Exo 23:16 | NETfull | STEP | “You are also to observe the Feast of Harvest, the firstfruits of your labors that you have sown in the field, and the Feast of Ingathering at the end of the year when you have gathered in your harvest out of the field.

Exodus 23:16

16 “You are also to observe ^{▼▼ The words “you are also to observe” are not in the Hebrew text, but are supplied in the translation for stylistic reasons.} the Feast of Harvest, the firstfruits of your labors that you have sown in the field, and the Feast of Ingathering at the end of the year ^{▼▼ An infinitive construct with a preposition and a pronominal suffix is used to make a temporal clause: “in the going in of the year.” The word “year” is the subjective genitive, the subject of the clause.} when you have gathered in ^{▼▼ An infinitive construct with a preposition and a pronominal suffix is used to make a temporal clause: “in the ingathering of you.”} your harvest ^{▼▼ Heb “gathered in your labors.” This is a metonymy of cause put for the effect. “Labors” are not gathered in, but what the labors produced – the harvest.} out of the field.