Deuteronomy 16:9-12

New Century Version

The Feast of Weeks

⁹ Count seven weeks from the time you begin to harvest the grain, ¹⁰ and then celebrate the Feast of Weeks for the Lord your God. Bring an offering as a special gift to him, giving to him just as he has blessed you. ¹¹ Rejoice before the Lord your God at the place he will choose to be worshiped. Everybody should rejoice: you, your sons and daughters, your male and female servants, the Levites in your town, the strangers, orphans, and widows living among you. ¹² Remember that you were slaves in Egypt, and carefully obey all these laws.