Berean Standard Bible

Exodus 23:10-16

10For sixH8337 yearsH8141 you are to sowH2232 your landH776 and gatherH622 its produceH8393, 11but in the seventhH7637 year you must let it restH8058 and lie fallowH5203, so that the poorH34 among your peopleH5971 may eatH398 from the fieldH7704 and the wild animalsH2416 may consumeH398 what they leaveH3499. DoH6213 the sameH3651 with your vineyardH3754 and olive groveH2132.

12For sixH8337 daysH3117 you are to doH6213 your workH4639, but on the seventhH7637 dayH3117 you must ceaseH7673, so thatH4616 your oxH7794 and your donkeyH2543 may restH5117 and the sonH1121 of your maidservantH519 may be refreshedH5314, as well as the foreign residentH1616.

13Pay close attentionH8104 to everythingH3605 I have saidH559 to youH413. You must notH3808 invokeH2142 the namesH8034 of otherH312 godsH430; they must notH3808 be heardH8085 onH5921 your lipsH6310.

14ThreeH7969 timesH7272 a yearH8141 you are to celebrate a feastH2287 to Me.

You are to keepH8104 the FeastH2282 of Unleavened BreadH4682 1 asH834 I commanded youH6680: At the appointed timeH4150 in the monthH2320 of AbibH24 2 you are to eatH398 unleavened breadH4682 for sevenH7651 daysH3117, becauseH3588 that was the month you came outH3318 of EgyptH4714. No oneH3808 may appearH7200 before MeH6440 empty-handedH7387.

16You are also to keep the FeastH2282 of HarvestH7105 3 with the firstfruitsH1061 of the produceH4639 from whatH834 you sowH2232 in the fieldH7704.

And keep the FeastH2282 of IngatheringH614 4 at the endH3318 of the yearH8141, when you gatherH622 your produceH4639 fromH4480 the fieldH7704.

Notes

1. Exodus 23:15 That is, the seven-day period after the Passover during which no leaven may be eaten; see Exodus 12:14–20. ↩
2. Exodus 23:15 Abib was the first month of the ancient Hebrew lunar calendar, usually occurring within the months of March and April. ↩
3. Exodus 23:16 That is, Shavuot, the late spring feast of pilgrimage to Jerusalem; it is also known as the Feast of Weeks (see Exodus 34:22) or the Feast of Pentecost (see Acts 2:1). ↩
4. Exodus 23:16 That is, Sukkot, the autumn feast of pilgrimage to Jerusalem; it is later called the Feast of Tabernacles (or Booths or Shelters). ↩