「你曉諭以色列人說：耶和華的節期，你們要宣告為聖會的節期。 六日要做工，第七日是聖安息日，當有聖會；你們甚麼工都不可做。這是在你們一切的住處向耶和華守的安息日。 ……「正月十四日，黃昏的時候，是耶和華的逾越節。 這月十五日是向耶和華守的無酵節；你們要吃無酵餅七日。 第一日當有聖會，甚麼勞碌的工都不可做； 要將火祭獻給耶和華七日。第七日是聖會，甚麼勞碌的工都不可做。」 利未記 23:2-3, 5-8
to say to the community of Israel: I have chosen certain times for you to come together and worship me. You have six days when you can do your work, but the seventh day of each week is holy because it belongs to me. No matter where you live, you must rest on the Sabbath and come together for worship. This law will never change. Passover is another time when you must come together to worship me, and it must be celebrated on the evening of the fourteenth day of the first month of each year. The Festival of Thin Bread begins on the fifteenth day of that same month; it lasts seven days, and during this time you must honor me by eating bread made without yeast. On the first day of this festival you must rest from your work and come together for worship. Each day of this festival you must offer sacrifices. Then on the final day you must once again rest from your work and come together for worship. Leviticus 23:2-8