7361 Feast of Weeks
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This feast, which took place seven weeks after Passover in Sivan (May/June), was also known as the Feast of Pentecost. It expressed joy and thankfulness to God for the harvest.

The Feast of Weeks was one of three compulsory feasts

Exodus 23:16; Exodus 34:22

Offerings made at the Feast of Weeks

The firstfruits of the wheat harvest were offered to God

Numbers 28:26; Deuteronomy 16:10 The offerings brought were to be in proportion to the harvest.

Two loaves of bread were also offered

Leviticus 23:17

Burnt offerings and sin offerings were made

Leviticus 23:18-20 pp Numbers 28:27-30

The Feast of Weeks (Pentecost) in the NT

Acts 2:1-4 The term “Pentecost” refers to the 50 days that separate this feast from the Passover Sabbath.

See also

4442  firstfruits
4464  harvest
7322  burnt offering
7402  offerings
7408  Pentecost
7444  sin offering
8352  thankfulness



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