Levítico 23:15

15 Y os habéis de contar desde el siguiente día del sábado, desde el día en que ofrecisteis la gavilla de la ofrenda mecida; siete sábados cumplidos serán

Levítico 23:15 Meaning and Commentary

Leviticus 23:15

And ye shall count unto you from the morrow after the sabbath,
&c.] Not the seventh day sabbath in the passover week, nor the whole feast of unleavened bread, but the first day of it, which was an holy convocation, a sabbath in which no servile work was to be done, ( Leviticus 23:7 ) ; and it was from the day after this, even the sixteenth of Nisan, that the following count was to be made; so the Targum of Jonathan, after the first feast day of the passover: and Josephus ^F19 is very clear in it, that Pentecost, or the feast of weeks, was the fiftieth day from the sixteenth of Nisan, when the above offerings were made: from the day that ye brought the sheaf of the wave offering;
which plainly points out the express day from whence the count was to begin, even on the day when the sheaf of the firstfruits of the barley harvest was offered: seven sabbaths shall be complete;
or seven weeks, that is, forty nine days; and hence, Jarchi says, we learn that the count began from the evening, or otherwise the weeks would not be complete; and Gersom thinks the day in which the sheaf was offered is included in the days counted; for the count began from the day after the first of the passover, and lo, seven days are seven weeks of days, which make forty nine days.

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FOOTNOTES:

F19 Antiqu. l. 3. c. 10. sect. 6.

Levítico 23:15 In-Context

13 Con su presente, dos décimas de flor de harina amasada con aceite en ofrenda encendida al SEÑOR para olor aceptable; y su libación de vino, la cuarta parte de un hin

14 Y no comeréis pan, ni grano tostado, ni espiga fresca, hasta este mismo día, hasta que hayáis ofrecido la ofrenda de vuestro Dios; estatuto perpetuo es por vuestras edades en todas vuestras habitaciones

15 Y os habéis de contar desde el siguiente día del sábado, desde el día en que ofrecisteis la gavilla de la ofrenda mecida; siete sábados cumplidos serán

16 hasta el siguiente día del sábado séptimo contaréis cincuenta días; entonces ofreceréis nuevo presente al SEÑOR

17 De vuestras habitaciones traeréis dos panes para ofrenda mecida, que serán de dos décimas de flor de harina, cocidos con levadura, como primicias al SEÑOR