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The Harvest Festival

(Numbers 28.26-31)

The Lord said:

15 (A) Seven weeks after you offer this bundle of grain, each family must bring another offering of new grain. 16 Do this exactly 50 days later, which is the day following the seventh Sabbath. 17 Bring two loaves of bread to be lifted up[a] in dedication to me. Each loaf is to be made with yeast and with two kilograms of the finest flour from the first part of your harvest.

18 At this same time, the entire community of Israel must bring seven lambs that are a year old, a young bull, and two rams. These animals must have nothing wrong with them, and they must be offered as a sacrifice to please me.[b] You must also offer the proper grain and wine sacrifices with each animal.[c] 19 Offer a goat[d] as a sacrifice for sin, and two rams a year old as a sacrifice to ask my blessing.[e] 20 The priest will lift up[f] the rams together with the bread in dedication to me. These offerings are holy and are my gift to the priest. 21 This is a day of celebration and worship, a time of rest from your work. You and your descendants must obey this law.

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Footnotes

  1. 23.17 lifted up: See the note at 7.29,30.
  2. 23.18 sacrifice to please me: See the note at 1.1-3.
  3. 23.18 proper grain … animal: See Numbers 15.1-16.
  4. 23.19 goat: See the note at 1.1-3.
  5. 23.19 sacrifice to ask my blessing: See the note at 3.1.
  6. 23.20 lift up: See the note at 7.29,30.

The Festival of Weeks(A)

15 “‘From the day after the Sabbath, the day you brought the sheaf of the wave offering, count off seven full weeks. 16 Count off fifty days up to the day after the seventh Sabbath,(B) and then present an offering of new grain to the Lord. 17 From wherever you live, bring two loaves made of two-tenths of an ephah(C) of the finest flour, baked with yeast, as a wave offering of firstfruits(D) to the Lord. 18 Present with this bread seven male lambs, each a year old and without defect, one young bull and two rams. They will be a burnt offering to the Lord, together with their grain offerings and drink offerings(E)—a food offering, an aroma pleasing to the Lord. 19 Then sacrifice one male goat for a sin offering[a] and two lambs, each a year old, for a fellowship offering. 20 The priest is to wave the two lambs before the Lord as a wave offering,(F) together with the bread of the firstfruits. They are a sacred offering to the Lord for the priest. 21 On that same day you are to proclaim a sacred assembly(G) and do no regular work.(H) This is to be a lasting ordinance for the generations to come, wherever you live.

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Footnotes

  1. Leviticus 23:19 Or purification offering

The Sacrifices during the Harvest Festival

(Leviticus 23.15-22)

The Lord said:

26 (A) On the first day of the Harvest Festival, you must rest from your work, come together for worship, and bring a sacrifice of new grain. 27 Offer two young bulls, one full-grown ram, and seven rams a year old as sacrifices to please me.[a] 28 Three kilograms of your finest flour mixed with olive oil must be offered with each bull as a grain sacrifice. Two kilograms of flour mixed with oil must be offered with the ram, 29 and one kilogram of flour mixed with oil must be offered with each of the young rams. 30 Also offer a goat[b] as a sacrifice for sin. 31 The animals must have nothing wrong with them and are to be sacrificed along with the regular daily sacrifices.[c]

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Footnotes

  1. 28.27 sacrifices to please me: See the note at 6.11.
  2. 28.30 goat: See the note at 7.12-83.
  3. 28.31 regular daily sacrifices: See 28.1-8.

The Festival of Weeks(A)

26 “‘On the day of firstfruits,(B) when you present to the Lord an offering of new grain during the Festival of Weeks,(C) hold a sacred assembly and do no regular work.(D) 27 Present a burnt offering of two young bulls, one ram and seven male lambs a year old as an aroma pleasing to the Lord.(E) 28 With each bull there is to be a grain offering of three-tenths of an ephah of the finest flour mixed with oil; with the ram, two-tenths;(F) 29 and with each of the seven lambs, one-tenth.(G) 30 Include one male goat(H) to make atonement for you. 31 Offer these together with their drink offerings, in addition to the regular burnt offering(I) and its grain offering. Be sure the animals are without defect.

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