Numbers 28:26
in Numbers 28On the day of firstfruits, when you present an offering of new grain to the LORD during the Feast of Weeks, you are to hold a sacred assembly; you must not do any regular work.
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The same verse in ASV and KJV ▾
ASV
Also in the day of the first-fruits, when ye offer a new meal-offering unto Jehovah in your feast of weeks, ye shall have a holy convocation; ye shall do no servile work;
KJV
Also in the day of the firstfruits, when ye bring a new meat offering unto the Lord, after your weeks be out, ye shall have an holy convocation; ye shall do no servile work:
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This verse in Numbers 28
Commentary
6 notes on this verseIt was at this feast that the Spirit was poured out ( Acts ii. 1 , &c.), and thousands were converted by the preaching of the apostles, and were presented to Christ, to be a kind of first-fruits of his creatures. The sacrifice that was to be offered with the loaves of the first-fruits was appointed, Lev. xxiii.
This site's exposition
in the day of the firstfruits
on Numbers 28:26-31
This feast carries no date in any month. It is placed by counting, after your weeks be out, which Leviticus 23:15-16 measures as fifty days from the sheaf of the wave offering, and it is the one appointment in the chapter fixed by a tally rather than by a day of the month. Acts 2:1 has the disciples together when that counted day was fully come. The chapter closes here, and the offerings of the seventh month, the trumpets, the day of atonement and the booths, are held over to chapter 29.
The record, by era
The Puritans and the Awakening2 voices
4 The one lamb shalt thou offer in the morning, and the other lamb shalt thou offer at even; 5 And a tenth part of an ephah of flour for a meat offering, mingled with the fourth part of an hin of beaten oil. 6 It is a continual burnt offering, which was ordained in mount Sinai for a sweet savour, a sacrifice made by fire unto the L ORD .
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Also in the day of the firstfruits,....
The Nineteenth Century2 voices
Day of the first-fruits - Called also the feast of weeks, and the feast of pentecost. See it explained Exo 23:14 (note), and Lev 23:15 (note).
A commentator
Albert Barnes1798–1870
Notes, Explanatory and Practical, on the Old and New Testaments (1832-1869)
proposed
The festival offering at the season of first-fruits was to be offered on one day only; and was the same with that of the new moon and Passover. It nearly though not entirely accords with the sacrificial offering prescribed in Lev 23:18 ff.
The words behind it
16 Hebrew wordsEvery Hebrew word of this verse in the order it stands, with what it means and the door to its own study. The last column counts the times a word stands in the whole Bible: the rarer the word, the more the places it appears belong together.
| Hebrew | Sound | Meaning | Word study | In the Bible |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| וּבְי֣וֹם | uveyom | and on [the] day of | H3117 → | 2304 times |
| הַבִּכּוּרִ֗ים | habikurim | the first-fruits | H1061 → | 17 times |
| בְּהַקְרִ֨יבְכֶ֜ם | behakrivekhem | when bring near you | H7126 → | 280 times |
| מִנְחָ֤ה | minchah | a grain offering | H4503 → | 211 times |
| חֲדָשָׁה֙ | chadashah | new | H2319 → | |
| לַֽיהוָ֔ה | layahweh | to Yahweh | H3068 → | 6520 times |
| בְּשָׁבֻעֹ֖תֵיכֶ֑ם | beshavuoteikhem | at weeks your | H7620 → | |
| מִֽקְרָא־ | mikra'- | a convocation of | H4744 → | 23 times |
| קֹ֙דֶשׁ֙ | kodesh | holiness | H6944 → | 469 times |
| יִהְיֶ֣ה | yihyeh | it will be | H1961 → | 3559 times |
| לָכֶ֔ם | lakhem | to <the> you | ||
| כָּל־ | kol- | any | H3605 → | 5413 times |
| מְלֶ֥אכֶת | melekhet | work of | H4399 → | 167 times |
| עֲבֹדָ֖ה | ʾavodah | servitude | H5656 → | 145 times |
| לֹ֥א | lo' | not | H3808 → | 5168 times |
| תַעֲשֽׂוּ׃ | taasu | you will do | H6213 → | 2628 times |
וּבְי֣וֹםand on [the] day of
uveyomH3117 →2304 times
הַבִּכּוּרִ֗יםthe first-fruits
habikurimH1061 →17 times
בְּהַקְרִ֨יבְכֶ֜םwhen bring near you
behakrivekhemH7126 →280 times
מִנְחָ֤הa grain offering
minchahH4503 →211 times
חֲדָשָׁה֙new
chadashahH2319 →
לַֽיהוָ֔הto Yahweh
layahwehH3068 →6520 times
בְּשָׁבֻעֹ֖תֵיכֶ֑םat weeks your
beshavuoteikhemH7620 →
מִֽקְרָא־a convocation of
mikra'-H4744 →23 times
קֹ֙דֶשׁ֙holiness
kodeshH6944 →469 times
יִהְיֶ֣הit will be
yihyehH1961 →3559 times
לָכֶ֔םto <the> you
lakhem
כָּל־any
kol-H3605 →5413 times
מְלֶ֥אכֶתwork of
melekhetH4399 →167 times
עֲבֹדָ֖הservitude
ʾavodahH5656 →145 times
לֹ֥אnot
lo'H3808 →5168 times
תַעֲשֽׂוּ׃you will do
taasuH6213 →2628 times
A shaded row is a word that stands 400 times or fewer in the Bible.
The walk
8 stopsEach card is a verse this one points to, and under it the verses that one points to in turn. Where several paths arrive at the same place, that place is listed first: the text keeps returning to it.
Through
Exodus 23:16You 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,…
it leads to
- 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.
- Leviticus 23:9–21
And the LORD said to Moses,
- Leviticus 23:34–44
“Speak to the Israelites and say, ‘On the fifteenth day of the seventh month the Feast of Tabernacles to the LORD begins, and it continues for seven days.
- Deuteronomy 16:9–15
You are to count off seven weeks from the time you first put the sickle to the standing grain.
- Exodus 34:22
Through
Leviticus 23:10“Speak to the Israelites and say, ‘When you enter the land that I am giving you and you reap its harvest, you are to bring to the priest a sheaf of the firstfruits of…
it leads to
- Exodus 34:26
Bring the best of the firstfruits of your soil to the house of the LORD your God. You must not cook a young goat in its mother’s milk.”
- Exodus 23:19
Bring the best of the firstfruits of your soil to the house of the LORD your God. You must not cook a young goat in its mother’s milk.
- Exodus 34:26
Through
Exodus 34:22And 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.
it leads to
- 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,…
- Deuteronomy 16:10–15
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,
- Exodus 23:16
About Numbers
This page draws on Adam Clarke, Commentary on the Bible; Albert Barnes, Notes, Explanatory and Practical, on the Old and New Testaments (1832-1869); John Gill, Exposition of the Old Testament (1748-1763) and Matthew Henry, Commentary on the Whole Bible.