Leviticus 23:9-21

The Feast of Firstfruits

9 And the Lord spoke to Moses, saying, 10 "Speak to the people of Israel and say to them, w When you come into the land that I give you and reap its harvest, you shall bring the sheaf of x the firstfruits of your harvest to the priest, 11 and he shall y wave the sheaf before the Lord, so that you may be accepted. On the day after the Sabbath the priest shall wave it. 12 And on the day when you y wave the sheaf, you shall offer a z male lamb a year old without blemish as a burnt offering to the Lord. 13 a And the grain offering with it shall be two tenths of an ephah 1 of fine flour mixed with oil, a food offering to the Lord with a pleasing aroma, b and the drink offering with it shall be of wine, a fourth of a hin. 2 14 And you shall eat neither bread nor grain c parched or c fresh until this same day, until you have brought the offering of your God: it is a statute forever throughout your generations in all your dwellings.

The Feast of Weeks

15 d "You shall count seven full weeks from the day after the Sabbath, from the day that you brought the sheaf of the y wave offering. 16 You shall count e fifty days to the day after the seventh Sabbath. Then you shall present a grain offering of f new grain to the Lord. 17 You shall bring from your dwelling places two loaves of bread to be waved, made of two tenths of an ephah. They shall be of fine flour, and they shall be baked with leaven, as g firstfruits to the Lord. 18 And you shall present with the bread seven lambs a year old without blemish, and one bull from the herd and two rams. They shall be a burnt offering to the Lord, with their grain offering and their drink offerings, a food offering with a pleasing aroma to the Lord. 19 And you shall offer one h male goat for a sin offering, and two male lambs a year old as a sacrifice of i peace offerings. 20 And the priest shall y wave them with the bread of the firstfruits as a wave offering before the Lord, with the two lambs. j They shall be holy to the Lord for the priest. 21 And you shall make proclamation on the same day. You shall hold a holy convocation. You shall not do any ordinary work. It is a statute forever in all your dwelling places throughout your generations.

  1. Cross References
    Exodus 23:19
    The best of the firstfruits of your ground you shall bring into the house of the Lord your God. "You shall not boil a young goat in its mother's milk.
    Exodus 34:26
    The best of the firstfruits of your ground you shall bring to the house of the Lord your God. You shall not boil a young goat in its mother's milk.
    Numbers 15:18 - 19
    Speak to the people of Israel and say to them, When you come into the land to which I bring you
    Numbers 28:26
    On the day of the firstfruits, when you offer a grain offering of new grain to the Lord at your Feast of Weeks, you shall have a holy convocation. You shall not do any ordinary work.
    Deuteronomy 26:1 - 2
    When you come into the land that the Lord your God is giving you for an inheritance and have taken possession of it and live in it.
  2. Cross References
    Leviticus 23:17
    You shall bring from your dwelling places two loaves of bread to be waved, made of two tenths of an ephah. They shall be of fine flour, and they shall be baked with leaven, as firstfruits to the Lord.
  3. Cross References
    Leviticus 23:15
    You shall count seven full weeks from the day after the Sabbath, from the day that you brought the sheaf of the wave offering.
    Leviticus 23:20
    And the priest shall wave them with the bread of the firstfruits as a wave offering before the Lord, with the two lambs. They shall be holy to the Lord for the priest.
    Exodus 29:24
    You shall put all these on the palms of Aaron and on the palms of his sons, and wave them for a wave offering before the Lord.
  4. Cross References
    Leviticus 23:11
    And he shall wave the sheaf before the Lord, so that you may be accepted. On the day after the Sabbath the priest shall wave it.
  5. Cross References
    Leviticus 1:10
    If his gift for a burnt offering is from the flock, from the sheep or goats, he shall bring a male without blemish.
  6. Cross References
    Leviticus 2:14 - 16
    If you offer a grain offering of firstfruits to the Lord, you shall offer for the grain offering of your firstfruits fresh ears, roasted with fire, crushed new grain.
  7. Cross References
    Exodus 29:40
    And with the first lamb a tenth seah of fine flour mingled with a fourth of a hin of beaten oil, and a fourth of a hin of wine for a drink offering.
  8. Cross References
    Leviticus 2:14
    If you offer a grain offering of firstfruits to the Lord, you shall offer for the grain offering of your firstfruits fresh ears, roasted with fire, crushed new grain.
  9. Cross References
    Leviticus 2:14
    If you offer a grain offering of firstfruits to the Lord, you shall offer for the grain offering of your firstfruits fresh ears, roasted with fire, crushed new grain.
  10. Cross References
    Exodus 34:22
    You shall observe the Feast of Weeks, the firstfruits of wheat harvest, and the Feast of Ingathering at the year's end.
    Deuteronomy 16:9
    You shall count seven weeks. Begin to count the seven weeks from the time the sickle is first put to the standing grain.
  11. Cross References
    Leviticus 23:11
    And he shall wave the sheaf before the Lord, so that you may be accepted. On the day after the Sabbath the priest shall wave it.
  12. Cross References
    Acts 2:1
    When the day of Pentecost arrived, they were all together in one place.
  13. Cross References
    Numbers 28:26
    On the day of the firstfruits, when you offer a grain offering of new grain to the Lord at your Feast of Weeks, you shall have a holy convocation. You shall not do any ordinary work.
  14. Cross References
    Leviticus 23:10
    Speak to the people of Israel and say to them, When you come into the land that I give you and reap its harvest, you shall bring the sheaf of the firstfruits of your harvest to the priest.
  15. Cross References
    Leviticus 4:23
    Or the sin which he has committed is made known to him, he shall bring as his offering a goat, a male without blemish.
    Leviticus 4:28
    Or the sin which he has committed is made known to him, he shall bring for his offering a goat, a female without blemish, for his sin which he has committed.
    Numbers 28:30
    With one male goat, to make atonement for you.
  16. Cross References
    Leviticus 3:1
    If his offering is a sacrifice of peace offering, if he offers an animal from the herd, male or female, he shall offer it without blemish before the Lord.
  17. Cross References
    Leviticus 23:11
    And he shall wave the sheaf before the Lord, so that you may be accepted. On the day after the Sabbath the priest shall wave it.
  18. Cross References
    Numbers 18:12
    All the best of the oil and all the best of the wine and of the grain, the firstfruits of what they give to the Lord, I give to you.
    Deuteronomy 18:4
    The firstfruits of your grain, of your wine and of your oil, and the first fleece of your sheep, you shall give him.
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