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The Festival of Harvest and the Festival of Shelters “Count off seven weeks, from when you first begin to cut the grain, at the time of harvest.  Then celebrate the Festival of Harvest, to honor the Lord your God.  Bring Him a voluntary offering, in proportion to the blessings, that you have received from Him.  This is a time to celebrate, before the Lord your God, at the designated place of worship, that He will choose, for His name to be honored.  Celebrate with your sons and daughters, your male and female servants, the Levites from your towns, and the foreigners, orphans, and widows, who live among you.  Remember that you were once slaves in Egypt, so be careful to obey all these decrees.  “Then, you must observe the Festival of Shelters, for seven days, at the end of the harvest season, after the grain has been threshed …and the grapes have been pressed.  This festival will be a happy time, of celebrating with your sons and daughters, your male an...

Offerings for the Fifth through the Eighth Days of the Festival of Shelters “On the fifth day of the festival, sacrifice nine young bulls, two rams, and fourteen, one-year-old male lambs, all with no defects.  Each of these offerings, of bulls, rams, and lambs, must be accompanied by its prescribed grain offering and liquid offering.  You must also sacrifice a male goat, as a sin offering, in addition to the regular burnt offering, with its accompanying grain offering …and liquid offering.  “On the sixth day of the festival, sacrifice eight young bulls, two rams, and fourteen, one-year-old male lambs, all with no defects.  Each of these offerings, of bulls, rams, and lambs, must be accompanied by its prescribed grain offering and liquid offering.  You must also sacrifice a male goat, as a sin offering, in addition to the regular burnt offering, with its accompanying grain offering … and liquid offering.  “On the seventh day of the festival, sacrifice seven ...

​ Offerings for the Festival of Trumpets ; and Offerings for the Day of Atonement “Celebrate the Festival of Trumpets, each year, on the first day of the appointed month, in early autumn.  You must call an official day for holy assembly, and you may do no ordinary work.  On that day, you must present a burnt offering, as a pleasing aroma to the Lord.  It will consist of one young bull, one ram, and seven, one-year-old male lambs, all with no defects.  These must be accompanied, by grain offerings, of choice flour, moistened with olive oil—six quarts with the bull, four quarts with the ram, …and two quarts with each, of the seven lambs.  In addition, you must sacrifice a male goat, as a sin offering, to purify yourselves …and make yourselves right with the Lord.  These special sacrifices are in addition, to your regular, monthly, and daily, burnt offerings, …and they must be given, with their prescribed grain offerings …and liquid offerings.  These offe...

​ More Instructions about Festivals After the Celebration of the first Crops… Celebrate The Festival of Harvest “From the day after the Sabbath—the day, on which you bring the bundle, of grain, to be lifted up, as a special offering—count off seven full weeks.  Then. … Keep counting, until the day, after the seventh Sabbath, fifty days later.  Then, present an offering of new grain to the Lord.  From wherever you live, bring two loaves of bread, to be lifted up, before the Lord, as a special offering.  Make these loaves, from four quarts, of choice flour, and bake them, with yeast.  They will be an offering, to the Lord, from the first, of your crops.  Along with the bread, present seven one-year-old male lambs,    with no defects,… one young bull, and two rams, as burnt offerings, to the Lord.  These burnt offerings, together with the grain offerings… and liquid offerings, will be a special gift, a pleasing aroma, to the Lord.  Then, yo...

​ The Appointed Festivals The Lord said to Moses,  “Give the following instructions to the people of Israel.  These are the Lord’s appointed festivals, which you are to proclaim, as official days for holy assembly.  “You have six days each week. for your ordinary work, but the seventh day is a Sabbath day, of complete rest, an official day, for holy assembly.  It is the Lord’s Sabbath day, and it must be observed, wherever you live.  “In addition to the Sabbath, these are the Lord’s appointed festivals, the official days, for holy assembly … these are the days  that are to be celebrated, at their proper times each year.  Passover and the Festival of Unleavened Bread “The Lord’s Passover begins at sundown, on the fourteenth day, of the first month.  On the next day, the fifteenth day,    of the month, you must begin celebrating the Festival, of Unleavened Bread.  This festival, to the Lord, continues for seven days, and during that t...

Celebrate to the Lord “You must celebrate the Festival of Unleavened Bread.  For seven days the bread you eat must be made without yeast, just as I commanded you.  Celebrate this festival annually, at the appointed time, in early spring, in the month of Abib, for that is the anniversary of your departure from Egypt.  “The firstborn of every animal belongs to Me, including the firstborn males from your herds of cattle and your flocks of sheep and goats.  A firstborn donkey may be bought back from the Lord by presenting a lamb or young goat in its place.  But if you do not buy it back, you must break its neck.  However, you  must  buy back every firstborn son.  “No one may appear before Me without an offering.  “You have six days each week for your ordinary work, but on the seventh day you must stop working, even during the seasons of plowing and harvest.  “You must celebrate the Festival of Harvest, with the first crop of the wheat h...

​ Annual Festivals and a Promise of the Lord’s Presence (The Lord continues instructing the people) “Each year you must celebrate three festivals in My honor,   (the Lord said). First, celebrate the Festival of Unleavened Bread.  For seven days the bread you eat must be made without yeast, just as I commanded you.  Celebrate this festival annually, at the appointed time in early spring, in the month of Abib, for that is the anniversary of your departure from Egypt.  No one may appear before Me without an offering  (the Lord said). “Second, celebrate the Festival of Harvest, when you bring Me the first crops of your harvest.  “Finally, celebrate the Festival of the Final Harvest, at the end of the harvest season, when you have harvested all the crops from your fields.  At these three times each year, every man in Israel must appear before the Sovereign Lord, your God.  “You must not offer the blood of My sacrificial offerings together with any bake...