Leviticus 23:15-22

International Children’s Bible

The Feast of Pentecost

¹⁵ “‘Count seven weeks from the morning after the Sabbath. (This is the Sabbath that you bring the bundle of grain to present as an offering.) ¹⁶ On the fiftieth day, you will bring a new grain offering to the Lord. This is the first day after the seventh week. ¹⁷ On that day bring two loaves of bread from your homes. That bread will be presented as an offering. Use yeast and four quarts of flour to make those loaves of bread. They will be your gift to the Lord from the first wheat of your harvest.

¹⁸ “‘Offer one bull, two male sheep and seven male lambs. The lambs must be one year old. There must be nothing wrong with them. Offer them with their grain offerings and drink offerings. They will be a burnt offering to the Lord. They will be an offering made by fire. And the smell will be pleasing to the Lord. ¹⁹ You must also offer one male goat for a sin offering. You must offer two male, one-year-old lambs as a fellowship offering.

²⁰ “‘The priest will present the two lambs as an offering. He will present them with the bread from the first wheat of the harvest. They are holy to the Lord. They will belong to the priest. ²¹ On that same day you will call a holy meeting. You must not do any work that day. This law will continue for you from now on, wherever you live.

²² “‘You will harvest your crops on your land. But do not harvest all the way to the corners of your field. If grain falls onto the ground, don’t gather it up. Leave it for poor people and foreigners in your country. I am the Lord your God.’”