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Text -- Leviticus 23:6-44 (NET)
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23:6 Then on the fifteenth day of the same month will be the festival of unleavened bread to the Lord ; seven days you must eat unleavened bread .
23:7 On the first day there will be a holy assembly for you; you must not do any regular work .
23:8 You must present a gift to the Lord for seven days , and the seventh day is a holy assembly ; you must not do any regular work .’”
The Presentation of First Fruits
23:9 The Lord spoke to Moses :
23:10 “Speak to the Israelites and tell them, ‘When you enter the land that I am about to give to you and you gather in its harvest , then you must bring the sheaf of the first portion of your harvest to the priest ,
23:11 and he must wave the sheaf before the Lord to be accepted for your benefit– on the day after the Sabbath the priest is to wave it.
23:12 On the day you wave the sheaf you must also offer a flawless yearling lamb for a burnt offering to the Lord ,
23:13 along with its grain offering , two tenths of an ephah of choice wheat flour mixed with olive oil , as a gift to the Lord , a soothing aroma , and its drink offering , one fourth of a hin of wine .
23:14 You must not eat bread , roasted grain , or fresh grain until this very day , until you bring the offering of your God . This is a perpetual statute throughout your generations in all the places where you live .
The Festival of Weeks
23:15 “‘You must count for yourselves seven weeks from the day after the Sabbath , from the day you bring the wave offering sheaf ; they must be complete weeks .
23:16 You must count fifty days – until the day after the seventh Sabbath – and then you must present a new grain offering to the Lord .
23:17 From the places where you live you must bring two loaves of bread for a wave offering ; they must be made from two tenths of an ephah of fine wheat flour , baked with yeast , as first fruits to the Lord .
23:18 Along with the loaves of bread , you must also present seven flawless yearling lambs , one young bull , and two rams . They are to be a burnt offering to the Lord along with their grain offering and drink offerings , a gift of a soothing aroma to the Lord .
23:19 You must also offer one male goat for a sin offering and two yearling lambs for a peace offering sacrifice ,
23:20 and the priest is to wave them– the two lambs – along with the bread of the first fruits , as a wave offering before the Lord ; they will be holy to the Lord for the priest .
23:21 “‘On this very day you must proclaim an assembly; it is to be a holy assembly for you. You must not do any regular work . This is a perpetual statute in all the places where you live throughout your generations .
23:22 When you gather in the harvest of your land , you must not completely harvest the corner of your field , and you must not gather up the gleanings of your harvest . You must leave them for the poor and the foreigner . I am the Lord your God .’”
The Festival of Horn Blasts
23:23 The Lord spoke to Moses :
23:24 “Tell the Israelites , ‘In the seventh month , on the first day of the month , you must have a complete rest , a memorial announced by loud horn blasts , a holy assembly .
23:25 You must not do any regular work , but you must present a gift to the Lord .’”
The Day of Atonement
23:26 The Lord spoke to Moses :
23:27 “The tenth day of this seventh month is the Day of Atonement . It is to be a holy assembly for you, and you must humble yourselves and present a gift to the Lord .
23:28 You must not do any work on this particular day , because it is a day of atonement to make atonement for yourselves before the Lord your God .
23:29 Indeed , any person who does not behave with humility on this particular day will be cut off from his people .
23:30 As for any person who does any work on this particular day , I will exterminate that person from the midst of his people !
23:31 You must not do any work . This is a perpetual statute throughout your generations in all the places where you live .
23:32 It is a Sabbath of complete rest for you, and you must humble yourselves on the ninth day of the month in the evening , from evening until evening you must observe your Sabbath .”
The Festival of Booths
23:33 The Lord spoke to Moses :
23:34 “Tell the Israelites , ‘On the fifteenth day of this seventh month is the Festival of Temporary Shelters for seven days to the Lord .
23:35 On the first day is a holy assembly ; you must do no regular work .
23:36 For seven days you must present a gift to the Lord . On the eighth day there is to be a holy assembly for you, and you must present a gift to the Lord . It is a solemn assembly day ; you must not do any regular work .
23:37 “‘These are the appointed times of the Lord that you must proclaim as holy assemblies to present a gift to the Lord – burnt offering , grain offering , sacrifice , and drink offerings , each day according to its regulation ,
23:38 besides the Sabbaths of the Lord and all your gifts , votive offerings , and freewill offerings which you must give to the Lord .
23:39 “‘On the fifteenth day of the seventh month , when you gather in the produce of the land , you must celebrate a pilgrim festival of the Lord for seven days . On the first day is a complete rest and on the eighth day is complete rest .
23:40 On the first day you must take for yourselves branches from majestic trees – palm branches , branches of leafy trees , and willows of the brook – and you must rejoice before the Lord your God for seven days .
23:41 You must celebrate it as a pilgrim festival to the Lord for seven days in the year . This is a perpetual statute throughout your generations ; you must celebrate it in the seventh month .
23:42 You must live in temporary shelters for seven days ; every native citizen in Israel must live in temporary shelters ,
23:43 so that your future generations may know that I made the Israelites live in temporary shelters when I brought them out from the land of Egypt . I am the Lord your God .’”
23:44 So Moses spoke to the Israelites about the appointed times of the Lord .
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Names, People and Places, Dictionary Themes and Topics
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Names, People and Places:
Dictionary Themes and Topics:
Convocation |
TRUMPETS, FEAST OF |
Sabbath |
Festivals, Religious |
Israel |
LAW IN THE OLD TESTAMENT |
FEASTS AND FASTS |
LEVITICUS, 1 |
CRITICISM |
Pentecost |
Passover |
Seven |
LAW OF MOSES |
Sanitation |
Ethanim |
Tabernacles, Feast of |
Offerings |
ATONEMENT, DAY OF |
TABERNACLE, B |
Firstfruits |
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NET Notes -> Lev 23:6; Lev 23:7; Lev 23:10; Lev 23:10; Lev 23:11; Lev 23:11; Lev 23:12; Lev 23:12; Lev 23:13; Lev 23:13; Lev 23:13; Lev 23:13; Lev 23:14; Lev 23:14; Lev 23:15; Lev 23:16; Lev 23:17; Lev 23:17; Lev 23:18; Lev 23:18; Lev 23:18; Lev 23:18; Lev 23:18; Lev 23:18; Lev 23:19; Lev 23:19; Lev 23:20; Lev 23:21; Lev 23:21; Lev 23:22; Lev 23:22; Lev 23:22; Lev 23:24; Lev 23:25; Lev 23:27; Lev 23:27; Lev 23:27; Lev 23:28; Lev 23:28; Lev 23:29; Lev 23:29; Lev 23:30; Lev 23:30; Lev 23:30; Lev 23:31; Lev 23:32; Lev 23:34; Lev 23:35; Lev 23:36; Lev 23:37; Lev 23:37; Lev 23:38; Lev 23:39; Lev 23:40; Lev 23:41; Lev 23:42; Lev 23:44
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NET Notes: Lev 23:7 Heb “work of service”; KJV “servile work”; NASB “laborious work”; TEV “daily work.”
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NET Notes: Lev 23:12 Heb “a flawless lamb, a son of its year”; KJV “of the first year”; NLT “a year-old male lamb.”
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NET Notes: Lev 23:13 Heb “wine, one fourth of the hin.” A pre-exilic hin is about 3.6 liters (= ca. 1 quart), so one fourth of a hin would be about one cup.
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NET Notes: Lev 23:15 Heb “seven Sabbaths, they shall be complete.” The disjunctive accent under “Sabbaths” precludes the translation “seven c...
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NET Notes: Lev 23:17 Heb “with leaven.” The noun “leaven” is traditional in English versions (cf. KJV, ASV, NASB, NRSV), but “yeast” is...
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NET Notes: Lev 23:20 Smr and LXX have the Hebrew article on “lambs.” The syntax of this verse is difficult. The object of the verb (two lambs) is far removed f...
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NET Notes: Lev 23:24 Heb “a memorial of loud blasts.” Although the term for “horn” does not occur here, allowing for the possibility that vocal ...
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NET Notes: Lev 23:25 Heb “and.” The Hebrew conjunction ו (vav, “and”) can be considered to have adversative force here (cf. KJV, NASB, NIV).
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NET Notes: Lev 23:29 Heb “it [i.e., that person; literally “soul,” feminine] shall be cut off from its peoples [plural]”; NLT “from the commu...
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NET Notes: Lev 23:30 Heb “its people” (“its” is feminine to agree with “person,” literally “soul,” which is feminine in Heb...
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NET Notes: Lev 23:34 The rendering “booths” (cf. NAB, NASB, NRSV) is probably better than the traditional “tabernacles” in light of the meaning of ...
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NET Notes: Lev 23:35 Heb “work of service”; KJV “servile work”; NASB “laborious work”; TEV “daily work.”
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NET Notes: Lev 23:36 The Hebrew term עֲצֶרֶת (’atseret) “solemn assembly [day]” derives from a root associated ...
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NET Notes: Lev 23:37 Heb “a matter of a day in its day”; NAB “as prescribed for each day”; NRSV, NLT “each on its proper day.”
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NET Notes: Lev 23:38 Heb “from to separation.” See BDB 94 s.v. בַּד 1.e for an explanation of this phrase. This phrase is repeated in f...
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NET Notes: Lev 23:39 Heb “Surely on the fifteenth day.” The Hebrew adverbial particle אַךְ (’akh) is left untranslated by most re...
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NET Notes: Lev 23:40 Heb “fruit of majestic trees,” but the following terms and verses define what is meant by this expression. For extensive remarks on the ce...
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NET Notes: Lev 23:42 Heb “in the huts” (again at the end of this verse and in v. 43), perhaps referring to temporary shelters (i.e., huts) made of the foliage ...
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