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16 Next observe the Festival of Reaping[a] by presenting the first ripe produce of your labors, which you sow in the field.

Finally, observe the Festival of Ingathering,[b] at the end of the year, when you pick the fruits of your labors from the fields. 17 Three times a year all your males shall appear before the Lord God.

18 You shall not offer any bread made with yeast together with the blood of my sacrifices. None of the fat from my festival shall remain until morning.

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Footnotes

  1. Exodus 23:16 Also called Pentecost or the Festival of Weeks. This took place in late spring at the end of the grain harvest.
  2. Exodus 23:16 Also called the Festival of Shelters or Tabernacles. This took place in autumn, when the fruit was picked.