Leviticus 23:17

Leviticus 23:17 in other versions

• King James Version (KJV)Ye shall bring out of your habitations two wave loaves of two tenth deals: they shall be of fine flour; they shall be baken with leaven; they are the firstfruits unto the Lord.
• New International Version (NIV)From wherever you live, bring two loaves made of two-tenths of an ephah of the finest flour, baked with yeast, as a wave offering of firstfruits to the Lord.
• English Standard Version (ESV)You shall bring from your dwelling places two loaves of bread to be waved, made of two tenths of an ephah. They shall be of fine flour, and they shall be baked with leaven, as firstfruits to the Lord.
• New King James Version (NKJV)You shall bring from your dwellings two wave loaves of two-tenths of an ephah. They shall be of fine flour; they shall be baked with leaven. They are the firstfruits to the Lord.

Context of Leviticus 23:17

15“You are to count seven complete weeks starting from the day after the Sabbath, the day you brought the sheaf of the presentation offering. 16You are to count fifty days until the day after the seventh Sabbath and then present an offering of new grain to the Lord. Bring two loaves of bread from your settlements as a presentation offering, each of them made from four quarts of fine flour, baked with yeast, as firstfruits to the Lord. 18You are to present with the bread seven unblemished male lambs a year old, one young bull, and two rams. They will be a burnt offering to the Lord, with their grain offerings and drink offerings, a food offering, a pleasing aroma to the Lord. 19You are also to prepare one male goat as a sin offering, and two male lambs a year old as a fellowship sacrifice.

Leviticus 23:17 word by word

מִמּוֹשְׁבֹ֨תֵיכֶ֜ם תָּבִ֣יאּוּ׀ לֶ֣חֶם תְּנוּפָ֗ה שְׁ֚תַּיִם שְׁנֵ֣י עֶשְׂרֹנִ֔ים סֹ֣לֶת תִּהְיֶ֔ינָה חָמֵ֖ץ תֵּאָפֶ֑ינָה בִּכּוּרִ֖ים לַֽיהוָֽה׃Read the interlinear

Words taken from the KJV.

• Ye shall bring outבּוֹאbô' · to come (in): bringH935
• of your habitationsמוֹשָׁבmôshâb môshâb · seatH4186
• twoשְׁנַ֫יִםshenayim shettayim · twoH8147
• waveתְּנוּפָהtenûphâh · wave offeringH8573
• loavesלֶ֫חֶםlechem · food: breadH3899
• tenth dealsעִשָּׂרוֹן‛iώώârôn ‛iώώârôn · tenthH6241
• they shall be of fine flourסֹ֫לֶתsôleth · fine flourH5560
• they shall be bakenאָפָה'âphâh · to bakeH644
• with leavenחָמֵץchâmêts · leavenH2557
• the firstfruitsבִּכּוּרִיםbikkûr · firstfruitH1061
• unto the Lordיְהֹוָהyehôvâh · LORDH3068

Cross-references for Leviticus 23:17

• Numbers 28:26“On the day of firstfruits, you are to hold a sacred assembly when you present an offering of new grain to the Lord at your Festival of Weeks; you are not to do any daily work.
• Leviticus 7:13He is to present as his offering cakes of leavened bread with his thanksgiving sacrifice of fellowship.
• Matthew 13:33He told them another parable: “The kingdom of heaven is like leaven that a woman took and mixed into fifty pounds of flour until all of it was leavened.”
• Leviticus 23:10“Speak to the Israelites and tell them: When you enter the land I am giving you and reap its harvest, you are to bring the first sheaf of your harvest to the priest.
• Exodus 22:29“You must not hold back offerings from your harvest or your vats. Give me the firstborn of your sons.
• 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.
• Exodus 34:22“Observe the Festival of Weeks with the firstfruits of the wheat harvest, and the Festival of Ingathering at the turn of the agricultural year.
• Numbers 15:17The Lord instructed Moses,
• Deuteronomy 26:1“When you enter the land the Lord your God is giving you as an inheritance, and you take possession of it and live in it,
• Proverbs 3:9Honor the Lord with your possessions and with the first produce of your entire harvest;
• Romans 8:23Not only that, but we ourselves who have the Spirit as the firstfruits — we also groan within ourselves, eagerly waiting for adoption, the redemption of our bodies.
• 1 Corinthians 15:20But as it is, Christ has been raised from the dead, the firstfruits of those who have fallen asleep.
• James 1:18By his own choice, he gave us birth by the word of truth so that we would be a kind of firstfruits of his creatures.
• Revelation 14:4These are the ones who have not defiled themselves with women, since they remained virgins. These are the ones who follow the Lamb wherever he goes. They were redeemed from humanity as the firstfruits for God and the Lamb.

Commentaries on Leviticus 23:17

• Barnes’ Notes on the Bible · v. 9-22Verses 9-22 These verses contain a distinct command regarding the religious services immediately connected with the grain harvest, given by anticipation against the time when the people were to possess the promised land. Leviticus 23:10 Sheaf - The original word, “omer”, means either a sheaf Deuteronomy 24:19; Rth 2:7 , or a measure Exodus 16:16. Our version is probably right in this place. The offering which was waved Leviticus 7:30 was most likely a…Read the comment
• Matthew Henry Concise Commentary · v. 15-22Verses 15-22 The feast of Weeks was held in remembrance of the giving of the law, fifty days after the departure from Egypt; and looked forward to the outpouring of the Holy Ghost, fifty days after Christ our Passover was sacrificed for us. On that day the apostles presented the first-fruits of the Christian church to God. To the institution of the feast of Pentecost, is added a repetition of that law, by which they were required to leave the gleanings of…Read the comment
• Tyndale Open Study Notes · v. 15-21Israel was to start counting seven full weeks from the first day of the Feast of Unleavened Bread. The fiftieth day marked the start of the Feast of Weeks (harvest). The New Testament calls this "Pentecost," from the Greek word for "fifty." During this festival, people offered the first portions of the wheat harvest. Each person also had to take three quarts of fine flour and bake two loaves of yeast bread. They then presented these offerings to the…Read the comment
• Jamieson–Fausset–Brown Commentary · v. 1717. Ye shall bring out of your habitations two wave loaves of two tenth deals, &c.--These loaves were made of "fine" or wheaten flour, the quantity contained in them being somewhat more than ten pounds in weight. As the wave-sheaf gave the signal for the commencement, the two loaves solemnized the termination of the harvest season. They were the first-fruits of that season, being offered unto the Lord by the priest in name of the whole nation. (See Ex…Read the comment

Topics related to Leviticus 23:17

• Bread
• First Fruits
• Harvest
• Leaven (Yeast)
• Measure
• Offerings
• Pentecost

In the dictionaries

• Celebrate
• Dwell
• Festivals, Religious
• Firstfruits
• Pentecost
• Riddance
• Wave offerings
• Criticism
• Ezekiel
• Feasts and Fasts

Commentaries on Leviticus 23

• 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
• Original Douay–Rheims Annotations
• Seventh-day Adventist Bible Commentary
• EGW Writings