1. The Lord said to Moses,
2. ‘Speak to the Israelites and say to them: “These are my appointed festivals, the appointed festivals of the Lord, which you are to proclaim as sacred assemblies.The Sabbath
3. ‘ “There are six days when you may work, but the seventh day is a day of sabbath rest, a day of sacred assembly. You are not to do any work; wherever you live, it is a sabbath to the Lord.The Passover and Unleavened Bread
4. ‘ “These are the Lord’s appointed festivals, the sacred assemblies you are to proclaim at their appointed times:
5. the Lord’s Passover begins at twilight on the fourteenth day of the first month.
6. On the fifteenth day of that month the Lord’s Festival of Unleavened Bread begins; for seven days you must eat bread made without yeast.
7. On the first day hold a sacred assembly and do not do any of your ordinary work.
8. For seven days present a food offering to the Lord. And on the seventh day hold a sacred assembly and do not do any of your ordinary work.” ’Offering the Firstfruits
9. The Lord said to Moses,
10. ‘Speak to the Israelites and say to them: “When you enter the land I am going to give you and you reap its harvest, bring to the priest a sheaf of the first grain you harvest.
11. He is to wave the sheaf before the Lord so it will be accepted on your behalf; the priest is to wave it on the day after the Sabbath.
12. On the day you wave the sheaf, you must sacrifice as a burnt offering to the Lord a lamb a year old without defect,
13. together with its grain offering of one fifth of an ephah of the finest flour mixed with olive oil – a food offering presented to the Lord, a pleasing aroma – and its drink offering of a quarter of a hin of wine.
14. You must not eat any bread, or roasted or new grain, until the very day you bring this offering to your God. This is to be a lasting ordinance for the generations to come, wherever you live.The Festival of Weeks