21. Make an announcement that there will be a holy assembly on that same day. Don’t do any regular work. It is a permanent law for generations to come wherever you live.
22. “When you harvest the grain in your land, don’t harvest the grain in the corners of your fields or gather what is left after you’re finished. Leave it for poor people and foreigners. I am the Lord your God.”
23. The Lord spoke to Moses,
24. “Tell the Israelites: On the first day of the seventh month hold a worship festival. It will be a memorial day, a holy assembly announced by the blowing of rams’ horns.
25. Don’t do any regular work. Bring a sacrifice by fire to the Lord.”
26. The Lord spoke to Moses,
27. “In addition, the tenth day of this seventh month is a special day for the payment for sins. There will be a holy assembly. Humble yourselves, and bring the Lord a sacrifice by fire.
28. Don’t do any work that day. It is a special day for the payment for sins. It is a time when you make peace with the Lord your God.
29. Those who do not humble themselves on that day will be excluded from the people.
30. I will kill those who do any work on that day.
31. Don’t do any work. It is a permanent law for generations to come wherever you live.
32. It is a day of worship, a day when you don’t work. Humble yourselves starting on the evening of the ninth day of the month. From that evening to the next, observe the day of worship.”
33. The Lord spoke to Moses,
34. “Tell the Israelites: The fifteenth day of this seventh month is the Festival of Booths to the Lord. It will last seven days.
35. On the first day there will be a holy assembly. Don’t do any regular work.
36. For seven consecutive days bring a sacrifice by fire to the Lord. On the eighth day there will be a holy assembly. Bring the Lord a sacrifice by fire. This is the last festival of the year. Don’t do any regular work.
37. “These are the Lord’s appointed festivals. Announce them as holy assemblies for bringing sacrifices by fire to the Lord. Bring burnt offerings, grain offerings, other sacrifices, and wine offerings—each one on its special day.
38. This is in addition to the Lord’s days of worship, your gifts, all your vows, and your freewill offerings to the Lord.