Deuteronomy 16:9

Seven weeks, shalt thou count unto thee,—from the beginning of thrusting in the sickle into the standing corn, shalt thou begin to count, seven weeks.

The Emphasised Bible by J. B. Rotherham

In The King James Version

Seven weeks shalt thou number unto thee: begin to number the seven weeks from such time as thou beginnest to put the sickle to the corn.

In Context

8Six days, shalt thou eat unleavened cakes,—and, on the seventh day, shall be a closing feast, unto Yahweh thy God, thou shalt do no work.

10So shalt thou keep the festival of weeks unto Yahweh thy God, in the measure of the freewill offering of thy hand which thou shalt give,—as Yahweh thy God shall bless thee.

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Cross References

Exodus 23:16And the festival of harvest with the firstfruits of thy labours, which thou shalt sow in the field, And the festival of ingathering—at the outgoing of the year, when thou hast gathered in thy labours out of the field.

Leviticus 23:15Then shall ye keep count to yourselves from the morrow of the sabbath, from the day ye brought in the wave sheaf,—seven sabbaths complete, shall there be:

Deuteronomy 16:10So shalt thou keep the festival of weeks unto Yahweh thy God, in the measure of the freewill offering of thy hand which thou shalt give,—as Yahweh thy God shall bless thee.

2 Chronicles 8:13even according to the duty of each a day upon [its own] day, offering up according to the commandment of Moses, for the sabbaths, and for the new moons, and for the appointed feasts, three times in the year,—in the festival of unleavened cakes and in the festival of weeks, and in the festival of booths;

1 Corinthians 16:8But I remain in Ephesus, until the Pentecost,

Matthew Henry on Deuteronomy 16:2-18

Yearly Release. ( b. c. 1451.) 1 Observe the month of Abib, and keep the passover unto the Lord thy God: for in the month of Abib the Lord thy God brought thee forth out of Egypt by night. 2 Thou shalt therefore sacrifice the passover unto the Lord thy God, of the flock and the herd, in the place which the Lord shall choose to place his name there. 3 Thou shalt eat no leavened bread with it; seven days shalt thou eat unleavened bread therewith, even the bread of affliction; for thou camest forth out of the land of… Read the whole commentary →

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