ISRAEL - FEAST OF THE WEEKS

Leviticus 23

Religious Suppers

   ¹The Lord said to Moses, ²"Say to the people of Israel, 'These are the special suppers of the Lord, which you will keep for holy meetings. These are My special suppers. ³Work may be done for six days. But the seventh day is the Day of Rest, a holy meeting when you do no work at all. It is the Day of Rest to the Lord in all your homes.

 

The Supper Of Bread Without Yeast

   ⁴'These are the special suppers of the Lord, the holy meetings you will keep at the right times. ⁵On the fourteenth day of the first month in the evening begins the Lord's religious gathering to remember how His people left Egypt. ⁶On the fifteenth day of the same month is the Lord's special supper of bread without yeast. For seven days you will eat bread made without yeast. ⁷On the first day you will have a holy meeting. You will not do any hard work. ⁸But you will give a gift by fire to the Lord for seven days. On the seventh day is a holy meeting. You will not do any hard work.' ''

 

The Supper Of First Fruits

   ⁹Then the Lord said to Moses, ¹⁰"Say to the people of Israel, 'When you come into the land I am going to give you and gather its grain, bring some of the first fruits of your grain to the religious leader. ¹¹He will wave the grain before the Lord for you to be received. The religious leader will wave it on the day after the Day of Rest. ¹²On the day when you wave the grain, you will give a perfect, one year old male lamb as a burnt gift to the Lord. ¹³The grain gift with it will be one-fifth part of a basket of fine flour mixed with oil. It is a gift by fire to the Lord for a pleasing smell. And the drink gift with it will be a jar of wine. ¹⁴Do not eat bread or dry grain or new grain until this same day, when you have brought the gift to your God. It is to be a Law forever for all your people in all your homes.

The Feast of Weeks

   ¹⁵" 'The day you brought the grain for the wave offering was the day after the Sabbath. Count off seven full weeks from that day. ¹⁶Count off 50 days up to the day after the seventh Sabbath. On that day bring me an offering of your first grain. ¹⁷Bring two loaves of bread that are made with 16 cups of fine flour. They must be baked with yeast. Bring them to me as a wave offering from the first share of your crops. That applies no matter where you live.

    ¹⁸" 'Together with the bread, bring seven male lambs. Each lamb must be a year old. It must not have any flaws. Also bring one young bull and two rams. They will be a burnt offering to me. They will be offered together with their grain offerings and drink offerings. They are an offering that is made with fire. They give a pleasant smell to me.
    ¹⁹" 'Then sacrifice one male goat for a sin offering. Also sacrifice two lambs for a friendship offering. Each of the lambs must be a year old. ²⁰The priest must lift the two lambs up and wave them in front of me as a wave offering. He must offer them together with the bread that is made out of the first share of your crops. They are a sacred offering to me. They will be given to the priest.
    ²¹" 'On that same day tell the people that they must come together for a special service. They must not do any regular work. That is a law that will last for all time to come. It applies no matter where you live.

……. And Moses declared unto the children of Israel the feasts of the Lord.  Leviticus 24:44

 

In Christ,

Janet Irene Thomas

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