Bible Verses About Pentecost: Institution of

Next, the festival of harvest, the firstfruits of your efforts sowing in the field; and last, the festival of ingathering, at the end of the year, when you gather in from the fields the results of your efforts.

"Observe the festival of Shavu'ot with the first-gathered produce of the wheat harvest, and the festival of ingathering at the turn of the year.

"'From the day after the day of rest -that is, from the day you bring the sheaf for waving -you are to count seven full weeks,

until the day after the seventh week; you are to count fifty days; and then you are to present a new grain offering to ADONAI.

You must bring bread from your homes for waving-two loaves made with one gallon of fine flour, baked with leaven -as firstfruits for ADONAI.

Along with the bread, present seven lambs without defect one year old, one young bull and two rams; these will be a burnt offering for ADONAI, with their grain and drink offerings, an offering made by fire as a fragrant aroma for ADONAI.

Offer one male goat as a sin offering and two male lambs one year old as a sacrifice of peace offerings

The cohen will wave them with the bread of the firstfruits as a wave offering before ADONAI, with the two lambs; these will be holy for ADONAI for the cohen.

On the same day, you are to call a holy convocation; do not do any kind of ordinary work; this is a permanent regulation through all your generations, no matter where you live

"'On the day of the firstfruits, when you bring a new grain offering to ADONAI in your feast of Shavu'ot, you are to have a holy convocation; do not do any kind of ordinary work;

but present a burnt offering as a fragrant aroma for ADONAI, consisting of two young bulls, one ram, seven male lambs in their first year,

and their grain offering - fine flour mixed with olive oil, six quarts for each bull, four quarts for the one ram,

and two quarts for each of the seven lambs -

plus a male goat to make atonement for you.

You are to offer these in addition to the regular burnt offering and its grain offering (they are to be without defect for you), with their drink offerings.

"You are to count seven weeks; you are to begin counting seven weeks from the time you first put your sickle to the standing grain.

You are to observe the festival of Shavu'ot [weeks] for ADONAI your God with a voluntary offering, which you are to give in accordance with the degree to which ADONAI your God has prospered you.

You are to rejoice in the presence of ADONAI your God - you, your sons and daughters, your male and female slaves, the L'vi'im living in your towns, and the foreigners, orphans and widows living among you - in the place where ADONAI your God will choose to have his name live.

Remember that you were a slave in Egypt; then you will keep and obey these laws.

"Three times a year all your men are to appear in the presence of ADONAI your God in the place which he will choose - at the festival of matzah, at the festival of Shavu'ot and at the festival of Sukkot. They are not to show up before ADONAI empty-handed,