And the Lord spake unto Moses, saying,
And Jehovah spake unto Moses, saying,
And Jehovah speaketh unto Moses, saying,
And Jehovah spoke to Moses, saying,
Rabbinic commentary
How the Hebraic tradition has read this verse — and Marcus Brown’s own reading of it.
Leviticus — A holy people before a holy God. Five offerings, a priesthood, a purity code — and at the centre, a single day that carries the sins of a year to a cleansed Most Holy Place.
The verses this one reaches1
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.
Voices2
And the Lord spake unto Moses,.... At the same time, for what follow are the other feasts and holy convocations before spoken of: saying; as follows.
John Gill· Exposition of the Old Testament (1748-1763)reformed
These verses contain a distinct command regarding the religious services immediately connected with the grain harvest, given by anticipation against the time when the people were to possess the promised land. Lev 23:10 Sheaf - The original word, omer, means either a sheaf Deu 24:19; Rth 2:7, or a measure Exo 16:16. Our version is probably right in this place. The offering which was waved Lev 7:30 was most likely a small sheaf of barley, the grain which is first ripe. The first fruits of the wheat harvest were offered seven weeks later in the loaves of Pentecost.
Albert Barnes· Notes, Explanatory and Practical, on the Old and New Testaments (1832-1869)evangelical
