² “Speak to the children of Israel, and say to them: ‘The feasts of the Lord, which you shall proclaim to be ^(A)holy convocations, these are My feasts.

^37 (A)‘These are the feasts of the Lord which you shall proclaim to be holy convocations, to offer an offering made by fire to the Lord, a burnt offering and a grain offering, a sacrifice and drink offerings, everything on its day—

The Passover and Unleavened Bread^(A)

^4 (B)‘These are the feasts of the Lord, holy convocations which you shall proclaim at their appointed times.

³⁹ ‘These you shall present to the Lord at your ^(A)appointed feasts (besides your ^(B)vowed offerings and your freewill offerings) as your burnt offerings and your grain offerings, as your drink offerings and your peace offerings.’ ”

¹⁰ Also ^(A)in the day of your gladness, in your appointed feasts, and at the beginning of your months, you shall blow the trumpets over your burnt offerings and over the sacrifices of your peace offerings; and they shall be ^(B)a memorial for you before your God: I am the Lord your God.”

Three Annual Feasts^(A)

^14 (B)“Three times you shall keep a feast to Me in the year: ^15 (C)You shall keep the Feast of Unleavened Bread (you shall eat unleavened bread seven days, as I commanded you, at the time appointed in the month of Abib, for in it you came out of Egypt; ^(D)none shall appear before Me empty); ^16 (E)and the Feast of Harvest, the firstfruits of your labors which you have sown in the field; and ^(F)the Feast of Ingathering at the end of the year, when you have gathered in the fruit of your labors from the field.

^17 (G)“Three times in the year all your males shall appear before the Lord ^[a]God.