Exodus 34:22

And you are to celebrate the Feast of Weeks with the firstfruits of the wheat harvest, and the Feast of Ingathering at the turn of the year.

Berean Standard Bible

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Study note

Setting — God commands Moses to observe agricultural festivals, situated between instructions to rest during plowing and harvest seasons and the mandate for Israelite males to appear before Him three times yearly.

The words — The text highlights שָׁבֻעֹת (Shavuot, weeks) for the wheat harvest and הָאָסִף (Ha'asif, ingathering) for the year-end festival.

The thread — These observances restate the Feast of Harvest and Ingathering commands from Exodus 23:16 and anchor the three annual appearances before the Lord detailed in Exodus 34:23.

Why it lands — The text commands the celebration of two specific harvest festivals at designated agricultural cycles, requiring the people to mark their yearly labor with structured worship.

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The Hebrew words

וְחַ֤גve./Chagand/ [the] festival of שָׁבֻעֹת֙sha.vu.'Otweeks תַּעֲשֶׂ֣הta.'a.Sehyou will celebrateלְךָ֔le./Khafor <the>/ yourselfבִּכּוּרֵ֖יbi.ku.Rei[the] first-fruits of קְצִ֣ירke.Tzir[the] harvest of חִטִּ֑יםchi.Timwheat<s>וְחַג֙ve./Chagand/ [the] festival of הָֽאָסִ֔יףha./'a.Sifthe/ ingathering תְּקוּפַ֖תte.ku.Fat[the] circuit of הַשָּׁנָֽה׃ha./sha.Nahthe/ year

King James Version

And thou shalt observe the feast of weeks, of the firstfruits of wheat harvest, and the feast of ingathering at the year’s end.

Cross-references

Exodus 23:16 You are also to keep the Feast of Harvest with the firstfruits of the produce from what you sow in the field. And keep the Feast of Ingathering at the end of the year, when you gather your produce from the field.
Deuteronomy 16:10 And you shall celebrate the Feast of Weeks to the LORD your God with a freewill offering that you give in proportion to how the LORD your God has blessed you,
Numbers 28:16 The fourteenth day of the first month is the LORD’s Passover.
John 7:2 However, the Jewish Feast of Tabernacles was near.
Numbers 29:12 On the fifteenth day of the seventh month, you are to hold a sacred assembly; you must not do any regular work, and you shall observe a feast to the LORD for seven days.
Acts 2:1 When the day of Pentecost came, they were all together in one place.