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Leviticus 23:15-22
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The Feast of Weeks

15 “‘You must count for yourselves seven weeks from the day after the Sabbath, from the day you bring the wave offering sheaf; they must be complete weeks.[a] 16 You must count fifty days—until the day after the seventh Sabbath—and then[b] you must present a new grain offering to the Lord. 17 From the places where you live you must bring two loaves of[c] bread for a wave offering; they must be made from two-tenths of an ephah of fine wheat flour, baked with yeast,[d] as firstfruits to the Lord. 18 Along with the loaves of bread,[e] you must also present seven flawless yearling lambs,[f] one young bull,[g] and two rams.[h] They are to be a burnt offering to the Lord along with their grain offering[i] and drink offerings, a gift of a soothing aroma to the Lord.[j] 19 You must also offer[k] one male goat[l] for a sin offering and two yearling lambs for a peace-offering sacrifice, 20 and the priest is to wave them—the two lambs[m]—along with the bread of the firstfruits, as a wave offering before the Lord; they will be holy to the Lord for the priest.

21 “‘On this very day you must proclaim an assembly; it is to be a holy assembly for you.[n] You must not do any regular work. This is a perpetual statute in all the places where you live throughout your generations.[o] 22 When you gather in the harvest[p] of your land, you must not completely harvest the corner of your field,[q] and you must not gather up the gleanings of your harvest. You must leave them for the poor and the resident foreigner.[r] I am the Lord your God.’”[s]

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Footnotes

  1. Leviticus 23:15 tn Heb “seven Sabbaths, they shall be complete.” The disjunctive accent under “Sabbaths” precludes the translation “seven complete Sabbaths” (as NASB, NIV; cf. NAB, NRSV, NLT). The text is somewhat awkward, which may explain why the LXX tradition is confused here, either adding “you shall count” again at the end of the verse, or leaving out “they shall be,” or keeping “they shall be” and adding “to you.”
  2. Leviticus 23:16 tn Heb “and.” In the translation “then” is supplied to clarify the sequence.
  3. Leviticus 23:17 tc Smr, LXX, Syriac, Tg. Onq., and Tg. Ps.-J. insert the word חַלּוֹת (khallot, “loaves”; cf. Lev 2:4 and the note there). Even though “loaves” is not explicit in the MT, the number “two” suggests that these are discrete units, not just a measure of flour, so “loaves” should be assumed even in the MT.
  4. Leviticus 23:17 tn Heb “with leaven.” The noun “leaven” is traditional in English versions (cf. KJV, ASV, NASB, NRSV), but “yeast” is more commonly used today.
  5. Leviticus 23:18 tn Heb “And you shall present on the bread.”
  6. Leviticus 23:18 tn Heb “seven flawless lambs, sons of a year.”
  7. Leviticus 23:18 tn Heb “and one bull, a son of a herd.”
  8. Leviticus 23:18 tc Smr and LXX add “flawless.”
  9. Leviticus 23:18 tn Heb “and their grain offering.”
  10. Leviticus 23:18 sn See the note on Lev 1:9.
  11. Leviticus 23:19 tn Heb “And you shall make.”
  12. Leviticus 23:19 tn Heb “a he-goat of goats.”
  13. Leviticus 23:20 tn Smr and LXX have the Hebrew article on “lambs.” The syntax of this verse is difficult. The object of the verb (two lambs) is far removed from the verb itself (shall wave) in the MT, and the preposition עַל (ʿal, “upon”), rendered “along with” in this verse, is also added to the far removed subject (literally, “upon [the] two lambs”; see B. A. Levine, Leviticus [JPSTC], 159). It is clear, however, that the two lambs and the loaves (along with their associated grain and drink offerings) constituted the “wave offering,” which served as the prebend “for the priest.” Burnt and sin offerings (vv. 18-19a) were not included in this (see Lev 7:11-14, 28-36).
  14. Leviticus 23:21 tn Heb “And you shall proclaim [an assembly] in the bone of this day; a holy assembly it shall be to you” (see the remarks in B. A. Levine, Leviticus [JPSTC], 160, and the remarks on the LXX rendering in J. E. Hartley, Leviticus [WBC], 367).
  15. Leviticus 23:21 tn Heb “for your generations.”
  16. Leviticus 23:22 tn Heb “And when you harvest the harvest.”
  17. Leviticus 23:22 tn Heb “you shall not complete the corner of your field in your harvest.”
  18. Leviticus 23:22 sn On the Hebrew גֵּר (ger, “resident foreigner”) see notes at Exod 12:19 and Deut 29:11. On the privilege of gleaning see also Lev 19:10; 23:22; Deut 14:29; 24:19-21.
  19. Leviticus 23:22 sn Cf. Lev 19:9-10.
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Leviticus 23:15-22
New Revised Standard Version Updated Edition

The Festival of Weeks

15 “And from the day after the Sabbath, from the day on which you bring the sheaf of the elevation offering, you shall count seven full weeks.(A) 16 You shall count until the day after the seventh Sabbath, fifty days; then you shall present an offering of new grain to the Lord.(B) 17 You shall bring from your settlements two loaves of bread as an elevation offering, each made of two-tenths of an ephah; they shall be of choice flour, baked with leaven, as first fruits to the Lord.(C) 18 You shall present with the bread seven lambs a year old without blemish, one bull of the herd, and two rams; they shall be a burnt offering to the Lord, along with their grain offering and their drink offerings, an offering by fire[a] of pleasing odor to the Lord. 19 You shall also offer one male goat for a purification offering and two lambs a year old as a sacrifice of well-being.(D) 20 The priest shall raise them with the bread of the first fruits as an elevation offering before the Lord, together with the two lambs; they shall be holy to the Lord for the priest. 21 On that same day you shall make proclamation; you shall hold a holy convocation; you shall not work at your occupations. This is a statute forever in all your settlements throughout your generations.(E)

22 “When you reap the harvest of your land, you shall not reap to the very edges of your field or gather the gleanings of your harvest; you shall leave them for the poor and for the alien: I am the Lord your God.”(F)

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Footnotes

  1. 23.18 Or a gift
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