Leviticus 23:9-14
English Standard Version
The Feast of Firstfruits
9 And the Lord spoke to Moses, saying, 10 “Speak to the people of Israel and say to them, (A)When you come into the land that I give you and reap its harvest, you shall bring the sheaf of (B)the firstfruits of your harvest to the priest, 11 and he shall (C)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 (D)wave the sheaf, you shall offer a (E)male lamb a year old without blemish as a burnt offering to the Lord. 13 (F)And the grain offering with it shall be two tenths of an ephah[a] of fine flour mixed with oil, a food offering to the Lord with a pleasing aroma, (G)and the drink offering with it shall be of wine, a fourth of a hin.[b] 14 And you shall eat neither bread nor grain (H)parched or (I)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.
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- Leviticus 23:13 An ephah was about 3/5 bushel or 22 liters
- Leviticus 23:13 A hin was about 4 quarts or 3.5 liters
Leviticus 23:9-14
International Standard Version
First Fruit Offerings
9 The Lord told Moses, 10 “Tell the Israelis that when you enter the land that I’m about to give you and gather its produce, you are to bring a sheaf from the first portion of your harvest to the priest, 11 who will offer the sheaf in the Lord’s presence for your acceptance. The priest is to wave it on the day after the Sabbath. 12 On the day you wave the sheaf, you are to offer a one year old male lamb without defect for a burnt offering in the Lord’s presence. 13 Also present a meal offering of two tenths of a measure of[a] fine flour mixed with olive oil as an offering made by fire to the Lord, a pleasing aroma. Now as to a drink offering, you are to present a fourth of a hin[b] of wine. 14 You are not to eat bread, parched grain, or fresh grain until that day[c] when you’ve brought the offering of your God. This is to be[d] an eternal ordinance throughout your generations, wherever you live.”
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- Leviticus 23:13 The unit of measurement is not specified in MT, but cf. Lev. 5:11, 6:20.
- Leviticus 23:13 I.e. about one quart; the hin was equivalent to about one gallon
- Leviticus 23:14 Lit. grain until the bone of this day
- Leviticus 23:14 The Heb. lacks This is to be
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