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.
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.
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.