Leviticus 23:9-14

The Feast of Firstfruits

9 Then Yahweh spoke to Moses, saying,

10 "Speak to the {Israelites}, and say to them, 'When you come to the land that I [am about] to give to you and you reap its harvest, then you shall bring a sheaf of the firstfruit of your harvest to the priest.

11 And he shall wave the sheaf {before} Yahweh for your acceptance; the priest shall wave it {on the day after} the Sabbath.

12 And on the day of your waving the sheaf you shall {offer} a {yearling} male lamb without defect as a burnt offering to Yahweh.

13 And its grain offering [shall be] two-tenths [of an ephah] of finely milled flour mixed with oil, an offering made by fire for Yahweh, an appeasing fragrance; and its libation [shall be] a fourth of a hin of wine.

14 And you shall not eat bread or roasted grain or ripe grain until {this very same day}, until you present your God's offering. [This must be] {a lasting statute} for 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.

Footnotes

• [a]. Or "And"
• [b]. Literally "sons/children of Israel"
• [c]. Or "and"
• [d]. Literally "to the faces of"
• [e]. Literally "from the next day of"
• [f]. Or "sacrifice"; literally "do" or "make"
• [g]. Literally "a son of its year"
• [h]. Supplied by context
• [i]. Hebrew "the hin"
• [j]. Or "and"
• [k]. Or "and"
• [l]. Literally "the exactly of this day"
• [m]. Literally "a statute of eternity" or "a statute of long duration"