{"meta":{"source":"Prime Bible","sourceUrl":"https://primebible.com","license":"Public domain (translation text); see citation policy at /citation-policy","organization":"501(c)(3) nonprofit — EIN 41-2531951","canonicalUrl":"https://primebible.com/erv/leviticus/23","llmTxt":"https://primebible.com/llms.txt","generatedAt":"2026-06-10T00:29:54.698Z"},"reference":{"translation":"ERV","book":"Leviticus","bookSlug":"leviticus","chapter":23,"testament":"OLD"},"navigation":{"previousChapter":22,"nextChapter":24,"totalChapters":27,"totalVerses":44},"verses":[{"verseNumber":1,"text":"And the LORD spake unto Moses, saying,"},{"verseNumber":2,"text":"Speak unto the children of Israel, and say unto them, The set feasts of the LORD, which ye shall proclaim to be holy convocations, even these are my set feasts."},{"verseNumber":3,"text":"Six days shall work be done: but on the seventh day is a sabbath of solemn rest, an holy convocation; ye shall do no manner of work: it is a sabbath unto the LORD in all your dwellings."},{"verseNumber":4,"text":"These are the set feasts of the LORD, even holy convocations, which ye shall proclaim in their appointed season."},{"verseNumber":5,"text":"In the first month, on the fourteenth day of the month at even, is the LORD'S passover."},{"verseNumber":6,"text":"And on the fifteenth day of the same month is the feast of unleavened bread unto the LORD: seven days ye shall eat unleavened bread."},{"verseNumber":7,"text":"In the first day ye shall have an holy convocation: ye shall do no servile work."},{"verseNumber":8,"text":"But ye shall offer an offering made by fire unto the LORD seven days: in the seventh day is an holy convocation; ye shall do no servile work."},{"verseNumber":9,"text":"And the LORD spake unto Moses, saying,"},{"verseNumber":10,"text":"Speak unto the children of Israel, and say unto them, When ye be come into the land which I give unto you, and shall reap the harvest thereof, then ye shall bring the sheaf of the firstfruits of your harvest unto the priest:"},{"verseNumber":11,"text":"and he shall wave the sheaf before the LORD, to be accepted for you: on the morrow after the sabbath the priest shall wave it."},{"verseNumber":12,"text":"And in the day when ye wave the sheaf, ye shall offer a he-lamb without blemish of the first year for a burnt offering unto the LORD."},{"verseNumber":13,"text":"And the meal offering thereof shall be two tenth parts of an ephah of fine flour mingled with oil, an offering made by fire unto the LORD for a sweet savour: and the drink offering thereof shall be of wine, the fourth part of an hin."},{"verseNumber":14,"text":"And ye shall eat neither bread, nor parched corn, nor fresh ears, until this selfsame day, until ye have brought the oblation of your God: it is a statute for ever throughout your generations in all your dwellings."},{"verseNumber":15,"text":"And ye shall count unto you from the morrow after the sabbath, from the day that ye brought the sheaf of the wave offering; seven sabbaths shall there be complete:"},{"verseNumber":16,"text":"even unto the morrow after the seventh sabbath shall ye number fifty days; and ye shall offer a new meal offering unto the LORD."},{"verseNumber":17,"text":"Ye shall bring out of your habitations two wave loaves of two tenth parts of an ephah: they shall be of fine flour, they shall be baken with leaven, for firstfruits unto the LORD."},{"verseNumber":18,"text":"And ye shall present with the bread seven lambs without blemish of the first year, and one young bullock, and two rams: they shall be a burnt offering unto the LORD, with their meal offering, and their drink offerings, even an offering made by fire, of a sweet savour unto the LORD."},{"verseNumber":19,"text":"And ye shall offer one he-goat for a sin offering, and two he-lambs of the first year for a sacrifice of peace offerings."},{"verseNumber":20,"text":"And the priest shall wave them with the bread of the firstfruits for a wave offering before the LORD, with the two lambs: they shall be holy to the LORD for the priest."},{"verseNumber":21,"text":"And ye shall make proclamation on the selfsame day; there shall be an holy convocation unto you: ye shall do no servile work: it is a statute for ever in all your dwellings throughout your generations."},{"verseNumber":22,"text":"And when ye reap the harvest of your land, thou shalt not wholly reap the corners of thy field, neither shalt thou gather the gleaning of thy harvest: thou shalt leave them for the poor, and for the stranger: I am the LORD your God."},{"verseNumber":23,"text":"And the LORD spake unto Moses, saying,"},{"verseNumber":24,"text":"Speak unto the children of Israel, saying, In the seventh month, in the first day of the month, shall be a solemn rest unto you, a memorial of blowing of trumpets, an holy convocation."},{"verseNumber":25,"text":"Ye shall do no servile work: and ye shall offer an offering made by fire unto the LORD."},{"verseNumber":26,"text":"And the LORD spake unto Moses, saying,"},{"verseNumber":27,"text":"Howbeit on the tenth day of this seventh month is the day of atonement: it shall be an holy convocation unto you, and ye shall afflict your souls; and ye shall offer an offering made by fire unto the LORD."},{"verseNumber":28,"text":"And ye shall do no manner of work in that same day: for it is a day of atonement, to make atonement for you before the LORD your God."},{"verseNumber":29,"text":"For whatsoever soul it be that shall not be afflicted in that same day, he shall be cut off from his people."},{"verseNumber":30,"text":"And whatsoever soul it be that doeth any manner of work in that same day, that soul will I destroy from among his people."},{"verseNumber":31,"text":"Ye shall do no manner of work: it is a statute for ever throughout your generations in all your dwellings."},{"verseNumber":32,"text":"It shall be unto you a sabbath of solemn rest, and ye shall afflict your souls: in the ninth day of the month at even, from even unto even, shall ye keep your sabbath."},{"verseNumber":33,"text":"And the LORD spake unto Moses, saying,"},{"verseNumber":34,"text":"Speak unto the children of Israel, saying, On the fifteenth day of this seventh month is the feast of tabernacles for seven days unto the LORD."},{"verseNumber":35,"text":"On the first day shall be an holy convocation: ye shall do no servile work."},{"verseNumber":36,"text":"Seven days ye shall offer an offering made by fire unto the LORD: on the eighth day shall be an holy convocation unto you; and ye shall offer an offering made by fire unto the LORD: it is a solemn assembly; ye shall do no servile work."},{"verseNumber":37,"text":"These are the set feasts of the LORD, which ye shall proclaim to be holy convocations, to offer an offering made by fire unto the LORD, a burnt offering, and a meal offering, a sacrifice, and drink offerings, each on its own day:"},{"verseNumber":38,"text":"beside the sabbaths of the LORD, and beside your gifts, and beside all your vows, and beside all your freewill offerings, which ye give unto the LORD."},{"verseNumber":39,"text":"Howbeit on the fifteenth day of the seventh month, when ye have gathered in the fruits of the land, ye shall keep the feast of the LORD seven days: on the first day shall be a solemn rest, and on the eighth day shall be a solemn rest."},{"verseNumber":40,"text":"And ye shall take you on the first day the fruit of goodly trees, branches of palm trees, and boughs of thick trees, and willows of the brook; and ye shall rejoice before the LORD your God seven days."},{"verseNumber":41,"text":"And ye shall keep it a feast unto the LORD seven days in the year: it is a statute for ever in your generations: ye shall keep it in the seventh month."},{"verseNumber":42,"text":"Ye shall dwell in booths seven days; all that are homeborn in Israel shall dwell in booths:"},{"verseNumber":43,"text":"that your generations may know that I made the children of Israel to dwell in booths, when I brought them out of the land of Egypt: I am the LORD your God."},{"verseNumber":44,"text":"And Moses declared unto the children of Israel the set feasts of the LORD."}],"citation":{"inline":"Leviticus 23 (ERV)","markdown":"[Leviticus 23](https://primebible.com/erv/leviticus/23)","sbl":"Prime Bible. *The Bible.* ERV. https://primebible.com/erv/leviticus/23 (accessed 2026-06-10)."}}