Leviticus 23 :: New King James Version (NKJV)

Feasts of the LORD

The Regular Feasts

Lev 23:1And the LORD spoke to Moses, saying,

Lev 23:2“Speak to the children of Israel, and say to them: ‘The feasts of the LORD, which you shall proclaim to be holy convocations, these are My feasts.

The Sabbath

Lev 23:3

Lev 23:3‘Six days shall work be done, but the seventh day is a Sabbath of solemn rest, a holy convocation. You shall do no work on it; it is the Sabbath of the LORD in all your dwellings.

The Passover and Unleavened Bread

(Num. 28:16–25 )

Lev 23:4

Lev 23:4‘These are the feasts of the LORD, holy convocations which you shall proclaim at their appointed times.

Lev 23:5

Lev 23:5‘On the fourteenth day of the first month at twilight is the LORD’s Passover.

Lev 23:6

Lev 23:6‘And on the fifteenth day of the same month is the Feast of Unleavened Bread to the LORD; seven days you must eat unleavened bread.

Lev 23:7

Lev 23:7‘On the first day you shall have a holy convocation; you shall do no customary work on it.

Lev 23:8

Lev 23:8‘But you shall offer an offering made by fire to the LORD for seven days. The seventh day shall be a holy convocation; you shall do no customary work on it.’ ”

The Feast of Firstfruits

Lev 23:9

Lev 23:9And the LORD spoke to Moses, saying,

Lev 23:10

Lev 23:10“Speak to the children of Israel, and say to them: ‘When you come into the land which I give to you, and reap its harvest, then you shall bring a sheaf of the firstfruits of your harvest to the priest.

Lev 23:11

Lev 23:11‘He shall wave the sheaf before the LORD, to be accepted on your behalf; on the day after the Sabbath the priest shall wave it.

Lev 23:12

Lev 23:12‘And you shall offer on that day, when you wave the sheaf, a male lamb of the first year, without blemish, as a burnt offering to the LORD.

Lev 23:13

Lev 23:13‘Its grain offering shall be two-tenths of an ephah of fine flour mixed with oil, an offering made by fire to the LORD, for a sweet aroma; and its drink offering shall be of wine, one-fourth of a hin.

Lev 23:14

Lev 23:14‘You shall eat neither bread nor parched grain nor fresh grain until the same day that you have brought an offering to your God; it shall be a statute forever throughout your generations in all your dwellings.

The Feast of Weeks

(Ex. 34:22; Num. 28:26–31; Deut. 16:9, 10 )

Lev 23:15

Lev 23:15‘And you shall count for yourselves from the day after the Sabbath, from the day that you brought the sheaf of the wave offering: seven Sabbaths shall be completed.

Lev 23:16

Lev 23:16‘Count fifty days to the day after the seventh Sabbath; then you shall offer a new grain offering to the LORD.

Lev 23:17

Lev 23:17‘You shall bring from your dwellings two wave loaves of two-tenths of an ephah. They shall be of fine flour; they shall be baked with leaven. They are the firstfruits to the LORD.

Lev 23:18

Lev 23:18‘And you shall offer with the bread seven lambs of the first year, without blemish, one young bull, and two rams. They shall be as a burnt offering to the LORD, with their grain offering and their drink offerings, an offering made by fire for a sweet aroma to the LORD.

Lev 23:19

Lev 23:19‘Then you shall sacrifice one kid of the goats as a sin offering, and two male lambs of the first year as a sacrifice of a peace offering.

Lev 23:20

Lev 23:20‘The priest shall wave them with the bread of the firstfruits as a wave offering before the LORD, with the two lambs. They shall be holy to the LORD for the priest.

Lev 23:21

Lev 23:21‘And you shall proclaim on the same day that it is a holy convocation to you. You shall do no customary work on it. It shall be 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 the corners of your field when you reap, nor shall you gather any gleaning from your harvest. You shall leave them for the poor and for the stranger: I am the LORD your God.’ ”

The Feast of Trumpets

(Num. 29:1–6 )

Lev 23:23

Lev 23:23Then the LORD spoke to Moses, saying,

Lev 23:24

Lev 23:24“Speak to the children of Israel, saying: ‘In the seventh month, on the first day of the month, you shall have a sabbath-rest, a memorial of blowing of trumpets, a holy convocation.

Lev 23:25

Lev 23:25‘You shall do no customary work on it; and you shall offer an offering made by fire to the LORD.’ ”

The Day of Atonement

(Num. 29:7–11 )

Lev 23:26

Lev 23:26And the LORD spoke to Moses, saying:

Lev 23:27

Lev 23:27“Also the tenth day of this seventh month shall be the Day of Atonement. It shall be a holy convocation for you; you shall afflict your souls, and offer an offering made by fire to the LORD.

Lev 23:28

Lev 23:28“And you shall do no work on that same day, for it is the Day of Atonement, to make atonement for you before the LORD your God.

Lev 23:29

Lev 23:29“For any person who is not afflicted in soul on that same day shall be cut off from his people.

Lev 23:30

Lev 23:30“And any person who does any work on that same day, that person I will destroy from among his people.

Lev 23:31

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

Lev 23:32

Lev 23:32“It shall be to you a sabbath of solemn rest, and you shall afflict your souls; on the ninth day of the month at evening, from evening to evening, you shall celebrate your sabbath.”

The Feast of Tabernacles

(Num. 29:12–40; Deut. 16:13–17 )

Lev 23:33

Lev 23:33Then the LORD spoke to Moses, saying,

Lev 23:34

Lev 23:34“Speak to the children of Israel, saying: ‘The fifteenth day of this seventh month shall be the Feast of Tabernacles for seven days to the LORD.

Lev 23:35

Lev 23:35‘On the first day there shall be a holy convocation. You shall do no customary work on it.

Lev 23:36

Lev 23:36‘For seven days you shall offer an offering made by fire to the LORD. On the eighth day you shall have a holy convocation, and you shall offer an offering made by fire to the LORD. It is a sacred assembly, and you shall do no customary work on it.

Lev 23:37

Lev 23:37‘These are the 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 grain offering, a sacrifice and drink offerings, everything on its day—

Lev 23:38

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

Lev 23:39

Lev 23:39‘Also on the fifteenth day of the seventh month, when you have gathered in the fruit of the land, you shall keep the feast of the LORD for seven days; on the first day there shall be a sabbath-rest, and on the eighth day a sabbath-rest.

Lev 23:40

Lev 23:40‘And you shall take for yourselves on the first day the fruit of beautiful trees, branches of palm trees, the boughs of leafy trees, and willows of the brook; and you shall rejoice before the LORD your God for seven days.

Lev 23:41

Lev 23:41‘You shall keep it as a feast to the LORD for seven days in the year. It shall be a statute forever in your generations. You shall celebrate it in the seventh month.

Lev 23:42

Lev 23:42‘You shall dwell in booths for seven days. All who are native Israelites shall dwell in booths,

Lev 23:43

Lev 23:43‘that your generations may know that I made the children of Israel dwell in booths when I brought them out of the land of Egypt: I am the LORD your God.’ ”

Lev 23:44

Lev 23:44So Moses declared to the children of Israel the feasts of the LORD.

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