Leviticus 23:9-19

9 Then the LORD spoke to Moses, saying,

10 "Speak to the sons of Israel and say to them, 'When you enter the land which I am going to give to you and ¹reap its harvest, then you shall bring in the sheaf of the first fruits of your harvest to the priest.

11 'He shall wave the sheaf before the LORD for you to be accepted; on the day after the sabbath the priest shall wave it.

12 'Now on the day when you wave the sheaf, you shall offer a male lamb one year old without defect for a burnt offering to the LORD.

13 'Its ²grain offering shall then be two-tenths * of an ephah of fine flour mixed with oil, an offering by fire to the LORD for a soothing aroma, with its drink offering, a fourth of a hin of wine.

14 'Until this same day, until you have brought in the offering of your God, ³you shall eat neither bread nor roasted grain nor new growth. It is to be a perpetual statute throughout your generations in all your dwelling places

15 '⁴You shall also count for yourselves from the day after the sabbath, from the day when you brought in the sheaf of the wave offering; there shall be seven complete sabbaths.

16 'You shall count fifty days to the day after the seventh sabbath; then you shall present a ⁵new grain offering to the LORD.

17 'You shall bring in from your dwelling places two loaves of bread for a wave offering, made of two-tenths * of an ephah; they shall be of a fine flour, baked ⁶with leaven as first fruits to the LORD.

18 'Along with the bread you shall present seven one year old male lambs without defect, and a bull * * of the herd and two rams; they are to be a burnt offering to the LORD, with their grain offering and their drink offerings, an offering by fire of a soothing aroma to the LORD.

19 'You shall also offer ⁷one male goat for a sin offering and two male lambs one year old for a sacrifice of peace offerings

Leviticus 23:9-19 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
• 2. Leviticus 6:20
• 3. Exodus 34:26; Numbers 15:20, 21
• 4. Numbers 28:26-31; Deuteronomy 16:9-12
• 5. Numbers 28:26
• 6. Leviticus 2:12; Leviticus 7:13
• 7. Leviticus 4:23; Numbers 28:30

Footnotes

• [a] I.e. Approx one gal.
• [b] I.e. Approx one bu