THE THIRD BOOK OF

MOSES,
called
L E V I T I C U S

Leviticus 23 ©

Laws concerning the holy days and feasts, v. 1, etc. Of the sabbath, 3. The passover, 4, 5. With the ceremonies to be observed in keeping of it, 9. Of the Pentecost, 15. Of the feast of the trumpets, 24. Of the feast of reconciliation, 27. Of the feast of the tabernacles, 33.

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AND the LORD spake unto Moses, saying,

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Speak unto the children of Israel, and say unto them, Concerning the feasts of the LORD, which 1ye shall proclaim to be 2holy convocations, even these are my feasts.

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Sixa days shall 3work be done: but the seventh day is the sabbath of rest, an holy convocation; ye shall do no work therein: it is the sabbath of the LORD in all your dwellings.

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¶These are the feasts of the LORD, even holy convocations, which ye shall proclaim in their seasons.

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Inb the fourteenth day of the first 4month 5at even is the LORD’S 6passover.

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And on the fifteenth day of the same month is the feast of unleavened bread unto the LORD: seven days ye must eat unleavened bread.

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In the 7first day ye shall have an holy convocation: ye shall do no 8servile work therein.

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But ye shall offer an offering 9made by fire unto the LORD seven days: in the seventh day is an holy convocation: ye shall do no servile work therein.

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¶And the LORD spake unto Moses, saying,

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Speak unto the children of Israel, and say unto them, When ye be come into the land which I give unto you, and shall reap the harvest thereof, then ye shall bring a 10sheaf of the firstfruits of your harvest unto the priest:

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And he shall wave the sheaf before the LORD, 11to be accepted for you: 12on the morrow after the sabbath the priest shall wave it.

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And ye shall offer that day when ye wave the sheaf an he lamb without blemish of the 13first year for a burnt offering unto the LORD.

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And the meat offering thereof shall be two tenth deals of fine flour mingled with oil, an offering made by fire unto the LORD for a 14sweet savour: and the 15drink offering thereof shall be of wine, the fourth part of an 16hin.

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And ye shall eat 17neither bread, nor parched corn, nor green ears, until the selfsame day that ye have brought an offering unto your God: it shall be a statute for ever throughout your generations in all your dwellings.

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¶Andc ye shall count unto you from the morrow after the sabbath, from the day that ye brought the sheaf of the 18wave offering; seven 19sabbaths shall be complete:

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Even unto the morrow after the seventh sabbath shall ye number fifty days; and ye shall offer a 20new meat offering unto the LORD.

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Ye shall bring out of your habitations two wave loaves of two 21tenth deals: they shall be of fine flour; they shall be baken with 22leaven; they are the 23firstfruits unto the LORD.

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And ye shall offer with the bread seven lambs without blemish of the 24first year, and one 25young bullock, and two rams: they shall be for a burnt offering unto the LORD, with their meat offering, and their drink offerings, even an offering made by fire, of sweet savour unto the LORD.

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Then ye shall sacrifice one kid of the goats for a sin offering, and two lambs of the first year for a sacrifice of peace offerings.

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And the priest shall wave them 26with the bread of the firstfruits for a wave offering before the LORD, with the two lambs: they shall be holy to the LORD for the priest.

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And 27ye shall proclaim on the selfsame day, that it may be an holy convocation unto you: ye shall do no servile work therein: it shall be a statute for ever in all your dwellings throughout your generations.

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¶Andd when ye reap the harvest of your land, thou shalt not make 28clean riddance of the 29corners of thy field when thou reapest, neither shalt thou gather any 30gleaning of thy harvest: thou shalt leave them unto the poor, and to the stranger: I am the LORD your God.

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¶And the LORD spake unto Moses, saying,

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Speak unto the children of Israel, saying, Ine the 31seventh month, in the first day of the month, shall ye have a sabbath, a 32memorial of blowing of trumpets, an holy convocation.

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Ye shall do no servile work therein: but ye shall offer an offering made by fire unto the LORD.

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¶And the LORD spake unto Moses, saying,

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33Alsof on the tenth day of this seventh month there shall be a day of 34atonement: it shall be an holy convocation unto you; and ye shall afflict 35your souls, and offer an offering made by fire unto the LORD.

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And ye shall do no work in that same day: for it is a day of atonement, to make an atonement for you before the LORD your God.

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For 36whatsoever soul it be that shall not be afflicted in that same day, he shall be cut off from among his people.

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And whatsoever soul it be that doeth any work in that same day, the same soul will I 37destroy from among his people.

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Ye shall do no manner of work: it shall be a statute for ever throughout your generations in all your dwellings.

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It shall be unto you a sabbath of rest, and ye shall afflict your souls: in the ninth day of the month 38at even, 39from even unto even, shall ye celebrate your sabbath.

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¶And the LORD spake unto Moses, saying,

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Speak unto the children of Israel, saying, Theg fifteenth day of this seventh month shall be the feast of 40tabernacles for seven days unto the LORD.

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On the first day shall be an holy convocation: ye shall do no servile work therein.

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Seven days ye shall offer an offering made by fire unto the LORD: onh the eighth day shall be an holy convocation unto you; and ye shall offer an offering made by fire unto the LORD: it is a 41solemn assembly; and ye shall do no servile work therein.

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These are the feasts of the LORD, which ye shall proclaim to be holy convocations, to offer an offering made by fire unto the LORD, a burnt offering, and a meat offering, a sacrifice, and drink offerings, every thing upon his day:

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Beside the sabbaths of the LORD, and beside your gifts, and beside all your vows, and beside all your freewill offerings, which ye give unto the LORD.

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Also in the fifteenth day of the seventh month, when ye have gathered in the fruit of the land, ye shall keep a feast unto the LORD seven days: on the first day shall be a sabbath, and on the eighth day shall be a sabbath.

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And ye shall take you on the first day the 42boughs of 43goodly trees, 44branches of palm trees, and the boughs of thick trees, and 45willows of the brook; and ye shall rejoice before the LORD your God seven days.

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And ye shall keep it a feast unto the LORD seven days in the year. It shall be a statute for ever in your generations: ye shall celebrate it in the seventh month.

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Ye shall dwell in booths seven days; all that are Israelites born shall dwell in booths:

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That your generations may know that I made the children of Israel to dwell in 46booths, when I brought them out of the land of Egypt: I am the LORD your God.

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And Moses declared unto the children of Israel the feasts of the LORD.