August 2, 2013, Reading

Leviticus 23:1, 4-11, 15-16, 27, 34-37

1 Yahweh spoke to Moses and said:

4 “These are Yahweh’s solemn festivals, the sacred assemblies to which you will summon the Israelites on the appointed day:

5 “The fourteenth day of the first month, at twilight, is the Passover of Yahweh;

6 and the fifteenth day of the same month is the feast of Unleavened Bread for Yahweh. For seven days you will eat unleavened bread.

7 On the first day you will hold a sacred assembly; you will do no heavy work.

8 For seven days you will offer food burnt for Yahweh. On the seventh day there will be a sacred assembly; you will do no heavy work.” ‘

9 Yahweh spoke to Moses and said:

10 ‘Speak to the Israelites and say: “When you enter the country which I am giving you and reap the harvest there, you will bring the priest the first sheaf of your harvest,

11 and he will present it to Yahweh with the gesture of offering, for you to be acceptable. The priest will make this offering on the day after the Sabbath,

15 “From the day after the Sabbath, the day on which you bring the sheaf of offering, youwill count seven full weeks.

16 You will count fifty days, to the day after the seventh Sabbath, and then you will offerYahweh a new cereal offering.

27 ‘But the tenth day of this seventh month will be the Day of Expiation. You will hold a sacred assembly. You will fast and offer food burnt for Yahweh.

34 ‘Speak to the Israelites and say: “On the fifteenth day of this seventh month there willbe the feast of Shelters for Yahweh, lasting for seven days.

35 The first day will be a day of sacred assembly; you will do no heavy work.

36 For seven days you will offer food burnt for Yahweh. On the eighth day you will hold a sacred assembly and you will offer food burnt for Yahweh. It is a day of solemn meeting; you will do no heavy work.

37 “These are Yahweh’s solemn festivals to which you will summon the Israelites, the sacred assemblies for the purpose of offering food burnt for Yahweh, consisting of burnt offerings, cereal offerings, sacrifices and libations, each on its appropriate day,