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Bring him a voluntary offering in proportion to the blessings you have received from him.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/esv/deuteronomy/16.htm">English Standard Version</a></span><br />Then you shall keep the Feast of Weeks to the LORD your God with the tribute of a freewill offering from your hand, which you shall give as the LORD your God blesses you.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/bsb/deuteronomy/16.htm">Berean Standard Bible</a></span><br />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,<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/kjv/deuteronomy/16.htm">King James Bible</a></span><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:<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/nkjv/deuteronomy/16.htm">New King James Version</a></span><br />Then you shall keep the Feast of Weeks to the LORD your God with the tribute of a freewill offering from your hand, which you shall give as the LORD your God blesses you.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/nasb_/deuteronomy/16.htm">New American Standard Bible</a></span><br />Then you shall celebrate the Feast of Weeks to the LORD your God with a voluntary offering of your hand in a proportional amount, which you shall give just as the LORD your God blesses you;<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/nasb/deuteronomy/16.htm">NASB 1995</a></span><br />&#8220Then you shall celebrate the Feast of Weeks to the LORD your God with a tribute of a freewill offering of your hand, which you shall give just as the LORD your God blesses you;<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/nasb77/deuteronomy/16.htm">NASB 1977 </a></span><br />“Then you shall celebrate the Feast of Weeks to the LORD your God with a tribute of a freewill offering of your hand, which you shall give just as the LORD your God blesses you;<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/lsb/deuteronomy/16.htm">Legacy Standard Bible </a></span><br />Then you shall celebrate the Feast of Weeks to Yahweh your God with a tribute of a freewill offering of your hand, which you shall give just as Yahweh your God blesses you;<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/amp/deuteronomy/16.htm">Amplified Bible</a></span><br />Then you shall celebrate the Feast of Weeks to the LORD your God with a tribute of a freewill offering from your hand, which you shall give [to Him] just as the LORD your God blesses you;<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/csb/deuteronomy/16.htm">Christian Standard Bible</a></span><br />You are to celebrate the Festival 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.<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 celebrate the Festival 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. <span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/asv/deuteronomy/16.htm">American Standard Version</a></span><br />And thou shalt keep the feast of weeks unto Jehovah thy God with a tribute of a freewill-offering of thy hand, which thou shalt give, according as Jehovah thy God blesseth thee:<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/erv/deuteronomy/16.htm">English Revised Version</a></span><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, according as the LORD thy God blesseth thee:<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/gwt/deuteronomy/16.htm">GOD'S WORD® Translation</a></span><br />Then celebrate the Festival of Weeks to the LORD your God. Bring a freewill offering in proportion to the blessings the LORD your God has given you.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/gnt/deuteronomy/16.htm">Good News Translation</a></span><br />and then celebrate the Harvest Festival, to honor the LORD your God, by bringing him a freewill offering in proportion to the blessing he has given you. <span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/isv/deuteronomy/16.htm">International Standard Version</a></span><br />Then observe the Festival of Weeks in the presence of the LORD your God by giving your tribute and the freewill offering of your hands in proportion to the manner in which the LORD your God blessed you. <span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/net/deuteronomy/16.htm">NET Bible</a></span><br />Then you are to celebrate the Festival of Weeks before the LORD your God with the voluntary offering that you will bring, in proportion to how he has blessed you.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/nheb/deuteronomy/16.htm">New Heart English Bible</a></span><br />You shall keep the feast of weeks to the LORD your God with a tribute of a freewill offering of your hand, which you shall give, according as the LORD your God blesses you:<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/wbt/deuteronomy/16.htm">Webster's Bible Translation</a></span><br />And thou shalt keep the feast of weeks to the LORD thy God with a tribute of a free-will-offering of thy hand, which thou shalt give to the LORD thy God, according as the LORD thy God hath blessed thee:<div class="vheading2"><b>Majority Text Translations</b></div><span class="versiontext"><a href="/msb/deuteronomy/16.htm">Majority Standard Bible</a></span><br />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,<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/web/deuteronomy/16.htm">World English Bible</a></span><br />You shall keep the feast of weeks to Yahweh your God with a tribute of a free will offering of your hand, which you shall give according to how Yahweh your God blesses you. <div class="vheading2"><b>Literal Translations</b></div><span class="versiontext"><a href="/lsv/deuteronomy/16.htm">Literal Standard Version</a></span><br />and you have observed the Celebration of Weeks to your God YHWH, a tribute of a free-will offering of your hand, which you give as your God YHWH blesses you.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/ylt/deuteronomy/16.htm">Young's Literal Translation</a></span><br /> and thou hast made the feast of weeks to Jehovah thy God, a tribute of a free-will offering of thy hand, which thou dost give, as Jehovah thy God doth bless thee.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/slt/deuteronomy/16.htm">Smith's Literal Translation</a></span><br />And do thou the festival of weeks to Jehovah thy God according to the willingness of thy hand which thou shalt give as Jehovah thy God shall bless thee.<div class="vheading2"><b>Catholic Translations</b></div><span class="versiontext"><a href="/drb/deuteronomy/16.htm">Douay-Rheims Bible</a></span><br />And thou shalt celebrate the festival of weeks to the Lord thy God, a voluntary oblation of thy hand, which thou shalt offer according to the blessing of the Lord thy God. <span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/cpdv/deuteronomy/16.htm">Catholic Public Domain Version</a></span><br />And you shall celebrate the Feast of Weeks, to the Lord your God, with a voluntary oblation from your hand, which you shall offer according to the blessing of the Lord your God.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/nabre/deuteronomy/16.htm">New American Bible</a></span><br />You shall then keep the feast of Weeks for the LORD, your God, and the measure of your own voluntary offering which you will give shall be in proportion to the blessing the LORD, your God, has given you.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/nrsvce/deuteronomy/16.htm">New Revised Standard Version</a></span><br />Then you shall keep the festival of weeks to the LORD your God, contributing a freewill offering in proportion to the blessing that you have received from the LORD your God.<div class="vheading2"><b>Translations from Aramaic</b></div><span class="versiontext"><a href="/lamsa/deuteronomy/16.htm">Lamsa Bible</a></span><br />And then you shall keep the feast of weeks to the LORD your God with sufficient of freewill offering of your hand, which you shall set aside as the LORD your God has blessed you;<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/hpbt/deuteronomy/16.htm">Peshitta Holy Bible Translated</a></span><br />And make a feast of weeks to LORD JEHOVAH your God, a sufficient offering of your hands that you designated, as LORD JEHOVAH your God blessed you:<div class="vheading2"><b>OT Translations</b></div><span class="versiontext"><a href="/jps/deuteronomy/16.htm">JPS Tanakh 1917</a></span><br />And thou shalt keep the feast of weeks unto the LORD thy God after the measure of the freewill-offering of thy hand, which thou shalt give, according as the LORD thy God blesseth thee.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/sep/deuteronomy/16.htm">Brenton Septuagint Translation</a></span><br />And thou shalt keep the feast of weeks to the Lord thy God, accordingly as thy hand has power in as many things as the Lord thy God shall give thee.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/parallel/deuteronomy/16-10.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=4675" 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>You are to count off seven weeks from the time you first put the sickle to the standing grain. <span class="reftext">10</span><span class="highl"><a href="/hebrew/6213.htm" title="6213: wə·‘ā·śî·ṯā (Conj-w:: V-Qal-ConjPerf-2ms) -- To do, make. A primitive root; to do or make, in the broadest sense and widest application.">And you shall celebrate</a> <a href="/hebrew/2282.htm" title="2282: ḥaḡ (N-msc) -- A festival gathering, feast, pilgrim feast. Or chag; from chagag; a festival, or a victim therefor.">the Feast</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.">of Weeks</a> <a href="/hebrew/3068.htm" title="3068: Yah·weh (Prep-l:: N-proper-ms) -- The proper name of the God of Israel. From hayah; self-Existent or Eternal; Jehovah, Jewish national name of God.">to the LORD</a> <a href="/hebrew/430.htm" title="430: ’ĕ·lō·he·ḵā (N-mpc:: 2ms) -- Plural of 'elowahh; gods in the ordinary sense; but specifically used of the supreme God">your God</a> <a href="/hebrew/4530.htm" title="4530: mis·saṯ (N-fsc) -- Sufficiency. From macac; abundance, i.e. liberally: tribute."></a> <a href="/hebrew/5071.htm" title="5071: niḏ·ḇaṯ (N-fsc) -- Voluntariness, freewill offering. From nadab; properly spontaneity, or spontaneous; also a spontaneous or abundant gift.">with a freewill offering</a> <a href="/hebrew/3027.htm" title="3027: yā·ḏə·ḵā (N-fsc:: 2ms) -- Hand (indicating power, means, direction, etc.)"></a> <a href="/hebrew/834.htm" title="834: ’ă·šer (Pro-r) -- Who, which, that. A primitive relative pronoun; who, which, what, that; also when, where, how, because, in order that, etc.">that</a> <a href="/hebrew/5414.htm" title="5414: tit·tên (V-Qal-Imperf-2ms) -- To give, put, set. A primitive root; to give, used with greatest latitude of application.">you give</a> <a href="/hebrew/834.htm" title="834: ka·’ă·šer (Prep-k:: Pro-r) -- Who, which, that. A primitive relative pronoun; who, which, what, that; also when, where, how, because, in order that, etc.">in proportion to how</a> <a href="/hebrew/3068.htm" title="3068: Yah·weh (N-proper-ms) -- The proper name of the God of Israel. From hayah; self-Existent or Eternal; Jehovah, Jewish national name of God.">the LORD</a> <a href="/hebrew/430.htm" title="430: ’ĕ·lō·he·ḵā (N-mpc:: 2ms) -- Plural of 'elowahh; gods in the ordinary sense; but specifically used of the supreme God">your God</a> <a href="/hebrew/1288.htm" title="1288: yə·ḇā·reḵ·ḵā (V-Piel-Imperf-3ms:: 2ms) -- To kneel, bless. A primitive root; to kneel; by implication to bless God, and man; also to curse.">has blessed you,</a> </span><span class="reftext">11</span>and you shall rejoice before the LORD your God in the place He will choose as a dwelling for His Name—you, your sons and daughters, your menservants and maidservants, and the Levite within your gates, as well as the foreigner, the fatherless, and the widows among 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="/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="/leviticus/23-15.htm">Leviticus 23:15-21</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. / Bring two loaves of bread from your dwellings as a wave offering, each made from two-tenths of an ephah of fine flour, baked with leaven, as the firstfruits to the LORD. ...<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/numbers/28-26.htm">Numbers 28:26-31</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. / Present a burnt offering of two young bulls, one ram, and seven male lambs a year old as a pleasing aroma to the LORD, / together with their grain offerings of fine flour mixed with oil—three-tenths of an ephah with each bull, two-tenths of an ephah with the ram, ...<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="/nehemiah/8-9.htm">Nehemiah 8:9-12</a></span><br />Nehemiah the governor, Ezra the priest and scribe, and the Levites who were instructing the people said to all of them, “This day is holy to the LORD your God. Do not mourn or weep.” For all the people were weeping as they heard the words of the Law. / Then Nehemiah told them, “Go and eat what is rich, drink what is sweet, and send out portions to those who have nothing prepared, since today is holy to our Lord. Do not grieve, for the joy of the LORD is your strength.” / And the Levites calmed all the people, saying, “Be still, since today is holy. Do not grieve.” ...<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/acts/2-1.htm">Acts 2:1-4</a></span><br />When the day of Pentecost came, they were all together in one place. / Suddenly a sound like a mighty rushing wind came from heaven and filled the whole house where they were sitting. / They saw tongues like flames of fire that separated and came to rest on each of them. ...<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="/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="/leviticus/23-10.htm">Leviticus 23:10-11</a></span><br />“Speak to the Israelites and say, ‘When you enter the land that I am giving you and you reap its harvest, you are to bring to the priest a sheaf of the firstfruits of your harvest. / And he shall wave the sheaf before the LORD so that it may be accepted on your behalf; the priest is to wave it on the day after the Sabbath.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/deuteronomy/26-1.htm">Deuteronomy 26:1-11</a></span><br />When you enter the land that the LORD your God is giving you as an inheritance, and you take possession of it and settle in it, / you are to take some of the firstfruits of all your produce from the soil of the land that the LORD your God is giving you and put them in a basket. Then go to the place the LORD your God will choose as a dwelling for His Name, / to the priest who is serving at that time, and say to him, “I declare today to the LORD your God that I have entered the land that the LORD swore to our fathers to give us.” ...<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/2_chronicles/31-5.htm">2 Chronicles 31:5-7</a></span><br />As soon as the order went out, the Israelites generously provided the firstfruits of the grain, new wine, oil, and honey, and of all the produce of the field, and they brought in an abundance—a tithe of everything. / And the Israelites and Judahites who lived in the cities of Judah also brought a tithe of their herds and flocks and a tithe of the holy things consecrated to the LORD their God, and they laid them in large heaps. / In the third month they began building up the heaps, and they finished in the seventh month.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/nehemiah/10-35.htm">Nehemiah 10:35-37</a></span><br />We will also bring the firstfruits of our land and of every fruit tree to the house of the LORD year by year. / And we will bring the firstborn of our sons and our livestock, as it is written in the Law, and will bring the firstborn of our herds and flocks to the house of our God, to the priests who minister in the house of our God. / Moreover, we will bring to the priests at the storerooms of the house of our God the firstfruits of our dough, of our grain offerings, of the fruit of all our trees, and of our new wine and oil. A tenth of our produce belongs to the Levites, so that they shall receive tithes in all the towns where we labor.<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="/luke/10-2.htm">Luke 10:2</a></span><br />And He told them, “The harvest is plentiful, but the workers are few. Ask the Lord of the harvest, therefore, to send out workers into His harvest.</div><span class="p"><br /><br /></span><a name="tsk" id="tsk"><div class="vheading">Treasury of Scripture</div><p class="tsk2">And you shall keep the feast of weeks to the LORD your God with a tribute of a freewill offering of your hand, which you shall give to the LORD your God, according as the LORD your God has blessed you:</p><p class="hdg">a tribute.</p><p class="tskverse"><b><a href="/deuteronomy/16-16.htm">Deuteronomy 16:16</a></b></br> Three times in a year shall all thy males appear before the LORD thy God in the place which he shall choose; in the feast of unleavened bread, and in the feast of weeks, and in the feast of tabernacles: and they shall not appear before the LORD empty:</p><p class="tskverse"><b><a href="/leviticus/5-7.htm">Leviticus 5:7</a></b></br> And if he be not able to bring a lamb, then he shall bring for his trespass, which he hath committed, two turtledoves, or two young pigeons, unto the LORD; one for a sin offering, and the other for a burnt offering.</p><p class="tskverse"><b><a href="/leviticus/12-8.htm">Leviticus 12:8</a></b></br> And if she be not able to bring a lamb, then she shall bring two turtles, or two young pigeons; the one for the burnt offering, and the other for a sin offering: and the priest shall make an atonement for her, and she shall be clean.</p><p class="hdg">according</p><p class="tskverse"><b><a href="/deuteronomy/16-17.htm">Deuteronomy 16:17</a></b></br> Every man <i>shall give</i> as he is able, according to the blessing of the LORD thy God which he hath given thee.</p><p class="tskverse"><b><a href="/proverbs/10-22.htm">Proverbs 10:22</a></b></br> The blessing of the LORD, it maketh rich, and he addeth no sorrow with it.</p><p class="tskverse"><b><a href="/joel/2-14.htm">Joel 2:14</a></b></br> Who knoweth <i>if</i> he will return and repent, and leave a blessing behind him; <i>even</i> a meat offering and a drink offering unto the LORD your God?</p><div class="vheading">Jump to Previous</div><a href="/deuteronomy/15-14.htm">Blessed</a> <a href="/numbers/24-9.htm">Blesses</a> <a href="/deuteronomy/15-18.htm">Hand</a> <a href="/deuteronomy/15-14.htm">Measure</a> <a href="/deuteronomy/16-5.htm">Offering</a> <a href="/numbers/35-8.htm">Proportion</a> <a href="/numbers/7-88.htm">ring</a> <a href="/numbers/31-41.htm">Tribute</a> <a href="/deuteronomy/23-23.htm">Voluntary-Offering</a> <a href="/deuteronomy/8-18.htm">Wealth</a> <a href="/deuteronomy/16-9.htm">Weeks</a><div class="vheading2">Jump to Next</div><a href="/deuteronomy/16-17.htm">Blessed</a> <a href="/deuteronomy/29-19.htm">Blesses</a> <a href="/deuteronomy/16-17.htm">Hand</a> <a href="/deuteronomy/16-17.htm">Measure</a> <a href="/deuteronomy/18-3.htm">Offering</a> <a href="/deuteronomy/16-17.htm">Proportion</a> <a href="/judges/8-24.htm">ring</a> <a href="/joshua/16-10.htm">Tribute</a> <a href="/deuteronomy/23-23.htm">Voluntary-Offering</a> <a href="/deuteronomy/28-4.htm">Wealth</a> <a href="/deuteronomy/16-16.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'; 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It is a time of thanksgiving for the harvest and is one of the three pilgrimage festivals where Israelites were required to appear before the LORD in Jerusalem. This feast is significant in the New Testament as the day when the Holy Spirit descended upon the apostles (<a href="/acts/2.htm">Acts 2:1-4</a>), marking the birth of the Church.<p><b>to the LORD your God</b><br>This phrase emphasizes the theocentric nature of the festival. The celebration is directed towards God, acknowledging His provision and sovereignty. It reflects the covenant relationship between God and Israel, where God is recognized as the ultimate source of all blessings.<p><b>with a freewill offering</b><br>A freewill offering is a voluntary gift given out of gratitude rather than obligation. This offering reflects the heart of the giver and is a personal expression of thankfulness to God. It contrasts with mandatory tithes and sacrifices, highlighting the importance of willing and joyful giving.<p><b>that you give in proportion</b><br>This indicates that the offering should be reflective of the individual's capacity and blessings received. It underscores the principle of proportional giving, which is echoed in the New Testament (<a href="/2_corinthians/9-7.htm">2 Corinthians 9:7</a>), where believers are encouraged to give according to what they have decided in their hearts.<p><b>to how the LORD your God has blessed you</b><br>This phrase acknowledges that all blessings come from God. It encourages reflection on God's provision and generosity, prompting a response of gratitude. It also serves as a reminder of the dependence on God for sustenance and prosperity, reinforcing the idea that giving is an act of worship and recognition of God's faithfulness.<div class="vheading2">Persons / Places / Events</div>1. <b><a href="/topical/t/the_lord.htm">The LORD (Yahweh)</a></b><br>The covenant God of Israel, who commands the observance of the Feast of Weeks.<br><br>2. <b><a href="/topical/i/israelites.htm">Israelites</a></b><br>The people of God who are instructed to celebrate the Feast of Weeks.<br><br>3. <b><a href="/topical/f/feast_of_weeks.htm">Feast of Weeks (Shavuot)</a></b><br>A significant Jewish festival occurring seven weeks after Passover, celebrating the wheat harvest and the giving of the Torah at Sinai.<br><br>4. <b><a href="/topical/f/freewill_offering.htm">Freewill Offering</a></b><br>A voluntary gift given to God, reflecting the individual's gratitude and recognition of God's blessings.<br><br>5. <b><a href="/topical/t/the_promised_land.htm">The Promised Land</a></b><br>The land given to the Israelites, where they are to observe this feast as a sign of God's provision and faithfulness.<div class="vheading2">Teaching Points</div><b><a href="/topical/g/gratitude_and_generosity.htm">Gratitude and Generosity</a></b><br>The Feast of Weeks teaches us to express gratitude for God's blessings through generous giving. Our offerings should reflect the abundance we have received.<br><br><b><a href="/topical/r/recognition_of_god's_provision.htm">Recognition of God's Provision</a></b><br>This feast is a reminder to acknowledge God's provision in our lives. We are called to remember that all we have comes from Him.<br><br><b><a href="/topical/s/spiritual_harvest.htm">Spiritual Harvest</a></b><br>Just as the Israelites celebrated the physical harvest, we are encouraged to consider the spiritual harvest in our lives and communities, seeking to bear fruit for God's kingdom.<br><br><b><a href="/topical/v/voluntary_worship.htm">Voluntary Worship</a></b><br>The concept of a freewill offering highlights the importance of voluntary worship and giving, which should stem from a heart of love and devotion to God.<br><br><b><a href="/topical/c/community_celebration.htm">Community Celebration</a></b><br>The Feast of Weeks was a communal event, reminding us of the importance of gathering together to celebrate God's goodness and faithfulness.<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_is_the_feast_of_tabernacles.htm">What is the Feast of Tabernacles?</a><span class="p"><br /><br /></span><a href="/q/what_makes_a_jerusalem_pilgrimage.htm">What defines a pilgrimage to Jerusalem?</a><span class="p"><br /><br /></span><a href="/q/what_advice_do_the_ungodly_offer.htm">What are the Appointed Times (Moedim) in Judaism?</a><span class="p"><br /><br /></span><a href="/q/what_defines_a_free_will_offering.htm">What defines a free will offering?</a><a name="commentary" id="commentary"></a><div class="vheading2"><a href="/commentaries/pulpit/deuteronomy/16.htm">Pulpit Commentary</a></div><span class="cmt_sub_title">Verse 10.</span> - This feast was to be kept with sacrificial gifts according to the measure of the free-will offerings of their hand, <span class="accented">i</span>.<span class="accented">e</span>. voluntary offerings which they gave as the Lord had blessed them; nothing was specially prescribed, each was to give of his own free-will as the Lord had prospered him. The word translated "tribute" in the Authorized Version (<span class="hebrew">מִסַּת</span>) occurs only here, and is of doubtful signification. The LXX. render it by <span class="greek">καθὼς</span>, as, according to; it is identical with the Aramaic <span class="aramaic">מסת</span> sufficiency, enough, and may be understood here of the full measure according to which their offerings were to be presented. The freewill offering of thine hand, here referred to, belonged to the gifts of burnt offerings, meat offerings, drink offerings, and thank offerings which might be offered at every feast along with the sacrifices prescribed (cf. <a href="/leviticus/23-38.htm">Leviticus 23:38</a>; <a href="/numbers/29-39.htm">Numbers 29:39</a>). Of the latter no mention is made here, as the law regarding them was already sufficiently proclaimed (<a href="/numbers/28.htm">Numbers 28</a>, and 29.); and in a popular address it was rather to what depended on the will of the people than to what was imperative by law, that attention had to be directed. <span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/commentaries/deuteronomy/16-10.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">And you shall celebrate</span><br /><span class="heb">וְעָשִׂ֜יתָ</span> <span class="translit">(wə·‘ā·śî·ṯā)</span><br /><span class="parse">Conjunctive waw | Verb - Qal - Conjunctive perfect - second person masculine singular<br /></span><span class="str"><a href="/hebrew/strongs_6213.htm">Strong's 6213: </a> </span><span class="str2">To do, make</span><br /><br /><span class="word">the Feast</span><br /><span class="heb">חַ֤ג</span> <span class="translit">(ḥaḡ)</span><br /><span class="parse">Noun - masculine singular construct<br /></span><span class="str"><a href="/hebrew/strongs_2282.htm">Strong's 2282: </a> </span><span class="str2">A festival gathering, feast, pilgrim feast</span><br /><br /><span class="word">of Weeks</span><br /><span class="heb">שָׁבֻעוֹת֙</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">to the LORD</span><br /><span class="heb">לַיהוָ֣ה</span> <span class="translit">(Yah·weh)</span><br /><span class="parse">Preposition-l | Noun - proper - masculine singular<br /></span><span class="str"><a href="/hebrew/strongs_3068.htm">Strong's 3068: </a> </span><span class="str2">LORD -- the proper name of the God of Israel</span><br /><br /><span class="word">your God</span><br /><span class="heb">אֱלֹהֶ֔יךָ</span> <span class="translit">(’ĕ·lō·he·ḵā)</span><br /><span class="parse">Noun - masculine plural construct | second person masculine singular<br /></span><span class="str"><a href="/hebrew/strongs_430.htm">Strong's 430: </a> </span><span class="str2">gods -- the supreme God, magistrates, a superlative</span><br /><br /><span class="word">with a freewill offering</span><br /><span class="heb">נִדְבַ֥ת</span> <span class="translit">(niḏ·ḇaṯ)</span><br /><span class="parse">Noun - feminine singular construct<br /></span><span class="str"><a href="/hebrew/strongs_5071.htm">Strong's 5071: </a> </span><span class="str2">Spontaneity, spontaneous, a spontaneous, abundant gift</span><br /><br /><span class="word">that</span><br /><span class="heb">אֲשֶׁ֣ר</span> <span class="translit">(’ă·šer)</span><br /><span class="parse">Pronoun - relative<br /></span><span class="str"><a href="/hebrew/strongs_834.htm">Strong's 834: </a> </span><span class="str2">Who, which, what, that, when, where, how, because, in order that</span><br /><br /><span class="word">you give</span><br /><span class="heb">תִּתֵּ֑ן</span> <span class="translit">(tit·tên)</span><br /><span class="parse">Verb - Qal - Imperfect - second person masculine singular<br /></span><span class="str"><a href="/hebrew/strongs_5414.htm">Strong's 5414: </a> </span><span class="str2">To give, put, set</span><br /><br /><span class="word">in proportion to how</span><br /><span class="heb">כַּאֲשֶׁ֥ר</span> <span class="translit">(ka·’ă·šer)</span><br /><span class="parse">Preposition-k | Pronoun - relative<br /></span><span class="str"><a href="/hebrew/strongs_834.htm">Strong's 834: </a> </span><span class="str2">Who, which, what, that, when, where, how, because, in order that</span><br /><br /><span class="word">the LORD</span><br /><span class="heb">יְהוָ֥ה</span> <span class="translit">(Yah·weh)</span><br /><span class="parse">Noun - proper - masculine singular<br /></span><span class="str"><a href="/hebrew/strongs_3068.htm">Strong's 3068: </a> </span><span class="str2">LORD -- the proper name of the God of Israel</span><br /><br /><span class="word">your God</span><br /><span class="heb">אֱלֹהֶֽיךָ׃</span> <span class="translit">(’ĕ·lō·he·ḵā)</span><br /><span class="parse">Noun - masculine plural construct | second person masculine singular<br /></span><span class="str"><a href="/hebrew/strongs_430.htm">Strong's 430: </a> </span><span class="str2">gods -- the supreme God, magistrates, a superlative</span><br /><br /><span class="word">has blessed you,</span><br /><span class="heb">יְבָרֶכְךָ֖</span> <span class="translit">(yə·ḇā·reḵ·ḵā)</span><br /><span class="parse">Verb - Piel - Imperfect - third person masculine singular | second person masculine singular<br /></span><span class="str"><a href="/hebrew/strongs_1288.htm">Strong's 1288: </a> </span><span class="str2">To kneel, to bless God, man, to curse</span><br /><span class="p"><br /><br /></span><div class="vheading">Links</div><a href="/niv/deuteronomy/16-10.htm">Deuteronomy 16:10 NIV</a><br /><a href="/nlt/deuteronomy/16-10.htm">Deuteronomy 16:10 NLT</a><br /><a href="/esv/deuteronomy/16-10.htm">Deuteronomy 16:10 ESV</a><br /><a href="/nasb/deuteronomy/16-10.htm">Deuteronomy 16:10 NASB</a><br /><a href="/kjv/deuteronomy/16-10.htm">Deuteronomy 16:10 KJV</a><span class="p"><br /><br /></span><a href="//bibleapps.com/deuteronomy/16-10.htm">Deuteronomy 16:10 BibleApps.com</a><br /><a href="//bibliaparalela.com/deuteronomy/16-10.htm">Deuteronomy 16:10 Biblia Paralela</a><br /><a href="//holybible.com.cn/deuteronomy/16-10.htm">Deuteronomy 16:10 Chinese Bible</a><br /><a href="//saintebible.com/deuteronomy/16-10.htm">Deuteronomy 16:10 French Bible</a><br /><a href="/catholic/deuteronomy/16-10.htm">Deuteronomy 16:10 Catholic Bible</a><span class="p"><br /><br /></span><a href="/deuteronomy/16-10.htm">OT Law: Deuteronomy 16:10 You shall keep the feast of weeks (Deut. 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