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Leviticus 23:21 - Meaning and Application
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Translation: World English Bible — Catholic Edition
" You shall make proclamation on the same day that there shall be a holy convocation to you. You shall do no regular work. This is a statute forever in all your dwellings throughout your generations. "
Leviticus 23:21
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19 You shall offer one male goat for a sin offering, and two male lambs a year old for a sacrifice of peace offerings.
20 The priest shall wave them with the bread of the first fruits for a wave offering before the LORD, with the two lambs. They shall be holy to the LORD for the priest.
21 You shall make proclamation on the same day that there shall be a holy convocation to you. You shall do no regular work. This is a statute forever in all your dwellings throughout your generations.
22 “‘When you reap the harvest of your land, you must not wholly reap into the corners of your field. You must not gather the gleanings of your harvest. You must leave them for the poor and for the foreigner. I am the LORD your God.’”
23 The LORD spoke to Moses, saying,
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Leviticus 23:1
"The LORD spoke to Moses, saying,"
Leviticus 23:2
"“Speak to the children of Israel, and tell them, ‘The set feasts of the LORD, which you shall proclaim to be holy convocations, even these are my set feasts."
Leviticus 23:3
"“‘Six days shall work be done, but on the seventh day is a Sabbath of solemn rest, a holy convocation; you shall do no kind of work. It is a Sabbath to the LORD in all your dwellings."
Leviticus 23:4
"“‘These are the set feasts of the LORD, even holy convocations, which you shall proclaim in their appointed season."
Leviticus 23:5
"In the first month, on the fourteenth day of the month in the evening, is the LORD’s Passover."
Leviticus 23:6
"On the fifteenth day of the same month is the feast of unleavened bread to the LORD. Seven days you shall eat unleavened bread."
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