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Leviticus 23:1

וַיְדַבֵּ֥ר
dâbar
and — perhaps properly, to arrange; but used figuratively (of words), to speak; rarely (in a destructive sense) to subdue
יְהוָ֖ה
Yᵉhôvâh
(the) self-Existent or Eternal; Jeho-vah, Jewish national name of God
אֶל
ʼêl
near, with or among; often in general, to
מֹשֶׁ֥ה
Môsheh
Mosheh, the Israelite lawgiver
לֵּאמֹֽר
ʼâmar
to/for — to say (used with great latitude)
Leviticus 23:1 · Masoretic Text (WLC)
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The Lord spoke again to Moses, saying,
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This chapter opens the book's final major ritual section, mirroring the sacrificial law of chapters 1-7 on the outer edge of Leviticus's chiasm (see 1:1). Where the earlier rituals were mostly about individual offerings, this one lays out the shared calendar - seven annual feasts that structure Israel's whole year around retelling its own story.

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