Pentecost

How Nave’s arranged it

• Called
• FEAST OF WEEKSExodus 34:22Deuteronomy 16:10
• FEAST OF HARVESTExodus 23:16
• DAY OF FIRST FRUITSNumbers 28:26
• DAY OF PENTECOSTActs 2:1Acts 20:161 Corinthians 16:8
• Institution ofExodus 23:16Exodus 34:22Leviticus 23:15–21Numbers 28:26–31Deuteronomy 16:9–12Deuteronomy 16:16
• Holy Spirit given to the apostles on the first day ofActs 2
• See Feasts

The passages, in Bible order (10)

The same references, sorted Genesis to Revelation. The first 10 are quoted in full; the rest are one click beneath them, book by book.

1. Exodus 23:16

   You are also to keep the Feast of Harvest with the firstfruits of the produce from what you sow in the field. And keep the Feast of Ingathering at the end of the year, when you gather your produce from the field.

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   “And the feast of harvest,....

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2. Exodus 34:22

   And 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.

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   “And thou shalt observe the feast of weeks,....

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3. Leviticus 23:15–21

   From the day after the Sabbath, the day you brought the sheaf of the wave offering, you are to count off seven full weeks.

   ›Commentary on Leviticus 23:15–212 voices

   “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.

   “And ye shall count unto you from the morrow after the sabbath,....

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4. Numbers 28:26

   On the day of firstfruits, when you present an offering of new grain to the LORD during the Feast of Weeks, you are to hold a sacred assembly; you must not do any regular work.

   ›Commentary on Numbers 28:262 voices

   “Day of the first-fruits - Called also the feast of weeks, and the feast of pentecost. See it explained Exo 23:14 (note), and Lev 23:15 (note).

   “Also in the day of the firstfruits,....

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5. Deuteronomy 16:9–12

   You are to count off seven weeks from the time you first put the sickle to the standing grain.

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   “There was plainly realized the number of this festival, which we read was figuratively foreshadowed in the Old Testament too, when it was ordered that at the end of seven weeks the bread of first fruits was to be offered to the Lord by the priests. This in very truth is recognized as having been offered to the Lord by the preaching of the apostles with which they are said to have exhorted the people on that day.

   “Seven weeks then shalt thou number unto thee,....

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6. Deuteronomy 16:10

   And you shall celebrate the Feast of Weeks to the LORD your God with a freewill offering that you give in proportion to how the LORD your God has blessed you,

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   “An offering of "first fruits," that is, from the beginning of the harvest, is commanded. If you remember well, the law commands this is to be done on the day of Pentecost. This was obviously given to them as a "shadow," but the truth was reserved for us. For on the day of Pentecost, after they offered up the sacrifice of prayers, the church of the apostles received the first fruits of the coming of the Holy Spirit.

   “And thou shall keep the feast of weeks unto the Lord thy God,....

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7. Deuteronomy 16:16

   Three times a year all your men are to appear before the LORD your God in the place He will choose: at the Feast of Unleavened Bread, the Feast of Weeks, and the Feast of Tabernacles. No one should appear before the LORD empty-handed.

   ›Commentary on Deuteronomy 16:162 voices

   “He appears emptyhanded in the sight of the Lord who brings none of the fruits of his labor with him. One man seethes with desire to increase his power; another pants with longing to gather praise. But because the dying man leaves all these things …

   “Three times a year shall all thy males appear before the Lord thy God,....

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8. Acts 2:1

   When the day of Pentecost came, they were all together in one place.

   ›Commentary on Acts 2:11 voice

   “The first infusion of the Holy Spirit into the congregated disciples took place at "the third hour." Peter, on the day on which he experienced the vision of Universal Community, (exhibited) in that small vessel, had ascended into the more lofty parts of the house, for prayer's sake "at the sixth hour.

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9. Acts 20:16

   Paul had decided to sail past Ephesus to avoid spending time in the province of Asia, because he was in a hurry to reach Jerusalem, if possible, by the day of Pentecost.

   ›Commentary on Acts 20:162 voices

   “For he was hastening, if it were possible for him, to observe the day of Pentecost in Jerusalem. In Greek, it is written as the Day of Pentecost, that is, the fiftieth day. Therefore note that the time of Passover and Pentecost were also celebrated …

   “For Paul had determined to sail by Ephesus,....

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10. 1 Corinthians 16:8

    But I will stay in Ephesus until Pentecost,

    ›Commentary on 1 Corinthians 16:82 voices

    “In another way, he excuses himself, and this would seem the more literal meaning, because it was necessary for him to remain for a long time at Ephesus, which is in Asia. And so he says, but I will stay in Ephesus until Pentecost. Perhaps …

    “But I will tarry at Ephesus till Pentecost.

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