You shall count off fifty days until the day after the seventh Sabbath, and then present an offering of new grain to the LORD.
Parallel translations
- WEB even to the next day after the seventh Sabbath you shall count fifty days; and you shall offer a new meal offering to Yahweh.
- KJV Even unto the morrow after the seventh sabbath shall ye number fifty days; and ye shall offer a new meat offering unto the LORD.
- NKJV Count fifty days to the day after the seventh Sabbath; then you shall offer a new grain offering to the Lord.
- NASB You shall count fifty days to the day after the seventh Sabbath; then you shall present a new grain offering to the Lord.
- NLT Keep counting until the day after the seventh Sabbath, fifty days later. Then present an offering of new grain to the Lord.
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Quick answer
On the fiftieth day, the day after the seventh Sabbath, a new grain offering is brought to Yahweh.
Overview
This fiftieth-day feast, later called Pentecost, marked the wheat harvest with a fresh grain offering. It celebrated the completion of the harvest begun at firstfruits. On this very feast God poured out His Spirit and gathered the first great harvest of the church (Acts 2).
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