Book of Leviticus, Chapter 23

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Leviticus 23 NWT - New World Translation

Chapter 23 of Leviticus—New World Translation (NWT)

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1. ¶ And Jehovah went on speaking to Moses, saying:
2. “Speak to the sons of Israel, and you must say to them, ‘The seasonal festivals¹ of Jehovah that YOU should proclaim² are holy conventions. These are my seasonal festivals:
3. ¶ “‘Six days may work be done, but on the seventh day is a sabbath of complete rest,³ a holy convention. YOU may do no sort of work. It is a sabbath to Jehovah in all places where YOU dwell.⁴
4. ¶ “‘These are the seasonal festivals⁵ of Jehovah, holy conventions,⁶ which YOU should proclaim at their appointed⁷ times:
5. In the first month, on the fourteenth day of the month,⁸ between the two evenings^[a] is the passover⁹ to Jehovah.
6. ¶ “‘And on the fifteenth day of this month is the festival of unfermented cakes to Jehovah.¹⁰ Seven days YOU should eat unfermented cakes.¹¹
7. On the first day YOU will have a holy convention occur.¹² No sort of laborious work may YOU do.
8. But YOU must present an offering made by fire to Jehovah seven days. On the seventh day there will be a holy convention. No sort of laborious work may YOU do.’”
9. ¶ And Jehovah continued to speak to Moses, saying:
10. “Speak to the sons of Israel, and you must say to them, ‘When YOU eventually come into the land that I am giving YOU, and YOU have reaped its harvest, YOU must also bring a sheaf^[b] of the firstfruits¹³ of YOUR harvest to the priest.
11. And he must wave the sheaf to and fro¹⁴ before Jehovah to gain approval for YOU. Directly the day after the sabbath the priest should wave it to and fro.
12. And on the day of YOUR having the sheaf waved to and fro YOU must render up a sound young ram, in its first year, for a burnt offering to Jehovah;
13. and as its grain offering two tenths of an eʹphah of fine flour moistened with oil, as an offering made by fire to Jehovah, a restful odor; and as its drink offering a fourth of a hin^[c] of wine.
14. And YOU must eat no bread nor roasted grain nor new grain until this very day,¹⁵ until YOUR bringing the offering of YOUR God. It is a statute to time indefinite for YOUR generations in all places where YOU dwell.
15. ¶ “‘And YOU must count for yourselves from the day after the sabbath, from the day of YOUR bringing the sheaf of the wave offering, seven sabbaths.^[d]16 They should prove to be complete.
16. To the day after the seventh sabbath YOU should count, fifty days,¹⁷ and YOU must present a new grain offering¹⁸ to Jehovah.
17. Out of YOUR dwelling places YOU should bring two loaves¹⁹ as a wave offering. Of two tenths of an eʹphah of fine flour they should prove to be. They should be baked leavened,²⁰ as first ripe fruits to Jehovah.²¹
18. And YOU must present along with the loaves seven sound male lambs,²² each a year old, and one young bull and two rams. They should serve as a burnt offering to Jehovah along with their grain offering and their drink offerings as an offering made by fire, of a restful odor to Jehovah.
19. And YOU must render up one kid of the goats²³ as a sin offering and two male lambs, each a year old, as a communion sacrifice.²⁴
20. And the priest must wave them to and fro²⁵ along with the loaves of the first ripe fruits, as a wave offering before Jehovah, along with the two male lambs. They should serve as something holy to Jehovah for the priest.²⁶
21. And YOU must make a proclamation²⁷ on this very day; there will be a holy convention for yourselves. No sort of laborious work may YOU do. It is a statute to time indefinite in all YOUR dwelling places for YOUR generations.
22. ¶ “‘And when YOU people reap the harvest of YOUR land, you must not do completely the edge of your field when you are reaping, and the gleaning of your harvest you must not pick up.²⁸ You should leave them for the afflicted one²⁹ and the alien resident.³⁰ I am Jehovah YOUR God.’”
23. ¶ And Jehovah went on speaking to Moses, saying:
24. “Speak to the sons of Israel, saying, ‘In the seventh month,³¹ on the first of the month, there should occur for YOU a complete rest, a memorial by the trumpet blast,³² a holy convention.³³
25. No sort of laborious work may YOU do, and YOU must present an offering made by fire to Jehovah.’”
26. ¶ And Jehovah spoke further to Moses, saying:
27. “However, on the tenth of this seventh month is the day of atonement.³⁴ A holy convention should take place for YOU, and YOU must afflict YOUR souls³⁵ and present an offering³⁶ made by fire to Jehovah.
28. And YOU must do no sort of work on this very day, because it is a day of atonement to make atonement³⁷ for YOU before Jehovah YOUR God;
29. because every soul that will not be afflicted on this very day must be cut off from his people.³⁸
30. As for any soul that will do any sort of work on this very day, I must destroy that soul from among his people.³⁹
31. YOU must do no sort of work.⁴⁰ It is a statute to time indefinite for YOUR generations in all places where YOU dwell.
32. It is a sabbath of complete rest for YOU,⁴¹ and YOU must afflict⁴² YOUR souls on the ninth of the month in the evening. From evening to evening YOU should observe YOUR sabbath.”
33. ¶ And Jehovah continued to speak to Moses, saying:
34. “Speak to the sons of Israel, saying, ‘On the fifteenth day of this seventh month is the festival of booths for seven days to Jehovah.^[e]43
35. On the first day is a holy convention. No sort of laborious work may YOU do.
36. Seven days YOU should present an offering made by fire to Jehovah. On the eighth day there should occur a holy convention for YOU,⁴⁴ and YOU must present an offering made by fire to Jehovah. It is a solemn assembly.^[f] No sort of laborious work may YOU do.
37. ¶ “‘These are the seasonal festivals⁴⁵ of Jehovah that YOU should proclaim as holy conventions,⁴⁶ for presenting an offering made by fire⁴⁷ to Jehovah: the burnt offering⁴⁸ and the grain offering⁴⁹ of the sacrifice and the drink offerings⁵⁰ according to the daily schedule,^[g]
38. besides the sabbaths of Jehovah⁵¹ and besides YOUR gifts⁵² and besides all YOUR vow offerings⁵³ and besides all YOUR voluntary offerings,⁵⁴ which YOU should give to Jehovah.
39. However, on the fifteenth day of the seventh month, when YOU have gathered the produce of the land, YOU should celebrate the festival⁵⁵ of Jehovah seven days.⁵⁶ On the first day is a complete rest and on the eighth day is a complete rest.⁵⁷
40. And YOU must take for yourselves on the first day the fruit of splendid trees, the fronds of palm trees⁵⁸ and the boughs of branchy trees and poplars of the torrent valley, and YOU must rejoice⁵⁹ before Jehovah YOUR God seven days.
41. And YOU must celebrate it as a festival to Jehovah seven days in the year.⁶⁰ As a statute to time indefinite during YOUR generations, YOU should celebrate it in the seventh month.
42. It is in the booths YOU should dwell seven days.⁶¹ All the natives in Israel should dwell in the booths,⁶²
43. in order that YOUR generations may know⁶³ that it was in the booths that I made the sons of Israel to dwell when I was bringing them out of the land of Egypt.⁶⁴ I am Jehovah YOUR God.’”
44. ¶ Accordingly Moses spoke of the seasonal festivals⁶⁵ of Jehovah to the sons of Israel.

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FOOTNOTES

1. ^ See Ex 12:6 ftn.
2. ^ Or, “omer,” which equaled 2.2 L (2 dry qt).
3. ^ A hin equaled 3.67 L (7.75 pt).
4. ^ Or, “weeks.” Heb., shab·ba·thohthʹ. Compare Mt 28:1.
5. ^ “To Jehovah.” Heb., la·Yho·wahʹ. See App 1A.
6. ^ “A solemn assembly.” Heb., ʽatseʹreth; Gr., e·xoʹdi·on; that is, a festival day to commemorate the Exodus from Egypt.
7. ^ “According to the daily schedule.” Lit., “a thing (work) of a day on its day.”

REFERENCES

1. ^ Ex 23:14; Le 23:37
2. ^ Nu 10:10
3. ^ Ex 16:30; 20:10; Le 19:3; Ac 15:21
4. ^ Ne 13:22; Is 56:2; 58:13
5. ^ Ex 23:14
6. ^ Ex 12:16; Nu 29:12
7. ^ Nu 9:2
8. ^ Nu 9:3; 28:16
9. ^ Ex 12:6; De 16:1; Jos 5:10; 1Co 5:7
10. ^ Nu 28:17; Ac 12:3; 1Co 5:8
11. ^ Ex 12:15; 13:6; 34:18
12. ^ Ex 12:16
13. ^ Nu 18:12; Pr 3:9; Eze 44:30; 1Co 15:20; Jm 1:18
14. ^ Le 23:15; 1Co 15:20, 23
15. ^ Jos 5:11
16. ^ Ex 34:22; De 16:9
17. ^ Ac 2:1
18. ^ Nu 28:26; De 16:16
19. ^ Eph 2:16, 18
20. ^ Le 7:13; Ro 5:12
21. ^ Ex 23:16; 34:22; Jm 1:18; Re 14:4
22. ^ Nu 28:27
23. ^ Le 4:23; Nu 28:30
24. ^ Le 3:1
25. ^ Le 7:30
26. ^ Le 7:34; 10:14; Nu 18:9; De 18:4; 1Co 9:13
27. ^ Nu 10:10
28. ^ Le 19:9; De 24:19; Ru 2:3
29. ^ Is 58:7
30. ^ Le 19:33; Nu 15:15
31. ^ 1Ki 8:2
32. ^ Nu 10:10; 29:1
33. ^ Nu 29:12
34. ^ Ex 30:10; Le 16:30; 25:9; 1Jo 1:7
35. ^ Le 16:29; Nu 29:7; Ps 35:13; Is 58:5
36. ^ De 16:16; Eze 45:17
37. ^ Le 16:34; Heb 9:12, 24, 26; 10:10; 1Jo 2:2
38. ^ Nu 9:13; 15:30
39. ^ Ac 3:23
40. ^ Le 23:28; Mt 12:12; Mr 3:4
41. ^ Le 16:31
42. ^ Le 16:29; 23:27; Nu 29:7; Ps 35:13
43. ^ Ex 23:16; Nu 29:12; De 16:13; Ezr 3:4; Ne 8:14; Zc 14:16; Jn 7:2
44. ^ Ne 8:18; Jn 7:37
45. ^ Ex 23:14; De 16:16
46. ^ Le 23:4; Nu 28:26; 29:7
47. ^ Le 1:9; 2:2
48. ^ Le 1:3
49. ^ Le 2:1, 11
50. ^ Ex 29:40; Nu 15:5; 28:7; Pp 2:17
51. ^ Ex 16:23; 20:8; 31:13; Is 56:2
52. ^ Ex 28:38; Nu 18:29
53. ^ Nu 29:39; De 12:11
54. ^ De 12:6; 1Ch 29:9; 2Ch 35:8; Ezr 2:68
55. ^ Zc 14:16; Mt 13:39; 24:31; 25:31
56. ^ De 16:13
57. ^ Le 23:7, 24; Nu 29:12
58. ^ Ne 8:15; Jn 12:13; Re 7:9
59. ^ De 16:15; Ne 8:10
60. ^ Nu 29:12; Ne 8:18
61. ^ De 31:10
62. ^ Ne 8:14, 16, 17
63. ^ Ex 13:14; De 31:13; Ps 78:6
64. ^ Ex 12:38; Nu 24:5; Zc 14:16
65. ^ Le 23:2

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