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Leviticus 23:31-37 Holman Christian Standard Bible (HCSB)

31. You are not to do any work. This is a permanent statute throughout your generations wherever you live.

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

33. The Lord spoke to Moses:

34. “Tell the Israelites: The Festival of Booths to the Lord begins on the fifteenth day of this seventh month and continues for seven days.

35. There is to be a sacred assembly on the first day; you are not to do any daily work.

36. You are to present a fire offering to the Lord for seven days. On the eighth day you are to hold a sacred assembly and present a fire offering to the Lord. It is a solemn gathering; you are not to do any daily work.

37. “These are the Lord’s appointed times that you are to proclaim as sacred assemblies for presenting fire offerings to the Lord, burnt offerings and grain offerings, sacrifices and drink offerings, each on its designated day.

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