Exodus 23:16

Exodus 23:16 in other versions

• King James Version (KJV)And the feast of harvest, the firstfruits of thy labours, which thou hast sown in the field: and the feast of ingathering, which is in the end of the year, when thou hast gathered in thy labours out of the field.
• New International Version (NIV)“Celebrate the Festival of Harvest with the firstfruits of the crops you sow in your field. “Celebrate the Festival of Ingathering at the end of the year, when you gather in your crops from the field.
• English Standard Version (ESV)You shall keep the Feast of Harvest, of the firstfruits of your labor, of what you sow in the field. You shall keep the Feast of Ingathering at the end of the year, when you gather in from the field the fruit of your labor.
• New King James Version (NKJV)and the Feast of Harvest, the firstfruits of your labors which you have sown in the field; and the Feast of Ingathering at the end of the year, when you have gathered in the fruit of your labors from the field.

Context of Exodus 23:16

14“Three times a year you must celebrate a pilgrimage festival in my honor. 15“Celebrate the Festival of Unleavened Bread: For seven days you must eat unleavened bread, as I commanded you. Do this at the appointed time in the month of Abib, because that was when you left Egypt. No one may come into my presence without an offering. “Celebrate the Festival of the Harvest with the first produce harvested from whatever you plant in your fields. “Celebrate the Festival of the Final Harvest at the end of the year when you harvest your crops from the fields. 17“These are the three times each year that all your men must come into the presence of the Master, the Lord. 18“Never offer the blood of a sacrifice to me at the same time you offer anything containing yeast. The fat sacrificed at my festivals should never be left over in the morning.

Exodus 23:16 word by word

וְחַ֤ג הַקָּצִיר֙ בִּכּוּרֵ֣י מַעֲשֶׂ֔יךָ אֲשֶׁ֥ר תִּזְרַ֖ע בַּשָּׂדֶ֑ה וְחַ֤ג הָֽאָסִף֙ בְּצֵ֣את הַשָּׁנָ֔ה בְּאָסְפְּךָ֥ אֶֽת־מַעֲשֶׂ֖יךָ מִן־הַשָּׂדֶֽה׃Read the interlinear

Words taken from the KJV.

• And the feastחַגchag châg · feastH2282
• of harvestקָצִירqâtsîyr · harvestH7105
• the firstfruitsבִּכּוּרִיםbikkûr · firstfruitH1061
• of thy laboursמַעֲשֶׂהma‛ăώeh · deed: workH4639
• which thou hast sownזָרַעzâra‛ · to sowH2232
• in the fieldשָׂדֶהώâdeh ώâday · land: countryH7704
• of ingatheringאָסִיף'âsîyph 'âsiph · ingatheringH614
• in the endיָצָאyâtsâ' · to come out: extendsH3318
• of the yearשָׁנָהshâneh shânâh · yearH8141
• when thou hast gatheredאָסַף'âsaph · to gatherH622

Cross-references for Exodus 23:16

• Exodus 22:29“Never withhold your best wine from me. “You must give me your firstborn son.
• Exodus 34:22“You must celebrate the Festival of Weeks with the first grain from your wheat harvest, and the Festival of the Final Harvest at the end of the season.
• Leviticus 23:9The Lord spoke to Moses,
• Numbers 28:26“During the Festival of Weeks, you must have a holy assembly. On that day you must not do any regular work. Bring the Lord your new grain offering, the first produce harvested from your fields.
• Deuteronomy 16:9Count seven weeks from the time you start harvesting grain.
• Acts 2:1When Pentecost, the fiftieth day after Passover, came, all the believers were together in one place.
• Leviticus 23:34“Tell the Israelites: The fifteenth day of this seventh month is the Festival of Booths to the Lord. It will last seven days.
• Numbers 29:12“On the fifteenth day of the seventh month you must have a holy assembly. You must not do any regular work. Instead, celebrate a festival to the Lord for seven days.
• Deuteronomy 16:13After you have gathered the grain from your threshing floor and made your wine, celebrate the Festival of Booths for seven days.
• Nehemiah 8:14They found written in the Teachings that the Lord had given an order through Moses that the people of Israel should live in booths during a festival in the seventh month.
• Zechariah 14:16Everyone who is left from all the nations that attacked Jerusalem will come every year to worship the king, the Lord of Armies, and to celebrate the Festival of Booths.
• John 7:2The time for the Jewish Festival of Booths was near.

Commentaries on Exodus 23:16

• Barnes’ Notes on the Bible · v. 14-17Verses 14-17 This is the first mention of the three great Yearly Festivals. The feast of Unleavened bread, in its connection with the Paschal Lamb, is spoken of in Exodus 34:23), and that he should take with him an offering for Yahweh, presenting himself before his King with his tribute in his hand. That this condition belonged to all the feasts, though it is here stated only in regard to the Passover, cannot be doubted. See Deuteronomy 16:16. Exodus…Read the comment
• Matthew Henry Concise Commentary · v. 10-19Verses 10-19 Every seventh year the land was to rest. They must not plough or sow it; what the earth produced of itself, should be eaten, and not laid up. This law seems to have been intended to teach dependence on Providence, and God's faithfulness in sending the larger increase while they kept his appointments. It was also typical of the heavenly rest, when all earthly labours, cares, and interests shall cease for ever. All respect to the gods of the…Read the comment
• Tyndale Open Study Notes · v. 16They celebrated the Feast of Harvest seven weeks after Passover. This was about the end of the barley harvest and the start of the wheat harvest (mid-May to mid-June). In later Judaism, this feast marked the giving of the covenant at Mount Sinai. This happened 50 days after the first Passover in Egypt (see Leviticus 23:15–21; Deuteronomy 16:9–12). They celebrated the Feast of the Ingathering on the fifteenth day of the seventh month of the Hebrew calendar…Read the comment
• Jamieson–Fausset–Brown Commentary · v. 14-1814-18. Three times ... keep a feast ... in the year--This was the institution of the great religious festivals--"The feast of unleavened bread," or the passover--"the feast of harvest," or pentecost--"the feast of ingathering," or the feast of tabernacles, which was a memorial of the dwelling in booths in the wilderness, and which was observed in the seventh month (Ex 12:2). All the males were enjoined to repair to the tabernacle and afterwards the…Read the comment

Topics related to Exodus 23:16

• Passover
• Pentecost
• Tabernacles, Feast of

In the dictionaries

• Beware
• Book
• Countenance
• Firstfruits
• Harvest
• Ingathering
• Pentecost
• Refresh
• Seethe
• Tabernacles, Feast of

Commentaries on Exodus 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
• Seventh-day Adventist Bible Commentary
• EGW Writings