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1 And in the seventh month, on the first day of the month, ye shall have a holy convocation. Ye shall do no servile work. It is a day of blowing of trumpets to you.
2 And ye shall offer a burnt-offering for a sweet savor to LORD: one young bullock, one ram, seven he-lambs a year old without blemish,
3 and their meal-offering, fine flour mingled with oil, three tenth parts for the bullock, two tenth parts for the ram,
4 and one tenth part for every lamb of the seven lambs,
5 and one he-goat for a sin-offering, to make atonement for you,
6 besides the burnt-offering of the new moon, and the meal-offering of it, and the continual burnt-offering and the meal-offering of it, and their drink-offerings, according to their ordinance, for a sweet savor, an offering made by fire to LORD.
7 And on the tenth day of this seventh month ye shall have a holy convocation, and ye shall afflict your souls. Ye shall do no manner of work.
8 But ye shall offer a burnt-offering to LORD for a sweet savor: one young bullock, one ram, seven he-lambs a year old (they shall be to you without blemish),
9 and their meal-offering, fine flour mingled with oil, three tenth parts for the bullock, two tenth parts for the one ram,
10 a tenth part for every lamb of the seven lambs,
11 one he-goat for a sin-offering, besides the sin-offering of atonement, and the continual burnt-offering, and the meal-offering of it, and their drink-offerings.
12 And on the fifteenth day of the seventh month ye shall have a holy convocation. Ye shall do no servile work, and ye shall keep a feast to LORD seven days.
13 And ye shall offer a burnt-offering, an offering made by fire, of a sweet savor to LORD: thirteen young bullocks, two rams, fourteen he-lambs a year old (they shall be without blemish),
14 and their meal-offering, fine flour mingled with oil, three tenth parts for every bullock of the thirteen bullocks, two tenth parts for each ram of the two rams,
15 and a tenth part for every lamb of the fourteen lambs,
16 and one he-goat for a sin-offering, besides the continual burnt-offering, the meal-offering of it, and the drink-offering of it.
17 And on the second day, twelve young bullocks, two rams, fourteen he-lambs a year old without blemish,
18 and their meal-offering and their drink-offerings for the bullocks, for the rams, and for the lambs, according to their number, after the ordinance,
19 and one he-goat for a sin-offering, besides the continual burnt-offering, and the meal-offering of it, and their drink-offerings.
20 And on the third day, eleven bullocks, two rams, fourteen he-lambs a year old without blemish,
21 and their meal-offering and their drink-offerings for the bullocks, for the rams, and for the lambs, according to their number, after the ordinance,
22 and one he-goat for a sin-offering, besides the continual burnt-offering, and the meal-offering of it, and the drink-offering of it.
23 And on the fourth day, ten bullocks, two rams, fourteen he-lambs a year old without blemish,
24 their meal-offering and their drink-offerings for the bullocks, for the rams, and for the lambs, according to their number, after the ordinance,
25 and one he-goat for a sin-offering, besides the continual burnt-offering, the meal-offering of it, and the drink-offering of it.
26 And on the fifth day, nine bullocks, two rams, fourteen he-lambs a year old without blemish,
27 and their meal-offering and their drink-offerings for the bullocks, for the rams, and for the lambs, according to their number, after the ordinance,
28 and one he-goat for a sin-offering, besides the continual burnt-offering, and the meal-offering of it, and the drink-offering of it.
29 And on the sixth day, eight bullocks, two rams, fourteen he-lambs a year old without blemish,
30 and their meal-offering and their drink-offerings for the bullocks, for the rams, and for the lambs, according to their number, after the ordinance,
31 and one he-goat for a sin-offering, besides the continual burnt-offering, the meal-offering of it, and the drink-offerings of it.
32 And on the seventh day, seven bullocks, two rams, fourteen he-lambs a year old without blemish,
33 and their meal-offering and their drink-offerings for the bullocks, for the rams, and for the lambs, according to their number, after the ordinance,
34 and one he-goat for a sin-offering, besides the continual burnt-offering, the meal-offering of it, and the drink-offering of it.
35 On the eighth day, ye shall have a solemn assembly. Ye shall do no servile work.
36 But ye shall offer a burnt-offering, an offering made by fire, of a sweet savor to LORD: one bullock, one ram, seven he-lambs a year old without blemish,
37 their meal-offering and their drink-offerings for the bullock, for the ram, and for the lambs, shall be according to their number, after the ordinance,
38 and one he-goat for a sin-offering, besides the continual burnt-offering, and the meal-offering of it, and the drink-offering of it.
39 These ye shall offer to LORD in your set feasts, besides your vows, and your freewill-offerings, for your burnt-offerings, and for your meal-offerings, and for your drink-offerings, and for your peace-offerings.
40 And Moses told the sons of Israel according to all that LORD commanded Moses.
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