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Begin to count the seven weeks from the time the sickle is first put to the standing grain.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/bsb/deuteronomy/16.htm">Berean Standard Bible</a></span><br />You are to count off seven weeks from the time you first put the sickle to the standing grain.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/kjv/deuteronomy/16.htm">King James Bible</a></span><br />Seven weeks shalt thou number unto thee: begin to number the seven weeks from <i>such time as</i> thou beginnest <i>to put</i> the sickle to the corn.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/nkjv/deuteronomy/16.htm">New King James Version</a></span><br />“You shall count seven weeks for yourself; begin to count the seven weeks from <i>the time</i> you begin <i>to put</i> the sickle to the grain.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/nasb_/deuteronomy/16.htm">New American Standard Bible</a></span><br />“You shall count seven weeks for yourself; you shall begin to count seven weeks from <i>the time</i> you begin <i>to put</i> the sickle to the standing grain.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/nasb/deuteronomy/16.htm">NASB 1995</a></span><br />&#8220You shall count seven weeks for yourself; you shall begin to count seven weeks from the time you begin to put the sickle to the standing grain.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/nasb77/deuteronomy/16.htm">NASB 1977 </a></span><br />“You shall count seven weeks for yourself; you shall begin to count seven weeks from the time you begin to put the sickle to the standing grain.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/lsb/deuteronomy/16.htm">Legacy Standard Bible </a></span><br />“You shall count seven weeks for yourself; you shall begin to count seven weeks from the time you begin to put the sickle to the standing grain.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/amp/deuteronomy/16.htm">Amplified Bible</a></span><br />“You shall count seven weeks for yourself; you shall begin to count seven weeks from the time you first put the sickle to the standing grain.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/csb/deuteronomy/16.htm">Christian Standard Bible</a></span><br />“You are to count seven weeks, counting the weeks from the time the sickle is first put to the standing grain.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/hcsb/deuteronomy/16.htm">Holman Christian Standard Bible</a></span><br />You are to count seven weeks, counting the weeks from the time the sickle is first put to the standing grain.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/asv/deuteronomy/16.htm">American Standard Version</a></span><br />Seven weeks shalt thou number unto thee: from the time thou beginnest to put the sickle to the standing grain shalt thou begin to number seven weeks.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/cev/deuteronomy/16.htm">Contemporary English Version</a></span><br />Seven weeks after you start your grain harvest, <span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/erv/deuteronomy/16.htm">English Revised Version</a></span><br />Seven weeks shalt thou number unto thee: from the time thou beginnest to put the sickle to the standing corn shalt thou begin to number seven weeks.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/gwt/deuteronomy/16.htm">GOD'S WORD® Translation</a></span><br />Count seven weeks from the time you start harvesting grain.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/gnt/deuteronomy/16.htm">Good News Translation</a></span><br />"Count seven weeks from the time that you begin to harvest the grain, <span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/isv/deuteronomy/16.htm">International Standard Version</a></span><br />"Count off seven weeks from when the sickle is first put to standing grain. <span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/msb/deuteronomy/16.htm">Majority Standard Bible</a></span><br />You are to count off seven weeks from the time you first put the sickle to the standing grain.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/net/deuteronomy/16.htm">NET Bible</a></span><br />You must count seven weeks; you must begin to count them from the time you begin to harvest the standing grain.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/nheb/deuteronomy/16.htm">New Heart English Bible</a></span><br />You shall count for yourselves seven weeks: from the time you begin to put the sickle to the standing grain you shall begin to number seven weeks.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/wbt/deuteronomy/16.htm">Webster's Bible Translation</a></span><br />Seven weeks shalt thou number to thee: begin to number the seven weeks from the time when thou beginnest to put the sickle to the corn.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/web/deuteronomy/16.htm">World English Bible</a></span><br />You shall count for yourselves seven weeks. From the time you begin to put the sickle to the standing grain you shall begin to count seven weeks. <div class="vheading2"><b>Literal Translations</b></div><span class="versiontext"><a href="/lsv/deuteronomy/16.htm">Literal Standard Version</a></span><br />You number seven weeks for yourself; you begin to number seven weeks from the beginning of the sickle among the standing grain,<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/ylt/deuteronomy/16.htm">Young's Literal Translation</a></span><br /> 'Seven weeks thou dost number to thee; from the beginning of the sickle among the standing corn thou dost begin to number seven weeks,<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/slt/deuteronomy/16.htm">Smith's Literal Translation</a></span><br />Seven weeks shalt thou number to thee: from the beginning of the sickle upon the standing grain, thou shalt begin to number seven weeks.<div class="vheading2"><b>Catholic Translations</b></div><span class="versiontext"><a href="/drb/deuteronomy/16.htm">Douay-Rheims Bible</a></span><br />Thou shalt number unto thee seven weeks from that day, wherein thou didst put the sickle to the corn. <span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/cpdv/deuteronomy/16.htm">Catholic Public Domain Version</a></span><br />You shall number for yourself seven weeks from that day, the day on which you put the sickle to the grain field.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/nabre/deuteronomy/16.htm">New American Bible</a></span><br />You shall count off seven weeks; begin to count the seven weeks from the day when the sickle is first put to the standing grain.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/nrsvce/deuteronomy/16.htm">New Revised Standard Version</a></span><br />You shall count seven weeks; begin to count the seven weeks from the time the sickle is first put to the standing grain.<div class="vheading2"><b>Translations from Aramaic</b></div><span class="versiontext"><a href="/lamsa/deuteronomy/16.htm">Lamsa Bible</a></span><br />You shall count seven weeks to yourselves; begin to count the seven weeks from the time you begin to put the sickle to the standing grain.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/hpbt/deuteronomy/16.htm">Peshitta Holy Bible Translated</a></span><br />Seven weeks you shall count for yourself; whenever you start the sickle in the standing corn, begin to count seven weeks.<div class="vheading2"><b>OT Translations</b></div><span class="versiontext"><a href="/jps/deuteronomy/16.htm">JPS Tanakh 1917</a></span><br />Seven weeks shalt thou number unto thee; from the time the sickle is first put to the standing corn shalt thou begin to number seven weeks.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/sep/deuteronomy/16.htm">Brenton Septuagint Translation</a></span><br />Seven weeks shalt thou number to thyself; when thou hast begun <i>to put</i> the sickle to the corn, thou shalt begin to number seven weeks.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/parallel/deuteronomy/16-9.htm">Additional Translations ...</a></span></div></div></div><div id="centbox"><div class="padcent"><a name="audio" id="audio"></a><div class="vheadingv"><b>Audio Bible</b></div><iframe width="100%" src="https://www.youtube.com/embed/IRhBtZaVxJ0?start=4669" title="YouTube video player" frameborder="0" allow="accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture; web-share" allowfullscreen></iframe><span class="p"><br /><br /><br /></span><div class="vheadingv"><b>Context</b></div><span class="hdg"><a href="/bsb/deuteronomy/16.htm">The Feast of Weeks</a></span><br> <span class="reftext">9</span><span class="highl"><a href="/hebrew/5608.htm" title="5608: tis·pār- (V-Qal-Imperf-2ms) -- To count, recount, relate. ">You are to count off</a> <a href="/hebrew/lāḵ (Prep:: 2ms) -- "></a> <a href="/hebrew/7651.htm" title="7651: šiḇ·‘āh (Number-ms) -- Or shibrah; from shaba'; a primitive cardinal number; seven; also seven times; by implication, a week; by extension, an indefinite number.">seven</a> <a href="/hebrew/7620.htm" title="7620: šā·ḇu·‘ōṯ (N-mp) -- Or shabuan; also shbu.ah; properly, passive participle of shaba' as a denominative of sheba'; literal, sevened, i.e. A week.">weeks</a> <a href="/hebrew/5608.htm" title="5608: lis·pōr (Prep-l:: V-Qal-Inf) -- To count, recount, relate. ">from</a> <a href="/hebrew/7651.htm" title="7651: šiḇ·‘āh (Number-ms) -- Or shibrah; from shaba'; a primitive cardinal number; seven; also seven times; by implication, a week; by extension, an indefinite number."></a> <a href="/hebrew/7620.htm" title="7620: šā·ḇu·‘ō·wṯ (N-mp) -- Or shabuan; also shbu.ah; properly, passive participle of shaba' as a denominative of sheba'; literal, sevened, i.e. A week.">the time</a> <a href="/hebrew/2770.htm" title="2770: ḥer·mêš (N-ms) -- A sickle. From charam; a sickle.">you first put the sickle</a> <a href="/hebrew/2490.htm" title="2490: mê·hā·ḥêl (Prep-m:: V-Hifil-Inf) -- A primitive root; properly, to bore, i.e. to wound, to dissolve; figuratively, to profane, to break, to begin; denom. to play."></a> <a href="/hebrew/7054.htm" title="7054: baq·qā·māh (Prep-b, Art:: N-fs) -- Standing grain. Feminine of active participle of quwm; something that rises, i.e. A stalk of grain.">to the standing grain.</a> <a href="/hebrew/2490.htm" title="2490: tā·ḥêl (V-Hifil-Imperf-2ms) -- A primitive root; properly, to bore, i.e. to wound, to dissolve; figuratively, to profane, to break, to begin; denom. to play."></a> </span><span class="reftext">10</span>And you shall celebrate the Feast 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,…<div class="cred"><a href="//berean.bible">Berean Standard Bible</a> · <a href="//berean.bible/downloads.htm">Download</a></div><span class="p"><br /><br /></span><a name="crossref" id="crossref"></a><div class="vheading">Cross References</div><div id="crf"><span class="crossverse"><a href="/leviticus/23-15.htm">Leviticus 23:15-16</a></span><br />From the day after the Sabbath, the day you brought the sheaf of the wave offering, you are to count off seven full weeks. / You shall count off fifty days until the day after the seventh Sabbath, and then present an offering of new grain to the LORD.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/exodus/23-16.htm">Exodus 23:16</a></span><br />You are also to keep the Feast of Harvest with the firstfruits of the produce from what you sow in the field. And keep the Feast of Ingathering at the end of the year, when you gather your produce from the field.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/exodus/34-22.htm">Exodus 34:22</a></span><br />And you are to celebrate the Feast of Weeks with the firstfruits of the wheat harvest, and the Feast of Ingathering at the turn of the year.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/numbers/28-26.htm">Numbers 28:26</a></span><br />On the day of firstfruits, when you present an offering of new grain to the LORD during the Feast of Weeks, you are to hold a sacred assembly; you must not do any regular work.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/ruth/2-23.htm">Ruth 2:23</a></span><br />So Ruth stayed close to the servant girls of Boaz to glean grain until the barley and wheat harvests were finished. And she lived with her mother-in-law.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/2_chronicles/8-13.htm">2 Chronicles 8:13</a></span><br />He observed the daily requirement for offerings according to the commandment of Moses for Sabbaths, New Moons, and the three annual appointed feasts—the Feast of Unleavened Bread, the Feast of Weeks, and the Feast of Tabernacles.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/acts/2-1.htm">Acts 2:1</a></span><br />When the day of Pentecost came, they were all together in one place.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/acts/20-16.htm">Acts 20:16</a></span><br />Paul had decided to sail past Ephesus to avoid spending time in the province of Asia, because he was in a hurry to reach Jerusalem, if possible, by the day of Pentecost.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/1_corinthians/16-8.htm">1 Corinthians 16:8</a></span><br />But I will stay in Ephesus until Pentecost,<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/matthew/9-37.htm">Matthew 9:37-38</a></span><br />Then He said to His disciples, “The harvest is plentiful, but the workers are few. / Ask the Lord of the harvest, therefore, to send out workers into His harvest.”<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/john/4-35.htm">John 4:35</a></span><br />Do you not say, ‘There are still four months until the harvest’? I tell you, lift up your eyes and look at the fields, for they are ripe for harvest.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/james/5-7.htm">James 5:7</a></span><br />Be patient, then, brothers, until the Lord’s coming. See how the farmer awaits the precious fruit of the soil—how patient he is for the fall and spring rains.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/joel/2-23.htm">Joel 2:23-24</a></span><br />Be glad, O children of Zion, and rejoice in the LORD your God, for He has given you the autumn rains for your vindication. He sends you showers, both autumn and spring rains, as before. / The threshing floors will be full of grain, and the vats will overflow with new wine and oil.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/jeremiah/5-24.htm">Jeremiah 5:24</a></span><br />They have not said in their hearts, ‘Let us fear the LORD our God, who gives the rains, both autumn and spring, in season, who keeps for us the appointed weeks of harvest.’<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/isaiah/9-3.htm">Isaiah 9:3</a></span><br />You have enlarged the nation and increased its joy. The people rejoice before You as they rejoice at harvest time, as men rejoice in dividing the plunder.</div><span class="p"><br /><br /></span><a name="tsk" id="tsk"><div class="vheading">Treasury of Scripture</div><p class="tsk2">Seven weeks shall you number to you: begin to number the seven weeks from such time as you begin to put the sickle to the corn.</p><p class="tskverse"><b><a href="/deuteronomy/16-10.htm">Deuteronomy 16:10,16</a></b></br> And thou shalt keep the feast of weeks unto the LORD thy God with a tribute of a freewill offering of thine hand, which thou shalt give <i>unto the LORD thy God</i>, according as the LORD thy God hath blessed thee: … </p><p class="tskverse"><b><a href="/exodus/23-16.htm">Exodus 23:16</a></b></br> And the feast of harvest, the firstfruits of thy labours, which thou hast sown in the field: and the feast of ingathering, <i>which is</i> in the end of the year, when thou hast gathered in thy labours out of the field.</p><p class="tskverse"><b><a href="/exodus/34-22.htm">Exodus 34:22</a></b></br> And thou shalt observe the feast of weeks, of the firstfruits of wheat harvest, and the feast of ingathering at the year's end.</p><div class="vheading">Jump to Previous</div><a href="/deuteronomy/2-31.htm">Begin</a> <a href="/deuteronomy/11-12.htm">Beginning</a> <a href="/deuteronomy/14-23.htm">Corn</a> <a href="/numbers/31-26.htm">Count</a> <a href="/deuteronomy/14-1.htm">Cut</a> <a href="/deuteronomy/2-11.htm">Numbered</a> <a href="/deuteronomy/15-10.htm">Putting</a> <a href="/deuteronomy/16-4.htm">Seven</a> <a href="/revelation/14-19.htm">Sickle</a> <a href="/deuteronomy/7-5.htm">Standing</a> <a href="/deuteronomy/16-6.htm">Time</a> <a href="/numbers/28-26.htm">Weeks</a><div class="vheading2">Jump to Next</div><a href="/deuteronomy/20-6.htm">Begin</a> <a href="/deuteronomy/21-17.htm">Beginning</a> <a href="/deuteronomy/16-13.htm">Corn</a> <a href="/judges/6-5.htm">Count</a> <a href="/deuteronomy/18-4.htm">Cut</a> <a href="/joshua/8-10.htm">Numbered</a> <a href="/deuteronomy/17-7.htm">Putting</a> <a href="/deuteronomy/16-13.htm">Seven</a> <a href="/deuteronomy/23-25.htm">Sickle</a> <a href="/deuteronomy/16-22.htm">Standing</a> <a href="/deuteronomy/17-9.htm">Time</a> <a href="/deuteronomy/16-10.htm">Weeks</a><div class="vheading2">Deuteronomy 16</div><span class="reftext">1. </span><span class="outlinetext"><a href="/deuteronomy/16-1.htm">The feast of the Passover</a></span><br><span class="reftext">9. </span><span class="outlinetext"><a href="/deuteronomy/16-9.htm">of weeks</a></span><br><span class="reftext">13. </span><span class="outlinetext"><a href="/deuteronomy/16-13.htm">of tabernacles</a></span><br><span class="reftext">16. </span><span class="outlinetext"><a href="/deuteronomy/16-16.htm">Every male must offer, as he is able, at these three feasts</a></span><br><span class="reftext">18. </span><span class="outlinetext"><a href="/deuteronomy/16-18.htm">Of judges and justice</a></span><br><span class="reftext">21. </span><span class="outlinetext"><a href="/deuteronomy/16-21.htm">Asherah poles and images are forbidden</a></span><br></div></div><div id="mdd"><div align="center"><div class="bot2"><table align="center" width="100%"><tr><td><div align="center"> <script id="3d27ed63fc4348d5b062c4527ae09445"> (new Image()).src = 'https://capi.connatix.com/tr/si?token=51ce25d5-1a8c-424a-8695-4bd48c750f35&cid=3a9f82d0-4344-4f8d-ac0c-e1a0eb43a405'; </script> <script id="b817b7107f1d4a7997da1b3c33457e03"> (new Image()).src = 'https://capi.connatix.com/tr/si?token=cb0edd8b-b416-47eb-8c6d-3cc96561f7e8&cid=3a9f82d0-4344-4f8d-ac0c-e1a0eb43a405'; </script><br /><br />  <div id='div-gpt-ad-1529103594582-2'> </div><br /><br />  <div id='div-gpt-ad-1529103594582-0' style='max-width: 300px;'> </div><br /><br />  <div id='div-gpt-ad-1529103594582-3'> </div><br /><br />  <div id='div-gpt-ad-1529103594582-1' style='max-width: 300px;'> </div><br /><br />  <div align="center" id='div-gpt-ad-1531425649696-0'> </div><br /><br /> <ins class="adsbygoogle" style="display:inline-block;width:200px;height:200px" data-ad-client="ca-pub-3753401421161123" data-ad-slot="3592799687"></ins> <script> (adsbygoogle = window.adsbygoogle || []).push({}); </script> <br /><br /> </div> </td></tr></table></div></div></div><div id="combox"><div class="padcom"><a name="study" id="study"></a><div class="vheading"><table width="100%"><tr><td width="99%" valign="top"><a href="/study/deuteronomy/16.htm">Study Bible</a></td><td width="1%" valign="top"><a href="/study/deuteronomy/" title="Book Summary and Study">Book ◦</a> <a href="/study/chapters/deuteronomy/16.htm" title="Chapter summary and Study">Chapter </a></tr></table></div><b>You are to count off seven weeks</b><br>This command initiates the observance of the Feast of Weeks, also known as Shavuot or Pentecost. The counting of seven weeks, or 49 days, begins after the Passover, linking these two significant festivals. This period is a time of anticipation and preparation, reflecting the agricultural cycle of ancient Israel. The number seven often symbolizes completeness and divine perfection in the Bible, as seen in the creation week (Genesis 1-2) and the Sabbath (<a href="/exodus/20-8.htm">Exodus 20:8-11</a>).<p><b>from the time you first put the sickle to the standing grain.</b><br>This phrase marks the beginning of the barley harvest, which typically occurs in the spring. The act of putting the sickle to the grain signifies the start of the harvest season, a time of both physical labor and spiritual reflection. In the context of ancient Israel, this was a period of reliance on God's provision and faithfulness. The harvest imagery is also used in the New Testament, where Jesus speaks of the harvest as a metaphor for the gathering of believers (<a href="/matthew/9-37.htm">Matthew 9:37-38</a>). The Feast of Weeks, celebrated at the end of this counting, is a time of thanksgiving for the harvest and is later associated with the giving of the Holy Spirit in <a href="/acts/2.htm">Acts 2</a>, marking the birth of the Church.<div class="vheading2">Persons / Places / Events</div>1. <b><a href="/topical/m/moses.htm">Moses</a></b><br>The author of Deuteronomy, delivering God's laws and instructions to the Israelites.<br><br>2. <b><a href="/topical/i/israelites.htm">Israelites</a></b><br>The recipients of the law, God's chosen people, who are preparing to enter the Promised Land.<br><br>3. <b><a href="/topical/p/promised_land.htm">Promised Land</a></b><br>The land of Canaan, which God promised to Abraham and his descendants.<br><br>4. <b><a href="/topical/f/feast_of_weeks.htm">Feast of Weeks (Shavuot)</a></b><br>A Jewish festival occurring seven weeks after the beginning of the grain harvest, celebrating the firstfruits and the giving of the Torah.<br><br>5. <b><a href="/topical/h/harvest.htm">Harvest</a></b><br>The agricultural context in which the Israelites lived, emphasizing dependence on God's provision.<div class="vheading2">Teaching Points</div><b><a href="/topical/c/counting_the_days.htm">Counting the Days</a></b><br>The act of counting seven weeks teaches us to be intentional and mindful of God's timing and provision. It encourages us to live with anticipation and gratitude for His blessings.<br><br><b><a href="/topical/d/dependence_on_god.htm">Dependence on God</a></b><br>The agricultural context reminds us of our dependence on God for sustenance. Just as the Israelites relied on God for a successful harvest, we are called to trust Him for our daily needs.<br><br><b><a href="/topical/c/celebration_of_firstfruits.htm">Celebration of Firstfruits</a></b><br>The Feast of Weeks is a time to celebrate and offer the firstfruits to God. This teaches us to prioritize giving back to God from the first and best of what we receive.<br><br><b><a href="/topical/s/spiritual_harvest.htm">Spiritual Harvest</a></b><br>The connection to Pentecost highlights the spiritual harvest of souls. We are called to participate in God's mission, sharing the gospel and reaping a spiritual harvest.<br><br><b><a href="/topical/o/obedience_and_worship.htm">Obedience and Worship</a></b><br>Observing God's commands, such as counting the weeks and celebrating the feasts, is an act of obedience and worship. It reminds us to align our lives with God's instructions and honor Him in all we do.<div class="vheading2">Lists and Questions</div><a href="/top10/lessons_from_deuteronomy_16.htm">Top 10 Lessons from Deuteronomy 16</a><span class="p"><br /><br /></span><a href="/q/what's_pentecost's_role_in_christianity.htm">What is the significance of Pentecost in Christianity?</a><span class="p"><br /><br /></span><a href="/q/can_christians_join_hanukkah_events.htm">Should Christians participate in Hanukkah celebrations?</a><span class="p"><br /><br /></span><a href="/q/why_do_tribe_counts_in_numbers_2_differ.htm">Why do the tribe counts in Numbers 2 appear to conflict with certain census numbers elsewhere in the Old Testament?</a><span class="p"><br /><br /></span><a href="/q/what_are_judaism's_moedim.htm">What are the Appointed Times (Moedim) in Judaism?</a><a name="commentary" id="commentary"></a><div class="vheading2"><a href="/commentaries/ellicott/deuteronomy/16.htm">Ellicott's Commentary for English Readers</a></div><a href="/context/deuteronomy/16-9.htm" title="Seven weeks shall you number to you: begin to number the seven weeks from such time as you begin to put the sickle to the corn.">Deuteronomy 16:9-12</a>. <span class= "bld">THE FEAST OF WEEKS, OR PENTECOST.</span><p>See also <a href="/exodus/23-16.htm" title="And the feast of harvest, the first fruits of your labors, which you have sown in the field: and the feast of ingathering, which is in the end of the year, when you have gathered in your labors out of the field.">Exodus 23:16</a>; <a href="/context/exodus/34-18.htm" title="The feast of unleavened bread shall you keep. Seven days you shall eat unleavened bread, as I commanded you, in the time of the month Abib: for in the month Abib you came out from Egypt.">Exodus 34:18-23</a>; <a href="/context/leviticus/23-15.htm" title="And you shall count to you from the morrow after the sabbath, from the day that you brought the sheaf of the wave offering; seven sabbaths shall be complete:">Leviticus 23:15-22</a>; <a href="/context/numbers/28-26.htm" title="Also in the day of the first fruits, when you bring a new meat offering to the LORD, after your weeks be out, you shall have an holy convocation; you shall do no servile work:">Numbers 28:26-31</a>. The feast itself is ordained in Exodus; the <span class= "ital">time </span>is given in Leviticus; and the <span class= "ital">sacrifices </span>in Numbers.<p>(9) <span class= "bld">From such time as thou beginnest to put the sickle to the corn.</span>--The word for sickle only occurs here and in <a href="/deuteronomy/23-25.htm" title="When you come into the standing corn of your neighbor, then you may pluck the ears with your hand; but you shall not move a sickle to your neighbor's standing corn.">Deuteronomy 23:25</a>. In Leviticus the weeks are ordered to be reckoned from the offering of the wave sheaf on the sixteenth day of the first month, two days after the Passover. This sheaf was of barley, the first ripe corn. A different view is sometimes taken of the word <span class= "ital">"</span>Sabbath "in <a href="/leviticus/23-11.htm" title="And he shall wave the sheaf before the LORD, to be accepted for you: on the morrow after the sabbath the priest shall wave it.">Leviticus 23:11</a>; but the view given here is correct according to the Talmud. . . . <div class="vheading2"><a href="/commentaries/pulpit/deuteronomy/16.htm">Pulpit Commentary</a></div><span class="cmt_sub_title">Verses 9-12.</span> - <span class="accented">The</span> <span class="accented">Feast of Weeks</span> (cf. <a href="/exodus/23-16.htm">Exodus 23:16</a>). <span class="cmt_sub_title">Verse 9.</span> - <span class="cmt_word">From such time as thou beginnest to put the sickle to the corn</span>; <span class="accented">i</span>.<span class="accented">e</span>. from the commencement of the corn harvest. The seven weeks were to be counted from this terminus; and as the corn harvest began by the presentation of the sheaf of the firstfruits on the second day of the Passover, this regulation as to time coincides with that in <a href="/leviticus/23-15.htm">Leviticus 23:15</a>. <span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/commentaries/deuteronomy/16-9.htm">Parallel Commentaries ...</a></span><span class="p"><br /><br /><br /></span><a name="lexicon" id="lexicon"></a><div class="vheading">Hebrew</div><span class="word">You are to count off</span><br /><span class="heb">תִּסְפָּר־</span> <span class="translit">(tis·pār-)</span><br /><span class="parse">Verb - Qal - Imperfect - second person masculine singular<br /></span><span class="str"><a href="/hebrew/strongs_5608.htm">Strong's 5608: </a> </span><span class="str2">To count, recount, relate</span><br /><br /><span class="word">seven</span><br /><span class="heb">שִׁבְעָ֥ה</span> <span class="translit">(šiḇ·‘āh)</span><br /><span class="parse">Number - masculine singular<br /></span><span class="str"><a href="/hebrew/strongs_7651.htm">Strong's 7651: </a> </span><span class="str2">Seven, seven times, a week, an indefinite number</span><br /><br /><span class="word">weeks</span><br /><span class="heb">שָׁבֻעֹ֖ת</span> <span class="translit">(šā·ḇu·‘ōṯ)</span><br /><span class="parse">Noun - masculine plural<br /></span><span class="str"><a href="/hebrew/strongs_7620.htm">Strong's 7620: </a> </span><span class="str2">A period of seven (days, years), heptad, week</span><br /><br /><span class="word">[from]</span><br /><span class="heb">לִסְפֹּ֔ר</span> <span class="translit">(lis·pōr)</span><br /><span class="parse">Preposition-l | Verb - Qal - Infinitive construct<br /></span><span class="str"><a href="/hebrew/strongs_5608.htm">Strong's 5608: </a> </span><span class="str2">To count, recount, relate</span><br /><br /><span class="word">[the time]</span><br /><span class="heb">שָׁבֻעֽוֹת׃</span> <span class="translit">(šā·ḇu·‘ō·wṯ)</span><br /><span class="parse">Noun - masculine plural<br /></span><span class="str"><a href="/hebrew/strongs_7620.htm">Strong's 7620: </a> </span><span class="str2">A period of seven (days, years), heptad, week</span><br /><br /><span class="word">you first put the sickle</span><br /><span class="heb">חֶרְמֵשׁ֙</span> <span class="translit">(ḥer·mêš)</span><br /><span class="parse">Noun - masculine singular<br /></span><span class="str"><a href="/hebrew/strongs_2770.htm">Strong's 2770: </a> </span><span class="str2">A sickle</span><br /><br /><span class="word">to the standing grain.</span><br /><span class="heb">בַּקָּמָ֔ה</span> <span class="translit">(baq·qā·māh)</span><br /><span class="parse">Preposition-b, Article | Noun - feminine singular<br /></span><span class="str"><a href="/hebrew/strongs_7054.htm">Strong's 7054: </a> </span><span class="str2">Something that rises, a stalk of grain</span><br /><span class="p"><br /><br /></span><div class="vheading">Links</div><a href="/niv/deuteronomy/16-9.htm">Deuteronomy 16:9 NIV</a><br /><a href="/nlt/deuteronomy/16-9.htm">Deuteronomy 16:9 NLT</a><br /><a href="/esv/deuteronomy/16-9.htm">Deuteronomy 16:9 ESV</a><br /><a href="/nasb/deuteronomy/16-9.htm">Deuteronomy 16:9 NASB</a><br /><a href="/kjv/deuteronomy/16-9.htm">Deuteronomy 16:9 KJV</a><span class="p"><br /><br /></span><a href="//bibleapps.com/deuteronomy/16-9.htm">Deuteronomy 16:9 BibleApps.com</a><br /><a href="//bibliaparalela.com/deuteronomy/16-9.htm">Deuteronomy 16:9 Biblia Paralela</a><br /><a href="//holybible.com.cn/deuteronomy/16-9.htm">Deuteronomy 16:9 Chinese Bible</a><br /><a href="//saintebible.com/deuteronomy/16-9.htm">Deuteronomy 16:9 French Bible</a><br /><a href="/catholic/deuteronomy/16-9.htm">Deuteronomy 16:9 Catholic Bible</a><span class="p"><br /><br /></span><a href="/deuteronomy/16-9.htm">OT Law: Deuteronomy 16:9 You shall count seven weeks to you: (Deut. 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