Leviticus 23:1-18

1The Lord spoke to Moses:

2“Speak to the Israelites and tell them, ‘These are the Lord’s appointed times which you must proclaim as holy assemblies – my appointed times:

3“‘Six days work may be done, but on the seventh day there must be a Sabbath of complete rest, a holy assembly. You must not do any work; it is a Sabbath to the Lord in all the places where you live.

4“‘These are the Lord’s appointed times, holy assemblies, which you must proclaim at their appointed time.

5In the first month, on the fourteenth day of the month, at twilight, is a Passover offering to the Lord.

6Then on the fifteenth day of the same month will be the festival of unleavened bread to the Lord; seven days you must eat unleavened bread.

7On the first day there will be a holy assembly for you; you must not do any regular work.

8You must present a gift to the Lord for seven days, and the seventh day is a holy assembly; you must not do any regular work.’”

9The Lord spoke to Moses:

10“Speak to the Israelites and tell them, ‘When you enter the land that I am about to give to you and you gather in its harvest, then you must bring the sheaf of the first portion of your harvest to the priest,

11and he must wave the sheaf before the Lord to be accepted for your benefit – on the day after the Sabbath the priest is to wave it.

12On the day you wave the sheaf you must also offer a flawless yearling lamb for a burnt offering to the Lord,

13along with its grain offering, two tenths of an ephah of choice wheat flour mixed with olive oil, as a gift to the Lord, a soothing aroma, and its drink offering, one fourth of a hin of wine.

14You must not eat bread, roasted grain, or fresh grain until this very day, until you bring the offering of your God. This is a perpetual statute throughout your generations in all the places where you live.

15“‘You must count for yourselves seven weeks from the day after the Sabbath, from the day you bring the wave offering sheaf; they must be complete weeks.

16You must count fifty days – until the day after the seventh Sabbath – and then you must present a new grain offering to the Lord.

17From the places where you live you must bring two loaves of bread for a wave offering; they must be made from two tenths of an ephah of fine wheat flour, baked with yeast, as first fruits to the Lord.

18Along with the loaves of bread, you must also present seven flawless yearling lambs, one young bull, and two rams. They are to be a burnt offering to the Lord along with their grain offering and drink offerings, a gift of a soothing aroma to the Lord.