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Leviticus Chapter 23

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In Leviticus 23 the Israelites are commanded to observe a series of festivals that mark the agricultural cycle and the covenant with God, beginning with the Passover which commemorates deliverance from Egypt. The chapter also prescribes the Feast of Weeks and the Feast of Tabernacles, each accompanied by specific offerings and instructions for worship. These rites emphasize God’s provision, the sanctity of the land, and the people’s commitment to remember their history.

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(1) And the LORD spake unto Moses, saying,
(2) Speak unto the children of Israel, and say unto them, Concerning the feasts of the LORD, which ye shall proclaim to be holy convocations, even these are my feasts.
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Leviticus 23:4Leviticus 23:37Exodus 23:14Exodus 23:15Exodus 23:16Exodus 23:17Isaiah 1:13Isaiah 1:14Isaiah 33:20Lamentations 1:4Hosea 2:11Nahum 1:15

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Jeremiah 16:3Jeremiah 27:19Leviticus 23:4Leviticus 23:37

(3) Six days shall work be done: but the seventh day is the sabbath of rest, an holy convocation; ye shall do no work therein: it is the sabbath of the LORD in all your dwellings.
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Leviticus 19:3Exodus 16:23Exodus 16:29Exodus 20:8Exodus 20:9Exodus 20:10Exodus 20:11Exodus 23:12Exodus 31:15Exodus 34:21Exodus 35:2Exodus 35:3

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Exodus 31:15Exodus 35:2Leviticus 25:4Nehemiah 13:19Leviticus 23:39Nehemiah 10:31

(4) These are the feasts of the LORD, even holy convocations, which ye shall proclaim in their seasons.
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Leviticus 23:2Leviticus 23:37Exodus 23:14

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Leviticus 23:2Leviticus 23:37

(5) In the fourteenth day of the first month at even is the LORD'S passover.
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Exodus 12:2Exodus 12:3Exodus 12:4Exodus 12:5Exodus 12:6Exodus 12:7Exodus 12:8Exodus 12:9Exodus 12:10Exodus 12:11Exodus 12:12Exodus 12:13

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Esther 3:7Exodus 12:18II Chronicles 35:1Ezekiel 45:21Genesis 8:5Numbers 9:5

(6) And on the fifteenth day of the same month is the feast of unleavened bread unto the LORD: seven days ye must eat unleavened bread.
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Exodus 12:15Exodus 12:16Exodus 13:6Exodus 13:7Exodus 34:18Numbers 28:17Numbers 28:18Deuteronomy 16:8Acts 12:3Acts 12:4

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Exodus 34:18Exodus 23:15Esther 3:7Exodus 29:2Exodus 12:18Numbers 28:17

(7) In the first day ye shall have an holy convocation: ye shall do no servile work therein.
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Numbers 28:18Numbers 28:19Numbers 28:20Numbers 28:21Numbers 28:22Numbers 28:23Numbers 28:24Numbers 28:25

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Leviticus 23:8Leviticus 23:21Leviticus 23:35Leviticus 23:36Numbers 28:18Revelation 10:6

(8) But ye shall offer an offering made by fire unto the LORD seven days: in the seventh day is an holy convocation: ye shall do no servile work therein.
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Leviticus 23:36Exodus 12:16Leviticus 23:3Leviticus 23:27Numbers 28:25Numbers 29:1

(9) And the LORD spake unto Moses, saying,
(10) Speak unto the children of Israel, and say unto them, When ye be come into the land which I give unto you, and shall reap the harvest thereof, then ye shall bring a sheaf of the firstfruits of your harvest unto the priest:
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Leviticus 14:34Leviticus 2:12Leviticus 2:13Leviticus 2:14Leviticus 2:15Leviticus 2:16Exodus 22:29Exodus 23:16Exodus 23:19Exodus 34:22Exodus 34:26Numbers 15:2

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Leviticus 19:9Luke 10:2Leviticus 23:22Ruth 2:23II Samuel 21:9Matthew 9:38

(11) And he shall wave the sheaf before the LORD, to be accepted for you: on the morrow after the sabbath the priest shall wave it.
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Leviticus 9:21Leviticus 10:14Exodus 29:24

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Leviticus 10:15Numbers 6:20Leviticus 23:15Exodus 29:24Exodus 29:26Leviticus 14:12

(12) And ye shall offer that day when ye wave the sheaf an he lamb without blemish of the first year for a burnt offering unto the LORD.
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Leviticus 1:10Hebrews 10:10Hebrews 10:11Hebrews 10:12I Peter 1:19

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Numbers 6:14Exodus 29:39Leviticus 14:12Leviticus 21:21Numbers 28:4Leviticus 1:3

(13) And the meat offering thereof shall be two tenth deals of fine flour mingled with oil, an offering made by fire unto the LORD for a sweet savour: and the drink offering thereof shall be of wine, the fourth part of an hin.
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Leviticus 2:14Leviticus 2:15Leviticus 2:16Leviticus 14:10Numbers 15:3Numbers 15:4Numbers 15:5Numbers 15:6Numbers 15:7Numbers 15:8Numbers 15:9Numbers 15:10

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Numbers 28:12Exodus 29:40Numbers 28:5Numbers 15:4Leviticus 14:10Numbers 15:6

(14) And ye shall eat neither bread, nor parched corn, nor green ears, until the selfsame day that ye have brought an offering unto your God: it shall be a statute for ever throughout your generations in all your dwellings.
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Leviticus 19:23Leviticus 19:24Leviticus 19:25Leviticus 25:2Leviticus 25:3Genesis 4:4Genesis 4:5Joshua 5:11Joshua 5:12Leviticus 3:17Leviticus 10:11Deuteronomy 16:12

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Leviticus 2:14Leviticus 23:21Leviticus 3:17Leviticus 23:31Numbers 35:29Matthew 1:17

(15) And ye shall count unto you from the morrow after the sabbath, from the day that ye brought the sheaf of the wave offering; seven sabbaths shall be complete:
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Leviticus 23:10Leviticus 23:11Leviticus 25:8Exodus 34:22Deuteronomy 16:9Deuteronomy 16:10

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Leviticus 23:11Nehemiah 13:19Leviticus 10:15Numbers 6:20

(16) Even unto the morrow after the seventh sabbath shall ye number fifty days; and ye shall offer a new meat offering unto the LORD.
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Acts 2:1

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Leviticus 2:14II Kings 1:13Ezekiel 48:17Leviticus 2:13Numbers 6:17Numbers 28:8

(17) Ye shall bring out of your habitations two wave loaves of two tenth deals: they shall be of fine flour; they shall be baken with leaven; they are the firstfruits unto the LORD.
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Numbers 28:26Leviticus 7:13Matthew 13:33Leviticus 23:10Exodus 22:29Exodus 23:16Exodus 23:19Exodus 34:22Exodus 34:26Numbers 15:17Numbers 15:19Numbers 15:20

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Numbers 28:12Numbers 28:20Numbers 28:28Numbers 29:3Numbers 29:9Numbers 29:14

(18) And ye shall offer with the bread seven lambs without blemish of the first year, and one young bullock, and two rams: they shall be for a burnt offering unto the LORD, with their meat offering, and their drink offerings, even an offering made by fire, of sweet savour unto the LORD.
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Leviticus 23:12Leviticus 23:13Numbers 28:27Numbers 28:28Numbers 28:29Numbers 28:30Numbers 28:31Malachi 1:13Malachi 1:14Numbers 15:4Numbers 15:5Numbers 15:6

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I Kings 8:64Numbers 29:2Numbers 29:8Numbers 29:13Numbers 15:24Numbers 29:39

(19) Then ye shall sacrifice one kid of the goats for a sin offering, and two lambs of the first year for a sacrifice of peace offerings.
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Leviticus 4:23Leviticus 4:24Leviticus 4:25Leviticus 4:26Leviticus 4:27Leviticus 4:28Leviticus 16:15Numbers 15:24Numbers 28:30Romans 8:3II Corinthians 5:21Leviticus 3:1

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Leviticus 7:29I Kings 8:64I Samuel 16:5Ezekiel 39:17Numbers 7:17Numbers 7:23

(20) And the priest shall wave them with the bread of the firstfruits for a wave offering before the LORD, with the two lambs: they shall be holy to the LORD for the priest.
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Leviticus 23:17Leviticus 7:29Leviticus 7:30Exodus 29:24Luke 2:14Ephesians 2:14Leviticus 7:31Leviticus 7:32Leviticus 7:33Leviticus 7:34Leviticus 8:29Leviticus 10:14

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Leviticus 10:15Numbers 6:20Exodus 29:24Exodus 29:26Leviticus 14:12Leviticus 14:24

(21) And ye shall proclaim on the selfsame day, that it may be an holy convocation unto you: ye shall do no servile work therein: it shall be a statute for ever in all your dwellings throughout your generations.
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Leviticus 23:2Leviticus 23:4Exodus 12:16Deuteronomy 16:11Isaiah 11:10Leviticus 23:14Genesis 17:7Exodus 12:17Numbers 18:23

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Leviticus 23:14Leviticus 3:17Leviticus 23:31Numbers 35:29Matthew 1:17Exodus 30:21

(22) And when ye reap the harvest of your land, thou shalt not make clean riddance of the corners of thy field when thou reapest, neither shalt thou gather any gleaning of thy harvest: thou shalt leave them unto the poor, and to the stranger: I am the LORD your God.
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Leviticus 19:9Leviticus 19:10Deuteronomy 16:11Deuteronomy 16:12Deuteronomy 16:13Deuteronomy 16:14Deuteronomy 24:19Deuteronomy 24:20Deuteronomy 24:21Ruth 2:3Ruth 2:4Ruth 2:5

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Leviticus 19:9Matthew 13:30Luke 10:2Deuteronomy 24:19Leviticus 23:10Exodus 23:16

(23) And the LORD spake unto Moses, saying,
(24) Speak unto the children of Israel, saying, In the seventh month, in the first day of the month, shall ye have a sabbath, a memorial of blowing of trumpets, an holy convocation.
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Numbers 10:10Numbers 29:1Numbers 29:2Numbers 29:3Numbers 29:4Numbers 29:5Numbers 29:6I Chronicles 15:28II Chronicles 5:13Ezra 3:6Psalms 81:1Psalms 81:2

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Esther 3:7Numbers 29:1Genesis 8:5Exodus 12:18II Chronicles 29:17Genesis 8:4

(25) Ye shall do no servile work therein: but ye shall offer an offering made by fire unto the LORD.
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Leviticus 23:36Leviticus 23:8Revelation 10:6Malachi 1:8

(26) And the LORD spake unto Moses, saying,
(27) Also on the tenth day of this seventh month there shall be a day of atonement: it shall be an holy convocation unto you; and ye shall afflict your souls, and offer an offering made by fire unto the LORD.
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Leviticus 16:29Leviticus 16:30Leviticus 25:9Numbers 29:7Numbers 29:8Numbers 29:9Numbers 29:10Numbers 29:11Leviticus 16:31Ezra 8:21Psalms 35:13Isaiah 58:5

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Leviticus 16:29Numbers 29:7Esther 3:7Genesis 8:5Leviticus 23:24Leviticus 25:9

(28) And ye shall do no work in that same day: for it is a day of atonement, to make an atonement for you before the LORD your God.
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Leviticus 16:34Isaiah 53:10Daniel 9:24Zechariah 3:9Romans 5:10Romans 5:11Hebrews 9:12Hebrews 9:26Hebrews 10:10Hebrews 10:14I John 2:2I John 4:10

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Leviticus 16:33Exodus 29:36Exodus 30:10Exodus 30:16Leviticus 9:7Leviticus 16:17

(29) For whatsoever soul it be that shall not be afflicted in that same day, he shall be cut off from among his people.
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Leviticus 23:27Leviticus 23:32Isaiah 22:12Jeremiah 31:9Ezekiel 7:16Genesis 17:14

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Philippians 4:8Leviticus 11:42

(30) And whatsoever soul it be that doeth any work in that same day, the same soul will I destroy from among his people.
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Leviticus 20:3Leviticus 20:5Leviticus 20:6Genesis 17:14Jeremiah 15:7Ezekiel 14:9Zephaniah 2:5I Corinthians 3:17

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Philippians 4:8Leviticus 11:42Ecclesiastes 3:14

(31) Ye shall do no manner of work: it shall be a statute for ever throughout your generations in all your dwellings.
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Leviticus 3:17Leviticus 23:14Leviticus 23:21Numbers 35:29Matthew 1:17Exodus 30:21

(32) It shall be unto you a sabbath of rest, and ye shall afflict your souls: in the ninth day of the month at even, from even unto even, shall ye celebrate your sabbath.
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Leviticus 16:31Matthew 11:28Matthew 11:29Matthew 11:30Hebrews 4:3Hebrews 4:11Leviticus 23:27Psalms 35:13Psalms 51:17Psalms 69:10Psalms 69:11Psalms 126:5

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Esther 3:7Nehemiah 13:19Leviticus 23:39Exodus 31:15Leviticus 16:31Leviticus 23:3

(33) And the LORD spake unto Moses, saying,
(34) Speak unto the children of Israel, saying, The fifteenth day of this seventh month shall be the feast of tabernacles for seven days unto the LORD.
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Exodus 23:16Exodus 34:22Numbers 29:12Deuteronomy 16:13Deuteronomy 16:14Deuteronomy 16:15Ezra 3:4Nehemiah 8:14Zechariah 14:16Zechariah 14:17Zechariah 14:18Zechariah 14:19

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Esther 3:7Ezekiel 45:25I Kings 12:32Leviticus 23:39Numbers 29:12I Kings 8:2

(35) On the first day shall be an holy convocation: ye shall do no servile work therein.
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Leviticus 23:7Leviticus 23:8Leviticus 23:24Leviticus 23:25

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Leviticus 23:7Leviticus 23:8Leviticus 23:21Leviticus 23:36Numbers 28:18Revelation 10:6

(36) Seven days ye shall offer an offering made by fire unto the LORD: on the eighth day shall be an holy convocation unto you; and ye shall offer an offering made by fire unto the LORD: it is a solemn assembly; and ye shall do no servile work therein.
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Numbers 29:12Numbers 29:13Numbers 29:14Numbers 29:15Numbers 29:16Numbers 29:17Numbers 29:18Numbers 29:19Numbers 29:20Numbers 29:21Numbers 29:22Numbers 29:23

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Malachi 1:8Leviticus 23:8Numbers 29:35Leviticus 23:25Exodus 29:39Leviticus 1:3

(37) These are the feasts of the LORD, which ye shall proclaim to be holy convocations, to offer an offering made by fire unto the LORD, a burnt offering, and a meat offering, a sacrifice, and drink offerings, every thing upon his day:
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Leviticus 23:2Leviticus 23:4Deuteronomy 16:16Deuteronomy 16:17Ecclesiastes 3:1

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I Kings 8:64Numbers 29:39Ezekiel 45:17II Kings 16:15Numbers 6:17II Chronicles 7:7

(38) Beside the sabbaths of the LORD, and beside your gifts, and beside all your vows, and beside all your freewill offerings, which ye give unto the LORD.
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Leviticus 23:3Leviticus 19:3Genesis 2:2Genesis 2:3Exodus 20:8Exodus 20:9Exodus 20:10Exodus 20:11Numbers 29:39Deuteronomy 12:6I Chronicles 29:3I Chronicles 29:4

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Numbers 29:39Judges 8:26Isaiah 45:21Joshua 22:29I Kings 8:64Leviticus 10:12

(39) Also in the fifteenth day of the seventh month, when ye have gathered in the fruit of the land, ye shall keep a feast unto the LORD seven days: on the first day shall be a sabbath, and on the eighth day shall be a sabbath.
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Leviticus 23:34Exodus 23:16Deuteronomy 16:13Leviticus 23:24Leviticus 23:36

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I Kings 12:32Esther 3:7Nehemiah 13:19Exodus 31:15Leviticus 23:3Leviticus 23:24

(40) And ye shall take you on the first day the boughs of goodly trees, branches of palm trees, and the boughs of thick trees, and willows of the brook; and ye shall rejoice before the LORD your God seven days.
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Nehemiah 8:15Matthew 21:8Psalms 92:12John 12:13Revelation 7:9Deuteronomy 16:14Deuteronomy 16:15Isaiah 35:10Isaiah 66:10John 16:22Romans 5:11Philippians 3:3

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Nehemiah 8:15II Chronicles 2:8Ezekiel 31:8Ezekiel 31:14I Kings 6:32Exodus 10:15

(41) And ye shall keep it a feast unto the LORD seven days in the year. It shall be a statute for ever in your generations: ye shall celebrate it in the seventh month.
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Numbers 29:12Nehemiah 8:18

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(42) Ye shall dwell in booths seven days; all that are Israelites born shall dwell in booths:
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Genesis 33:17Numbers 24:2Numbers 24:5Nehemiah 8:14Nehemiah 8:15Nehemiah 8:16Nehemiah 8:17Jeremiah 35:10II Corinthians 5:1Hebrews 11:13Hebrews 11:14Hebrews 11:15

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Nehemiah 8:17

(43) That your generations may know that I made the children of Israel to dwell in booths, when I brought them out of the land of Egypt: I am the LORD your God.
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Exodus 13:14Deuteronomy 31:10Deuteronomy 31:11Deuteronomy 31:12Deuteronomy 31:13Psalms 78:5Psalms 78:6

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Matthew 1:17

(44) And Moses declared unto the children of Israel the feasts of the LORD.
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Leviticus 23:1Leviticus 23:2Leviticus 21:24Matthew 18:20

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