Leviticus 23:4-14

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The Passover and the Festival of Unleavened Bread^(A)

⁴ “‘These are the Lord’s appointed festivals, the sacred assemblies you are to proclaim at their appointed times:^{(B) 5} The Lord’s Passover^(C) begins at twilight on the fourteenth day of the first month.^{(D) 6} On the fifteenth day of that month the Lord’s Festival of Unleavened Bread^(E) begins; for seven days^(F) you must eat bread made without yeast. ⁷ On the first day hold a sacred assembly^(G) and do no regular work. ⁸ For seven days present a food offering to the Lord.^(H) And on the seventh day hold a sacred assembly and do no regular 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^(I) and you reap its harvest,^(J) bring to the priest a sheaf^(K) of the first grain you harvest.^{(L) 11} He is to wave the sheaf before the Lord^(M) so it will be accepted^(N) 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^(O) without defect,^{(P) 13} together with its grain offering^(Q) of two-tenths of an ephah^[a](R) of the finest flour mixed with olive oil—a food offering presented to the Lord, a pleasing aroma—and its drink offering^(S) of a quarter of a hin^[b] of wine.^{(T) 14} You must not eat any bread, or roasted or new grain,^(U) until the very day you bring this offering to your God.^(V) This is to be a lasting ordinance for the generations to come,^(W) wherever you live.^(X)