1The Lord told Moses,

2“Tell the Israelites that these are my religious festivals, the festivals of the Lord that you are to call as the holy times when we meet together.

3You have six days to work, but the seventh day is a Sabbath of complete rest, a holy day of meeting together. Don't do any work. It is the Lord's Sabbath everywhere you live.

4These are the Lord's religious festivals, the holy meetings that you are to announce at their specific times.

5The Lord's Passover starts on the evening of the fourteenth day of the first month.

6The Lord's Festival of Unleavened Bread begins on the fifteenth day of the first month. For seven days the bread you eat must be made without yeast.

7On the first day you are to hold a holy meeting. You must not do any of your usual work.

8For seven days you shall present food offerings to the Lord. There is to be a holy meeting on the seventh day. You must not do any of your usual work.”

9The Lord told Moses,

10“Tell the Israelites that when you enter the land that I'm giving you and you harvest your crops, take a stack of grain from the firstfruits of your harvest to the priest.

11He will wave the stack of grain before the Lord so that it may be accepted on your behalf. The priest is to do this the day following the Sabbath.

12When you wave the stack of grain, you are to present a one-year-old lamb without defects as a burnt offering to the Lord,

13together with its grain offering of two-tenths of an ephah of the best flour mixed with olive oil (a food offering to the Lord to be accepted by him) and its drink offering of a quarter of a hin of wine.

14Don't eat any bread, roasted grain, or new grain until the time you bring this offering to your God. This regulation is for all time and for future generations everywhere you live.

15Count seven full weeks from the day after the Sabbath—the day you brought the stack of grain as a wave offering.

16Count fifty days until the day after the seventh Sabbath, and on that day present an offering of new grain to the Lord.

17Bring two loaves of bread from your homes as a wave offering. Make them from two-tenths of an ephah of the best flour, baked with yeast, as the firstfruits to the Lord.

18As well as the bread, present seven one-year-old male lambs without defects, one young bull, and two rams. They will be a burnt offering to the Lord, as well as their grain offerings and drink offerings, a food offering to the Lord to be accepted by him.

19Present one male goat as a sin offering and two one-year-old male lambs as a peace offering.

20The priest will wave the lambs as a wave offering before the Lord, along with the bread of the firstfruits. The bread and the two lambs are holy to the Lord and belong to the priest.

21That same day you are to announce a holy meeting, and you must not do any of your usual work. This regulation is for all time and for future generations everywhere you live.

22When you harvest the crops grown on your land, don't harvest right up to the edges of your field, or collect what has been missed. Leave them for the poor people and foreigners. I am the Lord your God.”

23The Lord told Moses,

24“Tell the Israelites that on the first day of the seventh month you are to have a special Sabbath of complete rest, a holy meeting that is announced by the sound of trumpets.

25Don't do any of your usual work; instead you are to present a food offering to the Lord.”

26The Lord told Moses,

27“The Day of Atonement is on the tenth day of this seventh month. You are to have a holy meeting, deny yourselves, ⁴²and present a food offering to the Lord

28On this day you must not do any of your usual work because it is the Day of Atonement, when things are made right for you before the Lord your God.

29Anyone who does not practice self-denial on this day must be expelled from their people.

30I will destroy anyone of you who does any work on this day.

31Don't do any kind of work at all. This regulation is for all time and for future generations everywhere you live.

32It is to be a Sabbath of complete rest for you, and you shall practice self-denial. You are to observe your Sabbath from the evening of the ninth day of the month until evening the next day.”

33The Lord told Moses,

34“Tell the Israelites that the Feast of Tabernacles to honor the Lord begins on the fifteenth day of the seventh month and lasts for seven days.

35On the first day have a holy meeting. You must not do any of your usual work.

36For seven days you shall present food offerings to the Lord. On the eighth day you are to have another holy meeting and present a food offering to the Lord. It is a meeting for worship. You must not do any of your usual work.

37These are the Lord's holy festivals, which you are to announce as holy meetings for presenting food offerings to the Lord. These include burnt offerings, grain offerings, sacrifices and drink offerings, each according to the specific day.

38All of these offerings are in addition to those for the Lord's Sabbaths. They are also in addition to your gifts, to all your offerings to fulfill promises, and to all the freewill offerings you present to the Lord.

39You shall celebrate a feast to honor the Lord for seven days on the fifteenth day of the seventh month, once you have harvested your crops. The first day and the eighth day are Sabbaths of complete rest.

40On the first day you are to gather branches from large trees, from palm trees, from leafy trees and of river willows, and celebrate before the Lord your God for seven days.

41You are to hold this festival to honor the Lord for seven days every year. This regulation is for all time and for all future generations.

42You are to live in temporary shelters ⁴³for seven days. Every Israelite born in the country must live in shelters,

43so that your descendants will remember that I made the Israelites live in shelters when I led them out of Egypt. I am the Lord your God.”

44So Moses told the Israelites all about the Lord's festivals.