Leviticus 23:18-28

18 Present with this bread seven male lambs, each a year old and without defect, one young bull and two rams. They will be a burnt offering to the LORD, together with their grain offerings and drink offerings—a food offering, an aroma pleasing to the LORD.
19 Then sacrifice one male goat for a sin offering[a] and two lambs, each a year old, for a fellowship offering.
20 The priest is to wave the two lambs before the LORD as a wave offering, together with the bread of the firstfruits. They are a sacred offering to the LORD for the priest.
21 On that same day you are to proclaim a sacred assembly and do no regular work. This is to be a lasting ordinance for the generations to come, wherever you live.
22 “ ‘When you reap the harvest of your land, do not reap to the very edges of your field or gather the gleanings of your harvest. Leave them for the poor and for the foreigner residing among you. I am the LORD your God.’ ”

The Festival of Trumpets

23 The LORD said to Moses,
24 “Say to the Israelites: ‘On the first day of the seventh month you are to have a day of sabbath rest, a sacred assembly commemorated with trumpet blasts.
25 Do no regular work, but present a food offering to the LORD.’ ”

The Day of Atonement

26 The LORD said to Moses,
27 “The tenth day of this seventh month is the Day of Atonement. Hold a sacred assembly and deny yourselves,[b] and present a food offering to the LORD.
28 Do not do any work on that day, because it is the Day of Atonement, when atonement is made for you before the LORD your God.

Leviticus 23:18-28 Meaning and Commentary

INTRODUCTION TO LEVITICUS 23

In this chapter an account is given of the several holy days, times, and seasons, appointed by God, under the general names of feasts and holy convocations; and first of the sabbath, Le 23:1-4; then of the passover and feast of unleavened bread, Le 23:5-8; to which is annexed the sheaf of the firstfruits, Le 23:9-14; after that of the feast of weeks or pentecost, Le 23:15-22; and of the feast of trumpets, Le 23:23-25; and of the day of atonement, Le 23:26-32; and of the feast of tabernacles, Le 23:33-44.

Cross References 15

  • 1. ver 13; Exodus 29:41; Exodus 30:9; Exodus 37:16; Jeremiah 19:13; Jeremiah 44:18
  • 2. S Exodus 29:24
  • 3. S ver 2; Exodus 32:5
  • 4. S ver 3
  • 5. S Leviticus 19:9
  • 6. S Leviticus 19:10; Deuteronomy 24:19-21; Ruth 2:15
  • 7. Ruth 2:2
  • 8. ver 27,36; Ezra 3:1
  • 9. Leviticus 25:9; Numbers 10:9,10; Numbers 29:1; Numbers 31:6; 2 Kings 11:14; 2 Chronicles 13:12; Psalms 98:6
  • 10. ver 21
  • 11. S Leviticus 1:9
  • 12. S Leviticus 16:29
  • 13. S Exodus 30:10
  • 14. S ver 2,S 24; Numbers 29:7
  • 15. ver 31

Footnotes 2

  • [a]. Or "purification offering"
  • [b]. Or "and fast" ; similarly in verses 29 and 32
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