Leviticus 23:17

 Leviticus 23:17

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.

a. 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. [Thomas Nelson & Sons first published the American Standard Version in 1901. This translation of the Bible is in the public domain.]

b. 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. [The Young's Literal Translation was translated by Robert Young, who believed in a strictly literal translation of God's word. This version of the Bible is in the public domain.]

c. Classic Amplified: You shall bring from your dwellings two loaves of bread to be waved, made from two-tenths of an ephah of fine flour; they shall be baked with leaven, for firstfruits to the Lord.   [Amplified Bible, Classic Edition (AMPC) Copyright © 1954, 1958, 1962, 1964, 1965, 1987 by The Lockman Foundation]

d. NLT: From wherever you live, bring two loaves of bread to be lifted up before the LORD as a special offering. Make these loaves from four quarts of choice flour, and bake them with yeast. They will be an offering to the LORD from the first of your crops.  [Scripture quotations marked (NLT) are taken from the Holy Bible, New Living Translation, copyright © 1996, 2004, 2007. Used by permission of Tyndale House Publishers Inc., Carol Stream, Illinois 60188. All rights reserved.]

e. Stone Edition THE CHUMASH, Rabbinic Commentary: from your dwelling places you shall bring bread that shall be waved, two loaves made of two tenth-ephah, they shall be fine flour, they shall be baked leavened; first-offerings to HASHEM.   [The Artscroll Series/Stone Edition, THE CHUMASH Copyright 1998, 2000 by MESORAH PUBLICATIONS, Ldt.]

f. NOTE: Leviticus 23:15-22 describes the offering of the firstfruits after the harvest is complete. The firstfruits of the offering during the week of Unleavened bread is the firstfruits of raw grain, while the offering of the firstfruits 50 days later is the offering of two loaves made from the new grain.

1. “Ye shall bring out of your habitations two wave loaves of two tenth deals…”

a. [Ye shall] bring out [Strong: 935 bôwʼ, bo; a primitive root; to go or come (in a wide variety of applications):—abide, apply, attain, × be, befall, besiege, bring (forth, in, into, to pass), call, carry, × certainly, (cause, let, thing for) to come (against, in, out, upon, to pass), depart, × doubtless again, eat, employ, (cause to) enter (in, into, -tering, -trance, -try), be fallen, fetch, follow, get, give, go (down, in, to war), grant, have, × indeed, (in-) vade, lead, lift (up), mention, pull in, put, resort, run (down), send, set, × (well) stricken (in age), × surely, take (in), way.]

b. [of your] habitations [Strong: 4186 môwshâb, mo-shawb'; or מֹשָׁב môshâb; from H3427; a seat; figuratively, a site; abstractly, a session; by extension an abode (the place or the time); by implication, population:—assembly, dwell in, dwelling(-place), wherein (that) dwelt (in), inhabited place, seat, sitting, situation, sojourning.]

c. two [Strong: 4187 shᵉnayim, shen-ah'-yim; dual of H8145; feminine שְׁתַּיִם shᵉttayim; two; also (as ordinal) twofold:—both, couple, double, second, twain, twelfth, twelve, twenty (sixscore) thousand, twice, two.]

d. wave [Strong: 8573 tᵉnûwphâh, ten-oo-faw'; from H5130; a brandishing (in threat); by implication, tumult; specifically, the official undulation of sacrificial offerings:—offering, shaking, wave (offering).]

e. loaves [Strong: 3899 lechem, lekh'-em; from H3898; See also H1036 food (for man or beast), especially bread, or grain (for making it):—(shew-) bread, × eat, food, fruit, loaf, meat, victuals.]

f. [of] two [Strong: 4187 shᵉnayim, shen-ah'-yim; dual of H8145; feminine שְׁתַּיִם shᵉttayim; two; also (as ordinal) twofold:—both, couple, double, second, twain, twelfth, twelve, twenty (sixscore) thousand, twice, two.]

g. tenth deals [Strong: 6241 ʻissârôwn, is-saw-rone'; or עִשָּׂרֹן ʻissârôn; from H6235; (fractional) a tenth part:—tenth deal.]

2. “...they shall be of fine flour; they shall be baken with leaven; they are the firstfruits unto the LORD.”

a. [they] shall be [Strong: 1961 hâyâh, haw-yaw; a primitive root (compare H1933); to exist, i.e. be or become, come to pass (always emphatic, and not a mere copula or auxiliary):—beacon, × altogether, be(-come), accomplished, committed, like), break, cause, come (to pass), do, faint, fall, follow, happen, × have, last, pertain, quit (one-) self, require, × use.]

b. [of] fine flour [Strong: 5560  çôleth, so'-leth; from an unused root meaning to strip; flour (as chipped off):—(fine) flour, meal.]

c. [they shall be] baken [Strong: 644 ʼâphâh, aw-faw'; a primitive root; to cook, especially to bake:—bake(-r, (-meats)).]

d. [with] leaven [Strong: 2557 châmêts, khaw-mates'; from H2556; ferment, (figuratively) extortion:—leaven, leavened (bread).]

e. [they are] firstfruits [Strong: 1061 bikkûwr, bik-koor'; from H1069; the first-fruits of the crop:—first fruit (-ripe (figuratively)), hasty fruit.]

f. [unto the] LORD [Strong: 3068 Yᵉhôvâh, yeh-ho-vaw'; from H1961; (the) self-Existent or Eternal; Jeho-vah, Jewish national name of God:—Jehovah, the Lord.]

1). Unger’s Bible Dictionary: This festival is called (1) the feast of Weeks (exodus 34:22; Deuteronomy 16:10; 2 Chronicles 8:13), because it was celebrated seven complete weeks, or fifty days, after the Passover (Leviticus 23:15, 16); (2) the feast of the Harvest (Exodus 23:16), because it concluded the harvest of the later grains; and (3) the day of the firstfruits (Numbers 28:26), because of the first loaves made from the new grain were then offered on the altar (Leviticus 23:17;).