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1 'And in the seventh month, on the first [day] of the month, you shall have a holy convocation. You shall do no customary work. For you it is a day of blowing the trumpets.
2 'You shall offer a burnt offering as a sweet aroma to the LORD: one young bull, one ram, [and] seven lambs in their first year, without blemish.
3 'Their grain offering [shall be] fine flour mixed with oil: three-tenths [of an ephah] for the bull, two-tenths for the ram,
4 'and one-tenth for each of the seven lambs;
5 'also one kid of the goats [as] a sin offering, to make atonement for you;
6 'besides the burnt offering with its grain offering for the New Moon, the regular burnt offering with its grain offering, and their drink offerings, according to their ordinance, as a sweet aroma, an offering made by fire to the LORD.
7 ' On the tenth [day] of this seventh month you shall have a holy convocation. You shall afflict your souls; you shall not do any work.
8 'You shall present a burnt offering to the LORD [as] a sweet aroma: one young bull, one ram, [and] seven lambs in their first year. Be sure they are without blemish.
9 'Their grain offering [shall be of] fine flour mixed with oil: three-tenths [of an ephah] for the bull, two-tenths for the one ram,
10 'and one-tenth for each of the seven lambs;
11 'also one kid of the goats [as] a sin offering, besides the sin offering for atonement, the regular burnt offering with its grain offering, and their drink offerings.
12 ' On the fifteenth day of the seventh month you shall have a holy convocation. You shall do no customary work, and you shall keep a feast to the LORD seven days.
13 'You shall present a burnt offering, an offering made by fire as a sweet aroma to the LORD: thirteen young bulls, two rams, [and] fourteen lambs in their first year. They shall be without blemish.
14 'Their grain offering [shall be of] fine flour mixed with oil: three-tenths [of an ephah] for each of the thirteen bulls, two-tenths for each of the two rams,
15 'and one-tenth for each of the fourteen lambs;
16 'also one kid of the goats [as] a sin offering, besides the regular burnt offering, its grain offering, and its drink offering.
17 ' On the second day [present] twelve young bulls, two rams, fourteen lambs in their first year without blemish,
18 'and their grain offering and their drink offerings for the bulls, for the rams, and for the lambs, by their number, according to the ordinance;
19 'also one kid of the goats [as] a sin offering, besides the regular burnt offering with its grain offering, and their drink offerings.
20 ' On the third day [present] eleven bulls, two rams, fourteen lambs in their first year without blemish,
21 'and their grain offering and their drink offerings for the bulls, for the rams, and for the lambs, by their number, according to the ordinance;
22 'also one goat [as] a sin offering, besides the regular burnt offering, its grain offering, and its drink offering.
23 ' On the fourth day [present] ten bulls, two rams, [and] fourteen lambs in their first year, without blemish,
24 'and their grain offering and their drink offerings for the bulls, for the rams, and for the lambs, by their number, according to the ordinance;
25 'also one kid of the goats [as] a sin offering, besides the regular burnt offering, its grain offering, and its drink offering.
26 ' On the fifth day [present] nine bulls, two rams, [and] fourteen lambs in their first year without blemish,
27 'and their grain offering and their drink offerings for the bulls, for the rams, and for the lambs, by their number, according to the ordinance;
28 'also one goat [as] a sin offering, besides the regular burnt offering, its grain offering, and its drink offering.
29 ' On the sixth day [present] eight bulls, two rams, [and] fourteen lambs in their first year without blemish,
30 'and their grain offering and their drink offerings for the bulls, for the rams, and for the lambs, by their number, according to the ordinance;
31 'also one goat [as] a sin offering, besides the regular burnt offering, its grain offering, and its drink offering.
32 ' On the seventh day [present] seven bulls, two rams, [and] fourteen lambs in their first year without blemish,
33 'and their grain offering and their drink offerings for the bulls, for the rams, and for the lambs, by their number, according to the ordinance;
34 'also one goat [as] a sin offering, besides the regular burnt offering, its grain offering, and its drink offering.
35 ' On the eighth day you shall have a sacred assembly. You shall do no customary work.
36 'You shall present a burnt offering, an offering made by fire as a sweet aroma to the LORD: one bull, one ram, seven lambs in their first year without blemish,
37 'and their grain offering and their drink offerings for the bull, for the ram, and for the lambs, by their number, according to the ordinance;
38 'also one goat [as] a sin offering, besides the regular burnt offering, its grain offering, and its drink offering.
39 ' These you shall present to the LORD at your appointed feasts (besides your vowed offerings and your freewill offerings) as your burnt offerings and your grain offerings, as your drink offerings and your peace offerings.' "
40 So Moses told the children of Israel everything, just as the LORD commanded Moses.
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