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id="par"><span class="versiontext"><a href="/niv/exodus/34.htm">New International Version</a></span><br />&#8220Celebrate the Festival of Weeks with the firstfruits of the wheat harvest, and the Festival of Ingathering at the turn of the year.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/nlt/exodus/34.htm">New Living Translation</a></span><br />“You must celebrate the Festival of Harvest with the first crop of the wheat harvest, and celebrate the Festival of the Final Harvest at the end of the harvest season.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/esv/exodus/34.htm">English Standard Version</a></span><br />You shall observe the Feast of Weeks, the firstfruits of wheat harvest, and the Feast of Ingathering at the year’s end.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/bsb/exodus/34.htm">Berean Standard Bible</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="versiontext"><a href="/kjv/exodus/34.htm">King James Bible</a></span><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.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/nkjv/exodus/34.htm">New King James Version</a></span><br />“And you shall observe the Feast of Weeks, of the firstfruits of wheat harvest, and the Feast of Ingathering at the year’s end.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/nasb_/exodus/34.htm">New American Standard Bible</a></span><br />And you shall celebrate the Feast of Weeks, <i>that is,</i> the first fruits of the wheat harvest, and the Feast of Ingathering at the turn of the year.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/nasb/exodus/34.htm">NASB 1995</a></span><br />&#8220You shall celebrate the Feast of Weeks, that is, the first fruits of the wheat harvest, and the Feast of Ingathering at the turn of the year.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/nasb77/exodus/34.htm">NASB 1977 </a></span><br />“And you shall celebrate the Feast of Weeks, <i>that is,</i> the first fruits of the wheat harvest, and the Feast of Ingathering at the turn of the year.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/lsb/exodus/34.htm">Legacy Standard Bible </a></span><br />And you shall celebrate the Feast of Weeks, <i>that is</i>, the first fruits of the wheat harvest, and the Feast of Ingathering at the turn of the year.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/amp/exodus/34.htm">Amplified Bible</a></span><br />You shall observe <i>and</i> celebrate the Feast of Weeks (Harvest, First Fruits, or Pentecost), the first fruits of the wheat harvest, and the Feast of Ingathering (Booths or Tabernacles) at the year’s end.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/csb/exodus/34.htm">Christian Standard Bible</a></span><br />“Observe the Festival of Weeks with the firstfruits of the wheat harvest, and the Festival of Ingathering at the turn of the agricultural year.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/hcsb/exodus/34.htm">Holman Christian Standard Bible</a></span><br />Observe the Festival of Weeks with the firstfruits of the wheat harvest, and the Festival of Ingathering at the turn of the agricultural year. <span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/asv/exodus/34.htm">American Standard Version</a></span><br />And thou shalt observe the feast of weeks, even of the first-fruits of wheat harvest, and the feast of ingathering at the year's end.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/cev/exodus/34.htm">Contemporary English Version</a></span><br />Celebrate the Harvest Festival each spring when you start harvesting your wheat, and celebrate the Festival of Shelters each autumn when you pick your fruit. <span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/erv/exodus/34.htm">English Revised Version</a></span><br />And thou shalt observe the feast of weeks, even of the firstfruits of wheat harvest, and the feast of ingathering at the year's end.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/gwt/exodus/34.htm">GOD'S WORD® Translation</a></span><br />"You must celebrate the Festival of Weeks with the first grain from your wheat harvest, and the Festival of the Final Harvest at the end of the season.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/gnt/exodus/34.htm">Good News Translation</a></span><br />"Keep the Harvest Festival when you begin to harvest the first crop of your wheat, and keep the Festival of Shelters in the autumn when you gather your fruit. <span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/isv/exodus/34.htm">International Standard Version</a></span><br />"You are to observe the Festival of Weeks, the first fruits of the wheat harvest, and the Festival of Ingathering at the turn of the year. <span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/msb/exodus/34.htm">Majority Standard Bible</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="versiontext"><a href="/net/exodus/34.htm">NET Bible</a></span><br />"You must observe the Feast of Weeks--the firstfruits of the harvest of wheat--and the Feast of Ingathering at the end of the year.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/nheb/exodus/34.htm">New Heart English Bible</a></span><br />You shall observe the feast of weeks with the first fruits of wheat harvest, and the feast of harvest at the year's end.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/wbt/exodus/34.htm">Webster's Bible Translation</a></span><br />And thou shalt observe the feast of weeks, of the first-fruits of wheat-harvest, and the feast of in-gathering at the year's end.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/web/exodus/34.htm">World English Bible</a></span><br />“You shall observe the feast of weeks with the first fruits of wheat harvest, and the feast of harvest at the year’s end. <div class="vheading2"><b>Literal Translations</b></div><span class="versiontext"><a href="/lsv/exodus/34.htm">Literal Standard Version</a></span><br />And you observe [the] Celebration of Weeks for yourself, of [the] first-fruits of wheat-harvest; and the Celebration of Ingathering at the revolution of the year.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/ylt/exodus/34.htm">Young's Literal Translation</a></span><br /> 'And a feast of weeks thou dost observe for thyself; first-fruits of wheat-harvest; and the feast of in-gathering, at the revolution of the year.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/slt/exodus/34.htm">Smith's Literal Translation</a></span><br />And the festival of seven thou shalt make to thee, the first fruits of the harvest of wheat, and the festival of collection of the circuit of the year.<div class="vheading2"><b>Catholic Translations</b></div><span class="versiontext"><a href="/drb/exodus/34.htm">Douay-Rheims Bible</a></span><br />Thou shalt keep the feast of weeks with the firstfruits of the corn of thy wheat harvest, and the feast when the time of the year returneth that all things are laid in. <span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/cpdv/exodus/34.htm">Catholic Public Domain Version</a></span><br />You shall observe the Solemnity of Weeks with the first-fruits of the grain from the harvest of your wheat, and a Solemnity when the time of the year returns and everything is stored away.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/nabre/exodus/34.htm">New American Bible</a></span><br />You shall keep the feast of Weeks with the first fruits of the wheat harvest, likewise, the feast of the Ingathering at the close of the year.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/nrsvce/exodus/34.htm">New Revised Standard Version</a></span><br />You shall observe the festival of weeks, the first fruits of wheat harvest, and the festival of ingathering at the turn of the year.<div class="vheading2"><b>Translations from Aramaic</b></div><span class="versiontext"><a href="/lamsa/exodus/34.htm">Lamsa Bible</a></span><br />And you shall observe the feast of weeks, the feast of the firstfruits of wheat harvest, and the feast of ingathering at the year's end.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/hpbt/exodus/34.htm">Peshitta Holy Bible Translated</a></span><br />Six days you shall serve and in the seventh day you shall be rested; in sowing and in harvest you shall be rested.<div class="vheading2"><b>OT Translations</b></div><span class="versiontext"><a href="/jps/exodus/34.htm">JPS Tanakh 1917</a></span><br />And thou shalt observe the feast of weeks, even of the first-fruits of wheat harvest, and the feast of ingathering at the turn of the year.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/sep/exodus/34.htm">Brenton Septuagint Translation</a></span><br />And thou shalt keep to me the feast of weeks, the beginning of wheat-harvest; and the feast of ingathering in the middle of the year.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/parallel/exodus/34-22.htm">Additional Translations ...</a></span></div></div></div><div id="centbox"><div class="padcent"><a name="study" id="study"></a><div class="vheadingv"><b>Audio Bible</b></div><iframe width="100%" src="https://www.youtube.com/embed/kVae3PiKqhs?start=9031" 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/exodus/34.htm">The LORD Renews the Covenant</a></span><br>…<span class="reftext">21</span>Six days you shall labor, but on the seventh day you shall rest; even in the seasons of plowing and harvesting, you must rest. <span class="reftext">22</span><span class="highl"><a href="/hebrew/lə·ḵā (Prep:: 2ms) -- ">And you</a> <a href="/hebrew/6213.htm" title="6213: ta·‘ă·śeh (V-Qal-Imperf-2ms) -- To do, make. A primitive root; to do or make, in the broadest sense and widest application.">are to celebrate</a> <a href="/hebrew/2282.htm" title="2282: wə·ḥaḡ (Conj-w:: 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·‘ōṯ (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/1061.htm" title="1061: bik·kū·rê (N-mpc) -- First fruits. From bakar; the first-fruits of the crop.">with the firstfruits</a> <a href="/hebrew/2406.htm" title="2406: ḥiṭ·ṭîm (N-fp) -- Wheat. Of uncertain derivation; wheat, whether the grain or the plant.">of the wheat</a> <a href="/hebrew/7105.htm" title="7105: qə·ṣîr (N-msc) -- From qatsar; severed, i.e. Harvest, the crop, the time, the reaper, or figuratively; also a limb.">harvest,</a> <a href="/hebrew/2282.htm" title="2282: wə·ḥaḡ (Conj-w:: N-msc) -- A festival gathering, feast, pilgrim feast. Or chag; from chagag; a festival, or a victim therefor.">and the Feast</a> <a href="/hebrew/614.htm" title="614: hā·’ā·sîp̄ (Art:: N-ms) -- Ingathering, harvest. Or maciph; from 'acaph; gathered, i.e. a gathering in of crops.">of Ingathering</a> <a href="/hebrew/8622.htm" title="8622: tə·qū·p̄aṯ (N-fsc) -- A coming round, circuit. Or tquphah; from naqaph; a revolution, i.e. course, lapse.">at the turn</a> <a href="/hebrew/8141.htm" title="8141: haš·šā·nāh (Art:: N-fs) -- A year. (in plura or shanah; from shanah; a year.">of the year.</a> </span><span class="reftext">23</span>Three times a year all your males are to appear before the Lord GOD, the God of Israel.…<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 23:15-21</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="/deuteronomy/16-9.htm">Deuteronomy 16:9-12</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, / 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. ...<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="/deuteronomy/16-13.htm">Deuteronomy 16:13-15</a></span><br />You are to celebrate the Feast of Tabernacles for seven days after you have gathered the produce of your threshing floor and your winepress. / And you shall rejoice in your feast—you, your sons and daughters, your menservants and maidservants, and the Levite, as well as the foreigner, the fatherless, and the widows among you. / For seven days you shall celebrate a feast to the LORD your God in the place He will choose, because the LORD your God will bless you in all your produce and in all the work of your hands, so that your joy will be complete.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/leviticus/23-33.htm">Leviticus 23:33-43</a></span><br />And the LORD said to Moses, / “Speak to the Israelites and say, ‘On the fifteenth day of the seventh month the Feast of Tabernacles to the LORD begins, and it continues for seven days. / On the first day there shall be a sacred assembly. You must not do any regular work. ...<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="/deuteronomy/16-16.htm">Deuteronomy 16:16-17</a></span><br />Three times a year all your men are to appear before the LORD your God in the place He will choose: at the Feast of Unleavened Bread, the Feast of Weeks, and the Feast of Tabernacles. No one should appear before the LORD empty-handed. / Everyone must appear with a gift as he is able, according to the blessing the LORD your God has given you.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/leviticus/23-10.htm">Leviticus 23:10-14</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. / On the day you wave the sheaf, you shall offer a year-old lamb without blemish as a burnt offering to the LORD, ...<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/1_kings/8-2.htm">1 Kings 8:2</a></span><br />And all the men of Israel came together to King Solomon at the feast in the seventh month, the month of Ethanim.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/2_chronicles/5-3.htm">2 Chronicles 5:3</a></span><br />So all the men of Israel came together to the king at the feast in the seventh month.<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="/john/7-2.htm">John 7:2</a></span><br />However, the Jewish Feast of Tabernacles was near.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/john/7-37.htm">John 7:37-39</a></span><br />On the last and greatest day of the feast, Jesus stood up and called out in a loud voice, “If anyone is thirsty, let him come to Me and drink. / Whoever believes in Me, as the Scripture has said: ‘Streams of living water will flow from within him.’” / He was speaking about the Spirit, whom those who believed in Him were later to receive. For the Spirit had not yet been given, because Jesus had not yet been glorified.</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 observe the feast of weeks, of the first fruits of wheat harvest, and the feast of ingathering at the year's end.</p><p class="hdg">feast of weeks</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="/numbers/28-16.htm">Numbers 28:16-31</a></b></br> And in the fourteenth day of the first month <i>is</i> the passover of the LORD… </p><p class="tskverse"><b><a href="/numbers/29-12.htm">Numbers 29:12-39</a></b></br> And on the fifteenth day of the seventh month ye shall have an holy convocation; ye shall do no servile work, and ye shall keep a feast unto the LORD seven days: … </p><p class="hdg">year's end.</p><div class="vheading">Jump to Previous</div><a href="/exodus/34-18.htm">Celebrate</a> <a href="/exodus/33-13.htm">End</a> <a href="/exodus/34-18.htm">Feast</a> <a href="/exodus/23-16.htm">Fields</a> <a href="/exodus/34-20.htm">First</a> <a href="/exodus/23-19.htm">Firstfruits</a> <a href="/exodus/23-19.htm">First-Fruits</a> <a href="/exodus/28-33.htm">Fruits</a> <a href="/exodus/30-9.htm">Grain</a> <a href="/exodus/34-21.htm">Harvest</a> <a href="/exodus/23-16.htm">Ingathering</a> <a href="/exodus/23-16.htm">In-Gathering</a> <a href="/exodus/34-18.htm">Observe</a> <a href="/exodus/23-10.htm">Produce</a> <a href="/psalms/19-6.htm">Revolution</a> <a href="/exodus/34-17.htm">Thyself</a> <a href="/exodus/32-12.htm">Turn</a> <a href="/acts/17-2.htm">Weeks</a> <a href="/exodus/29-2.htm">Wheat</a> <a href="/genesis/30-14.htm">Wheat-Harvest</a> <a href="/john/12-5.htm">Year's</a><div class="vheading2">Jump to Next</div><a href="/leviticus/23-32.htm">Celebrate</a> <a href="/exodus/34-33.htm">End</a> <a href="/exodus/34-25.htm">Feast</a> <a href="/leviticus/14-7.htm">Fields</a> <a href="/exodus/34-26.htm">First</a> <a href="/exodus/34-26.htm">Firstfruits</a> <a href="/exodus/34-26.htm">First-Fruits</a> <a href="/exodus/34-26.htm">Fruits</a> <a href="/exodus/40-29.htm">Grain</a> <a href="/leviticus/19-9.htm">Harvest</a> <a href="/deuteronomy/16-13.htm">Ingathering</a> <a href="/deuteronomy/16-13.htm">In-Gathering</a> <a href="/leviticus/18-4.htm">Observe</a> <a href="/leviticus/19-25.htm">Produce</a> <a href="/1_samuel/1-20.htm">Revolution</a> <a href="/exodus/34-27.htm">Thyself</a> <a href="/exodus/39-26.htm">Turn</a> <a href="/leviticus/12-5.htm">Weeks</a> <a href="/numbers/18-12.htm">Wheat</a> <a href="/judges/15-1.htm">Wheat-Harvest</a> <a href="/leviticus/26-10.htm">Year's</a><div class="vheading2">Exodus 34</div><span class="reftext">1. </span><span class="outlinetext"><a href="/exodus/34-1.htm">The tablets are replaced</a></span><br><span class="reftext">5. </span><span class="outlinetext"><a href="/exodus/34-5.htm">The name of the Lord proclaimed</a></span><br><span class="reftext">8. </span><span class="outlinetext"><a href="/exodus/34-8.htm">Moses entreats God to go with them</a></span><br><span class="reftext">10. </span><span class="outlinetext"><a href="/exodus/34-10.htm">God makes a covenant with them, repeating certain duties</a></span><br><span class="reftext">28. </span><span class="outlinetext"><a href="/exodus/34-28.htm">Moses after forty days on the mount, comes down with the tablets</a></span><br><span class="reftext">29. </span><span class="outlinetext"><a href="/exodus/34-29.htm">His face is radiant, and he covers it with a veil</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 Hebrew term "Shavuot" means "weeks," indicating the seven-week period of counting from the second day of Passover to this feast. This festival was primarily an agricultural celebration, marking the end of the grain harvest. Historically, it was a time of thanksgiving for the first fruits of the wheat harvest. In a broader scriptural context, Shavuot also commemorates the giving of the Torah at Mount Sinai, which occurred around this time. This dual significance highlights the intertwining of physical sustenance and spiritual nourishment, reminding believers of God's provision in both realms.<p><b>with the firstfruits of the wheat harvest</b><br />The "firstfruits" were the initial yield of the harvest, offered to God as a sign of gratitude and acknowledgment of His provision. In Hebrew, the term "bikkurim" is used, which signifies the first and best portion. Offering the firstfruits was an act of faith, trusting that God would provide the remainder of the harvest. The "wheat harvest" specifically points to the agricultural cycle in Israel, where wheat was a staple crop. This offering was a tangible expression of dependence on God and a reminder of His faithfulness. In a spiritual sense, it calls believers to offer the first and best of their lives to God, recognizing Him as the source of all blessings.<p><b>and the Feast of Ingathering</b><br />The "Feast of Ingathering," also known as Sukkot or the Feast of Tabernacles, was celebrated at the end of the agricultural year. The Hebrew term "Sukkot" means "booths" or "tabernacles," referring to the temporary shelters that Israelites lived in during the festival. This feast was a time of great joy and thanksgiving, celebrating the completion of the harvest and God's provision throughout the year. Historically, it also commemorated the Israelites' journey through the wilderness, living in temporary dwellings. Theologically, it points to God's protection and sustenance, both in the past and in the eschatological future, when believers will dwell with Him eternally.<p><b>at the turn of the year</b><br />The phrase "at the turn of the year" indicates the time of transition from one agricultural cycle to the next. In the Hebrew calendar, this corresponds to the end of the harvest season, around the time of the autumn equinox. This period was significant as it marked a time of reflection on God's past provision and anticipation of His future blessings. It was a moment to pause and recognize the cyclical nature of life and God's unchanging faithfulness through each season. Spiritually, it invites believers to consider the rhythms of their own lives, to trust in God's timing, and to remain steadfast in their faith as they transition from one season to the next.<div class="vheading2"><a href="/commentaries/ellicott/exodus/34.htm">Ellicott's Commentary for English Readers</a></div>(22) <span class= "bld">The feast of weeks.</span>--Called in <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>, "the feast of harvest," and in the New Testament "the day of Pentecost"--seven weeks after the first day of unleavened bread. (See Note 1 on <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>.) The special offering to be made at the feast consisted of "two wave loaves of fine flour, baken with leaven" (<a href="/leviticus/23-17.htm" title="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.">Leviticus 23:17</a>), which were "the first-fruits of the wheat harvest."<p><span class= "bld">And the feast of ingathering.</span>--Called also "the feast of tabernacles" (<a href="/leviticus/23-34.htm" title="Speak to the children of Israel, saying, The fifteenth day of this seventh month shall be the feast of tabernacles for seven days to the LORD.">Leviticus 23:34</a>; <a href="/deuteronomy/16-13.htm" title="You shall observe the feast of tabernacles seven days, after that you have gathered in your corn and your wine:">Deuteronomy 16:13</a>; <a href="/deuteronomy/16-16.htm" title="Three times in a year shall all your males appear before the LORD your 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:">Deuteronomy 16:16</a>; <a href="/deuteronomy/31-10.htm" title="And Moses commanded them, saying, At the end of every seven years, in the solemnity of the year of release, in the feast of tabernacles,">Deuteronomy 31:10</a>, &c.), on account of the command to "dwell in booths seven days" during its continuance (<a href="/leviticus/23-42.htm" title="You shall dwell in booths seven days; all that are Israelites born shall dwell in booths:">Leviticus 23:42</a>). On the character of the festival see Note 2 on <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>. . . . <div class="vheading2"><a href="/commentaries/pulpit/exodus/34.htm">Pulpit Commentary</a></div><span class="cmt_sub_title">Verse 22.</span> - <span class="cmt_word">Of the first-fruits</span>. There is here an unfortunate ambiguity. The English reader naturally supposes that three festivals are mentioned - <p><span class="Text_Heading">1.</span> That of weeks; <p><span class="Text_Heading">2.</span> That of the first-fruits of wheat harvest; and <p><span class="Text_Heading">3.</span> That of in-gathering. . . . <span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/commentaries/exodus/34-22.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</span><br /><span class="heb">לְךָ֔</span> <span class="translit">(lə·ḵā)</span><br /><span class="parse">Preposition | second person masculine singular<br /></span><span class="str"><a href="/hebrew/.htm">Strong's Hebrew</a> </span><span class="str2"></span><br /><br /><span class="word">are to celebrate</span><br /><span class="heb">תַּעֲשֶׂ֣ה</span> <span class="translit">(ta·‘ă·śeh)</span><br /><span class="parse">Verb - Qal - Imperfect - 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">וְחַ֤ג</span> <span class="translit">(wə·ḥaḡ)</span><br /><span class="parse">Conjunctive waw | 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">שָׁבֻעֹת֙</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">with the firstfruits</span><br /><span class="heb">בִּכּוּרֵ֖י</span> <span class="translit">(bik·kū·rê)</span><br /><span class="parse">Noun - masculine plural construct<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">of the wheat</span><br /><span class="heb">חִטִּ֑ים</span> <span class="translit">(ḥiṭ·ṭîm)</span><br /><span class="parse">Noun - feminine plural<br /></span><span class="str"><a href="/hebrew/strongs_2406.htm">Strong's 2406: </a> </span><span class="str2">Wheat</span><br /><br /><span class="word">harvest,</span><br /><span class="heb">קְצִ֣יר</span> <span class="translit">(qə·ṣîr)</span><br /><span class="parse">Noun - masculine singular construct<br /></span><span class="str"><a href="/hebrew/strongs_7105.htm">Strong's 7105: </a> </span><span class="str2">Severed, harvest, the crop, the time, the reaper, a limb</span><br /><br /><span class="word">and the Feast</span><br /><span class="heb">וְחַג֙</span> <span class="translit">(wə·ḥaḡ)</span><br /><span class="parse">Conjunctive waw | 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 Ingathering</span><br /><span class="heb">הָֽאָסִ֔יף</span> <span class="translit">(hā·’ā·sîp̄)</span><br /><span class="parse">Article | Noun - masculine singular<br /></span><span class="str"><a href="/hebrew/strongs_614.htm">Strong's 614: </a> </span><span class="str2">Gathered, a gathering in of crops</span><br /><br /><span class="word">at the turn</span><br /><span class="heb">תְּקוּפַ֖ת</span> <span class="translit">(tə·qū·p̄aṯ)</span><br /><span class="parse">Noun - feminine singular construct<br /></span><span class="str"><a href="/hebrew/strongs_8622.htm">Strong's 8622: </a> </span><span class="str2">A revolution, course, lapse</span><br /><br /><span class="word">of the year.</span><br /><span class="heb">הַשָּׁנָֽה׃</span> <span class="translit">(haš·šā·nāh)</span><br /><span class="parse">Article | Noun - feminine singular<br /></span><span class="str"><a href="/hebrew/strongs_8141.htm">Strong's 8141: </a> </span><span class="str2">A year</span><br /><span class="p"><br /><br /></span><div class="vheading">Links</div><a href="/niv/exodus/34-22.htm">Exodus 34:22 NIV</a><br /><a href="/nlt/exodus/34-22.htm">Exodus 34:22 NLT</a><br /><a href="/esv/exodus/34-22.htm">Exodus 34:22 ESV</a><br /><a href="/nasb/exodus/34-22.htm">Exodus 34:22 NASB</a><br /><a href="/kjv/exodus/34-22.htm">Exodus 34:22 KJV</a><span class="p"><br /><br /></span><a href="//bibleapps.com/exodus/34-22.htm">Exodus 34:22 BibleApps.com</a><br /><a href="//bibliaparalela.com/exodus/34-22.htm">Exodus 34:22 Biblia Paralela</a><br /><a href="//holybible.com.cn/exodus/34-22.htm">Exodus 34:22 Chinese Bible</a><br /><a href="//saintebible.com/exodus/34-22.htm">Exodus 34:22 French Bible</a><br /><a href="/catholic/exodus/34-22.htm">Exodus 34:22 Catholic Bible</a><span class="p"><br /><br /></span><a href="/exodus/34-22.htm">OT Law: Exodus 34:22 You shall observe the feast of weeks (Exo. 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