Leviticus 23:11
New International Version
He is to wave the sheaf before the LORD so it will be accepted on your behalf; the priest is to wave it on the day after the Sabbath.

New Living Translation
On the day after the Sabbath, the priest will lift it up before the LORD so it may be accepted on your behalf.

English Standard Version
and he shall wave the sheaf before the LORD, so that you may be accepted. On the day after the Sabbath the priest shall wave it.

Berean Standard Bible
And he shall wave the sheaf before the LORD so that it may be accepted on your behalf; the priest is to wave it on the day after the Sabbath.

King James Bible
And he shall wave the sheaf before the LORD, to be accepted for you: on the morrow after the sabbath the priest shall wave it.

New King James Version
He shall wave the sheaf before the LORD, to be accepted on your behalf; on the day after the Sabbath the priest shall wave it.

New American Standard Bible
He shall wave the sheaf before the LORD for you to be accepted; on the day after the Sabbath the priest shall wave it.

NASB 1995
‘He shall wave the sheaf before the LORD for you to be accepted; on the day after the sabbath the priest shall wave it.

NASB 1977
‘And he shall wave the sheaf before the LORD for you to be accepted; on the day after the sabbath the priest shall wave it.

Legacy Standard Bible
And he shall wave the sheaf before Yahweh for you to be accepted; on the day after the sabbath the priest shall wave it.

Amplified Bible
He shall wave the sheaf before the LORD so that you may be accepted; the priest shall wave it on the day after the Sabbath.

Christian Standard Bible
He will present the sheaf before the LORD so that you may be accepted; the priest is to present it on the day after the Sabbath.

Holman Christian Standard Bible
He will wave the sheaf before the LORD so that you may be accepted; the priest is to wave it on the day after the Sabbath.

American Standard Version
and he shall wave the sheaf before Jehovah, to be accepted for you: on the morrow after the sabbath the priest shall wave it.

Aramaic Bible in Plain English
And you shall dedicate the sheaf before LORD JEHOVAH to be acceptable, and after another day the Priest shall dedicate it.

Brenton Septuagint Translation
and he shall lift up the sheaf before the Lord, to be accepted for you. On the morrow of the first day the priest shall lift it up.

Contemporary English Version
on the day after the Sabbath. He will lift it up in dedication to me, and I will accept you.

Douay-Rheims Bible
Who shall lift up the shed before the Lord, the next day after the sabbath, that it may be acceptable for you, and shall sanctify it.

English Revised Version
and he shall wave the sheaf before the LORD, to be accepted for you: on the morrow after the sabbath the priest shall wave it.

GOD'S WORD® Translation
He will present it to the LORD so that you will be accepted. He will present it on the day after Passover.

Good News Translation
He shall present it as a special offering to the LORD, so that you may be accepted. The priest shall present it the day after the Sabbath.

International Standard Version
who will offer the sheaf in the LORD's presence for your acceptance. The priest is to wave it on the day after the Sabbath.

JPS Tanakh 1917
And he shall wave the sheaf before the LORD, to be accepted for you; on the morrow after the sabbath the priest shall wave it.

Literal Standard Version
then he has waved the sheaf before YHWH for your acceptance; on the next day of the Sabbath the priest waves it.

Majority Standard Bible
And he shall wave the sheaf before the LORD so that it may be accepted on your behalf; the priest is to wave it on the day after the Sabbath.

New American Bible
who shall elevate the sheaf before the LORD that it may be acceptable on your behalf. On the day after the sabbath the priest shall do this.

NET Bible
and he must wave the sheaf before the LORD to be accepted for your benefit--on the day after the Sabbath the priest is to wave it.

New Revised Standard Version
He shall raise the sheaf before the LORD, that you may find acceptance; on the day after the sabbath the priest shall raise it.

New Heart English Bible
and he shall wave the sheaf before the LORD, to be accepted for you. On the next day after the Sabbath the priest shall wave it.

Webster's Bible Translation
And he shall wave the sheaf before the LORD, to be accepted for you: on the morrow after the sabbath the priest shall wave it.

World English Bible
He shall wave the sheaf before Yahweh, to be accepted for you. On the next day after the Sabbath the priest shall wave it.

Young's Literal Translation
then he hath waved the sheaf before Jehovah for your acceptance; on the morrow of the sabbath doth the priest wave it.

Additional Translations ...
Audio Bible



Context
The Feast of Firstfruits
10“Speak to the Israelites and say, ‘When you enter the land that I am giving you and you reap its harvest, you are to bring to the priest a sheaf of the firstfruits of your harvest. 11And he shall wave the sheaf before the LORD so that it may be accepted on your behalf; the priest is to wave it on the day after the Sabbath. 12On the day you wave the sheaf, you shall offer a year-old lamb without blemish as a burnt offering to the LORD,…

Cross References
Exodus 28:38
And it will be worn on Aaron's forehead, so that he may bear the iniquity of the holy things that the sons of Israel consecrate with regard to all their holy gifts. It shall always be on his forehead, so that they may be acceptable before the LORD.

Leviticus 23:10
"Speak to the Israelites and say, 'When you enter the land that I am giving you and you reap its harvest, you are to bring to the priest a sheaf of the firstfruits of your harvest.

Leviticus 23:12
On the day you wave the sheaf, you shall offer a year-old lamb without blemish as a burnt offering to the LORD,

Ruth 1:22
So Naomi returned from the land of Moab with her daughter-in-law Ruth the Moabitess. And they arrived in Bethlehem at the beginning of the barley harvest.


Treasury of Scripture

And he shall wave the sheaf before the LORD, to be accepted for you: on the morrow after the sabbath the priest shall wave it.

Leviticus 9:21
And the breasts and the right shoulder Aaron waved for a wave offering before the LORD; as Moses commanded.

Leviticus 10:14
And the wave breast and heave shoulder shall ye eat in a clean place; thou, and thy sons, and thy daughters with thee: for they be thy due, and thy sons' due, which are given out of the sacrifices of peace offerings of the children of Israel.

Exodus 29:24
And thou shalt put all in the hands of Aaron, and in the hands of his sons; and shalt wave them for a wave offering before the LORD.

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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














(11) And he shall wave the sheaf.--Better, and he shall wave the omer. The priest mixed with the omer of meal a log of oil, put on a handful of frankincense (see Leviticus 2:15), as on other meat-offerings, waved it, took a handful of it and caused it to ascend in smoke (see Leviticus 2:16), and then consumed the residue in company with his fellow-priests. Immediately after this ceremony, bread, parched corn, green ears, &c, of the new crop were exposed for sale in the streets of Jerusalem, as, prior to the offering of the omer, no use whatever was allowed to be made of the new corn.

On the morrow after the sabbath.--The interpretation of this phrase also constituted one of the differences between the Pharisees and the Sadducees during the second Temple. According to the Pharisees, the term sabbath here, as elsewhere (see Leviticus 23:24; Leviticus 23:32; Leviticus 23:39), is not the weekly sabbath, but the next day, or the first day of the holy convocation, the first day of Passover, on which the Israelites had to abstain from all unnecessary work. It is the 16th of Nisan. The Sadducees, however, maintained that it is to be understood in its literal sense as denoting the weekly sab-bath in the Passover week, which might happen to fall within the seven days, and possibly the fifth or sixth day of the festival. But this is against the import of Leviticus 23:15. Here the feast of Pentecost is to be reckoned from this sabbath, and if this sabbath might either be on the second or sixth day of the Passover, not only would the feast of Pentecost have no definite day, but the Passover itself would, in the course of time, be displaced from the fundamental position which it occupies in the order of the annual festivals. Hence the Pharisees, rightly regarding the word sabbath here as an alternative term for the day of holy convocation, took the morrow after the sabbath to denote Nisan 16. On the afternoon of this day, therefore, the inhabitants of the neighbouring towns of Jerusalem assembled together "so that the reaping might take place amidst great tumult." As soon as it became dark, each of the reapers asked, "Has the sun gone down?" To which the people replied, "Yes." They asked twice again, "Has the sun gone down?" to which the people each time replied, "Yes." Each reaper then asked three times, "Is this the scythe? "to which the people each time replied "Yes." "Is this the box?" they next asked three times. "Yes," was again thrice the reply of the people. "Is this the Sabbath?" the reaper asked three times; and three times the people replied, "Yes." "Shall I cut?" he asked three times; and three times the people replied, "Yes." When cut it was laid in boxes, brought into the court of the Temple, threshed with canes and sticks, that the grains might not be crushed, and laid in a roast with holes, so that the fire might touch each grain. Thereupon it was spread in the court of the sanctuary for the wind to pass over it, and ground in a barley mill which left the hulls unground. The flour thus obtained was sifted through thirteen different sieves, each one finer than its predecessor. In this manner was the prescribed omer or tenth part got from the seah. . . .

Parallel Commentaries ...


Hebrew
And he shall wave
וְהֵנִ֧יף (wə·hê·nîp̄)
Conjunctive waw | Verb - Hifil - Conjunctive perfect - third person masculine singular
Strong's 5130: To move to and fro, wave, sprinkle

the sheaf
הָעֹ֛מֶר (hā·‘ō·mer)
Article | Noun - masculine singular
Strong's 6016: A heap, a sheaf, an omer (dry measure)

before
לִפְנֵ֥י (lip̄·nê)
Preposition-l | Noun - common plural construct
Strong's 6440: The face

the LORD
יְהוָ֖ה (Yah·weh)
Noun - proper - masculine singular
Strong's 3068: LORD -- the proper name of the God of Israel

so that it may be accepted of your behalf;
לִֽרְצֹנְכֶ֑ם (lir·ṣō·nə·ḵem)
Preposition-l | Noun - masculine singular construct | second person masculine plural
Strong's 7522: Goodwill, favor, acceptance, will

the priest
הַכֹּהֵֽן׃ (hak·kō·hên)
Article | Noun - masculine singular
Strong's 3548: Priest

is to wave it
יְנִיפֶ֖נּוּ (yə·nî·p̄en·nū)
Verb - Hifil - Imperfect - third person masculine singular | third person masculine singular
Strong's 5130: To move to and fro, wave, sprinkle

on the day after
מִֽמָּחֳרַת֙ (mim·mā·ḥo·raṯ)
Preposition-m | Noun - feminine singular construct
Strong's 4283: The morrow, tomorrow

the Sabbath.
הַשַּׁבָּ֔ת (haš·šab·bāṯ)
Article | Noun - common singular
Strong's 7676: Intermission, the Sabbath


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