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Leviticus 23:24-42 Modern English Version (MEV)

24. Speak to the children of Israel, saying: In the seventh month, on the first day of the month, you shall have a sabbath, a memorial with the blowing of trumpets, a holy convocation.

25. You shall do no regular work, and you shall offer a food offering made by fire to the Lord.

26. The Lord spoke to Moses, saying:

27. Also on the tenth day of this seventh month there shall be the Day of Atonement. It shall be a holy convocation to you, and you shall humble yourselves, and offer a food offering made by fire to the Lord.

28. You shall do no work on that same day, for it is the Day of Atonement to make atonement for you before the Lord your God.

29. For whoever is not humbled on that same day, he shall be cut off from among his people.

30. And whoever does any work in that same day, that person I will destroy from among his people.

31. You shall do no manner of work. It shall be a perpetual statute throughout your generations in all your dwellings.

32. It shall be to you a sabbath of complete rest, and you shall afflict your souls. On the ninth day of the month starting at the evening, from evening to evening, you shall celebrate your sabbath.

33. The Lord spoke to Moses, saying:

34. Speak to the children of Israel, saying: The fifteenth day of this seventh month shall be the Feast of Tabernacles for seven days to the Lord.

35. On the first day shall be a holy convocation. You shall do no regular work.

36. For seven days you shall offer food offerings made by fire to the Lord. On the eighth day it shall be a holy convocation to you, and you shall offer a food offering made by fire to the Lord. It is a solemn assembly, and you shall do no regular work.

37. These are the appointed feasts of the Lord, which you shall proclaim to be holy convocations, to offer a food offering made by fire to the Lord, burnt offerings and grain offerings, sacrifices and drink offerings, each on its proper day,

38. besides the Sabbaths of the Lord, besides your gifts, besides all your vows, and besides all your freewill offerings which you give to the Lord,

39. On the fifteenth day of the seventh month, when you have gathered in the produce of the land, you shall keep a feast to the Lord for seven days. On the first day shall be a sabbath, and on the eighth day shall be a sabbath.

40. You shall take on the first day the branches of majestic trees—branches of palm trees, branches of leafy trees, and willows from a brook, and you shall rejoice before the Lord your God for seven days.

41. You shall keep it as a feast to the Lord for seven days in the year. It shall be a perpetual statute in your generations. You shall celebrate it in the seventh month.

42. You shall dwell in booths for seven days. All who are native children of Israel shall dwell in booths,

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