And you are to celebrate the Feast of Weeks with the firstfruits of the wheat harvest, and the Feast of Ingathering at the turn of the year.
Parallel translations
- WEB “You shall observe the feast of weeks with the first fruits of wheat harvest, and the feast of harvest at the year’s end.
- KJV And thou shalt observe the feast of weeks, of the firstfruits of wheat harvest, and the feast of ingathering at the year’s end.
- NKJV “And you shall observe the Feast of Weeks, of the firstfruits of wheat harvest, and the Feast of Ingathering at the year’s end.
- NASB And you shall celebrate the Feast of Weeks, that is, the first fruits of the wheat harvest, and the Feast of Ingathering at the turn of the year.
- NLT “You must celebrate the Festival of Harvest with the first crop of the wheat harvest, and celebrate the Festival of the Final Harvest at the end of the harvest season.
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Quick answer
Israel is to keep the Feast of Weeks at the wheat harvest and the harvest feast at year's end.
Overview
Two further pilgrim feasts mark the agricultural year, calling Israel to thank God for the firstfruits and final harvest. These celebrations acknowledged that every crop came from the LORD's hand. The Feast of Weeks (Pentecost) later becomes the day the Spirit is poured out on the church, the firstfruits of the gospel harvest (Acts 2).
Cross-references & the web
Cross-references · 6
- Exod 23:16You are also to keep the Feast of Harvest with the firstfruits of the produce from what you sow in the field. And keep the Feast of Ingathering at the end of the year, when you gather your produce from the field.
- Deut 16:10–15And you shall celebrate the Feast of Weeks to the LORD your God with a freewill offering that you give in proportion to how the LORD your God has blessed you,
- Num 28:16–31The fourteenth day of the first month is the LORD’s Passover.
- John 7:2However, the Jewish Feast of Tabernacles was near.
- Num 29:12–39On the fifteenth day of the seventh month, you are to hold a sacred assembly; you must not do any regular work, and you shall observe a feast to the LORD for seven days.
- Acts 2:1When the day of Pentecost came, they were all together in one place.
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