Leviticus 23:13-23

13 With it you shall present four pounds of flour mixed with olive oil as a food offering. The odor of this offering is pleasing to the Lord. You shall also present with it an offering of one quart of wine.
14 Do not eat any of the new grain, whether raw, roasted, or baked into bread, until you have brought this offering to God. This regulation is to be observed by all your descendants for all time to come
15 Count seven full weeks from the day after the Sabbath on which you bring your sheaf of grain to present to the Lord. 1
16 On the fiftieth day, the day after the seventh Sabbath, present to the Lord another new offering of grain.
17 Each family is to bring two loaves of bread and present them to the Lord as a special gift. Each loaf shall be made of four pounds of flour baked with yeast and shall be presented to the Lord as an offering of the first grain to be harvested.
18 And with the bread the community is to present seven one-year-old lambs, one bull, and two rams, none of which may have any defects. They shall be offered as a burnt offering to the Lord, along with a grain offering and a wine offering. The odor of this offering is pleasing to the Lord.
19 Also offer one male goat as a sin offering and two one-year-old male lambs as a fellowship offering
20 The priest shall present the bread with the two lambs as a special gift to the Lord for the priests. These offerings are holy.
21 On that day do none of your daily work, but gather for worship. Your descendants are to observe this regulation for all time to come, no matter where they live
22 When you harvest your fields, do not cut the grain at the edges of the fields, and do not go back to cut the heads of grain that were left; leave them for poor people and foreigners. The Lord is your God. 2
23 On the first day of the seventh month observe a special day of rest, and come together for worship when the trumpets sound.

Leviticus 23:13-23 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 2

  • 1. 23.15-21Exodus 23.16; 34.22;Deuteronomy 16.9-12.
  • 2. 23.22Leviticus 19.9, 10;Deuteronomy 24.19-22.
Scripture taken from the Good News Translation - Second Edition, Copyright 1992 by American Bible Society. Used by Permission.