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Deuteronomy 16:8-11
Contemporary English Version
Deuteronomy 16:8-11
Contemporary English Version
8 Eat thin bread for the next six days. Then on the seventh day, don't do any work. Instead, come together and worship the Lord.
The Harvest Festival
(Exodus 34.22; Leviticus 23.15-21)
Moses said to Israel:
9 (A) Seven weeks after you start your grain harvest, 10-11 go to the place where the Lord chooses to be worshiped and celebrate the Harvest Festival[a] in honor of the Lord your God. Bring him an offering as large as you can afford, depending on how big a harvest he has given you. Be sure to take along your sons and daughters and all your servants. Also invite the poor, including Levites, foreigners, orphans, and widows.
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- 16.10,11 Harvest Festival: Traditionally called the “Festival of Weeks,” and known in New Testament times as “Pentecost.”
Deuteronomy 16:8-10
New International Version
Deuteronomy 16:8-10
New International Version
8 For six days eat unleavened bread and on the seventh day hold an assembly(A) to the Lord your God and do no work.(B)
The Festival of Weeks(C)
9 Count off seven weeks(D) from the time you begin to put the sickle to the standing grain.(E) 10 Then celebrate the Festival of Weeks to the Lord your God by giving a freewill offering in proportion to the blessings the Lord your God has given you.
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