The Meaning of Leviticus 23:17 Explained

Leviticus 23:17

KJV: 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.

YLT: out of your dwellings ye bring in bread of a wave-offering, two loaves, of two tenth deals of flour they are, with yeast they are baken, first -fruits to Jehovah.

Darby: Out of your dwellings shall ye bring two wave-loaves, of two tenths of fine flour; with leaven shall they be baken; as first-fruits to Jehovah.

ASV: Ye shall bring out of your habitations two wave-loaves of two tenth parts of an ephah : they shall be of fine flour, they shall be baken with leaven, for first-fruits unto Jehovah.

KJV Reverse Interlinear

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. 

What does Leviticus 23:17 Mean?

Study Notes

wave-loaves
The wave-loaves were offered fifty days after the wave-sheaf. This is precisely the period between the resurrection of Christ and the formation of the church at Pentecost by the baptism of the Holy Spirit Acts 2:1-4 ; 1 Corinthians 12:12 ; 1 Corinthians 12:13 . See "Church"; Matthew 16:18 ; Hebrews 12:22 ; Hebrews 12:23 . With the wave-sheaf no leaven was offered, for there was no evil in Christ; but the wave-loaves, typifying the church, are "baken with leaven," for in the church there is still evil.

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 23:17 mean?

From your dwellings You shall bring [loaves] of wave two two tenths [of an ephah] of fine flour they shall be with leaven they shall be baked [They are] the firstfruits to Yahweh
מִמּוֹשְׁבֹ֨תֵיכֶ֜ם תָּבִ֣יאּוּ ׀ לֶ֣חֶם תְּנוּפָ֗ה שְׁ֚תַּיִם שְׁנֵ֣י עֶשְׂרֹנִ֔ים סֹ֣לֶת תִּהְיֶ֔ינָה חָמֵ֖ץ תֵּאָפֶ֑ינָה בִּכּוּרִ֖ים לַֽיהוָֽה

מִמּוֹשְׁבֹ֨תֵיכֶ֜ם  From  your  dwellings 
Parse: Preposition-m, Noun, masculine plural construct, second person masculine plural
Root: מֹושָׁב  
Sense: seat, assembly, dwelling-place, dwelling, dwellers.
תָּבִ֣יאּוּ ׀  You  shall  bring 
Parse: Verb, Hifil, Imperfect, second person masculine plural
Root: בֹּוא 
Sense: to go in, enter, come, go, come in.
לֶ֣חֶם  [loaves] 
Parse: Noun, masculine singular construct
Root: לֶחֶם  
Sense: bread, food, grain.
תְּנוּפָ֗ה  of  wave 
Parse: Noun, feminine singular
Root: תְּנוּפָה  
Sense: swinging, waving, wave offering, offering.
שְׁ֚תַּיִם  two 
Parse: Number, fd
Root: שְׁנַיִם  
Sense: two.
שְׁנֵ֣י  two 
Parse: Number, mdc
Root: שְׁנַיִם  
Sense: two.
עֶשְׂרֹנִ֔ים  tenths  [of  an  ephah] 
Parse: Noun, masculine plural
Root: עִשָּׂרֹון  
Sense: tenth part, tithe.
סֹ֣לֶת  of  fine  flour 
Parse: Noun, feminine singular
Root: סׄלֶת  
Sense: fine flour.
תִּהְיֶ֔ינָה  they  shall  be 
Parse: Verb, Qal, Imperfect, third person feminine plural
Root: אֶהְיֶה 
Sense: to be, become, come to pass, exist, happen, fall out.
חָמֵ֖ץ  with  leaven 
Parse: Noun, masculine singular
Root: חָמֵץ 
Sense: the thing leavened, leaven.
תֵּאָפֶ֑ינָה  they  shall  be  baked 
Parse: Verb, Nifal, Imperfect, third person feminine plural
Root: אָפָה 
Sense: to bake.
בִּכּוּרִ֖ים  [They  are]  the  firstfruits 
Parse: Noun, masculine plural
Root: בִּכּוּרִים  
Sense: first-fruits.
לַֽיהוָֽה  to  Yahweh 
Parse: Preposition-l, Proper Noun, masculine singular
Root: יהוה 
Sense: the proper name of the one true God.