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Pentecost
From the harvest feast in Leviticus to wind and fire in Jerusalem. Wait with the eleven, Mary and Matthias, then hear Peter explain the day with Joel and the Psalms.
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Opening stop: Ye shall number fifty days, Leviticus 23:15
After the passover, Leviticus 23 counts seven sabbaths, fifty days, from the sheaf of firstfruits to this feast. Deuteronomy 16:9-10 also counts seven weeks, to the feast of weeks. The Old Testament never says Pentecost, and Acts never calls its day the feast of weeks. The count is what links them: Jesus ate the passover before he suffered (Luke 22:15), was seen forty days, and said the Spirit would come not many days hence (Acts 1:3-5). All males were to appear before the Lord at the feast of weeks (Deuteronomy 16:16). Ruth lived by the gleaning law that follows (Ruth 2:2).
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:
King James Version
The Lord gives Moses a calendar of holy assemblies, beginning with the weekly sabbath. Passover falls on the fourteenth day of the first month, followed by seven days of unleavened bread. The first harvested sheaf is presented before the new grain is eaten. A count of fifty days leads to a new grain offering, with two leavened loaves and animal offerings. The harvest instructions also require leaving gleanings for the poor and foreign resident. In the seventh month, a day marked by trumpet blasts comes first, followed by the Day of Atonement on the tenth day. The Feast of Tabernacles begins on the fifteenth, with seven days of celebration and an eighth-day assembly. Israelites are to live in booths for seven days so later generations remember the Lord's bringing them out of Egypt.
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This journey has 10 stops. The opening stop is free. Premium opens the rest of the guided path, and every Scripture chapter stays free to read.