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two wave loaves of two-tenths of an ephah. on it. For seven days you shall offer an offer-
They shall be of fine flour; they shall be baked ing made by fire to the LORD. On the eighth
with leaven. They are the firstfruits to the day you shall have a holy convocation, and you
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LORD. And you shall offer with the bread shall offer an offering made by fire to the
seven lambs of the first year, without blemish, LORD. It is a sacred assembly, and you shall do
one young bull, and two rams. They shall be no customary work on it.
as a burnt offering to the LORD, with their 37 ‘These are the feasts of the LORD which you
grain offering and their drink offerings, an shall proclaim to be holy convocations, to offer
offering made by fire for a sweet aroma to the an offering made by fire to the LORD, a burnt
LORD. Then you shall sacrifice one kid of the offering and a grain offering, a sacrifice and
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goats as a sin offering, and two male lambs of drink offerings, everything on its day— be-
the first year as a sacrifice of a peace offering. sides the Sabbaths of the LORD, besides your
20 The priest shall wave them with the bread of gifts, besides all your vows, and besides all your
the firstfruits as a wave offering before the freewill offerings which you give to the LORD.
LORD, with the two lambs. They shall be holy 39 ‘Also on the fifteenth day of the seventh
to the LORD for the priest. And you shall pro- month, when you have gathered in the fruit of
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claim on the same day that it is a holy convo- the land, you shall keep the feast of the LORD
cation to you. You shall do no customary work for seven days; on the first day there shall be a
on it. It shall be a statute forever in all your sabbath-rest, and on the eighth day a sabbath-
dwellings throughout your generations. rest. And you shall take for yourselves on the
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22 ‘When you reap the harvest of your land, first day the fruit of beautiful trees, branches of
you shall not wholly reap the corners of your palm trees, the boughs of leafy trees, and wil-
field when you reap, nor shall you gather any lows of the brook; and you shall rejoice before
gleaning from your harvest. You shall leave the LORD your God for seven days. You shall
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them for the poor and for the stranger: I am keep it as a feast to the LORD for seven days in
the LORD your God.’ ” the year. It shall be a statute forever in your
Then the LORD spoke to Moses, saying, generations. You shall celebrate it in the sev-
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“Speak to the children of Israel, saying: ‘In the enth month. You shall dwell in booths for
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seventh month, on the first day of the month, seven days. All who are native Israelites shall
you shall have a sabbath-rest, a memorial of dwell in booths, that your generations may
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blowing of trumpets, a holy convocation. You know that I made the children of Israel dwell
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shall do no customary work on it; and you shall in booths when I brought them out of the land
offer an offering made by fire to the LORD.’ ” of Egypt: I am the LORD your God.’ ”
And the LORD spoke to Moses, saying: So Moses declared to the children of Israel
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“Also the tenth day of this seventh month the feasts of the LORD.
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shall be the Day of Atonement. It shall be a Then the LORD spoke to Moses, saying:
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holy convocation for you; you shall afflict your 24 “Command the children of Israel that
souls, and offer an offering made by fire to the they bring to you pure oil of pressed olives for
LORD. And you shall do no work on that same the light, to make the lamps burn continually.
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day, for it is the Day of Atonement, to make 3 Outside the veil of the Testimony, in the tab-
atonement for you before the LORD your God. ernacle of meeting, Aaron shall be in charge
For any person who is not afflicted in soul on of it from evening until morning before the
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that same day shall be cut off from his people. LORD continually; it shall be a statute forever in
And any person who does any work on that your generations. He shall be in charge of the
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same day, that person I will destroy from lamps on the pure gold lampstand before the
among his people. You shall do no manner of LORD continually.
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work; it shall be a statute forever throughout 5 “And you shall take fine flour and bake
your generations in all your dwellings. It twelve cakes with it. Two-tenths of an ephah
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shall be to you a sabbath of solemn rest, and shall be in each cake. You shall set them in
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you shall afflict your souls; on the ninth day of two rows, six in a row, on the pure gold table
the month at evening, from evening to before the LORD. And you shall put pure
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evening, you shall celebrate your sabbath.” frankincense on each row, that it may be on
Then the LORD spoke to Moses, saying, the bread for a memorial, an offering made by
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“Speak to the children of Israel, saying: ‘The fire to the LORD. Every Sabbath he shall set it
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fifteenth day of this seventh month shall be the in order before the LORD continually, being
Feast of Tabernacles for seven days to the taken from the children of Israel by an ever-
LORD. On the first day there shall be a holy lasting covenant. And it shall be for Aaron and
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convocation. You shall do no customary work his sons, and they shall eat it in a holy place;
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