Lev 23:15-22 | TNotes | STEP | Summary for Lev 23:15-21: 23:15-21 Israel was to start the count of seven full weeks on the first day of the Festival of Unleavened Bread. The fiftieth day marked the beginning of the Festival of Harvest (the New Testament name of “Pentecost” is derived from the Greek word for “fifty”). For this festival the people were to offer the first portions of the wheat harvest. Each person was also required to take three quarts of fine flour and bake two loaves of yeast bread. These offerings were then presented to the priest officiating at the sanctuary. See also study note on Exod 23:16.

a23:15-21►

cExod 29:40►

dNum 15:5►

‏ Leviticus 23:15-22

Summary for Lev 23:15-21: 23:15-21 ^a Israel was to start the count of seven full weeks on the first day of the Festival of Unleavened Bread. The fiftieth day marked the beginning of the Festival of Harvest (the New Testament name of “Pentecost” is derived from the Greek word for “fifty”). For this festival the people were to offer the first portions of the wheat harvest. Each person was also required to take three quarts of fine flour and bake two loaves of yeast bread. These offerings were then presented to the priest officiating at the sanctuary. See also study note on Exod 23:16.
23:18 ^b The liquid offerings probably consisted of two quarts of wine (see Exod 29:40 ^c; Num 15:5 ^d, 10 ^e).