Leviticus 23:9-14

The Feast of Firstfruits

9 And the LORD spoke to Moses, saying,

10 "Speak to the people of Israel and say to them, ¹When you come into the land that I give you and reap its harvest, you shall bring the sheaf of ²the firstfruits of your harvest to the priest,

11 and he shall ³wave the sheaf before the LORD, so that you may be accepted. On the day after the Sabbath the priest shall wave it.

12 And on the day when you ⁴wave the sheaf, you shall offer a ⁵male lamb a year old without blemish as a burnt offering to the LORD.

13 ⁶And the grain offering with it shall be two tenths of an ephah^[a] of fine flour mixed with oil, a food offering to the LORD with a pleasing aroma, ⁷and the drink offering with it shall be of wine, a fourth of a hin.^[b]

14 And you shall eat neither bread nor grain ⁸parched or ⁹fresh until this same day, until you have brought the offering of your God: it is a statute forever throughout your generations in all your dwellings

Leviticus 23:9-14 Meaning and Commentary

INTRODUCTION TO LEVITICUS 23

In this chapter an account is given of the several holy days, times, and seasons, appointed by God, under the general names of feasts and holy convocations; and first of the sabbath, Le 23:1-4; then of the passover and feast of unleavened bread, Le 23:5-8; to which is annexed the sheaf of the firstfruits, Le 23:9-14; after that of the feast of weeks or pentecost, Le 23:15-22; and of the feast of trumpets, Le 23:23-25; and of the day of atonement, Le 23:26-32; and of the feast of tabernacles, Le 23:33-44.

Cross References

• 1. Exodus 23:19; Exodus 34:26; Numbers 15:18, 19; Numbers 28:26; Deuteronomy 26:1, 2
• 2. ver. 17
• 3. ver. 15, 20; Exodus 29:24
• 4. [See ver. 11 above]
• 5. Leviticus 1:10
• 6. Leviticus 2:14-16
• 7. Exodus 29:40
• 8. [Leviticus 2:14]
• 9. [Leviticus 2:14]

Footnotes

• [a]. An ephah was about 3/5 bushel or 22 liters
• [b]. A hin was about 4 quarts or 3.5 liters