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At Pentecost. 26 On the day of first fruits,[a] on your feast of Weeks,(A) when you present to the Lord an offering of new grain, you will declare a holy day: you shall do no heavy work.

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  1. 28:26 The day of first fruits: a unique term for this feast, which is usually called “the feast of Weeks”; it was celebrated as a thanksgiving for the wheat harvest seven weeks after the barley harvest (Passover). In the time of Jesus it was commonly known by the Greek word “Pentecost,” that is, “fiftieth” (day after the Passover); see note on Lv 23:16–21.