1. The Lord told Moses
2. to say to the community of Israel:I have chosen certain times for you to come together and worship me.
3. You have six days when you can do your work, but the seventh day of each week is holy because it belongs to me. No matter where you live, you must rest on the Sabbath and come together for worship. This law will never change.
4-5. Passover is another time when you must come together to worship me, and it must be celebrated on the evening of the fourteenth day of the first month of each year.
6. The Festival of Thin Bread begins on the fifteenth day of that same month; it lasts seven days, and during this time you must honour me by eating bread made without yeast.
7. On the first day of this festival you must rest from your work and come together for worship.
8. Each day of this festival you must offer sacrifices. Then on the final day you must once again rest from your work and come together for worship.
9. The Lord told Moses
10. to say to the community of Israel:After you enter the land I am giving you, the first bundle of wheat from each crop must be given to me. So bring it to a priest
11. on the day after the Sabbath. He will lift it up in dedication to me, and I will accept you.