Deu 16:9-10 | NETfull | STEP | You must count seven weeks; you must begin to count them from the time you begin to harvest the standing grain.

Deuteronomy 16:9-10

The Festival of Weeks

9 You must count seven weeks; you must begin to count them ^{▼▼ Heb “the seven weeks.” The translation uses a pronoun to avoid redundancy in English.} from the time you begin to harvest the standing grain. 10 Then you are to celebrate the Festival of Weeks ^{▼▼ The Hebrew phrase חַג שָׁבֻעוֹת (khag shavu’ot) is otherwise known in the OT (Exod 23:16) as קָצִיר (qatsir, “harvest”) and in the NT as πεντηχοστή (pentēcostē, “Pentecost”).} before the Lord your God with the voluntary offering ^{▼▼ Heb “the sufficiency of the offering of your hand.”} that you will bring, in proportion to how he ^{▼▼ Heb “the Lord your God.” See note on “he” in 16:1.} has blessed you.