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Leviticus 23

Leviticus 23:12

The Feast of Firstfruits · Leviticus 23:9–14
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Translations

Modern
On the day you wave the sheaf, you shall offer a year-old lamb without blemish as a burnt offering to the LORD,
Traditional
And ye shall offer that day when ye wave the sheaf an he lamb without blemish of the first year for a burnt offering unto the Lord.
Literal
And you shall offer on that day when you wave the sheaf a male lamb, unblemished, a son of a year, as a burnt offering to YHWH.
Latin
Atque in eodem die quo manipulus consecratur, cædetur agnus immaculatus anniculus in holocaustum Domini.

Original

Hebrew
English
On the day you wave the sheaf, you shall offer a year-old lamb without blemish as a burnt offering to the LORD,

Notes

Leviticus 23:10–14

The burned part of each sacrifice stood for the whole offering, and the tithe symbolized that all of a person's money belonged to God. In a similar way, the first portions of each harvest, or firstfruits, represented the entire harvest and even the land itself as belonging to God (Leviticus 25:23).

During the barley harvest, people offered the first portions as part of the Feast of Unleavened Bread (Leviticus 23:6, 10–12). They offered the first portions of the wheat harvest during "the Feast of Weeks" (23:15–21; Exodus 34:22). These gifts to God acknowledged God's earlier gifts to Israel (see Leviticus 2:1). The entire offering of firstfruits became the property and food of God's representatives, the priests (see 2:14–16).

Theme notes and profiles

Ancient Law Codes

Glossary

Biblical Concept of Law Deuteronomy, Book of Firstfruits History of Israel Leviticus, Book of Pentecost

Topics

First Fruits: Wave offering of Lamb: Offering of The Feast of the Passover: The First Sheaf of Barley Harvest offered the Day After The The First Fruits: Different Kinds of Barley Harvest