Leviticus 23
WEB·Leviticus 23
1Yahweh spoke to Moses, saying,
KJVAnd the LORDH3068 spakeH1696(H8762) unto MosesH4872, sayingH559(H8800),
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.
KJVSpeakH1696(H8761) unto the childrenH1121 of IsraelH3478, and sayH559(H8804) unto them, Concerning the feastsH4150 of the LORDH3068, which ye shall proclaimH7121(H8799) to be holyH6944 convocationsH4744, even these are my feastsH4150.
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.
KJVSixH8337 daysH3117 shall workH4399 be doneH6213(H8735): but the seventhH7637 dayH3117 is the sabbathH7676 of restH7677, an holyH6944 convocationH4744; ye shall doH6213(H8799) no workH4399 therein: it is the sabbathH7676 of the LORDH3068 in all your dwellingsH4186.
4 “‘These are the set feasts of Yahweh, even holy convocations, which you shall proclaim in their appointed season.
KJVThese are the feastsH4150 of the LORDH3068, even holyH6944 convocationsH4744, which ye shall proclaimH7121(H8799) in their seasonsH4150.
5 In the first month, on the fourteenth day of the month in the evening, is Yahweh’s Passover.
KJVIn the fourteenthH702H6240 day of the firstH7223 monthH2320 at evenH6153 is the LORD'SH3068 passoverH6453.
6 On the fifteenth day of the same month is the feast of unleavened bread to Yahweh. Seven days you shall eat unleavened bread.
KJVAnd on the fifteenthH2568H6240 dayH3117 of the same monthH2320 is the feastH2282 of unleavened breadH4682 unto the LORDH3068: sevenH7651 daysH3117 ye must eatH398(H8799) unleavened breadH4682.
7 In the first day you shall have a holy convocation. You shall do no regular work.
KJVIn the firstH7223 dayH3117 ye shall have an holyH6944 convocationH4744: ye shall doH6213(H8799) no servileH5656 workH4399 therein.
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.’”
KJVBut ye shall offerH7126(H8689) an offering made by fireH801 unto the LORDH3068 sevenH7651 daysH3117: in the seventhH7637 dayH3117 is an holyH6944 convocationH4744: ye shall doH6213(H8799) no servileH5656 workH4399 therein.
9 Yahweh spoke to Moses, saying,
KJVAnd the LORDH3068 spakeH1696(H8762) unto MosesH4872, sayingH559(H8800),
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.
KJVSpeakH1696(H8761) unto the childrenH1121 of IsraelH3478, and sayH559(H8804) unto them, When ye be comeH935(H8799) into the landH776 which I giveH5414(H8802) unto you, and shall reapH7114(H8804) the harvestH7105 thereof, then ye shall bringH935(H8689) a sheafH6016 of the firstfruitsH7225 of your harvestH7105 unto the priestH3548:
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.
KJVAnd he shall waveH5130(H8689) the sheafH6016 beforeH6440 the LORDH3068, to be acceptedH7522 for you: on the morrowH4283 after the sabbathH7676 the priestH3548 shall waveH5130(H8686) it.
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.
KJVAnd ye shall offerH6213(H8804) that dayH3117 when ye waveH5130(H8687) the sheafH6016 an he lambH3532 without blemishH8549 of the firstH1121 yearH8141 for a burnt offeringH5930 unto the LORDH3068.
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.
KJVAnd the meat offeringH4503 thereof shall be twoH8147 tenth dealsH6241 of fine flourH5560 mingledH1101(H8803) with oilH8081, an offering made by fireH801 unto the LORDH3068 for a sweetH5207 savourH7381: and the drink offeringH5262 thereof shall be of wineH3196, the fourthH7243 part of an hinH1969.
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.
KJVAnd ye shall eatH398(H8799) neither breadH3899, nor parched cornH7039, nor green earsH3759, until the selfsameH6106H2088 dayH3117 thatH5704 ye have broughtH935(H8687) an offeringH7133 unto your GodH430: it shall be a statuteH2708 for everH5769 throughout your generationsH1755 in all your dwellingsH4186.
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.
KJVAnd ye shall countH5608(H8804) unto you from the morrowH4283 after the sabbathH7676, from the dayH3117 that ye broughtH935(H8687) the sheafH6016 of the wave offeringH8573; sevenH7651 sabbathsH7676 shall beH1961(H8799) completeH8549:
16 The next day after the seventh Sabbath you shall count fifty days; and you shall offer a new meal offering to Yahweh.
KJVEven untoH5704 the morrowH4283 after the seventhH7637 sabbathH7676 shall ye numberH5608(H8799) fiftyH2572 daysH3117; and ye shall offerH7126(H8689) a newH2319 meat offeringH4503 unto the LORDH3068.
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.
KJVYe shall bring outH935(H8686) of your habitationsH4186 twoH8147 waveH8573 loavesH3899 of twoH8147 tenth dealsH6241: they shall be of fine flourH5560; they shall be bakenH644(H8735) with leavenH2557; they are the firstfruitsH1061 unto the LORDH3068.
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.
KJVAnd ye shall offerH7126(H8689) with the breadH3899 sevenH7651 lambsH3532 without blemishH8549 of the firstH1121 yearH8141, and oneH259 youngH1241H1121 bullockH6499, and twoH8147 ramsH352: they shall be for a burnt offeringH5930 unto the LORDH3068, with their meat offeringH4503, and their drink offeringsH5262, even an offering made by fireH801, of sweetH5207 savourH7381 unto the LORDH3068.
19 You shall offer one male goat for a sin offering, and two male lambs a year old for a sacrifice of peace offerings.
KJVThen ye shall sacrificeH6213(H8804) oneH259 kidH8163 of the goatsH5795 for a sin offeringH2403, and twoH8147 lambsH3532 of the firstH1121 yearH8141 for a sacrificeH2077 of peace offeringsH8002.
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.
KJVAnd the priestH3548 shall waveH5130(H8689) them with the breadH3899 of the firstfruitsH1061 for a wave offeringH8573 beforeH6440 the LORDH3068, with the twoH8147 lambsH3532: they shall be holyH6944 to the LORDH3068 for the priestH3548.
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.
KJVAnd ye shall proclaimH7121(H8804) on the selfsameH6106 dayH3117, that it may be an holyH6944 convocationH4744 unto you: ye shall doH6213(H8799) no servileH5656 workH4399 therein: it shall be a statuteH2708 for everH5769 in all your dwellingsH4186 throughout your generationsH1755.
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.’”
KJVAnd when ye reapH7114(H8800) the harvestH7105 of your landH776, thou shalt not make clean riddanceH3615(H8762) of the cornersH6285 of thy fieldH7704 when thou reapestH7114(H8800), neither shalt thou gatherH3950(H8762) any gleaningH3951 of thy harvestH7105: thou shalt leaveH5800(H8799) them unto the poorH6041, and to the strangerH1616: I am the LORDH3068 your GodH430.
23 Yahweh spoke to Moses, saying,
KJVAnd the LORDH3068 spakeH1696(H8762) unto MosesH4872, sayingH559(H8800),
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.
KJVSpeakH1696(H8761) unto the childrenH1121 of IsraelH3478, sayingH559(H8800), In the seventhH7637 monthH2320, in the firstH259 day of the monthH2320, shall ye have a sabbathH7677, a memorialH2146 of blowingH8643 of trumpets, an holyH6944 convocationH4744.
25 You shall do no regular work. You shall offer an offering made by fire to Yahweh.’”
KJVYe shall doH6213(H8799) no servileH5656 workH4399 therein: but ye shall offerH7126(H8689) an offering made by fireH801 unto the LORDH3068.
26 Yahweh spoke to Moses, saying,
KJVAnd the LORDH3068 spakeH1696(H8762) unto MosesH4872, sayingH559(H8800),
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.
KJVAlsoH389 on the tenthH6218 day of this seventhH7637 monthH2320 there shall be a dayH3117 of atonementH3725: it shall be an holyH6944 convocationH4744 unto you; and ye shall afflictH6031(H8765) your soulsH5315, and offerH7126(H8689) an offering made by fireH801 unto the LORDH3068.
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.
KJVAnd ye shall doH6213(H8799) no workH4399 in that sameH6106 dayH3117: for it is a dayH3117 of atonementH3725, to make an atonementH3722(H8763) for you beforeH6440 the LORDH3068 your GodH430.
29 For whoever it is who shall not deny himself in that same day shall be cut off from his people.
KJVFor whatsoever soulH5315 it be that shall not be afflictedH6031(H8792) in that sameH6106 dayH3117, he shall be cut offH3772(H8738) from among his peopleH5971.
30 Whoever does any kind of work in that same day, I will destroy that person from among his people.
KJVAnd whatsoever soulH5315 it be that doethH6213(H8799) any workH4399 in that sameH6106 dayH3117, the same soulH5315 will I destroyH6(H8689) from amongH7130 his peopleH5971.
31 You shall do no kind of work: it is a statute forever throughout your generations in all your dwellings.
KJVYe shall doH6213(H8799) no manner of workH4399: it shall be a statuteH2708 for everH5769 throughout your generationsH1755 in all your dwellingsH4186.
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.”
KJVIt shall be unto you a sabbathH7676 of restH7677, and ye shall afflictH6031(H8765) your soulsH5315: in the ninthH8672 day of the monthH2320 at evenH6153, from evenH6153 unto evenH6153, shall ye celebrateH7673(H8799) your sabbathH7676.
33 Yahweh spoke to Moses, saying,
KJVAnd the LORDH3068 spakeH1696(H8762) unto MosesH4872, sayingH559(H8800),
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.
KJVSpeakH1696(H8761) unto the childrenH1121 of IsraelH3478, sayingH559(H8800), The fifteenthH2568H6240 dayH3117 of this seventhH7637 monthH2320 shall be the feastH2282 of tabernaclesH5521 for sevenH7651 daysH3117 unto the LORDH3068.
35 On the first day shall be a holy convocation. You shall do no regular work.
KJVOn the firstH7223 dayH3117 shall be an holyH6944 convocationH4744: ye shall doH6213(H8799) no servileH5656 workH4399 therein.
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.
KJVSevenH7651 daysH3117 ye shall offerH7126(H8689) an offering made by fireH801 unto the LORDH3068: on the eighthH8066 dayH3117 shall be an holyH6944 convocationH4744 unto you; and ye shall offerH7126(H8686) an offering made by fireH801 unto the LORDH3068: it is a solemn assemblyH6116; and ye shall doH6213(H8799) no servileH5656 workH4399 therein.
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—
KJVThese are the feastsH4150 of the LORDH3068, which ye shall proclaimH7121(H8799) to be holyH6944 convocationsH4744, to offerH7126(H8687) an offering made by fireH801 unto the LORDH3068, a burnt offeringH5930, and a meat offeringH4503, a sacrificeH2077, and drink offeringsH5262, every thingH1697 upon hisH3117 dayH3117:
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.
KJVBeside the sabbathsH7676 of the LORDH3068, and beside your giftsH4979, and beside all your vowsH5088, and beside all your freewill offeringsH5071, which ye giveH5414(H8799) unto the LORDH3068.
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.
KJVAlso in the fifteenthH2568H6240 dayH3117 of the seventhH7637 monthH2320, when ye have gatheredH622(H8800) in the fruitH8393 of the landH776, ye shall keepH2287(H8799) a feastH2282 unto the LORDH3068 sevenH7651 daysH3117: on the firstH7223 dayH3117 shall be a sabbathH7677, and on the eighthH8066 dayH3117 shall be a sabbathH7677.
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.
KJVAnd ye shall takeH3947(H8804) you on the firstH7223 dayH3117 the boughsH6529 of goodlyH1926 treesH6086, branchesH3709 of palmH8558 trees, and the boughsH6057 of thickH5687 treesH6086, and willowsH6155 of the brookH5158; and ye shall rejoiceH8055(H8804) beforeH6440 the LORDH3068 your GodH430 sevenH7651 daysH3117.
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.
KJVAnd ye shall keepH2287(H8804) it a feastH2282 unto the LORDH3068 sevenH7651 daysH3117 in the yearH8141. It shall be a statuteH2708 for everH5769 in your generationsH1755: ye shall celebrateH2287(H8799) it in the seventhH7637 monthH2320.
42 You shall dwell in temporary shelters for seven days. All who are native-born in Israel shall dwell in temporary shelters,
KJVYe shall dwellH3427(H8799) in boothsH5521 sevenH7651 daysH3117; all that are IsraelitesH3478 bornH249 shall dwellH3427(H8799) in boothsH5521:
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.’”
KJVThat your generationsH1755 may knowH3045(H8799) that I made the childrenH1121 of IsraelH3478 to dwellH3427(H8689) in boothsH5521, when I brought them outH3318(H8687) of the landH776 of EgyptH4714: I am the LORDH3068 your GodH430.
44 So Moses declared to the children of Israel the appointed feasts of Yahweh.
KJVAnd MosesH4872 declaredH1696(H8762) unto the childrenH1121 of IsraelH3478 the feastsH4150 of the LORDH3068.
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