Now in the seventhmonth,on the firstday of the month,you shall also havea holyconvocation;you shall donolaboriouswork.It will be to you a dayfor blowingtrumpets.
Thus allIsraelbroughtup the arkof the covenantof the LORDwith shouting,and with soundof the horn,with trumpets,with loud-soundingcymbals,with harpsand lyres.
From the firstdayof the seventhmonththey beganto offerburntofferingsto the LORD,but the foundationof the templeof the LORDhad not been laid.
Now the priests,the Levites,the gatekeepers,the singers,someof the people,the templeservantsand allIsrael,livedin their cities.And when the seventhmonthcame,the sonsof Israel[were] in their cities.
Then Ezrathe priestbroughtthe lawbeforethe assemblyof men,womenand allwho [could] listenwith understanding,on the firstdayof the seventhmonth.
Blowthe trumpetat the newmoon,At the fullmoon,on our feastday.
How blessedare the peoplewho knowthe joyfulsound!O LORD,they walkin the lightof Your countenance.
"Also [you shall observe] the Feastof the Harvest[of] the firstfruitsof your labors[from] whatyou sowin the field;also the Feastof the Ingatheringat the endof the yearwhen you gatherin [the fruit of] your laborsfrom the field.
"You shall celebratethe Feastof Weeks,[that is], the firstfruitsof the wheatharvest,and the Feastof Ingatheringat the turnof the year.
It will comeabout also in that daythat a greattrumpetwill be blown,and those who were perishingin the landof Assyriaand who were scatteredin the landof Egyptwill comeand worshipthe LORDin the holymountainat Jerusalem.
Again the LORDspoketo Moses,saying,
On the firstdayyou shall havea holyconvocation;you shall not doanylaboriouswork.
Then the LORDwill appearoverthem, And His arrowwill goforthlike lightning;And the LordGODwill blowthe trumpet,And will marchin the stormwindsof the south.
Also on the dayof the firstfruits,when you presenta newgrain offeringto the LORDin your [Feast of] Weeks,you shall havea holyconvocation;you shall donolaboriouswork.
Then on the fifteenthdayof the seventhmonthyou shall havea holyconvocation;you shall donolaboriouswork,and you shall observea feastto the LORDfor sevendays.
You shall offera burntofferingas a soothingaromato the LORD:onebull,oneram,[and] sevenmalelambsone yearoldwithoutdefect;
On the eighthdayyou shall havea solemnassembly;you shall donolaboriouswork.
