Old Testament

New Testament

Leviticus 23:20-29 New International Version (NIV)

20. The priest is to wave the two lambs before the Lord as a wave offering, together with the bread of the firstfruits. They are a sacred offering to the Lord for the priest.

21. On that same day you are to proclaim a sacred assembly and do no regular work. This is to be a lasting ordinance for the generations to come, wherever you live.

22. “ ‘When you reap the harvest of your land, do not reap to the very edges of your field or gather the gleanings of your harvest. Leave them for the poor and for the foreigner residing among you. I am the Lord your God.’ ”

23. The Lord said to Moses,

24. “Say to the Israelites: ‘On the first day of the seventh month you are to have a day of sabbath rest, a sacred assembly commemorated with trumpet blasts.

25. Do no regular work, but present a food offering to the Lord.’ ”

26. The Lord said to Moses,

27. “The tenth day of this seventh month is the Day of Atonement. Hold a sacred assembly and deny yourselves, and present a food offering to the Lord.

28. Do not do any work on that day, because it is the Day of Atonement, when atonement is made for you before the Lord your God.

29. Those who do not deny themselves on that day must be cut off from their people.

Read complete chapter Leviticus 23