Daily Bread

The Festival of Trumpets^(A)

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^(B) commemorated with trumpet blasts.^{(C) 25} Do no regular work,^(D) but present a food offering to the Lord.^(E)’”

The Day of Atonement^(F)

²⁶ The Lord said to Moses, ²⁷ “The tenth day of this seventh month^(G) is the Day of Atonement.^(H) Hold a sacred assembly^(I) and deny yourselves,^[a] and present a food offering to the Lord. ²⁸ Do not do any work^(J) on that day, because it is the Day of Atonement, when atonement is made for you before the Lord your God. ²⁹ Those who do not deny themselves on that day must be cut off from their people.^{(K) 30} I will destroy from among their people^(L) anyone who does any work on that day. ³¹ You shall do no work at all. This is to be a lasting ordinance^(M) for the generations to come, wherever you live. ³² It is a day of sabbath rest^(N) for you, and you must deny yourselves. From the evening of the ninth day of the month until the following evening you are to observe your sabbath.”^(O)

The Festival of Tabernacles^(P)

³³ The Lord said to Moses, ³⁴ “Say to the Israelites: ‘On the fifteenth day of the seventh^(Q) month the Lord’s Festival of Tabernacles^(R) begins, and it lasts for seven days. ³⁵ The first day is a sacred assembly;^(S) do no regular work.^{(T) 36} For seven days present food offerings to the Lord, and on the eighth day hold a sacred assembly^(U) and present a food offering to the Lord.^(V) It is the closing special assembly; do no regular work.

³⁷ (“‘These are the Lord’s appointed festivals, which you are to proclaim as sacred assemblies for bringing food offerings to the Lord—the burnt offerings and grain offerings, sacrifices and drink offerings^(W) required for each day. ³⁸ These offerings^(X) are in addition to those for the Lord’s Sabbaths^(Y) and^[b] in addition to your gifts and whatever you have vowed and all the freewill offerings^(Z) you give to the Lord.)

³⁹ “‘So beginning with the fifteenth day of the seventh month, after you have gathered the crops of the land, celebrate the festival^(AA) to the Lord for seven days;^(AB) the first day is a day of sabbath rest, and the eighth day also is a day of sabbath rest. ⁴⁰ On the first day you are to take branches^(AC) from luxuriant trees—from palms, willows and other leafy trees^(AD)—and rejoice^(AE) before the Lord your God for seven days. ⁴¹ Celebrate this as a festival to the Lord for seven days each year. This is to be a lasting ordinance for the generations to come; celebrate it in the seventh month. ⁴² Live in temporary shelters^(AF) for seven days: All native-born Israelites are to live in such shelters ⁴³ so your descendants will know^(AG) that I had the Israelites live in temporary shelters when I brought them out of Egypt. I am the Lord your God.’”

⁴⁴ So Moses announced to the Israelites the appointed festivals of the Lord.