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work during that entire day because it is the Day
of Atonement, when offerings of purification are
made for you, making you right with* the Lord
your God. 29 All who do not deny themselves that
day will be cut off from God’s people. 30 And I
will destroy anyone among you who does any
work on that day. 31 You must not do any work
at all! This is a permanent law for you, and it
must be observed from generation to generation
wherever you live. 32 This will be a Sabbath day
of complete rest for you, and on that day you
must deny yourselves. This day of rest will begin
at sundown on the ninth day of the month and
extend until sundown on the tenth day.”
The Festival of Shelters
33 And the Lord said to Moses, 34 “Give the following instructions to the people of Israel.
Begin celebrating the Festival of Shelters* on
the fifteenth day of the appointed month—five
days after the Day of Atonement.* This festival
to the Lord will last for seven days. 35 On the
first day of the festival you must proclaim an
official day for holy assembly, when you do no
ordinary work. 36 For seven days you must present special gifts to the Lord. The eighth day is
another holy day on which you present your
special gifts to the Lord. This will be a solemn
occasion, and no ordinary work may be done
that day.
37 (“These are the Lord’s appointed festivals. Celebrate them each year as official days
for holy assembly by presenting special gifts
to the Lord—burnt offerings, grain offerings,
sacrifices, and liquid offerings—each on its
proper day. 38 These festivals must be observed
in addition to the Lord’s regular Sabbath days,
and the offerings are in addition to your personal gifts, the offerings you give to fulfill your
vows, and the voluntary offerings you present
to the Lord.)
39 “Remember that this seven-day festival to
the Lord—the Festival of Shelters—begins on
the fifteenth day of the appointed month,* after
you have harvested all the produce of the land.
The first day and the eighth day of the festival
will be days of complete rest. 40 On the first day
gather branches from magnificent trees*—palm
fronds, boughs from leafy trees, and willows
that grow by the streams. Then celebrate with
joy before the Lord your God for seven days.
41 You must observe this festival to the Lord
for seven days every year. This is a permanent
law for you, and it must be observed in the appointed month* from generation to generation.
42 For seven days you must live outside in little
shelters. All native-born Israelites must live in
shelters. 43 This will remind each new generation of Israelites that I made their ancestors live
in shelters when I rescued them from the land
of Egypt. I am the Lord your God.”
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44 So Moses gave the Israelites these instructions regarding the annual festivals of the Lord.
Pure Oil and Holy Bread
The Lord said to Moses, 2 “Command
the people of Israel to bring you pure
oil of pressed olives for the light, to keep the
lamps burning continually. 3 This is the lampstand that stands in the Tabernacle, in front
of the inner curtain that shields the Ark of the
Covenant.* Aaron must keep the lamps burning in the Lord’s presence all night. This is a
permanent law for you, and it must be observed
from generation to generation. 4 Aaron and the
priests must tend the lamps on the pure gold
lampstand continually in the Lord’s presence.
5 “You must bake twelve flat loaves of bread
from choice flour, using four quarts* of flour for
each loaf. 6 Place the bread before the Lord on
the pure gold table, and arrange the loaves in
two stacks, with six loaves in each stack. 7 Put
some pure frankincense near each stack to
serve as a representative offering, a special gift
presented to the Lord. 8 Every Sabbath day this
bread must be laid out before the Lord as a gift
from the Israelites; it is an ongoing expression
of the eternal covenant. 9 The loaves of bread
will belong to Aaron and his descendants,
who must eat them in a sacred place, for they
are most holy. It is the permanent right of the
priests to claim this portion of the special gifts
presented to the Lord.”
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An Example of Just Punishment
10 One day a man who had an Israelite mother
and an Egyptian father came out of his tent
and got into a fight with one of the Israelite
men. 11 During the fight, this son of an Israelite woman blasphemed the Name of the Lord*
with a curse. So the man was brought to Moses
for judgment. His mother was Shelomith, the
daughter of Dibri of the tribe of Dan. 12 They kept
the man in custody until the Lord’s will in the
matter should become clear to them.
13 Then the Lord said to Moses, 14 “Take the
blasphemer outside the camp, and tell all those
who heard the curse to lay their hands on his
head. Then let the entire community stone him
to death. 15 Say to the people of Israel: Those
who curse their God will be punished for their
sin. 16 Anyone who blasphemes the Name of the
Lord must be stoned to death by the whole
community of Israel. Any native-born Israelite
23:28 Or when atonement is made for you before. 23:34a Or
Festival of Booths, or Festival of Tabernacles. This was
earlier called the Festival of the Final Harvest or Festival of
Ingathering (see Exod 23:16b). It is celebrated today as Sukkot
(or Succoth). 23:34b Hebrew on the fifteenth day of the
seventh month; see 23:27a and the note there. 23:39 Hebrew
on the fifteenth day of the seventh month. 23:40 Or gather
fruit from majestic trees. 23:41 Hebrew the seventh month.
24:3 Hebrew in the Tent of Meeting, outside the inner curtain
of the Testimony; see note on 16:13. 24:5 Hebrew 2 ⁄10 of an
ephah [4.4 liters]. 24:11 Hebrew the Name; also in 24:16b.