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24 This is the way that you will offer the food of the offering made by fire each day for seven days, a pleasing fragrance to the Lord. It is offered in addition to the regular burnt offerings and their drink offerings. 25 On the seventh day you will have a holy assembly; you are not to do any heavy labor.

26 Pentecost.[a]“ ‘On the day of the firstfruits,[b] when you bring a new cereal offering to the Lord for the Feast of Weeks, you are to have a holy assembly; you are not to do any heavy labor.

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Footnotes

  1. Numbers 28:26 Pentecost, which comes seven weeks after Passover, celebrates the harvest and commemorates God’s self-revelation on Sinai after the departure from Egypt (see Lev 23:15-21).
  2. Numbers 28:26 Day of the firstfruits: usually referred to as the Feast of Weeks.

24 In this way present the food offering every day for seven days as an aroma pleasing to the Lord;(A) it is to be offered in addition to the regular burnt offering and its drink offering. 25 On the seventh day hold a sacred assembly and do no regular work.

The Festival of Weeks(B)

26 “‘On the day of firstfruits,(C) when you present to the Lord an offering of new grain during the Festival of Weeks,(D) hold a sacred assembly and do no regular work.(E)

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