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“Each year you must celebrate three festivals in my honor. 15First, celebrate the Festival of Unleavened Bread. For seven days the bread you eat must be made without yeast, just as I commanded you. Celebrate this festival annually at the appointed time in early spring, in the month of Abib, for that is the anniversary of your departure from Egypt. No one may appear before me without an offering. “Second, celebrate the Festival of Harvest, when you bring me the first crops of your harvest. “Finally, celebrate the Festival of the Final Harvest at the end of the harvest season, when you have harvested all the crops from your fields. 17At these three times each year, every man in Israel must appear before the Sovereign, the Lord. 18“You must not offer the blood of my sacrificial offerings together with any baked goods containing yeast. And do not leave the fat from the festival offerings until the next 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“You must not hold anything back when you give me offerings from your crops and your wine. “You must give me your firstborn sons.
• Exodus 34:22“You must celebrate the Festival of Harvest with the first crop of the wheat harvest, and celebrate the Festival of the Final Harvest at the end of the harvest season.
• Leviticus 23:9Then the Lord said to Moses,
• Numbers 28:26“At the Festival of Harvest, when you present the first of your new grain to the Lord, you must call an official day for holy assembly, and you may do no ordinary work on that day.
• Deuteronomy 16:9“Count off seven weeks from when you first begin to cut the grain at the time of harvest.
• Acts 2:1On the day of Pentecost all the believers were meeting together in one place.
• Leviticus 23:34“Give the following instructions to the people of Israel. Begin celebrating the Festival of Shelters on the fifteenth day of the appointed month—five days after the Day of Atonement. This festival to the Lord will last for seven days.
• Numbers 29:12“Five days later, on the fifteenth day of the same month, you must call another holy assembly of all the people, and you may do no ordinary work on that day. It is the beginning of the Festival of Shelters, a seven-day festival to the Lord.
• Deuteronomy 16:13“You must observe the Festival of Shelters for seven days at the end of the harvest season, after the grain has been threshed and the grapes have been pressed.
• Nehemiah 8:14As they studied the Law, they discovered that the Lord had commanded through Moses that the Israelites should live in shelters during the festival to be held that month.
• Zechariah 14:16In the end, the enemies of Jerusalem who survive the plague will go up to Jerusalem each year to worship the King, the Lord of Heaven’s Armies, and to celebrate the Festival of Shelters.
• John 7:2But soon it was time for the Jewish Festival of Shelters,

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