Lev 23:10-12 | TNotes | STEP | Summary for Lev 23:10-14: 23:10-14 Just as the burned portion of each sacrifice represented the whole offering and the tithe symbolized that all of a person’s money belonged to God, so also the first portions of each harvest, or first crops , symbolized the entire harvest, and even the land itself (25:23 ), as belonging to the Lord. In the barley harvest, the first portions were offered as part of the Festival of Unleavened Bread (23:6 , 10-12 ). The first portions of the wheat harvest were offered during the Festival of Harvest (23:15-21 ; Exod 34:22 ). These gifts to God recognized God’s prior gifts to Israel (see Lev 2:1 ). The entire offering of first crops became the property and food of God’s representatives, the priests (see 2:14-16 ).

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‏ Leviticus 23:10-12

Summary for Lev 23:10-14: 23:10-14 ^a Just as the burned portion of each sacrifice represented the whole offering and the tithe symbolized that all of a person’s money belonged to God, so also the first portions of each harvest, or first crops, symbolized the entire harvest, and even the land itself (25:23 ^b), as belonging to the Lord. In the barley harvest, the first portions were offered as part of the Festival of Unleavened Bread (23:6 ^c, 10-12 ^d). The first portions of the wheat harvest were offered during the Festival of Harvest (23:15-21 ^e; Exod 34:22 ^f). These gifts to God recognized God’s prior gifts to Israel (see Lev 2:1 ^g). The entire offering of first crops became the property and food of God’s representatives, the priests (see 2:14-16 ^h).
23:11 ⁱ The phrase lift it up symbolizes presenting the grain to the Lord (see study note on 7:34).