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and 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.

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

"‘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.

From 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 .

You must also offer one male goat for a sin offering and two yearling lambs for a peace offering sacrifice,

and the priest is to wave them—the two lambs—along with the bread of the first fruits, as a wave offering before the Lord ; they will be holy to the Lord for the priest.

"‘On this very day you must proclaim an assembly; it is to be a holy assembly for you. You must not do any regular work. This is a perpetual statute in all the places where you live throughout your generations.

When you gather in the harvest of your land, you must not completely harvest the corner of your field, and you must not gather up the gleanings of your harvest. You must leave them for the poor and the foreigner. I am the Lord your God.'"

"The tenth day of this seventh month is the Day of Atonement. It is to be a holy assembly for you, and you must humble yourselves and present a gift to the Lord .

You must not do any work on this particular day, because it is a day of atonement to make atonement for yourselves before the Lord your God.

As for any person who does any work on this particular day, I will exterminate that person from the midst of his people!

It is a Sabbath of complete rest for you, and you must humble yourselves on the ninth day of the month in the evening, from evening until evening you must observe your Sabbath."

"Tell the Israelites, ‘On the fifteenth day of this seventh month is the Festival of Temporary Shelters for seven days to the Lord .

For seven days you must present a gift to the Lord . On the eighth day there is to be a holy assembly for you, and you must present a gift to the Lord . It is a solemn assembly day; you must not do any regular work.

"‘On the fifteenth day of the seventh month, when you gather in the produce of the land, you must celebrate a pilgrim festival of the Lord for seven days. On the first day is a complete rest and on the eighth day is complete rest.

On the first day you must take for yourselves branches from majestic trees—palm branches, branches of leafy trees, and willows of the brook—and you must rejoice before the Lord your God for seven days.

You must celebrate it as a pilgrim festival to the Lord for seven days in the year. This is a perpetual statute throughout your generations; you must celebrate it in the seventh month.

You must live in temporary shelters for seven days; every native citizen in Israel must live in temporary shelters,

"Command the Israelites to bring to you pure oil of beaten olives for the light, to make a lamp burn continually.

You must put pure frankincense on each row, and it will become a memorial portion for the bread, a gift to the Lord .