Leviticus 23:19-29

19 'You shall also offer ¹one male goat for a sin offering and two male lambs one year old for a sacrifice of peace offerings

20 'The priest shall then wave them with the bread of the first fruits for a wave offering with two lambs before the LORD; they are to be holy to the LORD for the priest.

21 'On this same day you shall ²make a proclamation as well; you are to have a holy convocation. You shall do no * laborious ³work. It is to be a perpetual statute in all your dwelling places throughout your generations

22 '⁴When you reap the harvest of your land, moreover, you shall not reap to the very corners of your field nor gather the gleaning of your harvest; you are to leave them for the needy and the alien. I am the LORD your God.' "

23 Again the LORD spoke to Moses, saying,

24 "Speak to the sons of Israel, saying, '⁵In the seventh month on the first of the month you shall have a rest, a ⁶reminder by blowing of trumpets, a holy convocation.

25 'You shall ⁷not do any laborious work, but you shall present an offering by fire to the LORD.' "

The Day of Atonement

26 The LORD spoke to Moses, saying,

27 "On exactly ⁸the tenth day of this seventh month is ⁹the day of atonement; it shall be a holy convocation for you, and you shall humble your souls and present an offering by fire to the LORD.

28 "You shall not do any work on this same day, for it is a ¹⁰day of atonement, ¹¹to make atonement on your behalf before the LORD your God.

29 "If there is any person who will not humble himself on this same day, ¹²he shall be cut off from his people.

Leviticus 23:19-29 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

• 1. Leviticus 4:23; Numbers 28:30
• 2. Leviticus 23:2, 4
• 3. Leviticus 23:7
• 4. Leviticus 19:9, 10; Deuteronomy 24:19; Ruth 2:15
• 5. Numbers 29:1
• 6. Numbers 10:9, 10
• 7. Leviticus 23:21
• 8. Leviticus 16:29; Leviticus 25:9; Numbers 29:7
• 9. Exodus 30:10; Leviticus 16:30; Leviticus 23:28; Numbers 29:7-11
• 10. Leviticus 23:27
• 11. Leviticus 16:34
• 12. Genesis 17:14; Leviticus 13:46; Numbers 5:2

Footnotes

• [a] Lit "sabbath rest"
• [b] Lit "soul"