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:
The three yearly feasts kept up communion between God and His people and preserved the face of religion in the nation. One week only was festival, yet their solemn preparation before and serious reflection afterward amounted to observance of the whole month; thus the ceremonies themselves became the means by which God's truth took root in their hearts.
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Commenting on Deuteronomy 16:1-17
And thou shall keep the feast of weeks unto the Lord thy God,.... The feast of Pentecost, at which time the Spirit was poured down upon the apostles, Act 2:1. with a tribute of a freewill offering of thine hand; there were two wave loaves which were ordered to be brought and seven lambs, one young bullock and two rams for a burnt offering, together...
Deu 16:9-12 With regard to the Feast of Weeks (see at Exo 23:16), it is stated that the time for its observance was to be reckoned from the Passover. Seven weeks shall they count “from the beginning of the sickle to the corn,” i.e., from the time when the sickle began to be applied to the corn, or from the commencement of the corn-harvest.
Commenting on Deuteronomy 16:9-12