Leviticus 23 · Verse 15

Leviticus 23:15

And ye shall count unto you from the morrow after the sabbath, from the day that ye brought the sheaf of the wave offering; seven sabbaths shall be complete:
Leviticus 23:15, King James Version

Leviticus 23:15 in other translations

BSBFrom the day after the Sabbath, the day you brought the sheaf of the wave offering, you are to count off seven full weeks.
WEB“‘You shall count from the next day after the Sabbath, from the day that you brought the sheaf of the wave offering: seven Sabbaths shall be completed.
ASVAnd ye shall count unto you from the morrow after the sabbath, from the day that ye brought the sheaf of the wave-offering; seven sabbaths shall there be complete:
YLT‘And ye have numbered to you from the morrow of the sabbath, from the day of your bringing in the sheaf of the wave-offering: they are seven perfect sabbaths;
DARBYAnd ye shall count from the morning after the sabbath, from the day that ye brought the sheaf of the wave-offering, seven weeks; they shall be complete;
BBEAnd let seven full weeks be numbered from the day after the Sabbath, the day when you give the grain for the wave offering;
WebsterAnd ye shall count to you from the morrow after the sabbath, from the day that ye brought the sheaf of the wave-offering; seven sabbaths shall be complete:

What does Leviticus 23:15 mean?

Jamieson-Fausset-Brown

Le 23:15-22. Feast of Pentecost.

15. ye shall count unto you from the morrow after the sabbath--that is, after the first day of the passover week, which was observed as a Sabbath.

Robert Jamieson, A. R. Fausset & David Brown, 1871 · public domain

Adam Clarke's Commentary
Verse 15 Ye shall count unto you - seven Sabbaths - That is, from the sixteenth of the first month to the sixth of the third month. These seven weeks, called here Sabbaths, were to be complete, i. e., the forty-nine days must be finished, and the next day, the fiftieth, is what, from the Septuagint, we call pentecost. See the note on Luk 6:1.

Adam Clarke, 1831 · public domain

Matthew Henry's Concise Commentary on Leviticus 23:15-22
The feast of Weeks was held in remembrance of the giving of the law, fifty days after the departure from Egypt; and looked forward to the outpouring of the Holy Ghost, fifty days after Christ our Passover was sacrificed for us. On that day the apostles presented the first-fruits of the Christian church to God. To the institution of the feast of Pentecost, is added a repetition of that law, by which they were required to leave the gleanings of their fields. Those who are truly sensible of the mercy they received from God, will show mercy to the poor without grudging.

Matthew Henry, 1706 · public domain

Leviticus 23:15 in the original Hebrew

Word-by-word with transliteration, English gloss and Strong's number. Tap a number for the full definition and every place the word is used.

וּסְפַרְתֶּ֤םu.se.far.Temand you will countH5608
לָכֶם֙la.Khemfor <the> yourselves
מִמָּחֳרַ֣תmi.mo.cho.Ratfrom [the] next day ofH4283
הַשַּׁבָּ֔תha.sha.Batthe sabbathH7676
מִיּוֹם֙mi.yOmfrom [the] dayH3117
הֲבִ֣יאֲכֶ֔םha.Vi.'a.Khembrought youH935
אֶת\־'et-<obj.>H853
עֹ֖מֶר'O.mer[the] sheaf ofH6016
הַתְּנוּפָ֑הha.te.nu.Fahthe wave-offeringH8573
שֶׁ֥בַעShe.va'sevenH7651
שַׁבָּת֖וֹתsha.ba.TotsabbathsH7676
תְּמִימֹ֥תte.mi.MotcompleteH8549
תִּהְיֶֽינָה\׃tih.Yei.nahthey will beH1961

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

Cross references for Leviticus 23:15

  • Leviticus 23:10-11

    Speak unto the children of Israel, and say unto them, When ye be come into the land which I give unto you, and shall reap the harvest thereof, then ye shall bring a sheaf of the firstfruits of your harvest unto the priest: And he shall wave the sheaf before the Lord, to be accepted for you: on the morrow after the sabbath the priest shall wave it.

  • Leviticus 25:8

    And thou shalt number seven sabbaths of years unto thee, seven times seven years; and the space of the seven sabbaths of years shall be unto thee forty and nine years.

  • Deuteronomy 16:9-10

    Seven weeks shalt thou number unto thee: begin to number the seven weeks from such time as thou beginnest to put the sickle to the corn. 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:

  • 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.

  • Numbers 28:26

    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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Treasury of Scripture Knowledge
10,11; 25:8; Ex 34:22; De 16:9,10

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Context

  • Leviticus 23:14

    And ye shall eat neither bread, nor parched corn, nor green ears, until the selfsame day that ye have brought an offering unto your God: it shall be a statute for ever throughout your generations in all your dwellings.

  • Leviticus 23:15

    And ye shall count unto you from the morrow after the sabbath, from the day that ye brought the sheaf of the wave offering; seven sabbaths shall be complete:

  • Leviticus 23:16

    Even unto the morrow after the seventh sabbath shall ye number fifty days; and ye shall offer a new meat offering unto the Lord.

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Leviticus 23:15 in other languages

Spanish
Reina-Valera 1909		Y os habéis de contar desde el siguiente día del sábado, desde el día en que ofrecisteis el omer de la ofrenda mecida; siete semanas cumplidas serán:
French
Bible J.N. Darby 1885		– Et vous compterez depuis le lendemain du sabbat, depuis le jour où vous aurez apporté la gerbe de l’offrande tournoyée, sept semaines; elles seront complètes:
German
Elberfelder 1871		Und ihr sollt euch zählen vom anderen Tage nach dem Sabbath, von dem Tage, da ihr die Webegarbe gebracht habt: es sollen sieben volle Wochen sein.
Latin
Clementine Vulgate		Numerabitis ergo ab altero die sabbati, in quo obtulistis manipulum primitiarum, septem hebdomadas plenas,