1. The Lord gave Moses
2. the following regulations for the religious festivals, when the people of Israel are to gather for worship.
3. You have six days in which to do your work, but remember that the seventh day, the Sabbath, is a day of rest. On that day do not work, but gather for worship. The Sabbath belongs to the Lord, no matter where you live.
4. Proclaim the following festivals at the appointed times.
5. The Passover, celebrated to honour the Lord, begins at sunset on the fourteenth day of the first month.
6. On the fifteenth day the Festival of Unleavened Bread begins, and for seven days you must not eat any bread made with yeast.
7. On the first of these days you shall gather for worship and do none of your daily work.
8. Offer your food offerings to the Lord for seven days. On the seventh day you shall again gather for worship, but you shall do none of your daily work.
9-10. When you come into the land that the Lord is giving you and you harvest your corn, take the first sheaf to the priest.
11. He shall present it as a special offering to the Lord, so that you may be accepted. The priest shall present it the day after the Sabbath.
12. On the day you present the offering of corn, also sacrifice as a burnt offering a one-year-old male lamb that has no defects.
13. With it you shall present two kilogrammes of flour mixed with olive oil as a food offering. The smell of this offering is pleasing to the Lord. You shall also present with it an offering of one litre of wine.
14. Do not eat any of the new corn, whether raw, roasted, or baked into bread, until you have brought this offering to God. This regulation is to be observed by all your descendants for all time to come.
15. Count seven full weeks from the day after the Sabbath on which you bring your sheaf of corn to present to the Lord.
16. On the fiftieth day, the day after the seventh Sabbath, present to the Lord another new offering of corn.