The Meaning of Leviticus 23:16 Explained

Leviticus 23:16

KJV: Even unto the morrow after the seventh sabbath shall ye number fifty days; and ye shall offer a new meat offering unto the LORD.

YLT: unto the morrow of the seventh sabbath ye do number fifty days, and ye have brought near a new present to Jehovah;

Darby: even unto the morning after the seventh sabbath shall ye count fifty days; and ye shall present a new oblation to Jehovah.

ASV: even unto the morrow after the seventh sabbath shall ye number fifty days; and ye shall offer a new meal-offering unto Jehovah.

KJV Reverse Interlinear

Even unto  the morrow  after the seventh  sabbath  shall ye number  fifty  days;  and ye shall offer  a new  meat offering  unto the LORD. 

What does Leviticus 23:16 Mean?

Study Notes

fifty days
The feast of Pentecost, Leviticus 23:15-22 . The anti-type is the descent of the Holy Spirit to form the church. For this reason leaven is present, because there is evil in the church; Matthew 13:33 ; Acts 5:1 ; Acts 5:10 ; Acts 15:1 . Observe, it is now loaves; not a sheaf of separate growths loosely bound together, but a real union of particles making one homogenous body. The descent of the Holy Spirit at Pentecost united the separated disciples into one organism.; 1 Corinthians 10:16 ; 1 Corinthians 10:17 ; 1 Corinthians 12:12 ; 1 Corinthians 12:13 ; 1 Corinthians 12:20 .

Context Summary

Leviticus 23:15-32 - Wave-Loaves, Trumpets And Atonement
The Hebrew feasts divide themselves into two groups, connected with the Passover and the Day of Atonement, respectively, and occurring in the first and seventh months of the year. First came the Passover, on the fourteenth day of the first month, followed closely by the Week of Unleavened Bread, and at a distance of seven weeks further on by the Feast of Pentecost (Pentecost is the Greek word for fifty; see Leviticus 23:16).
These three form the first group. Six months afterward, on the tenth day of the seventh month, came the most solemn day in the whole year-the Day of Atonement. It was preceded by the Feast of Trumpets, and followed closely by the Feast of Tabernacles. This was the second group. But each group set forth a distinct aspect of redemption. In the Passover, we are reminded that we were redeemed from sin: in the Atonement, that we are redeemed to God. Do not forget to find Christ's resurrection in Leviticus 23:11, and the first-fruits of the Spirit in Leviticus 23:17. [source]

Chapter Summary: Leviticus 23

1  The feasts of the Lord
3  the Sabbath
4  The Passover
9  The sheaf of firstfruits
15  The feast of Pentecost
22  Gleanings to be left for the poor
23  The feast of trumpets
26  The day of atonement
33  The feast of tabernacles

What do the individual words in Leviticus 23:16 mean?

Until the day after the Sabbath the seventh shall you number fifty days then you shall offer a grain offering new to Yahweh
עַ֣ד מִֽמָּחֳרַ֤ת הַשַּׁבָּת֙ הַשְּׁבִיעִ֔ת תִּסְפְּר֖וּ חֲמִשִּׁ֣ים י֑וֹם וְהִקְרַבְתֶּ֛ם מִנְחָ֥ה חֲדָשָׁ֖ה לַיהוָֽה

עַ֣ד  Until 
Parse: Preposition
Root: עַד  
Sense: as far as, even to, until, up to, while, as far as.
מִֽמָּחֳרַ֤ת  the  day  after 
Parse: Preposition-m, Noun, feminine singular construct
Root: מָחֳרָת  
Sense: the morrow, the day after.
הַשַּׁבָּת֙  the  Sabbath 
Parse: Article, Noun, common singular
Root: שַׁבָּת  
Sense: Sabbath.
הַשְּׁבִיעִ֔ת  the  seventh 
Parse: Article, Number, ordinal feminine singular
Root: שְׁבִיעִי  
Sense: seventh.
תִּסְפְּר֖וּ  shall  you  number 
Parse: Verb, Qal, Imperfect, second person masculine plural
Root: סָפַר 
Sense: to count, recount, relate.
חֲמִשִּׁ֣ים  fifty 
Parse: Number, common plural
Root: חֲמִשִּׁים 
Sense: fifty.
י֑וֹם  days 
Parse: Noun, masculine singular
Root: יׄום 
Sense: day, time, year.
וְהִקְרַבְתֶּ֛ם  then  you  shall  offer 
Parse: Conjunctive waw, Verb, Hifil, Conjunctive perfect, second person masculine plural
Root: קָרַב  
Sense: to come near, approach, enter into, draw near.
מִנְחָ֥ה  a  grain  offering 
Parse: Noun, feminine singular
Root: מִנְחָה  
Sense: gift, tribute, offering, present, oblation, sacrifice, meat offering.
חֲדָשָׁ֖ה  new 
Parse: Adjective, feminine singular
Root: חָדָשׁ  
Sense: new, new thing, fresh.
לַיהוָֽה  to  Yahweh 
Parse: Preposition-l, Proper Noun, masculine singular
Root: יהוה 
Sense: the proper name of the one true God.

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