Deuteronomy 16:9

9 "1You shall count seven weeks for yourself; you shall begin to count seven weeks from the time you begin to put the sickle to the standing grain.

Deuteronomy 16:9 Meaning and Commentary

Deuteronomy 16:9

Seven weeks then shalt thou number unto thee
And then another feast was to take place, called from hence the feast of weeks, and sometimes Pentecost, from its being the fiftieth day:

begin to number the seven weeks from such time as thou beginnest to put
the sickle to the corn;
for the sheaf of the wave offering, as the first fruits of barley harvest, which was done on the morrow after the sabbath in the passover week, and from thence seven weeks or fifty days were reckoned, and the fiftieth day was the feast here ordered to be kept; so the Targum of Jonathan,

``after the reaping of the sheaf ye shall begin to number seven weeks;''

see ( Leviticus 23:15 ) .

Deuteronomy 16:9 In-Context

7 "You shall cook and eat it in the place which the LORD your God chooses. In the morning you are to return to your tents.
8 "Six days you shall eat unleavened bread, and on the seventh day there shall be a solemn assembly to the LORD your God; you shall do no work on it.
9 "You shall count seven weeks for yourself; you shall begin to count seven weeks from the time you begin to put the sickle to the standing grain.
10 "Then you shall celebrate the Feast of Weeks to the LORD your God with a tribute of a freewill offering of your hand, which you shall give just as the LORD your God blesses you;
11 and you shall rejoice before the LORD your God, you and your son and your daughter and your male and female servants and the Levite who is in your town, and the stranger and the orphan and the widow who are in your midst, in the place where the LORD your God chooses to establish His name.

Cross References 1

  • 1. Exodus 23:16; Exodus 34:22; Leviticus 23:15; Numbers 28:26
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