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1. New king makes a proclamation for the people to gather (old king never does this).
1:10

2 The people are to be given a new name.
1:11­14

3. The new king is given charge concerning all the affairs of the kingdom and the national treasures are consigned to his keeping.
1:15­17

4. The people gather to the temple.
2:1

5. A census taken.
2:2

6. Sacrifices offered.
2:3

7. "Firstlings" mark it as a New Year's offering.
2:3

8. This rite was meant to give thanks.
2:4

9. Tents are pitched around the temple, grouped in families.
2:5

10. Tent doors face the temple.
2:6

11. A specially erected tower.
2:7

12. A "Silentium" begins the formal discourse (exhortation to listen, to hearken).
2:9

13. The people come to be instructed in the mysteries of God.
2:9

14. Main purpose of discourse is to hail the king as a god on earth.
2:10

15. The new king is elected by acclamation
2:11

16. Everyone at the assembly is required to bring the king gifts
2:12­26

17. The New Year Rite is the formal day for settling accounts between the king and his people.
2:12­26

18. The people come to acclaim the king.
2:12­26

19. The king would scatter gifts to the people to simulate the sowing of the race itself on the day of creation
2:12­26

20. The old king's farewell.
2:26b­30

21. Choral contests.
2:26b­30

22. Introduction of the new king.
2:26b­30

23. Admonishment to keep commandments of the new king; prosperity and victory would then attend them.
2:31­40

24. Preserve the records, and prosperity and victory would attend them.
2:31­40

25. The king foretells the never-ending happiness of those who keep the commandments of the king.
2:4

26. The king divines the future.
3:1­27

27. The king sits in judgment.
3:24­27

28. The "Proskynesis" (falling to the earth - literally "kissing the ground").
4:1­3

29. Rehearsal of the condition of man in the Golden Age.
4:4­30

30. Approval of the king's speech by an "acclamatio" (they all cried with one voice).
5:1­4

31. A covenant is made by the people.
5:5­6

32. A new name is given to the people.
5:7­14

33. The people are sealed to the covenant.
5:15

34. The people register in the "Book of Life" - a registration is taken.
6:1­2

35. The new king is consecrated.
6:3

36. The people are dismissed.
6:4