sacrifice, and drink offerings, each on its own day;

Lev 23:38

Lev 23:38besides the Shabbatot of the LORD, and besides your gifts, and besides all your vows, and besides all your freewill offerings, which you give to the LORD.

Lev 23:39

Lev 23:39"'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 the LORD seven days: on the first day shall be a solemn rest, and on the eighth day shall be a solemn rest.

Lev 23:40

Lev 23:40You shall take on the first day the fruit of goodly trees, branches of palm trees, and boughs of thick trees, and willows of the brook; and you shall rejoice before the LORD your God seven days.

Lev 23:41

Lev 23:41You shall keep it a feast to the LORD seven days in the year: it is a statute forever throughout your generations; you shall keep it in the seventh month.

Lev 23:42

Lev 23:42You shall dwell in booths seven days. All who are native-born in Yisra'el shall dwell in booths,

Lev 23:43

Lev 23:43that your generations may know that I made the children of Yisra'el to dwell in booths, when I brought them out of the land of Mitzrayim. I am the LORD your God.'"

Lev 23:44

Lev 23:44Moshe declared to the children of Yisra'el the appointed feasts of the LORD.

The Hebrew Names Version is based off the World English Bible, an update of the American Standard Version of 1901. This version of the Bible is in the public domain.

Leviticus 23 :: Hebrew Names Version (HNV)

Laws of Religious Festivals

The Day of Atonement

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