Leviticus 23 · Verse 17

Leviticus 23:17

Ye shall bring out of your habitations two wave loaves of two tenth deals: they shall be of fine flour; they shall be baken with leaven; they are the firstfruits unto the Lord.
Leviticus 23:17, King James Version

Leviticus 23:17 in other translations

BSBBring two loaves of bread from your dwellings as a wave offering, each made from two-tenths of an ephah of fine flour, baked with leaven, as the firstfruits to the LORD.
WEBYou shall bring out of your habitations two loaves of bread for a wave offering made of two tenths of an ephah of fine flour. They shall be baked with yeast, for first fruits to the LORD.
ASVYe shall bring out of your habitations two wave-loaves of two tenth parts of an ephah: they shall be of fine flour, they shall be baken with leaven, for first-fruits unto Jehovah.
YLTout of your dwellings ye bring in bread of a wave-offering, two loaves, of two tenth deals of flour they are, with yeast they are baken, first- fruits to Jehovah.
DARBYOut of your dwellings shall ye bring two wave-loaves, of two tenths of fine flour; with leaven shall they be baken; as first-fruits to Jehovah.
BBETake from your houses two cakes of bread, made of a fifth part of an ephah of the best meal, cooked with leaven, to be waved for first-fruits to the Lord.
WebsterYe shall bring out of your habitations two wave-loaves of two tenth-parts: they shall be of fine flour, they shall be baked with leaven, they are the first-fruits to the LORD.

What does Leviticus 23:17 mean?

Jamieson-Fausset-Brown
17. Ye shall bring out of your habitations two wave loaves of two tenth deals, &c.--These loaves were made of "fine" or wheaten flour, the quantity contained in them being somewhat more than ten pounds in weight. As the wave-sheaf gave the signal for the commencement, the two loaves solemnized the termination of the harvest season. They were the first-fruits of that season, being offered unto the Lord by the priest in name of the whole nation. (See Ex 34:22). The loaves used at the Passover were unleavened; those presented at Pentecost were leavened--a difference which is thus accounted for, that the one was a memorial of the bread hastily prepared at their departure, while the other was a tribute of gratitude to God for their daily food, which was leavened.

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

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Leviticus 23:17 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.

מִמּוֹשְׁבֹ֨תֵיכֶ֜םmi.mo.she.Vo.tei.Khemfrom dwelling places yourH4186
תָּבִ֣יאּוּ\׀ta.Vi'.'uyou will bringH935
לֶ֣חֶםLe.chembread ofH3899
תְּנוּפָ֗הte.nu.Faha wave-offeringH8573
שְׁ֚תַּיִםShe.ta.yimtwoH8147
שְׁנֵ֣יshe.NeitwoH8147
עֶשְׂרֹנִ֔ים'es.ro.NimtenthsH6241
סֹ֣לֶתSo.letfine flourH5560
תִּהְיֶ֔ינָהtih.Yei.nahthey will beH1961
חָמֵ֖ץcha.MetzleavenH2557
תֵּאָפֶ֑ינָהte.'a.Fei.nahthey will be bakedH644
בִּכּוּרִ֖יםbi.ku.Rimfirst-fruitsH1061
לַֽיהוָֽה\׃la.Yah.wehto YahwehH3068

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Cross references for Leviticus 23:17

  • Leviticus 23:10

    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:

  • 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 23:19

    The first of the firstfruits of thy land thou shalt bring into the house of the Lord thy God. Thou shalt not seethe a kid in his mother’s milk.

  • Exodus 34:26

    The first of the firstfruits of thy land thou shalt bring unto the house of the Lord thy God. Thou shalt not seethe a kid in his mother’s milk.

  • Leviticus 7:13

    Besides the cakes, he shall offer for his offering leavened bread with the sacrifice of thanksgiving of his peace offerings.

  • 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:

  • Numbers 15:17

    And the Lord spake unto Moses, saying,

  • Leviticus 2:12

    As for the oblation of the firstfruits, ye shall offer them unto the Lord: but they shall not be burnt on the altar for a sweet savour.

  • Proverbs 3:9-10

    Honour the Lord with thy substance, and with the firstfruits of all thine increase: So shall thy barns be filled with plenty, and thy presses shall burst out with new wine.

  • James 1:18

    Of his own will begat he us with the word of truth, that we should be a kind of firstfruits of his creatures.

  • Deuteronomy 26:1-2

    And it shall be, when thou art come in unto the land which the Lord thy God giveth thee for an inheritance, and possessest it, and dwellest therein; That thou shalt take of the first of all the fruit of the earth, which thou shalt bring of thy land that the Lord thy God giveth thee, and shalt put it in a basket, and shalt go unto the place which the Lord thy God shall choose to place his name there.

  • Numbers 15:19-21

    Then it shall be, that, when ye eat of the bread of the land, ye shall offer up an heave offering unto the Lord. Ye shall offer up a cake of the first of your dough for an heave offering: as ye do the heave offering of the threshingfloor, so shall ye heave it. Of the first of your dough ye shall give unto the Lord an heave offering in your generations.

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Treasury of Scripture Knowledge
two wave.
Nu 28:26
leaven.
7:13; Mt 13:33
the first-fruits.
10; Ex 22:29; 23:16,19; 34:22,26; Nu 15:17,19-21; De 26:1,2
Pr 3:9,10; Ro 8:23; 1Co 15:20; Jas 1:18; Re 14:4

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Context

  • 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.

  • Leviticus 23:17

    Ye shall bring out of your habitations two wave loaves of two tenth deals: they shall be of fine flour; they shall be baken with leaven; they are the firstfruits unto the Lord.

  • Leviticus 23:18

    And ye shall offer with the bread seven lambs without blemish of the first year, and one young bullock, and two rams: they shall be for a burnt offering unto the Lord, with their meat offering, and their drink offerings, even an offering made by fire, of sweet savour unto the Lord.

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Leviticus 23:17 in other languages

Spanish
Reina-Valera 1909		De vuestras habitaciones traeréis dos panes para ofrenda mecida, que serán de dos décimas de flor de harina, cocidos con levadura, por primicias á Jehová.
French
Bible J.N. Darby 1885		vous apporterez de vos habitations deux pains, en offrande tournoyée; ils seront de deux dixièmes de fleur de farine; vous les cuirez avec du levain: ce sont les premiers fruits à l’ Éternel.
German
Elberfelder 1871		Aus euren Wohnungen sollt ihr Webebrote bringen, zwei von zwei Zehnteln Feinmehl sollen es sein, gesäuert sollen sie gebacken werden, als Erstlinge dem Jehova.
Latin
Clementine Vulgate		ex omnibus habitaculis vestris, panes primitiarum duos de duabus decimis similæ fermentatæ, quos coquetis in primitias Domini.