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"Sometimes a bull or lamb will have a leg that is too long, or a foot that did not grow right. If you want to give that animal as a special gift to the Lord, it will be accepted. But it will not be accepted as payment for a special promise that you made.

But you must not kill the animal and its mother on the same day. This rule is the same for cattle and sheep.

You must eat the whole animal that day. You must not leave any of the meat for the next morning. I am the Lord .

Show respect for my holy name. I must be very special to the Israelites. I, the Lord , have made you my special people.

"Work for six days, but the seventh day, the Sabbath, will be a special day of rest, a holy meeting. You must not do any work. It is a day of rest to honor the Lord in all your homes.

"These are the Lord 's chosen festivals. You will announce the holy meetings at the times chosen for them.

"The Lord 's Festival of Unleavened Bread is on the 15th day of the same month. You will eat unleavened bread for seven days.

For seven days, you will bring sacrifices offered as gifts to the Lord . Then there will be another special meeting on the seventh day. You must not do any work on that day."

"With these grain offerings bring one bull, one ram, and seven one-year-old male lambs for burnt offerings to the Lord . There must be nothing wrong with these animals. Offer them together with the grain offerings and the drink offerings. The smell of these offerings made by fire will be pleasing to the Lord .

You will also offer one male goat for a sin offering and two one-year-old male lambs as a fellowship offering.

"Also, when you harvest the crops on your land, don't cut all the way to the corners of your field. Don't pick up the grain that falls on the ground. Leave it for poor people and for foreigners traveling through your country. I am the Lord your God."

You must not do any work at all. This is a law that continues forever for you, wherever you live.

It will be a special day of rest for you. You must not eat food. You will start this special day of rest on the evening following the ninth day of the month. This special day of rest continues from that evening until the next evening."

"Tell the Israelites: On the 15th day of the seventh month is the Festival of Shelters. This festival to the Lord will continue for seven days.

You will bring offerings as gifts to the Lord for seven days. On the eighth day, you will have another holy meeting. You must not do any work. You will bring an offering as a gift to the Lord .

You will celebrate these festivals in addition to remembering the Lord 's Sabbath days. You will offer these gifts in addition to your other gifts and any offerings you give as payment for your special promises. They will be in addition to any special offerings you want to give to the Lord .

"On the 15th day of the seventh month, when you have gathered in the crops of the land, you will celebrate the Lord 's festival for seven days. The first day will be a special day of rest, and then the eighth day will also be a special day of rest.

On the first day you will take good fruit from fruit trees. And you will take branches from palm trees, poplar trees, and willow trees by the brook. You will celebrate before the Lord your God for seven days.

You will celebrate this festival to the Lord for seven days each year. This law will continue forever. You will celebrate this festival in the seventh month.

You will live in temporary shelters for seven days. All the people born in Israel will live in them.