Focused Passage

Leviticus 23:9-14

The LORD's Appointed Times: Holy Time, Sacred Assembly, Harvest, Atonement, and Covenant Remembrance

The LORD commands Moses to announce His appointed festivals as sacred assemblies. The weekly Sabbath is established first. Then the annual calendar unfolds: Passover and the Festival of Unleavened Bread, Firstfruits, the Festival of Weeks, the Feast of Trumpets, the Day of Atonement, and the Festival of Tabernacles. The chapter concludes by summarizing the appointed offerings and commanding Israel to live in booths so future generations remember that the LORD made Israel dwell in temporary shelters when He brought them out of Egypt.

Berean Standard Bible, Public Domain - Translation notes - Reference sources

9 And the LORD said to Moses,

10 “Speak to the Israelites and say, ‘When you enter the land that I am giving you and you reap its harvest, you are to bring to the priest a sheaf of the firstfruits of your harvest.

11 And he shall wave the sheaf before the LORD so that it may be accepted on your behalf; the priest is to wave it on the day after the Sabbath.

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

13 along with its grain offering of two-tenths of an ephah of fine flour mixed with oil—a food offering to the LORD, a pleasing aroma—and its drink offering of a quarter hin of wine.

14 You must not eat any bread or roasted or new grain until the very day you have brought this offering to your God. This is to be a permanent statute for the generations to come, wherever you live.

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References and Original Words

Verse 9

Cross-references

Exodus 23:16 Classic cross-references

Original words

And the LORD יְהוָ֖ה H3068 Noun - proper - masculine singular said וַיְדַבֵּ֥ר H1696 Conjunctive waw | Verb - Piel - Consecutive imperfect - third person masculine singular to אֶל־ H413 Preposition Moses מֹשֶׁ֥ה H4872 Noun - proper - masculine singular . . . לֵּאמֹֽר׃ H559 Preposition-l | Verb - Qal - Infinitive construct

Verse 10

Cross-references

Exodus 34:26 Classic cross-references Leviticus 23:15 Classic cross-references Numbers 15:2 Classic cross-references Exodus 23:19 Classic cross-references Numbers 28:26 Classic cross-references

Original words

Speak דַּבֵּ֞ר H1696 Verb - Piel - Imperative - masculine singular to אֶל־ H413 Preposition the Israelites בְּנֵ֤י H1121 Noun - masculine plural construct . . . יִשְׂרָאֵל֙ H3478 Noun - proper - masculine singular and say וְאָמַרְתָּ֣ H559 Conjunctive waw | Verb - Qal - Conjunctive perfect - second person masculine singular When כִּֽי־ H3588 Conjunction you enter תָבֹ֣אוּ H935 Verb - Qal - Imperfect - second person masculine plural . . . אֶל־ H413 Preposition . . . אֲלֵהֶ֔ם H413 Preposition | third person masculine plural the land הָאָ֗רֶץ H776 Article | Noun - feminine singular that אֲשֶׁ֤ר H834 Pronoun - relative I אֲנִי֙ H589 Pronoun - first person common singular am giving נֹתֵ֣ן H5414 Verb - Qal - Participle - masculine singular you לָכֶ֔ם Preposition | second person masculine plural and you reap וּקְצַרְתֶּ֖ם H7114 Conjunctive waw | Verb - Qal - Conjunctive perfect - second person masculine plural - אֶת־ H853 Direct object marker its harvest קְצִירָ֑הּ H7105 Noun - masculine singular construct | third person feminine singular you are to bring וַהֲבֵאתֶ֥ם H935 Conjunctive waw | Verb - Hifil - Conjunctive perfect - second person masculine plural - אֶת־ H853 Direct object marker to אֶל־ H413 Preposition the priest הַכֹּהֵֽן׃ H3548 Article | Noun - masculine singular a sheaf עֹ֛מֶר H6016 Noun - masculine singular construct of the firstfruits רֵאשִׁ֥ית H7225 Noun - feminine singular construct of your harvest קְצִירְכֶ֖ם H7105 Noun - masculine singular construct | second person masculine plural

Verse 11

Cross-references

Exodus 28:38 Classic cross-references Exodus 29:24 Classic cross-references

Original words

And he shall wave וְהֵנִ֧יף H5130 Conjunctive waw | Verb - Hifil - Conjunctive perfect - third person masculine singular - אֶת־ H853 Direct object marker the sheaf הָעֹ֛מֶר H6016 Article | Noun - masculine singular before לִפְנֵ֥י H6440 Preposition-l | Noun - common plural construct the LORD יְהוָ֖ה H3068 Noun - proper - masculine singular so that it may be accepted on your behalf לִֽרְצֹנְכֶ֑ם H7522 Preposition-l | Noun - masculine singular construct | second person masculine plural the priest הַכֹּהֵֽן׃ H3548 Article | Noun - masculine singular is to wave it יְנִיפֶ֖נּוּ H5130 Verb - Hifil - Imperfect - third person masculine singular | third person masculine singular on the day after מִֽמָּחֳרַת֙ H4283 Preposition-m | Noun - feminine singular construct the Sabbath הַשַּׁבָּ֔ת H7676 Article | Noun - common singular

Verse 12

Cross-references

Exodus 12:5 Classic cross-references 1 Peter 1:19 Classic cross-references Hebrews 10:10 Classic cross-references Leviticus 1:10 Classic cross-references

Original words

On the day בְּי֥וֹם H3117 Preposition-b | Noun - masculine singular construct you wave הֲנִֽיפְכֶ֖ם H5130 Verb - Hifil - Infinitive construct | second person masculine plural - אֶת־ H853 Direct object marker the sheaf הָעֹ֑מֶר H6016 Article | Noun - masculine singular you shall offer וַעֲשִׂיתֶ֕ם H6213 Conjunctive waw | Verb - Qal - Conjunctive perfect - second person masculine plural a year-old בֶּן־ H1121 Noun - masculine singular construct . . . שְׁנָת֛וֹ H8141 Noun - feminine singular construct | third person masculine singular lamb כֶּ֣בֶשׂ H3532 Noun - masculine singular without blemish תָּמִ֧ים H8549 Adjective - masculine singular as a burnt offering לְעֹלָ֖ה H5930 Preposition-l | Noun - feminine singular to the LORD לַיהוָֽה׃ H3068 Preposition-l | Noun - proper - masculine singular

Verse 13

Cross-references

Psalms 16:4 Classic cross-references Numbers 15:4 Classic cross-references Leviticus 2:14 Classic cross-references Exodus 29:40 Classic cross-references

Original words

along with its grain offering וּמִנְחָתוֹ֩ H4503 Conjunctive waw | Noun - feminine singular construct | third person masculine singular of two-tenths of an ephah שְׁנֵ֨י H8147 Number - masculine dual construct . . . עֶשְׂרֹנִ֜ים H6241 Noun - masculine plural of fine flour סֹ֣לֶת H5560 Noun - feminine singular mixed בְּלוּלָ֥ה H1101 Verb - Qal - QalPassParticiple - feminine singular with oil בַשֶּׁ֛מֶן H8081 Preposition-b, Article | Noun - masculine singular a food offering אִשֶּׁ֥ה H801 Noun - masculine singular to the LORD לַיהוָ֖ה H3068 Preposition-l | Noun - proper - masculine singular a pleasing נִיחֹ֑חַ H5207 Noun - masculine singular aroma רֵ֣יחַ H7381 Noun - masculine singular construct and its drink offering וְנִסְכֹּ֥ה H5262 Conjunctive waw | Noun - masculine singular construct | third person masculine singular of a quarter רְבִיעִ֥ת H7243 Number - ordinal feminine singular construct hin הַהִֽין׃ H1969 Article | Noun - masculine singular of wine יַ֖יִן H3196 Noun - masculine singular

BSB notes

Two-tenths of an ephah is approximately 4 dry quarts or 4.4 liters (probably about 5.1 pounds or 2.3 kilograms of flour); also in verse 17.
A quarter hin is approximately 0.97 quarts or 0.92 liters of wine.

Verse 14

Cross-references

Exodus 34:26 Classic cross-references Leviticus 23:21 Classic cross-references Leviticus 3:17 Classic cross-references Genesis 4:4 Classic cross-references Joshua 5:11 Classic cross-references

Original words

You must not לֹ֣א H3808 Adverb - Negative particle eat תֹֽאכְל֗וּ H398 Verb - Qal - Imperfect - second person masculine plural any bread וְלֶחֶם֩ H3899 Conjunctive waw | Noun - masculine singular or roasted וְקָלִ֨י H7039 Conjunctive waw | Noun - masculine singular or new grain וְכַרְמֶ֜ל H3759 Conjunctive waw | Noun - masculine singular until עַד־ H5704 Preposition the הַזֶּ֔ה H2088 Article | Pronoun - masculine singular very עֶ֙צֶם֙ H6106 Noun - feminine singular construct day הַיּ֣וֹם H3117 Article | Noun - masculine singular - עַ֚ד H5704 Preposition you have brought הֲבִ֣יאֲכֶ֔ם H935 Verb - Hifil - Infinitive construct | second person masculine plural this אֶת־ H853 Direct object marker offering קָרְבַּ֖ן H7133 Noun - masculine singular construct to your God אֱלֹהֵיכֶ֑ם H430 Noun - masculine plural construct | second person masculine plural This is to be a permanent עוֹלָם֙ H5769 Noun - masculine singular statute חֻקַּ֤ת H2708 Noun - feminine singular construct for the generations to come לְדֹרֹ֣תֵיכֶ֔ם H1755 Preposition-l | Noun - masculine plural construct | second person masculine plural wherever בְּכֹ֖ל H3605 Preposition-b | Noun - masculine singular construct you live מֹשְׁבֹֽתֵיכֶֽם׃ס H4186 Noun - masculine plural construct | second person masculine plural

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