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Deuteronomy 16:8-10
New English Translation
Deuteronomy 16:8-10
New English Translation
8 You must eat bread made without yeast for six days. The seventh day you are to hold an assembly for the Lord your God; you must not do any work on that day.[a]
The Feast of Weeks
9 You must count seven weeks; you must begin to count them[b] from the time you begin to harvest the standing grain. 10 Then you are to celebrate the Feast of Weeks[c] before the Lord your God with the voluntary offering[d] that you will bring, in proportion to how he[e] has blessed you.
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- Deuteronomy 16:8 tn The words “on that day” are not in the Hebrew text; they are supplied in the translation for clarification (cf. TEV, NLT).
- Deuteronomy 16:9 tn Heb “the seven weeks.” The translation uses a pronoun to avoid redundancy in English.
- Deuteronomy 16:10 tn The Hebrew phrase חַג שָׁבֻעוֹת (khag shavuʿot) is otherwise known in the OT (Exod 23:16) as קָצִיר (qatsir, “harvest”) and in the NT as πεντηχοστή (pentēhchostē, “Pentecost”).
- Deuteronomy 16:10 tn Heb “the sufficiency of the offering of your hand.”
- Deuteronomy 16:10 tn Heb “the Lord your God.” See note on “he” in 16:1.
Deuteronomy 16:8-10
New International Version
Deuteronomy 16:8-10
New International Version
8 For six days eat unleavened bread and on the seventh day hold an assembly(A) to the Lord your God and do no work.(B)
The Festival of Weeks(C)
9 Count off seven weeks(D) from the time you begin to put the sickle to the standing grain.(E) 10 Then celebrate the Festival of Weeks to the Lord your God by giving a freewill offering in proportion to the blessings the Lord your God has given you.
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