Leviticus 23:15-22

The Feast of Weeks

15 ¹"You shall count seven full weeks from the day after the Sabbath, from the day that you brought the sheaf of the ²wave offering.

16 You shall count ³fifty days to the day after the seventh Sabbath. Then you shall present a grain offering of ⁴new grain to the LORD.

17 You shall bring from your dwelling places two loaves of bread to be waved, made of two tenths of an ephah. They shall be of fine flour, and they shall be baked with leaven, as ⁵firstfruits to the LORD.

18 And you shall present with the bread seven lambs a year old without blemish, and one bull from the herd and two rams. They shall be a burnt offering to the LORD, with their grain offering and their drink offerings, a food offering with a pleasing aroma to the LORD.

19 And you shall offer one ⁶male goat for a sin offering, and two male lambs a year old as a sacrifice of ⁷peace offerings

20 And the priest shall ⁸wave them with the bread of the firstfruits as a wave offering before the LORD, with the two lambs. ⁹They shall be holy to the LORD for the priest.

21 And you shall make proclamation on the same day. You shall hold a holy convocation. You shall not do any ordinary work. It is a statute forever in all your dwelling places throughout your generations

22 "And ¹⁰when you reap the harvest of your land, you shall not reap your field right up to its edge, nor shall you gather the gleanings after your harvest. You shall leave them for the poor and for the sojourner: I am the LORD your God."

Leviticus 23:15-22 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 34:22; Deuteronomy 16:9
• 2. [See ver. 11 above]
• 3. Acts 2:1(Gk.)
• 4. Numbers 28:26
• 5. See ver. 10
• 6. Leviticus 4:23, 28; Numbers 28:30
• 7. See Leviticus 3:1
• 8. [See ver. 11 above]
• 9. Numbers 18:12; Deuteronomy 18:4
• 10. Leviticus 19:9, 10; Deuteronomy 24:19; [Ruth 2:2, 3]