Sukkot 2

Leviticus 22:26-23:44

YHWH spoke to Moses: “When an ox, sheep, or goat is born, it is to remain with its mother for seven days; from the eighth day on, it will be acceptable as an offering, a fire offering to YHWH. But you are not to slaughter an animal from the herd or flock on the same day as its young. When you sacrifice a thank offering to YHWH, sacrifice it so that you may be accepted. It is to be eaten on the same day. Do not let any of it remain until morning; I am YHWH.

“You are to keep My commands and do them; I am YHWH. You must not profane My holy Name; I must be treated as holy among the Israelites. I am YHWH who sets you apart, the One who brought you out of the land of Egypt to be your God; I am YHWH.”

YHWH spoke to Moses: “Speak to the Israelites and tell them: These are My appointed times, the times of YHWH that you will proclaim as sacred assemblies.

“Work may be done for six days, but on the seventh day there is to be a Sabbath of complete rest, a sacred assembly. You are not to do any work; it is a Sabbath to YHWH wherever you live.

“These are YHWH’s appointed times, the sacred assemblies you are to proclaim at their appointed times. The Passover to YHWH comes in the first month, at twilight on the fourteenth day of the month. The Festival of Unleavened Bread to YHWH is on the fifteenth day of the same month. For seven days you must eat unleavened bread. On the first day you are to hold a sacred assembly; you are not to do any daily work. You are to present a fire offering to YHWH for seven days. On the seventh day there will be a sacred assembly; do not do any daily work.”

YHWH spoke to Moses: “Speak to the Israelites and tell them: When you enter the land I am giving you and reap its harvest, you are to bring the first sheaf of your harvest to the priest. He will present the sheaf before YHWH so that you may be accepted; the priest is to present it on the day after the Sabbath. On the day you present the sheaf, you are to offer a year-old male lamb without blemish as a burnt offering to YHWH. Its grain offering is to be four quarts of fine flour mixed with oil as a fire offering to YHWH, a pleasing aroma, and its drink offering will be one quart of wine. You must not eat bread, roasted grain, or any new grain until this very day, and until you have brought the offering to your God. This is to be a permanent statute throughout your generations wherever you live.

“You are to count seven complete weeks starting from the day after the Sabbath, the day you brought the sheaf of the presentation offering. You are to count fifty days until the day after the seventh Sabbath and then present an offering of new grain to YHWH. Bring two loaves of bread from your settlements as a presentation offering, each of them made from four quarts of fine flour, baked with yeast, as firstfruits to YHWH. You are to present with the bread seven unblemished male lambs a year old, one young bull, and two rams. They will be a burnt offering to YHWH, with their grain offerings and drink offerings, a fire offering of a pleasing aroma to YHWH. You are also to prepare one male goat as a sin offering, and two male lambs a year old as a fellowship sacrifice. The priest will present the lambs with the bread of firstfruits as a presentation offering before YHWH; the bread and the two lambs will be holy to YHWH for the priest. On that same day you are to make a proclamation and hold a sacred assembly. You are not to do any daily work. This is to be a permanent statute wherever you live throughout your generations. When you reap the harvest of your land, you are not to reap all the way to the edge of your field or gather the gleanings of your harvest. Leave them for the poor and the resident alien; I am YHWH your God.”

YHWH spoke to Moses: “Tell the Israelites: In the seventh month, on the first day of the month, you are to have a day of complete rest, commemoration, and trumpet blasts—a sacred assembly. You must not do any daily work, but you must present a fire offering to YHWH.”

YHWH again spoke to Moses: “The tenth day of this seventh month is the Day of Atonement. You are to hold a sacred assembly and practice self-denial; you are to present a fire offering to YHWH. On this particular day you are not to do any work, for it is a Day of Atonement to make atonement for yourselves before YHWH your God. If any person does not practice self-denial on this particular day, he is to be cut off from his people. I will destroy among his people anyone who does any work on this same day. You are not to do any work. This is a permanent statute throughout your generations wherever you live. It will be a Sabbath of complete rest for you, and you must practice self-denial. You are to observe your Sabbath from the evening of the ninth day of the month until the following evening.”

YHWH spoke to Moses: “Tell the Israelites: The Festival of Shelters to YHWH begins on the fifteenth day of this seventh month and continues for seven days. There is to be a sacred assembly on the first day; you are not to do any daily work. You are to present a fire offering to YHWH for seven days. On the eighth day you are to hold a sacred assembly and present a fire offering to YHWH. It is a solemn gathering; you are not to do any daily work.

“These are YHWH’s appointed times that you are to proclaim as sacred assemblies for presenting fire offerings to YHWH, burnt offerings and grain offerings, sacrifices and drink offerings, each on its designated day. These are in addition to the offerings for YHWH’s Sabbaths, your gifts, all your vow offerings, and all your freewill offerings that you give to YHWH.

“You are to celebrate YHWH's festival on the fifteenth day of the seventh month for seven days after you have gathered the produce of the land. There will be complete rest on the first day and complete rest on the eighth day. On the first day you are to take the product of majestic trees—palm fronds, boughs of leafy trees, and willows of the brook—and rejoice before YHWH your God for seven days. You are to celebrate it as a festival to YHWH seven days each year. This is a permanent statute for you throughout your generations; celebrate it in the seventh month. You are to live in shelters for seven days. All the native-born of Israel must live in shelters, so that your generations may know that I made the Israelites live in shelters when I brought them out of the land of Egypt; I am YHWH your God.” So Moses declared the Lord’s appointed times to the Israelites.

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