Deuteronomy 16:9

The Festival of Weeks

9 Count off seven weeks from the time you begin to put the sickle to the standing grain.

Deuteronomy 16:9 in Other Translations

9 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.

9 "You shall count seven weeks. Begin to count the seven weeks from the time the sickle is first put to the standing grain.

9 “Count off seven weeks from when you first begin to cut the grain at the time of harvest.

9 Starting from the day you put the sickle to the ripe grain, count out seven weeks.

9 Seven weeks shalt thou number unto thee: from the time thou beginnest to put the sickle to the standing grain shalt thou begin to number seven weeks.

9 Count seven weeks from the time you start harvesting grain.

9 "You are to count seven weeks, counting the weeks from the time the sickle is first [put] to the standing grain.

9 Count off seven weeks from the time you begin to cut your grain in the field.

Deuteronomy 16:9 Meaning and Commentary

Deuteronomy 16:9

Seven weeks then shalt thou number unto thee
And then another feast was to take place, called from hence the feast of weeks, and sometimes Pentecost, from its being the fiftieth day:

begin to number the seven weeks from such time as thou beginnest to put
the sickle to the corn;
for the sheaf of the wave offering, as the first fruits of barley harvest, which was done on the morrow after the sabbath in the passover week, and from thence seven weeks or fifty days were reckoned, and the fiftieth day was the feast here ordered to be kept; so the Targum of Jonathan,

``after the reaping of the sheaf ye shall begin to number seven weeks;''

see ( Leviticus 23:15 ) .

Deuteronomy 16:9 In-Context

7 Roast it and eat it at the place the LORD your God will choose. Then in the morning return to your tents.

8 For six days eat unleavened bread and on the seventh day hold an assembly to the LORD your God and do no work.

9 Count off seven weeks from the time you begin to put the sickle to the standing grain.

10 Then celebrate the Festival of Weeks to the LORD your God by giving a freewill offering in proportion to the blessings the LORD your God has given you.

11 And rejoice before the LORD your God at the place he will choose as a dwelling for his Name—you, your sons and daughters, your male and female servants, the Levites in your towns, and the foreigners, the fatherless and the widows living among you.

Cross References

• 1. Exodus 34:22; Leviticus 23:15; Acts 2:1
• 2. S Exodus 23:16; Numbers 28:26