Exodus 34:22

Exodus 34:22 in other versions

• King James Version (KJV)And thou shalt observe the feast of weeks, of the firstfruits of wheat harvest, and the feast of ingathering at the year’s end.
• New International Version (NIV)“Celebrate the Festival of Weeks with the firstfruits of the wheat harvest, and the Festival of Ingathering at the turn of the year.
• English Standard Version (ESV)You shall observe the Feast of Weeks, the firstfruits of wheat harvest, and the Feast of Ingathering at the year's end.
• New King James Version (NKJV)“And you shall observe the Feast of Weeks, of the firstfruits of wheat harvest, and the Feast of Ingathering at the year’s end.

Context of Exodus 34:22

20You may redeem the firstborn of a donkey with a sheep, but if you do not redeem it, break its neck. You must redeem all the firstborn of your sons. No one is to appear before me empty-handed. 21“You are to labor six days but you must rest on the seventh day; you must even rest during plowing and harvesting times. “Observe the Festival of Weeks with the firstfruits of the wheat harvest, and the Festival of Ingathering at the turn of the agricultural year. 23Three times a year all your males are to appear before the Lord God, the God of Israel. 24For I will drive out nations before you and enlarge your territory. No one will covet your land when you go up three times a year to appear before the Lord your God.

Exodus 34:22 word by word

וְחַ֤ג שָׁבֻעֹת֙ תַּעֲשֶׂ֣ה לְךָ֔ בִּכּוּרֵ֖י קְצִ֣יר חִטִּ֑ים וְחַג֙ הָֽאָסִ֔יף תְּקוּפַ֖ת הַשָּׁנָֽה׃Read the interlinear

Words taken from the KJV.

• And thou shalt observeעָשָׂה‛âώâh · to make: doH6213
• the feastחַגchag châg · feastH2282
• of weeksשָׁבוּעַshâbûa‛ shâbûa‛ shebû‛âh · WeeksH7620
• of the firstfruitsבִּכּוּרִיםbikkûr · firstfruitH1061
• of wheatחִטָּהchiţţâh · wheatH2406
• harvestקָצִירqâtsîyr · harvestH7105
• of ingatheringאָסִיף'âsîyph 'âsiph · ingatheringH614
• at the year’sשָׁנָהshâneh shânâh · yearH8141
• endתְּקוּפָהteqûphâh teqûphâh · circuitH8622

Cross-references for Exodus 34:22

• Exodus 23:16Also observe the Festival of Harvest with the firstfruits of your produce from what you sow in the field, and observe the Festival of Ingathering at the end of the year, when you gather your produce from the field.
• Numbers 28:16“The Passover to the Lord comes in the first month, on the fourteenth day of the month.
• Numbers 29:12“You are to hold a sacred assembly on the fifteenth day of the seventh month; you do not do any daily work. You are to celebrate a seven-day festival for the Lord.
• Deuteronomy 16:10You are to celebrate the Festival of Weeks to the Lord your God with a freewill offering that you give in proportion to how the Lord your God has blessed you.
• John 7:2The Jewish Festival of Shelters was near.
• Acts 2:1When the day of Pentecost had arrived, they were all together in one place.

Commentaries on Exodus 34:22

• Barnes’ Notes on the Bible · v. 12-27Verses 12-27 The precepts contained in these verses are, for the most part, identical in substance with some of those which follow the Ten Commandments and are recorded in “the Book of the covenant” (Exodus 24:7). Exodus 34:13 Cut down their groves - This is the first reference to what is commonly known as grove-worship. The original word for “grove” in this connection אשׁרה 'ăshêrāh is different from that so rendered in Genesis 21:33. Our translators…Read the comment
• Matthew Henry Concise Commentary · v. 18-27Verses 18-27 Once a week they must rest, even in ploughing time, and in harvest. All worldly business must give way to that holy rest; even harvest work will prosper the better, for the religious observance of the sabbath day in harvest time. We must show that we prefer our communion with God, and our duty to him, before the business or the joy of harvest. Thrice a year they must appear before the Lord God, the God of Israel. Canaan was a desirable land…Read the comment
• Tyndale Open Study Notes · v. 22Feast of Ingathering: See study notes on 23:16; Leviticus 23:15–21, 34–43.Read the comment
• Jamieson–Fausset–Brown Commentary · v. 8-268-26. Moses bowed ... and worshipped--In the East, people bow the head to royalty, and are silent when it passes by, while in the West, they take off their hats and shout.Read the comment

Topics related to Exodus 34:22

• Agriculture
• Harvest
• Pentecost
• Sanitation
• Tabernacles, Feast of

In the dictionaries

• Abundant
• Commandment
• Cut
• Desire
• Firstfruits
• Goodness
• Keep
• Longsuffering
• Merciful
• Pentecost

Commentaries on Exodus 34

• Adam Clarke Bible Commentary
• Barnes’ Notes on the Bible
• Matthew Henry Concise Commentary
• Tyndale Open Study Notes
• Jamieson–Fausset–Brown Commentary
• Rashi on Tanakh
• Calvin’s Commentaries
• Keil & Delitzsch Commentary
• John Wesley’s Notes
• Darby Translation Notes
• Geneva Bible Translation Notes
• Kingcomments
• Matthew Henry’s Complete Commentary
• Matthew Henry’s Modern English Commentary
• Scofield Reference Notes, 1917 Edition
• Seventh-day Adventist Bible Commentary
• EGW Writings