Exodus 34 · Verse 22

Exodus 34:22

And thou shalt observe the feast of weeks, of the firstfruits of wheat harvest, and the feast of ingathering at the year’s end.
Exodus 34:22, King James Version

Exodus 34:22 in other translations

BSBAnd 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.
WEB“You shall observe the feast of weeks with the first fruits of wheat harvest, and the feast of harvest at the year’s end.
ASVAnd thou shalt observe the feast of weeks, even of the first-fruits of wheat harvest, and the feast of ingathering at the year’s end.
YLT‘And a feast of weeks thou dost observe for thyself; first-fruits of wheat-harvest; and the feast of in-gathering, at the revolution of the year.
DARBY— And thou shalt observe the feast of weeks, of the first-fruits of wheat-harvest, and the feast of ingathering at the turn of the year.
BBEAnd you are to keep the feast of weeks when you get in the first-fruits of the grain, and the feast at the turn of the year when you take in the produce of your fields.
WebsterAnd thou shalt observe the feast of weeks, of the first-fruits of wheat-harvest, and the feast of in-gathering at the year's end.

What does Exodus 34:22 mean?

Jamieson-Fausset-Brown on Exodus 34:8-26

8-26. Moses bowed ... and worshipped--In the East, people bow the head to royalty, and are silent when it passes by, while in the West, they take off their hats and shout.

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Matthew Henry's Concise Commentary on Exodus 34:18-27

Once a week they must rest, even in ploughing time, and in harvest. All worldly business must give way to that holy rest; even harvest work will prosper the better, for the religious observance of the sabbath day in harvest time. We must show that we prefer our communion with God, and our duty to him, before the business or the joy of harvest. Thrice a year they must appear before the Lord God, the God of Israel…

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Exodus 34:22 in the original Hebrew

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וְחַ֤גve.Chagand [the] festival ofH2282
שָׁבֻעֹת֙sha.vu.'OtweeksH7620
תַּעֲשֶׂ֣הta.'a.Sehyou will celebrateH6213
לְךָ֔le.Khafor <the> yourself
בִּכּוּרֵ֖יbi.ku.Rei[the] first-fruits ofH1061
קְצִ֣ירke.Tzir[the] harvest ofH7105
חִטִּ֑יםchi.Timwheat<s>H2406
וְחַג֙ve.Chagand [the] festival ofH2282
הָֽאָסִ֔יףha.'a.Sifthe ingatheringH614
תְּקוּפַ֖תte.ku.Fat[the] circuit ofH8622
הַשָּׁנָֽה\׃ha.sha.Nahthe yearH8141

Source: STEPBible TAHOT/TAGNT (Tyndale House, CC BY 4.0).

Cross references for Exodus 34:22

  • Exodus 23:16

    And the feast of harvest, the firstfruits of thy labours, which thou hast sown in the field: and the feast of ingathering, which is in the end of the year, when thou hast gathered in thy labours out of the field.

  • Deuteronomy 16:10-15

    And thou shalt keep the feast of weeks unto the Lord thy God with a tribute of a freewill offering of thine hand, which thou shalt give unto the Lord thy God, according as the Lord thy God hath blessed thee: And thou shalt rejoice before the Lord thy God, thou, and thy son, and thy daughter, and thy manservant, and thy maidservant, and the Levite that is within thy gates, and the stranger, and the fatherless, and the widow, that are among you, in the place which the Lord thy God hath chosen to place his name there. And thou shalt remember that thou wast a bondman in Egypt: and thou shalt observe and do these statutes. Thou shalt observe the feast of tabernacles seven days, after that thou hast gathered in thy corn and thy wine: …

  • Numbers 28:16-31

    And in the fourteenth day of the first month is the passover of the Lord. And in the fifteenth day of this month is the feast: seven days shall unleavened bread be eaten. In the first day shall be an holy convocation; ye shall do no manner of servile work therein: But ye shall offer a sacrifice made by fire for a burnt offering unto the Lord; two young bullocks, and one ram, and seven lambs of the first year: they shall be unto you without blemish: …

  • John 7:2

    Now the Jews’ feast of tabernacles was at hand.

  • Acts 2:1

    And when the day of Pentecost was fully come, they were all with one accord in one place.

  • Numbers 29:12-39

    And on the fifteenth day of the seventh month ye shall have an holy convocation; ye shall do no servile work, and ye shall keep a feast unto the Lord seven days: And ye shall offer a burnt offering, a sacrifice made by fire, of a sweet savour unto the Lord; thirteen young bullocks, two rams, and fourteen lambs of the first year; they shall be without blemish: And their meat offering shall be of flour mingled with oil, three tenth deals unto every bullock of the thirteen bullocks, two tenth deals to each ram of the two rams, And a several tenth deal to each lamb of the fourteen lambs: …

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Treasury of Scripture Knowledge
feast of weeks.
23:16; Nu 28:16-31; 29:12-39; De 16:10-15; Joh 7:2; Ac 2:1
year's end. Heb. revolution of the year.

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Context

  • Exodus 34:21

    Six days thou shalt work, but on the seventh day thou shalt rest: in earing time and in harvest thou shalt rest.

  • Exodus 34:22

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

  • Exodus 34:23

    Thrice in the year shall all your men children appear before the Lord God, the God of Israel.

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Exodus 34:22 in other languages

Spanish
Reina-Valera 1909
Y te harás la fiesta de las semanas á los principios de la siega del trigo: y la fiesta de la cosecha á la vuelta del año.
French
Bible J.N. Darby 1885
– Et tu feras la fête des semaines, des premiers fruits de la moisson du froment, et la fête de la récolte, à la fin de l’année.
German
Elberfelder 1871
Und das Fest der Wochen, der Erstlinge der Weizenernte, sollst du feiern; und das Fest der Einsammlung beim Umlauf des Jahres. -
Latin
Clementine Vulgate
Solemnitatem hebdomadarum facies tibi in primitiis frugum messis tuæ triticeæ, et solemnitatem, quando redeunte anni tempore cuncta conduntur.