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Make these loaves from four quarts of choice flour, and bake them with yeast. They will be an offering to the LORD from the first of your crops.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/esv/leviticus/23.htm">English Standard Version</a></span><br />You shall bring from your dwelling places two loaves of bread to be waved, made of two tenths of an ephah. They shall be of fine flour, and they shall be baked with leaven, as firstfruits to the LORD.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/bsb/leviticus/23.htm">Berean Standard Bible</a></span><br />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="versiontext"><a href="/kjv/leviticus/23.htm">King James Bible</a></span><br />Ye shall bring out of your habitations two wave loaves of two tenth deals: they shall be of fine flour; they shall be baken with leaven; <i>they are</i> the firstfruits unto the LORD.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/nkjv/leviticus/23.htm">New King James Version</a></span><br />You shall bring from your dwellings two wave <i>loaves</i> of two-tenths <i>of an ephah</i>. They shall be of fine flour; they shall be baked with leaven. <i>They are</i> the firstfruits to the LORD.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/nasb_/leviticus/23.htm">New American Standard Bible</a></span><br />You shall bring in from your dwelling places two <i>loaves</i> of bread as a wave offering, <i>made of</i> two-tenths <i>of an ephah;</i> they shall be of a fine flour, baked with leaven as first fruits to the LORD.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/nasb/leviticus/23.htm">NASB 1995</a></span><br />You shall bring in from your dwelling places two loaves of bread for a wave offering, made of two-tenths of an ephah; they shall be of a fine flour, baked with leaven as first fruits to the LORD.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/nasb77/leviticus/23.htm">NASB 1977 </a></span><br />‘You shall bring in from your dwelling places two <i>loaves</i> of bread for a wave offering, made of two-tenths <i>of an</i> <i>ephah;</i> they shall be of a fine flour, baked with leaven as first fruits to the LORD.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/lsb/leviticus/23.htm">Legacy Standard Bible </a></span><br />You shall bring in from your <i>places of</i> habitation two <i>loaves</i> of bread for a wave offering, made of two-tenths <i>of an</i> <i>ephah</i>; they shall be of a fine flour, baked with leaven as first fruits to Yahweh.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/amp/leviticus/23.htm">Amplified Bible</a></span><br />You shall bring in from your places two loaves of bread as a wave offering, made from two-tenths <i>of an ephah</i> of fine flour; they shall be baked with leaven as first fruits to the LORD.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/csb/leviticus/23.htm">Christian Standard Bible</a></span><br />Bring two loaves of bread from your settlements as a presentation offering, each of them made from four quarts of fine flour, baked with yeast, as firstfruits to the LORD.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/hcsb/leviticus/23.htm">Holman Christian Standard Bible</a></span><br />Bring two loaves of bread from your settlements as a presentation offering, each of them made from four quarts of fine flour, baked with yeast, as firstfruits to the LORD.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/asv/leviticus/23.htm">American Standard Version</a></span><br />Ye shall bring out of your habitations two wave-loaves of two tenth parts of an ephah: they shall be of fine flour, they shall be baken with leaven, for first-fruits unto Jehovah.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/cev/leviticus/23.htm">Contemporary English Version</a></span><br />Bring two loaves of bread to be lifted up in dedication to me. Each loaf is to be made with yeast and with two kilograms of the finest flour from the first part of your harvest. <span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/erv/leviticus/23.htm">English Revised Version</a></span><br />Ye shall bring out of your habitations two wave loaves of two tenth parts of an ephah: they shall be of fine flour, they shall be baken with leaven, for firstfruits unto the LORD.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/gwt/leviticus/23.htm">GOD'S WORD® Translation</a></span><br />Bring two loaves of bread from your homes to present to the LORD. Bake them with four quarts of flour. They are the first harvested grain for the LORD.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/gnt/leviticus/23.htm">Good News Translation</a></span><br />Each family is to bring two loaves of bread and present them to the LORD as a special gift. Each loaf shall be made of four pounds of flour baked with yeast and shall be presented to the LORD as an offering of the first grain to be harvested. <span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/isv/leviticus/23.htm">International Standard Version</a></span><br />Bring two loaves of bread from home as wave offerings made from two tenths of fine flour baked with leaven as first fruits to the LORD. <span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/msb/leviticus/23.htm">Majority Standard Bible</a></span><br />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="versiontext"><a href="/net/leviticus/23.htm">NET Bible</a></span><br />From the places where you live you must bring two loaves of bread for a wave offering; they must be made from two tenths of an ephah of fine wheat flour, baked with yeast, as first fruits to the LORD.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/nheb/leviticus/23.htm">New Heart English Bible</a></span><br />You shall bring out of your habitations two loaves of bread for a wave offering made of two tenth parts of an ephah of fine flour. They shall be baked with yeast, for first fruits to the LORD.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/wbt/leviticus/23.htm">Webster's Bible Translation</a></span><br />Ye shall bring out of your habitations two wave-loaves of two tenth-parts: they shall be of fine flour, they shall be baked with leaven, they are the first-fruits to the LORD.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/web/leviticus/23.htm">World English Bible</a></span><br />You shall bring out of your habitations two loaves of bread for a wave offering made of two tenths of an ephah of fine flour. They shall be baked with yeast, for first fruits to Yahweh. <div class="vheading2"><b>Literal Translations</b></div><span class="versiontext"><a href="/lsv/leviticus/23.htm">Literal Standard Version</a></span><br />you bring in two [loaves] of bread out of your dwellings [for] a wave-offering; they are of two-tenth parts of flour; they are baked [with] yeast—first-[fruits] to YHWH.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/ylt/leviticus/23.htm">Young's Literal Translation</a></span><br /> out of your dwellings ye bring in bread of a wave-offering, two loaves, of two tenth deals of flour they are, with yeast they are baken, first -fruits to Jehovah.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/slt/leviticus/23.htm">Smith's Literal Translation</a></span><br />From your dwellings shall ye bring two loaves lifted up, of two tenths of fine flour shall they be; leavened shall they be, baked, the first-fruits to Jehovah.<div class="vheading2"><b>Catholic Translations</b></div><span class="versiontext"><a href="/drb/leviticus/23.htm">Douay-Rheims Bible</a></span><br />Out of all your dwellings, two leaves of the firstfruits, of two tenths of flour leavened, which you shall bake for the firstfruits of the Lord. <span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/cpdv/leviticus/23.htm">Catholic Public Domain Version</a></span><br />from all of your dwelling places: two loaves from the first-fruits, from two-tenths of leavened fine wheat flour, which you shall bake as the first-fruits of the Lord.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/nabre/leviticus/23.htm">New American Bible</a></span><br />For the elevated offering of your first-ripened fruits to the LORD, you shall bring with you from wherever you live two loaves of bread made of two tenths of an ephah of bran flour and baked with leaven.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/nrsvce/leviticus/23.htm">New Revised Standard Version</a></span><br />You shall bring from your settlements two loaves of bread as an elevation offering, each made of two-tenths of an ephah; they shall be of choice flour, baked with leaven, as first fruits to the LORD.<div class="vheading2"><b>Translations from Aramaic</b></div><span class="versiontext"><a href="/lamsa/leviticus/23.htm">Lamsa Bible</a></span><br />You shall bring out of your dwellings two wave loaves of two tenths of an ephah; they shall be of fine flour; they shall be baked with leaven; they are the first-fruits to the LORD.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/hpbt/leviticus/23.htm">Peshitta Holy Bible Translated</a></span><br />From among your dwellings bring the bread of the offering; let them be two loaves of two tenths of fine flour and leaven; they shall be baked first fruits to LORD JEHOVAH.<div class="vheading2"><b>OT Translations</b></div><span class="versiontext"><a href="/jps/leviticus/23.htm">JPS Tanakh 1917</a></span><br />Ye shall bring out of your dwellings two wave-loaves of two tenth parts of an ephah; they shall be of fine flour, they shall be baked with leaven, for first-fruits unto the LORD.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/sep/leviticus/23.htm">Brenton Septuagint Translation</a></span><br />Ye shall bring from your dwelling loaves, as a heave-offering, two loaves: they shall be of two tenth portions of fine flour, they shall be baked with leaven of the first-fruits to the Lord.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/parallel/leviticus/23-17.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/NWs_V1RyMFo?start=6159" 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/leviticus/23.htm">The Feast of Pentecost</a></span><br>…<span class="reftext">16</span>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="reftext">17</span><span class="highl"><a href="/hebrew/935.htm" title="935: tā·ḇî’·’ū (V-Hifil-Imperf-2mp) -- To come in, come, go in, go. A primitive root; to go or come.">Bring</a> <a href="/hebrew/8147.htm" title="8147: ta·yim (Number-fd) -- Two (a card. number). Dual of sheniy; feminine shttayim; two; also twofold.">two</a> <a href="/hebrew/3899.htm" title="3899: le·ḥem (N-msc) -- Bread, food. From lacham; food, especially bread, or grain.">loaves of bread</a> <a href="/hebrew/4186.htm" title="4186: mim·mō·wō·šə·ḇō·ṯê·ḵem (Prep-m:: N-mpc:: 2mp) -- Or moshab; from yashab; a seat; figuratively, a site; abstractly, a session; by extension an abode; by implication, population.">from your dwellings</a> <a href="/hebrew/8573.htm" title="8573: tə·nū·p̄āh (N-fs) -- From nuwph; a brandishing; by implication, tumult; specifically, the official undulation of sacrificial offerings.">as a wave offering,</a> <a href="/hebrew/8147.htm" title="8147: šə·nê (Number-mdc) -- Two (a card. number). Dual of sheniy; feminine shttayim; two; also twofold.">each made from two-tenths of an ephah</a> <a href="/hebrew/6241.htm" title="6241: ‘eś·rō·nîm (N-mp) -- Tenth part. Or oissaron; from eser; a tenth part."></a> <a href="/hebrew/5560.htm" title="5560: sō·leṯ (N-fs) -- Fine flour. From an unused root meaning to strip; flour.">of fine flour,</a> <a href="/hebrew/1961.htm" title="1961: tih·ye·nāh (V-Qal-Imperf-3fp) -- To fall out, come to pass, become, be. A primitive root; to exist, i.e. Be or become, come to pass."></a> <a href="/hebrew/644.htm" title="644: tê·’ā·p̄e·nāh (V-Nifal-Imperf-3fp) -- To bake. A primitive root; to cook, especially to bake.">baked</a> <a href="/hebrew/2557.htm" title="2557: ḥā·mêṣ (N-ms) -- That which is leavened. From chamets; ferment, extortion.">with leaven,</a> <a href="/hebrew/1061.htm" title="1061: bik·kū·rîm (N-mp) -- First fruits. From bakar; the first-fruits of the crop.">as the firstfruits</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> </span><span class="reftext">18</span>Along with the bread you are to present seven unblemished male lambs a year old, one young bull, and two rams. They will be a burnt offering to the LORD, together with their grain offerings and drink offerings—an offering made by fire, a pleasing aroma to the LORD.…<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="/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="/deuteronomy/16-9.htm">Deuteronomy 16:9-10</a></span><br />You are to count off seven weeks from the time you first put the sickle to the standing grain. / 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="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="/1_corinthians/15-20.htm">1 Corinthians 15:20</a></span><br />But Christ has indeed been raised from the dead, the firstfruits of those who have fallen asleep.<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="/james/1-18.htm">James 1:18</a></span><br />He chose to give us birth through the word of truth, that we would be a kind of firstfruits of His creation.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/romans/8-23.htm">Romans 8:23</a></span><br />Not only that, but we ourselves, who have the firstfruits of the Spirit, groan inwardly as we wait eagerly for our adoption as sons, the redemption of our bodies.<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="/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/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/13-30.htm">Matthew 13:30</a></span><br />Let both grow together until the harvest. At that time I will tell the harvesters: First collect the weeds and tie them in bundles to be burned; then gather the wheat into my barn.’”<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="/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="/joel/2-24.htm">Joel 2:24</a></span><br />The threshing floors will be full of grain, and the vats will overflow with new wine and oil.</div><span class="p"><br /><br /></span><a name="tsk" id="tsk"><div class="vheading">Treasury of Scripture</div><p class="tsk2">You shall bring out of your habitations two wave loaves of two tenth deals; they shall be of fine flour; they shall be baked with leaven; they are the first fruits to the LORD.</p><p class="hdg">two wave</p><p class="tskverse"><b><a href="/numbers/28-26.htm">Numbers 28:26</a></b></br> Also in the day of the firstfruits, when ye bring a new meat offering unto the LORD, after your weeks <i>be out</i>, ye shall have an holy convocation; ye shall do no servile work:</p><p class="hdg">leaven</p><p class="tskverse"><b><a href="/leviticus/7-13.htm">Leviticus 7:13</a></b></br> Besides the cakes, he shall offer <i>for</i> his offering leavened bread with the sacrifice of thanksgiving of his peace offerings.</p><p class="tskverse"><b><a href="/matthew/13-33.htm">Matthew 13:33</a></b></br> Another parable spake he unto them; The kingdom of heaven is like unto leaven, which a woman took, and hid in three measures of meal, till the whole was leavened.</p><p class="hdg">the first fruits</p><p class="tskverse"><b><a href="/leviticus/23-10.htm">Leviticus 23:10</a></b></br> Speak unto the children of Israel, and say unto them, When ye be come into the land which I give unto you, and shall reap the harvest thereof, then ye shall bring a sheaf of the firstfruits of your harvest unto the priest:</p><p class="tskverse"><b><a href="/exodus/22-29.htm">Exodus 22:29</a></b></br> Thou shalt not delay <i>to offer</i> the first of thy ripe fruits, and of thy liquors: the firstborn of thy sons shalt thou give unto me.</p><p class="tskverse"><b><a href="/exodus/23-16.htm">Exodus 23:16,19</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><div class="vheading">Jump to Previous</div><a href="/leviticus/7-9.htm">Baked</a> <a href="/leviticus/23-14.htm">Bread</a> <a href="/leviticus/23-13.htm">Deals</a> <a href="/leviticus/15-31.htm">Dwelling</a> <a href="/leviticus/23-14.htm">Dwellings</a> <a href="/leviticus/23-13.htm">Ephah</a> <a href="/leviticus/22-14.htm">Fifth</a> <a href="/leviticus/23-13.htm">Fine</a> <a href="/leviticus/23-12.htm">First</a> <a href="/leviticus/23-10.htm">Firstfruits</a> <a href="/leviticus/23-10.htm">First-Fruits</a> <a href="/leviticus/23-13.htm">Flour</a> <a href="/leviticus/23-10.htm">Fruits</a> <a href="/exodus/35-3.htm">Habitations</a> <a href="/leviticus/14-55.htm">Houses</a> <a href="/john/6-26.htm">Loaves</a> <a href="/leviticus/23-16.htm">Offering</a> <a href="/leviticus/23-13.htm">Part</a> <a href="/leviticus/23-13.htm">Parts</a> <a href="/leviticus/21-23.htm">Places</a> <a href="/leviticus/23-13.htm">Tenth</a> <a href="/leviticus/23-13.htm">Tenth-Parts</a> <a href="/leviticus/14-10.htm">Tenths</a> <a href="/leviticus/23-15.htm">Wave</a> <a href="/leviticus/23-11.htm">Waved</a> <a href="/leviticus/23-15.htm">Wave-Offering</a> <a href="/leviticus/23-3.htm">Wherever</a> <a href="/leviticus/23-6.htm">Yeast</a><div class="vheading2">Jump to Next</div><a href="/leviticus/26-26.htm">Baked</a> <a href="/leviticus/23-18.htm">Bread</a> <a href="/leviticus/24-5.htm">Deals</a> <a href="/leviticus/23-21.htm">Dwelling</a> <a href="/leviticus/23-21.htm">Dwellings</a> <a href="/leviticus/24-5.htm">Ephah</a> <a href="/leviticus/24-5.htm">Fifth</a> <a href="/leviticus/24-5.htm">Fine</a> <a href="/leviticus/23-18.htm">First</a> <a href="/leviticus/23-20.htm">Firstfruits</a> <a href="/leviticus/23-20.htm">First-Fruits</a> <a href="/leviticus/24-5.htm">Flour</a> <a href="/leviticus/23-20.htm">Fruits</a> <a href="/numbers/15-2.htm">Habitations</a> <a href="/leviticus/25-32.htm">Houses</a> <a href="/leviticus/24-5.htm">Loaves</a> <a href="/leviticus/23-18.htm">Offering</a> <a href="/leviticus/24-5.htm">Part</a> <a href="/leviticus/24-5.htm">Parts</a> <a href="/leviticus/23-21.htm">Places</a> <a href="/leviticus/23-27.htm">Tenth</a> <a href="/leviticus/24-5.htm">Tenth-Parts</a> <a href="/leviticus/24-5.htm">Tenths</a> <a href="/leviticus/23-20.htm">Wave</a> <a href="/leviticus/23-20.htm">Waved</a> <a href="/leviticus/23-20.htm">Wave-Offering</a> <a href="/leviticus/23-31.htm">Wherever</a> <a href="/numbers/6-15.htm">Yeast</a><div class="vheading2">Leviticus 23</div><span class="reftext">1. </span><span class="outlinetext"><a href="/leviticus/23-1.htm">The feasts of the Lord</a></span><br><span class="reftext">3. </span><span class="outlinetext"><a href="/leviticus/23-3.htm">the Sabbath</a></span><br><span class="reftext">4. </span><span class="outlinetext"><a href="/leviticus/23-4.htm">The Passover</a></span><br><span class="reftext">9. </span><span class="outlinetext"><a href="/leviticus/23-9.htm">The sheaf of firstfruits</a></span><br><span class="reftext">15. </span><span class="outlinetext"><a href="/leviticus/23-15.htm">The feast of Pentecost</a></span><br><span class="reftext">22. </span><span class="outlinetext"><a href="/leviticus/23-22.htm">Gleanings to be left for the poor</a></span><br><span class="reftext">23. </span><span class="outlinetext"><a href="/leviticus/23-23.htm">The feast of trumpets</a></span><br><span class="reftext">26. </span><span class="outlinetext"><a href="/leviticus/23-26.htm">The day of atonement</a></span><br><span class="reftext">33. </span><span class="outlinetext"><a href="/leviticus/23-33.htm">The feast of tabernacles</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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The instruction to bring two loaves of bread signifies a communal act of worship and thanksgiving. The loaves are brought from the people's homes, indicating personal involvement and contribution to the offering. The wave offering is a symbolic gesture of presenting the loaves to God, acknowledging His provision. This act of waving the loaves before the Lord is a form of consecration, setting apart the offering for divine purposes. The number two may symbolize unity and fellowship, possibly representing the Jewish and Gentile believers coming together in the New Testament era.<p><b>each made from two-tenths of an ephah of fine flour</b><br>The use of fine flour indicates the quality and purity of the offering, reflecting the best of what the people could produce. An ephah is a unit of measurement used in ancient Israel, and two-tenths of an ephah would be approximately 4.4 liters or about 9 pounds of flour. This specific measurement underscores the importance of precision and obedience in worship. The fine flour can be seen as a type of Christ, who is the Bread of Life, pure and without blemish.<p><b>baked with leaven</b><br>Unlike other offerings that required unleavened bread, this offering includes leaven, which is yeast. Leaven often symbolizes sin or corruption in the Bible, but in this context, it may represent the presence of sin in the world and the believer's life. The inclusion of leaven in the offering acknowledges the reality of human imperfection. It also points to the transformative power of the Holy Spirit, who sanctifies and purifies believers, as seen in the events of Pentecost in <a href="/acts/2.htm">Acts 2</a>, where the Holy Spirit descends upon the apostles.<p><b>as the firstfruits to the LORD</b><br>The concept of firstfruits is deeply rooted in the agricultural society of ancient Israel, where the first and best portion of the harvest was offered to God as an act of gratitude and trust. This offering of firstfruits signifies the dedication of the entire harvest to the Lord, acknowledging Him as the source of all provision. In the New Testament, Christ is referred to as the firstfruits of those who have fallen asleep (<a href="/1_corinthians/15-20.htm">1 Corinthians 15:20</a>), indicating His resurrection as the first of many who will be raised to eternal life. The offering of firstfruits at Pentecost also foreshadows the birth of the Church, the firstfruits of the new covenant community.<div class="vheading2">Persons / Places / Events</div>1. <b><a href="/topical/t/the_israelites.htm">The Israelites</a></b><br>The primary audience of the Levitical laws, including the instructions for offerings and feasts.<br><br>2. <b><a href="/topical/t/the_lord.htm">The LORD (Yahweh)</a></b><br>The God of Israel, who commands the offerings and feasts as acts of worship and obedience.<br><br>3. <b><a href="/topical/t/the_feast_of_weeks.htm">The Feast of Weeks (Shavuot/Pentecost)</a></b><br>A significant Jewish festival occurring 50 days after Passover, during which the wave offering of bread is made.<br><br>4. <b><a href="/topical/t/the_priests.htm">The Priests</a></b><br>The mediators between God and the Israelites, responsible for performing the wave offering.<br><br>5. <b><a href="/topical/t/the_promised_land.htm">The Promised Land</a></b><br>The land given to the Israelites, from which they are to bring the firstfruits as an offering.<div class="vheading2">Teaching Points</div><b><a href="/topical/t/the_principle_of_firstfruits.htm">The Principle of Firstfruits</a></b><br>The offering of firstfruits symbolizes giving God the first and best of what we have. It is an act of trust and gratitude, acknowledging His provision.<br><br><b><a href="/topical/s/symbolism_of_leavened_bread.htm">Symbolism of Leavened Bread</a></b><br>Unlike other offerings, this one includes leaven, symbolizing the inclusion of all aspects of life in worship, even those that are imperfect.<br><br><b><a href="/topical/u/unity_and_community.htm">Unity and Community</a></b><br>The command to bring offerings "from wherever you live" emphasizes the collective worship and unity of the community in honoring God.<br><br><b><a href="/topical/a/anticipation_of_the_holy_spirit.htm">Anticipation of the Holy Spirit</a></b><br>The Feast of Weeks foreshadows the coming of the Holy Spirit at Pentecost, marking the beginning of the church and the spread of the Gospel.<br><br><b><a href="/topical/g/generosity_and_stewardship.htm">Generosity and Stewardship</a></b><br>This passage encourages believers to be generous and wise stewards of their resources, offering them to God as an act of worship.<div class="vheading2">Lists and Questions</div><a href="/top10/lessons_from_leviticus_23.htm">Top 10 Lessons from Leviticus 23</a><span class="p"><br /><br /></span><a href="/q/what_are_the_bible's_jewish_feasts.htm">What are the Jewish feasts and festivals in the Bible?</a><span class="p"><br /><br /></span><a href="/q/how_can_we_live_a_godly_life_daily.htm">What is the significance of offering firstfruits to God?</a><span class="p"><br /><br /></span><a href="/q/can_20_loaves_feed_100_men_unembellished.htm">How could only twenty loaves feed a hundred men (2 Kings 4:42-44) if the story is not embellished?</a><span class="p"><br /><br /></span><a href="/q/are_we_already_condemned.htm">What is the Feast of Firstfruits?</a><a name="commentary" id="commentary"></a><div class="vheading2"><a href="/commentaries/ellicott/leviticus/23.htm">Ellicott's Commentary for English Readers</a></div>(17) <span class= "bld">Ye shall bring out of your habitations.</span>--During the second Temple this clause was taken to be elliptical, and to denote ye shall <span class= "ital">bring out of, </span>or <span class= "ital">from, the land of your habitations, </span>that is, from Palestine (<a href="/numbers/15-2.htm" title="Speak to the children of Israel, and say to them, When you be come into the land of your habitations, which I give to you,">Numbers 15:2</a>).<p><span class= "bld">Two wave loaves of two tenth deals.</span>--These two loaves were prepared in the following manner. Three seahs of new wheat were brought into the court of the Temple, were beaten and trodden and ground into flour. Two omers of the flour were respectively obtained from a seah and a half, and after having been sieved in the twelve different sieves, were kneaded separately with leaven into two loaves outside the Temple, but were baked inside the sanctuary on the day preceding the festival. Each loaf was seven hand-breadths long, four hand-breadths broad, and five fingers high. These were offered to the Lord as firstlings (<a href="/exodus/34-17.htm" title="You shall make you no molten gods.">Exodus 34:17</a>), whence this festival is also called "the day of first-fruits" (<a href="/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</a>).<p><span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/commentaries/leviticus/23-17.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">Bring</span><br /><span class="heb">תָּבִ֣יאּוּ ׀</span> <span class="translit">(tā·ḇî’·’ū)</span><br /><span class="parse">Verb - Hifil - Imperfect - second person masculine plural<br /></span><span class="str"><a href="/hebrew/strongs_935.htm">Strong's 935: </a> </span><span class="str2">To come in, come, go in, go</span><br /><br /><span class="word">two</span><br /><span class="heb">שְׁ֚תַּיִם</span> <span class="translit">(ta·yim)</span><br /><span class="parse">Number - fd<br /></span><span class="str"><a href="/hebrew/strongs_8147.htm">Strong's 8147: </a> </span><span class="str2">Two (a cardinal number)</span><br /><br /><span class="word">loaves of bread</span><br /><span class="heb">לֶ֣חֶם</span> <span class="translit">(le·ḥem)</span><br /><span class="parse">Noun - masculine singular construct<br /></span><span class="str"><a href="/hebrew/strongs_3899.htm">Strong's 3899: </a> </span><span class="str2">Food, bread, grain</span><br /><br /><span class="word">from your dwellings</span><br /><span class="heb">מִמּוֹשְׁבֹ֨תֵיכֶ֜ם</span> <span class="translit">(mim·mō·wō·šə·ḇō·ṯê·ḵem)</span><br /><span class="parse">Preposition-m | Noun - masculine plural construct | second person masculine plural<br /></span><span class="str"><a href="/hebrew/strongs_4186.htm">Strong's 4186: </a> </span><span class="str2">A seat, assembly, dwelling place, dwelling, dwellers</span><br /><br /><span class="word">as a wave offering,</span><br /><span class="heb">תְּנוּפָ֗ה</span> <span class="translit">(tə·nū·p̄āh)</span><br /><span class="parse">Noun - feminine singular<br /></span><span class="str"><a href="/hebrew/strongs_8573.htm">Strong's 8573: </a> </span><span class="str2">A brandishing, tumult, the official undulation of sacrificial offerings</span><br /><br /><span class="word">each made from two-tenths an ephah</span><br /><span class="heb">שְׁנֵ֣י</span> <span class="translit">(šə·nê)</span><br /><span class="parse">Number - mdc<br /></span><span class="str"><a href="/hebrew/strongs_8147.htm">Strong's 8147: </a> </span><span class="str2">Two (a cardinal number)</span><br /><br /><span class="word">of fine flour,</span><br /><span class="heb">סֹ֣לֶת</span> <span class="translit">(sō·leṯ)</span><br /><span class="parse">Noun - feminine singular<br /></span><span class="str"><a href="/hebrew/strongs_5560.htm">Strong's 5560: </a> </span><span class="str2">Fine flour</span><br /><br /><span class="word">baked</span><br /><span class="heb">תֵּאָפֶ֑ינָה</span> <span class="translit">(tê·’ā·p̄e·nāh)</span><br /><span class="parse">Verb - Nifal - Imperfect - third person feminine plural<br /></span><span class="str"><a href="/hebrew/strongs_644.htm">Strong's 644: </a> </span><span class="str2">To cook, to bake</span><br /><br /><span class="word">with yeast,</span><br /><span class="heb">חָמֵ֖ץ</span> <span class="translit">(ḥā·mêṣ)</span><br /><span class="parse">Noun - masculine singular<br /></span><span class="str"><a href="/hebrew/strongs_2557.htm">Strong's 2557: </a> </span><span class="str2">That which is leavened</span><br /><br /><span class="word">as the firstfruits</span><br /><span class="heb">בִּכּוּרִ֖ים</span> <span class="translit">(bik·kū·rîm)</span><br /><span class="parse">Noun - masculine plural<br /></span><span class="str"><a href="/hebrew/strongs_1061.htm">Strong's 1061: </a> </span><span class="str2">The first-fruits of the crop</span><br /><br /><span class="word">to the LORD.</span><br /><span class="heb">לַֽיהוָֽה׃</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 /><span class="p"><br /><br /></span><div class="vheading">Links</div><a href="/niv/leviticus/23-17.htm">Leviticus 23:17 NIV</a><br /><a href="/nlt/leviticus/23-17.htm">Leviticus 23:17 NLT</a><br /><a href="/esv/leviticus/23-17.htm">Leviticus 23:17 ESV</a><br /><a href="/nasb/leviticus/23-17.htm">Leviticus 23:17 NASB</a><br /><a href="/kjv/leviticus/23-17.htm">Leviticus 23:17 KJV</a><span class="p"><br /><br /></span><a href="//bibleapps.com/leviticus/23-17.htm">Leviticus 23:17 BibleApps.com</a><br /><a href="//bibliaparalela.com/leviticus/23-17.htm">Leviticus 23:17 Biblia Paralela</a><br /><a href="//holybible.com.cn/leviticus/23-17.htm">Leviticus 23:17 Chinese Bible</a><br /><a href="//saintebible.com/leviticus/23-17.htm">Leviticus 23:17 French Bible</a><br /><a href="/catholic/leviticus/23-17.htm">Leviticus 23:17 Catholic Bible</a><span class="p"><br /><br /></span><a href="/leviticus/23-17.htm">OT Law: Leviticus 23:17 You shall bring out of your habitations (Le Lv Lev.) </a></div></div></td></tr></table></div><div id="left"><a href="/leviticus/23-16.htm" onmouseover='lft.src="/leftgif.png"' onmouseout='lft.src="/left.png"' title="Leviticus 23:16"><img src="/left.png" name="lft" border="0" alt="Leviticus 23:16" /></a></div><div id="right"><a href="/leviticus/23-18.htm" onmouseover='rght.src="/rightgif.png"' onmouseout='rght.src="/right.png"' title="Leviticus 23:18"><img src="/right.png" name="rght" border="0" alt="Leviticus 23:18" /></a></div><div id="botleft"><a href="#" onmouseover='botleft.src="/botleftgif.png"' onmouseout='botleft.src="/botleft.png"' title="Top of Page"><img src="/botleft.png" name="botleft" border="0" alt="Top of Page" /></a></div><div id="botright"><a href="#" onmouseover='botright.src="/botrightgif.png"' onmouseout='botright.src="/botright.png"' title="Top of Page"><img src="/botright.png" name="botright" border="0" alt="Top of Page" /></a></div><div id="bot"><iframe width="100%" height="1500" scrolling="no" src="/botmenubhnew2.htm" frameborder="0"></iframe></div></td></tr></table></div></body></html>