Leviticus 23

Allah spoke to Musa, saying, 2Speak to Bani-Israel, and tell them, ‘The set feasts of Allah, which you shall proclaim to be holy assemblies, even these are my set feasts.

3“‘Six days shall work be done: but on the seventh day is a Sabbath of solemn rest, a holy assembly; you shall do no manner of work. It is a Sabbath to Allah in all your dwellings.

4“‘These are the set feasts of Allah, even holy assemblies, which you shall proclaim in their appointed season. 5In the first month, on the fourteenth day of the month in the evening, is Allah’s Passover. 6On the fifteenth day of the same month is the Feast of Unleavened Bread to Allah. Seven days you shall eat unleavened bread. 7In the first day you shall have a holy assembly. You shall do no regular work. 8But you shall offer an offering made by fire to Allah seven days. In the seventh day is a holy assembly: you shall do no regular work.‘”

9Allah spoke to Musa, saying, 10Speak to Bani-Israel, 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 priest: 11and he shall wave the sheaf before Allah, to be accepted for you. On the next day after the Sabbath the priest shall wave it. 12On the day when you wave the sheaf, you shall offer a male lamb without blemish a year old for a burnt offering to Allah. 13The meal offering with it shall be two tenth parts of an ephah of fine flour mingled with oil, an offering made by fire to Allah for a sweet savour; and the drink offering with it shall be of wine, the fourth part of a hin. 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.

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: 16even to the next day after the seventh Sabbath you shall number fifty days; and you shall offer a new meal offering to Allah. 17You shall bring out of your dwellings two wave-loaves of two tenth parts of an ephah: they shall be of fine flour, they shall be baked with yeast, for first fruits to Allah. 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 Allah, with their meal offering, and their drink offerings, even an offering made by fire, of a sweet aroma to Allah. 19You shall offer one male goat for a sin offering, and two male lambs a year old for a sacrifice of peace offerings. 20The priest shall wave them with the bread of the first fruits for a wave offering before Allah, with the two lambs. They shall be holy to Allah for the priest. 21You shall make proclamation on the same day: there shall be a holy assembly to you; you shall do no regular work. This is a statute forever in all your dwellings throughout your generations.

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 Allah your God.‘”

23Allah spoke to Musa, saying, 24Speak to Bani-Israel, 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 assembly. 25You shall do no regular work; and you shall bring an offering made by fire to Allah.‘”

26Allah spoke to Musa, saying, 27However on the tenth day of this seventh month is the day of atonement: it shall be a holy assembly to you, and you shall afflict yourselves; and you shall bring an offering made by fire to Allah. 28You shall do no manner of work in that same day; for it is a day of atonement, to make atonement for you before Allah your God. 29For whoever it is who shall not deny himself in that same day; shall be cut off from his people. 30Whoever it is who does any manner of work in that same day, that person I will destroy from among his people. 31You shall do no manner of work: it is a statute forever throughout your generations in all your dwellings. 32It 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.

33Allah spoke to Musa, saying, 34Speak to Bani-Israel, and say, ‘On the fifteenth day of this seventh month is the Feast of Booths for seven days to Allah. 35On the first day shall be a holy assembly: you shall do no regular work. 36Seven days you shall bring an offering made by fire to Allah. On the eighth day shall be a holy assembly to you; and you shall bring an offering made by fire to Allah. It is a solemn assembly; you shall do no regular work.

37“‘These are the appointed feasts of Allah, which you shall proclaim to be holy assemblies, to bring an offering made by fire to Allah, a burnt offering, and a meal offering, a sacrifice, and drink offerings, each on its own day; 38besides the Sabbaths of Allah, and besides your gifts, and besides all your vows, and besides all your freewill offerings, which you give to Allah.

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 Allah seven days: on the first day shall be a solemn rest, and on the eighth day shall be a solemn rest. 40You shall take on the first day the fruit of choice trees, branches of palm trees, and boughs of thick trees, and willows of the brook; and you shall rejoice before Allah your God seven days. 41You shall keep it a feast to Allah seven days in the year: it is a statute forever throughout your generations; you shall keep it in the seventh month. 42You shall dwell in booths seven days. All who are native-born in Israel shall dwell in booths, 43that your generations may know that I made Bani-Israel to dwell in booths, when I brought them out of the land of Egypt. I am Allah your God.‘”

44Musa declared to Bani-Israel the appointed feasts of Allah.

 

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