Deuteronomy 16:9

Deuteronomy 16:9 in other versions

• King James Version (KJV)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.
• English Standard Version (ESV)"You shall count seven weeks. Begin to count the seven weeks from the time the sickle is first put to the standing grain.
• New King James Version (NKJV)“You shall count seven weeks for yourself; begin to count the seven weeks from the time you begin to put the sickle to the grain.
• New Living Translation (NLT)“Count off seven weeks from when you first begin to cut the grain at the time of harvest.

Context of Deuteronomy 16:9

7Roast it and eat it at the place the Lord your God will choose. Then in the morning return to your tents. 8For six days eat unleavened bread and on the seventh day hold an assembly to the Lord your God and do no work. Count off seven weeks from the time you begin to put the sickle to the standing grain. 10Then 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. 11And 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.

Deuteronomy 16:9 word by word

שִׁבְעָ֥ה שָׁבֻעֹ֖ת תִּסְפָּר־לָ֑ךְ מֵהָחֵ֤ל חֶרְמֵשׁ֙ בַּקָּמָ֔ה תָּחֵ֣ל לִסְפֹּ֔ר שִׁבְעָ֖ה שָׁבֻעֽוֹת׃Read the interlinear

Words taken from the KJV.

• Sevenשֶׁ֫בַעsheba‛ shib‛âh · sevenH7651
• weeksשָׁבוּעַshâbûa‛ shâbûa‛ shebû‛âh · weekH7620
• shalt thou numberסָפַרsâphar · to recountH5608
• unto thee: beginחָלַלchâlal · to profane/begin: beginH2490
• the sickleחֶרְמֵשׁchermêsh · sickleH2770
• to the cornקָמָהqâmâh · standing grainH7054

Cross-references for Deuteronomy 16:9

• Deuteronomy 16:10Then 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.
• Exodus 23:16“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.
• Exodus 34:22“Celebrate the Festival of Weeks with the firstfruits of the wheat harvest, and the Festival of Ingathering at the turn of the year.
• Leviticus 23:15“ ‘From the day after the Sabbath, the day you brought the sheaf of the wave offering, count off seven full weeks.
• Numbers 28:26“ ‘On the day of firstfruits, when you present to the Lord an offering of new grain during the Festival of Weeks, hold a sacred assembly and do no regular work.
• 2 Chronicles 8:13according to the daily requirement for offerings commanded by Moses for the Sabbaths, the New Moons and the three annual festivals—the Festival of Unleavened Bread, the Festival of Weeks and the Festival of Tabernacles.
• Acts 2:1When the day of Pentecost came, they were all together in one place.
• 1 Corinthians 16:8But I will stay on at Ephesus until Pentecost,
• Hebrews 2:1We must pay the most careful attention, therefore, to what we have heard, so that we do not drift away.

Commentaries on Deuteronomy 16:9

• Barnes’ Notes on the Bible · v. 9-12Verses 9-12 Feast of Weeks; and Deuteronomy 16:13-17, Feast of Tabernacles. Nothing is here added to the rules given in Leviticus and Numbers except the clauses so often recurring in Deuteronomy and so characteristic of it, which restrict the public celebration of the festivals to the sanctuary, and enjoin that the enjoyments of them should be extended to the Levites, widows, orphans, etc.Read the comment
• Jamieson–Fausset–Brown Commentary · v. 9-129-12. Seven weeks shalt thou number--The feast of weeks, or a WEEK OF WEEKS: the feast of pentecost (see on Le 23:10; also see Ex 34:22; Ac 2:1). As on the second day of the passover a sheaf of new barley, reaped on purpose, was offered, so on the second day of pentecost a sheaf of new wheat was presented as first-fruits (Ex 23:16; Nu 28:26), a freewill, spontaneous tribute of gratitude to God for His temporal bounties. This feast was instituted in memory…Read the comment

Topics related to Deuteronomy 16:9

• Pentecost
• Thankfulness

In the dictionaries

• Gift
• Inherit
• Pentecost
• Seven
• Sickle
• Atonement, Day of
• Calendar
• Criticism
• Exodus, the Book of
• Ezekiel

Commentaries on Deuteronomy 16

• 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