Six days shalt thou eat unleavened bread, and the seventh day shall be a solemn assembly to the Lord thy God: thou shalt do no work therein.

¶ Seven weeks shalt thou [a]number unto thee, and shalt begin to number the seven weeks, when thou beginnest to put the sickle to the corn:

10 And thou shalt keep the feast of weeks unto the Lord thy God, [b]even a free gift of thine hand, which thou shalt give unto the Lord thy God, as the Lord thy God hath blessed thee.

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Footnotes

  1. Deuteronomy 16:9 Beginning at the next morning after the Passover, Lev. 23:15; Exod. 13:4.
  2. Deuteronomy 16:10 Or, as thou art able, willingly.

For six days eat unleavened bread and on the seventh day hold an assembly(A) to the Lord your God and do no work.(B)

The Festival of Weeks(C)

Count off seven weeks(D) from the time you begin to put the sickle to the standing grain.(E) 10 Then celebrate the Festival of Weeks to the Lord your God by giving a freewill offering in proportion to the blessings the Lord your God has given you.

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