To Be Fifty Days From The Second Day Of The Passover.)
Lev. 23:15-16 — "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:"...cont.
Deut 16:9 — "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."
To Be A "Holy Convocation.")
Lev. 23:21 — "And ye shall proclaim on the selfsame day, that it may be an holy convocation unto you: ye shall do no servile work therein: it shall be a statute for ever in all your dwellings throughout your generations."
Its Chief Ceremony, The Offering Of The Firstfruits Of Harvest.)
In the later Jewish History it was kept in commemoration also of the Giving of the Law.-H.
Lev. 23:17-20 — "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."...cont.
A Freewill Offering To Be Made.)
Deut 16:10 — "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:"
To Be Kept With Rejoicing.)
Deut 16:11-12 — "And thou shalt rejoice before the LORD thy God, thou, and thy son, and thy daughter, and thy manservant, and thy maidservant, and the Levite that is within thy gates, and the stranger, and the fatherless, and the widow, that are among you, in the place which the LORD thy God hath chosen to place his name there."...cont.
The Apostolic Pentecost.)
Acts 2:1 — "And when the day of Pentecost was fully come, they were all with one accord in one place."
Indications Of Its Continued Observance By The Apostolic Church.)
Acts 18:20-21 — "When they desired him to tarry longer time with them, he consented not;"...cont.
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Acts 20:16 — "For Paul had determined to sail by Ephesus, because he would not spend the time in Asia: for he hasted, if it were possible for him, to be at Jerusalem the day of Pentecost."
1 Cor. 16:8 — "But I will tarry at Ephesus until Pentecost."
