Yahweh’s Feasts

¹ Then¹ Yahweh spoke to Moses, saying,

1. Or “And”

² “Speak to the ⌞Israelites⌟,¹ and say to them, ‘The festivals of Yahweh that you shall proclaim are holy assemblies; these are my appointed times.

1. Literally “sons/children of Israel”

Yahweh’s Sabbath

³ “ ‘For six days work is to be done, and on the seventh day shall be ⌞a Sabbath of complete rest⌟,¹ a holy assembly; you shall not do any work; it shall be a Sabbath for Yahweh in all your dwellings.

1. Literally “a Sabbath of ‘Sabbathation.’ ” “Sabbathation” is not a real word, but it is devised as an attempt to convey the sounds of the related nouns in the Hebrew phrase

The Passover

⁴ “ ‘These are Yahweh’s appointed times, holy assemblies, which you shall proclaim at¹ their appointed time.

1. Or “on”

⁵ In the first month, on the fourteenth of the month at the evening is Yahweh’s Passover.

⁶ And on the fifteenth day of this month is Yahweh’s Feast of Unleavened Bread; for seven days you shall eat unleavened bread.

⁷ On the first day there shall be a holy assembly for you; you shall not do ⌞any regular work⌟.¹

1. Literally “all work of labor”

⁸ And you shall present an offering for Yahweh made by fire for seven days; on the seventh day there shall be a holy assembly; you shall not do ⌞any regular work⌟.’ ”¹

1. Literally “all work of labor”

The Feast of Firstfruits

⁹ Then¹ Yahweh spoke to Moses, saying,

1. Or “And”

¹⁰ “Speak to the ⌞Israelites⌟,¹ and say to them, ‘When you come to the land that I am about to give to you and you reap its harvest, then² you shall bring a sheaf of the firstfruit of your harvest to the priest.

1. Literally “sons/children of Israel”
2. Or “and”

¹¹ And he shall wave the sheaf ⌞before⌟¹ Yahweh for your acceptance; the priest shall wave it ⌞on the day after⌟² the Sabbath.

1. Literally “to the faces of”
2. Literally “from the next day of”

¹² And on the day of your waving the sheaf you shall ⌞offer⌟¹ a ⌞yearling⌟² male lamb without defect as a burnt offering to Yahweh.

1. Or “sacrifice”; literally “do” or “make”
2. Literally “a son of its year”

¹³ And its grain offering shall be two-tenths of an ephah¹ of finely milled flour mixed with oil, an offering made by fire for Yahweh, an appeasing fragrance; and its libation shall be a fourth of a hin² of wine.

1. Supplied by context
2. Hebrew “the hin”

¹⁴ And you shall not eat bread or¹ roasted grain or² ripe grain until ⌞this very same day⌟,³ until you present your God’s offering. This must be ⌞a lasting statute⌟⁴ for your generations in all your dwellings.

1. Or “and”
2. Or “and”
3. Literally “the exactly of this day”
4. Literally “a statute of eternity” or “a statute of long duration”

The Feast of Weeks

¹⁵ “ ‘And you shall count for yourselves ⌞from the day after⌟¹ the Sabbath, from the day of your bringing the wave offering’s sheaf—there shall be seven full weeks.

1. Literally “from the next day of”

¹⁶ Until ⌞the day after⌟¹ the seventh Sabbath you shall count fifty days; then² you shall present a new grain offering for Yahweh.

1. Literally “from the next day of”
2. Or “and”

¹⁷ You shall bring from your dwellings for a wave offering two loaves of bread ⌞made with⌟¹ two-tenths of an ephah² of finely milled flour; they must be baked with leaven—the firstfruits ⌞belonging to⌟³ Yahweh.

1. Literally “they shall be”
2. Supplied by context
3. Literally “to”

¹⁸ And, in addition to the bread, you shall present seven ⌞yearling⌟¹ male lambs without defects and one ⌞young bull⌟² and two rams—they shall be a burnt offering for Yahweh with³ their grain offering and their libations, an offering made by fire, an appeasing fragrance for Yahweh.

1. Literally “a son of its year”
2. Literally “a bull a son of cattle”
3. Or “and”

¹⁹ And you shall ⌞offer⌟¹ one he-goat as a sin offering and two ⌞yearling⌟² male lambs as a sacrifice of fellowship offerings.

1. Or “sacrifice”; literally “do” or “make”
2. Literally “a son of its year”

²⁰ And the priest shall wave them with the bread of the firstfruits as a wave offering ⌞before⌟¹ Yahweh; in addition to the two male lambs, they shall be holy for Yahweh for the priest.

1. Literally “to the faces of”

²¹ And ⌞you shall make a proclamation⌟¹ on ⌞this very same day⌟;² it shall be a holy assembly for you; you shall not do ⌞any regular work⌟;³ this is a ⌞lasting statute⌟⁴ in all your dwellings throughout⁵ your generations.

1. Literally “you shall proclaim”
2. Literally “the exactly of this day”
3. Literally “all work of labor”
4. Literally “a statute of eternity” or “a statute of long duration”
5. Or “for”

²² And when you¹ reap the harvest of your² land, you³ must not finish the edge of your⁴ field at your reaping, and you⁵ must not glean the remnants of your⁶ harvest—you⁷ shall leave them behind for the needy and for the alien; I am Yahweh your⁸ God.’ ”

1. Plural
2. Plural
3. Singular
4. Singular
5. Singular
6. Singular
7. Singular
8. Plural

The Feast of Trumpets

²³ Then¹ Yahweh spoke to Moses, saying,

1. Or “And”

²⁴ “Speak to the ⌞Israelites⌟,¹ saying, ‘In the seventh month, on the first day of the month, ⌞you must have⌟² a rest period, a remembrance of the trumpet blast, a holy assembly.

1. Literally “sons/children of Israel”
2. Literally “it must be for yourselves”

²⁵ You must not do ⌞any regular work⌟,¹ and you shall present an offering made by fire to Yahweh.’ ”

1. Literally “all work of labor”

The Day of Atonement

²⁶ Then¹ Yahweh spoke to Moses, saying,

1. Or “And”

²⁷ “Surely the Day of Atonement is on the tenth day of the seventh month; it shall be a holy assembly for you, and you shall deny yourselves, and you shall present an offering made by fire to Yahweh.

²⁸ And you must not do ⌞any regular work⌟¹ on ⌞this very same day⌟,² because it is the Day of Atonement to make atonement for you ⌞before⌟³ Yahweh your God.

1. Literally “all work of labor”
2. Literally “the exactly of this day”
3. Literally “to the faces of”

²⁹ If there is any person who does not deny himself on ⌞this very same day⌟,¹ then² he shall be cut off from his people.

1. Literally “the exactly of this day”
2. Or “and”

³⁰ As for¹ any person who does any work on ⌞this very same day⌟,² I will exterminate that person from the midst of his people.

1. Or “And”
2. Literally “the exactly of this day”

³¹ You must not do any work; it is a ⌞lasting statute⌟¹ throughout your generations in all your dwellings.

1. Literally “a statute of eternity” or “a statute of long duration”

³² It is ⌞a Sabbath of complete rest⌟¹ for you, and you shall deny yourselves on the ninth day of the month in the evening—from evening to evening you must observe your extraordinary² Sabbath.”

1. Literally “a Sabbath of ‘Sabbathation.’ ” “Sabbathation” is not a real word, but it is devised as an attempt to convey the sounds of the related nouns in the Hebrew phrase
2. Supplied from the immediate context within this verse

The Feast of Booths

³³ Then¹ Yahweh spoke to Moses, saying,

1. Or “And”

³⁴ “Speak to the ⌞Israelites⌟,¹ saying, ‘On the fifteenth day of the seventh month, this shall be the Feast of Booths for seven days for Yahweh.

1. Literally “sons/children of Israel”

³⁵ On the first day there shall be a holy assembly; you must not do any ⌞regular work⌟.¹

1. Literally “work of labor”

³⁶ For seven days you must present an offering made by fire to Yahweh. On the eighth day it shall be a holy assembly for you, and you shall present an offering made by fire to Yahweh; it is a celebration; you must not do ⌞any regular work⌟.¹

1. Literally “all work of labor”

Summary

³⁷ “ ‘These are Yahweh’s festivals, which you must proclaim, holy assemblies to present an offering made by fire to Yahweh—burnt offering and grain offering, sacrifice and libations, ⌞each on its proper day⌟¹—

1. Literally “a thing of a day on its day”

³⁸ ⌞besides⌟¹ Yahweh’s Sabbaths and ⌞besides⌟² your gifts and ⌞besides⌟³ your vows and ⌞besides⌟⁴ all your freewill offerings that you give to Yahweh.

1. Literally “from to alone”
2. Literally “from to alone”
3. Literally “from to alone”
4. Literally “from to alone”

³⁹ “ ‘Surely on the fifteenth day of the seventh month, at your gathering the land’s produce, you shall hold Yahweh’s festival for seven days; on the first day there shall be a rest period and on the eighth day a rest period.

⁴⁰ And on the first day you shall take for yourselves the first fruit of majestic trees, branches of palm trees and branches¹ of a leafy tree and of a brook’s poplar trees, and you shall rejoice ⌞before⌟² Yahweh your God for seven days.

1. Collective singular
2. Literally “to the faces of”

⁴¹ And you must hold it as a festival for Yahweh for seven days in the year; it shall be a ⌞lasting statute⌟¹ throughout your generations; in the seventh month you must hold it.

1. Literally “a statute of eternity” or “a statute of long duration”

⁴² You must live in the booths for seven days; all the natives in Israel must live in the booths,

⁴³ so that your generations shall know that I made the ⌞Israelites⌟¹ live in booths when I brought them from the land of Egypt; I am Yahweh your God.’ ”

1. Literally “sons/children of Israel”

⁴⁴ Thus¹ Moses announced to the ⌞Israelites⌟² Yahweh’s appointed times.