Study Desk

"Say to Aaron and to his sons and to all the people of Israel, ‘When any man of the house of Israel or of the strangers in Israel gives his gift for a burnt gift to the Lord, to pay a promise or as a free-will gift

Do not give anything that is not perfect, for you will not please the Lord.

When a man gives a peace gift to the Lord to keep a special promise or for a free-will gift from the cattle or the flock, it must be perfect to be received. It must have nothing wrong with it.

You may give for a free-will gift a bull or lamb which has some part too long or too short. But it will not be received if it is to pay a promise.

And do not receive such animals from a man from another land to give as the food of your God. For they are unclean. They are not perfect. They will not be received from you.'"

"Say to the people of Israel, ‘These are the special suppers of the Lord, which you will keep for holy meetings. These are My special suppers.

Work may be done for six days. But the seventh day is the Day of Rest, a holy meeting when you do no work at all. It is the Day of Rest to the Lord in all your homes.

On the fifteenth day of the same month is the Lord's special supper of bread without yeast. For seven days you will eat bread made without yeast.

But you will give a gift by fire to the Lord for seven days. On the seventh day is a holy meeting. You will not do any hard work.'"

He will wave the grain before the Lord for you to be received. The religious leader will wave it on the day after the Day of Rest.

The grain gift with it will be one-fifth part of a basket of fine flour mixed with oil. It is a gift by fire to the Lord for a pleasing smell. And the drink gift with it will be a jar of wine.

Do not eat bread or dry grain or new grain until this same day, when you have brought the gift to your God. It is to be a Law forever for all your people in all your homes.

‘Number seven full weeks from the day after the Day of Rest, from the day when you give the grain for the wave gift. There will be seven whole Days of Rest.

Bring from your homes two loaves of bread for a wave gift, made of one-fifth part of a basket of fine flour. They will be made with yeast, as first-fruits to the Lord.

Then give one male goat for a sin gift and two male lambs one year old for a peace gift.

The religious leader will wave them with the bread of the first-fruits as a wave gift before the Lord, with the two lambs. They will be holy to the Lord for the religious leader.

On this same day call together a holy meeting. Do no hard work. It is a Law forever in all your homes for all your people.

‘When you gather the food of your land, do not pick all the way to the corners of your field. And do not gather the food that falls. Leave it for those in need and the stranger. I am the Lord your God.'"

"The tenth day of this seventh month is the day to be made free from sin. It will be a holy meeting for you. You will be without pride and give a gift by fire to the Lord.

"Do no work on this day. For it is a day to be made free from sin, to be made free from your sin before the Lord your God.