Leviticus 23:21

+ 23:21. Lev 23:21 (Lev 23:15-21) (#4.303): T. To rest on the fiftieth day of counting the Omer ·Sheath of grain· / R. To rest on Shavu'ot ·Weeks· / Note: The 50th day of the Omer ·Sheath of grain· is Shavu'ot ·Weeks· in Hebrew or in Greek it is called Pentacost ·50· You shall make proclamation on the same day: there shall be a holy convocation to you; + 23:21. Lev 23:21 (Lev 23:15-21) (#4.304): T. Not to do work on the Festival of Shavu'ot ·Weeks· / Pentacost ·50· / R. Not to do prohibited labor on Shavu'ot ·Weeks· / Pentacost ·50· you shall do no regular aboda ·service·. This is a regulation forever in all your dwellings throughout all your generations.

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And ye shall proclaim on the selfsame day, that it may be an holy convocation unto you: ye shall do no servile work therein: it shall be a statute for ever in all your dwellings throughout your generations.

In Context

20+ 23:20. MPr: “Whatever time of year the Messiah was to appear, the Jews were to greet and hail Him by taking of the Lulav (Lev 23:40 – Palm, Willow, Myrtle and good fruits) clusters and singing Hosannas [Save Now] to him as the Holy One of Israel.” (Midrash Peskita de-Rabbi Kahana 27:3). (Willow: Matt 21:8; Myrtle: Mark 11:8; Good fruits: Luke 19:35-36; Palm: John 12:12-13) The priest shall wave them with the bread of the first fruits for a wave offering before Adonai, with the two lambs. They shall be holy to Adonai for the priest.

22“‘When you reap the harvest of your land, you must not wholly reap into the corners of your field, and you must not gather the gleanings of your harvest. You must leave them for the poor, and for the foreigner. I am Adonai your God.’” (5)

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Cross References

Exodus 12:16In the first day there shall be to you a holy convocation, and in the seventh day a holy convocation; no kind of work shall be done in them, except that which every man must eat, that only may be done by you.

Leviticus 23:2“Speak to the children of Israel [God prevails], and tell them, ‘The set feasts of Adonai, which you shall proclaim to be holy convocations, even these are my set feasts.

Leviticus 23:7+ 23:7. Lev 23:7 (Lev 23:5-8; Ex 12:15-17) (#4.293): T. To rest on the first day of matzah ·Unleavened Bread· as a holy convocation / R. To rest on the first day of Pesac ·Passover· as a Sabbath day In the first day you shall have a holy convocation. You shall do no regular aboda ·service·.

Leviticus 23:31You shall do no kind of work: it is a statute forever throughout all your generations in all your dwellings.

Deuteronomy 16:11You shall rejoice before Adonai your God: you, your son, your daughter, your male servant, your female servant, the Levite [Descendant of United with] who is within your gates, the foreigner, the orphan, and the widow, who are among you, in the place which Adonai your God shall choose to cause his name to dwell there.

Matthew Henry on Leviticus 23:16-23

15 And ye shall count unto you from the morrow after the sabbath, from the day that ye brought the sheaf of the wave offering; seven sabbaths shall be complete: 16 Even unto the morrow after the seventh sabbath shall ye number fifty days; and ye shall offer a new meat offering unto the Lord . 17 Ye shall bring out of your habitations two wave loaves of two tenth deals: they shall be of fine flour; they shall be baken with leaven; they are the firstfruits unto the Lord . 18 And ye shall offer with the bread seven… Read the whole commentary →

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