Leviticus 23:17
New International Version
From wherever you live, bring two loaves made of two-tenths of an ephah of the finest flour, baked with yeast, as a wave offering of firstfruits to the LORD.

New Living Translation
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.

English Standard Version
You shall bring from your dwelling places two loaves of bread to be waved, made of two tenths of an ephah. They shall be of fine flour, and they shall be baked with leaven, as firstfruits to the LORD.

Berean Standard Bible
Bring two loaves of bread from your dwellings as a wave offering, each made from two-tenths of an ephah of fine flour, baked with leaven, as the firstfruits to the LORD.

King James Bible
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.

New King James Version
You shall bring from your dwellings two wave loaves of two-tenths of an ephah. They shall be of fine flour; they shall be baked with leaven. They are the firstfruits to the LORD.

New American Standard Bible
You shall bring in from your dwelling places two loaves of bread as a wave offering, made of two-tenths of an ephah; they shall be of a fine flour, baked with leaven as first fruits to the LORD.

NASB 1995
You shall bring in from your dwelling places two loaves of bread for a wave offering, made of two-tenths of an ephah; they shall be of a fine flour, baked with leaven as first fruits to the LORD.

NASB 1977
‘You shall bring in from your dwelling places two loaves of bread for a wave offering, made of two-tenths of an ephah; they shall be of a fine flour, baked with leaven as first fruits to the LORD.

Legacy Standard Bible
You shall bring in from your places of habitation two loaves of bread for a wave offering, made of two-tenths of an ephah; they shall be of a fine flour, baked with leaven as first fruits to Yahweh.

Amplified Bible
You shall bring in from your places two loaves of bread as a wave offering, made from two-tenths of an ephah of fine flour; they shall be baked with leaven as first fruits to the LORD.

Christian Standard Bible
Bring two loaves of bread from your settlements as a presentation offering, each of them made from four quarts of fine flour, baked with yeast, as firstfruits to the LORD.

Holman Christian Standard Bible
Bring two loaves of bread from your settlements as a presentation offering, each of them made from four quarts of fine flour, baked with yeast, as firstfruits to the LORD.

American Standard Version
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.

Contemporary English Version
Bring two loaves of bread to be lifted up in dedication to me. Each loaf is to be made with yeast and with two kilograms of the finest flour from the first part of your harvest.

English Revised Version
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 firstfruits unto the LORD.

GOD'S WORD® Translation
Bring two loaves of bread from your homes to present to the LORD. Bake them with four quarts of flour. They are the first harvested grain for the LORD.

Good News Translation
Each family is to bring two loaves of bread and present them to the LORD as a special gift. Each loaf shall be made of four pounds of flour baked with yeast and shall be presented to the LORD as an offering of the first grain to be harvested.

International Standard Version
Bring two loaves of bread from home as wave offerings made from two tenths of fine flour baked with leaven as first fruits to the LORD.

Majority Standard Bible
Bring two loaves of bread from your dwellings as a wave offering, each made from two-tenths of an ephah of fine flour, baked with leaven, as the firstfruits to the LORD.

NET Bible
From the places where you live you must bring two loaves of bread for a wave offering; they must be made from two tenths of an ephah of fine wheat flour, baked with yeast, as first fruits to the LORD.

New Heart English Bible
You shall bring out of your habitations two loaves of bread for a wave offering made of two tenth parts of an ephah of fine flour. They shall be baked with yeast, for first fruits to the LORD.

Webster's Bible Translation
Ye shall bring out of your habitations two wave-loaves of two tenth-parts: they shall be of fine flour, they shall be baked with leaven, they are the first-fruits to the LORD.

World English Bible
You shall bring out of your habitations two loaves of bread for a wave offering made of two tenths of an ephah of fine flour. They shall be baked with yeast, for first fruits to Yahweh.
Literal Translations
Literal Standard Version
you bring in two [loaves] of bread out of your dwellings [for] a wave-offering; they are of two-tenth parts of flour; they are baked [with] yeast—first-[fruits] to YHWH.

Young's Literal Translation
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.

Smith's Literal Translation
From your dwellings shall ye bring two loaves lifted up, of two tenths of fine flour shall they be; leavened shall they be, baked, the first-fruits to Jehovah.
Catholic Translations
Douay-Rheims Bible
Out of all your dwellings, two leaves of the firstfruits, of two tenths of flour leavened, which you shall bake for the firstfruits of the Lord.

Catholic Public Domain Version
from all of your dwelling places: two loaves from the first-fruits, from two-tenths of leavened fine wheat flour, which you shall bake as the first-fruits of the Lord.

New American Bible
For the elevated offering of your first-ripened fruits to the LORD, you shall bring with you from wherever you live two loaves of bread made of two tenths of an ephah of bran flour and baked with leaven.

New Revised Standard Version
You shall bring from your settlements two loaves of bread as an elevation offering, each made of two-tenths of an ephah; they shall be of choice flour, baked with leaven, as first fruits to the LORD.
Translations from Aramaic
Lamsa Bible
You shall bring out of your dwellings two wave loaves of two tenths of an ephah; they shall be of fine flour; they shall be baked with leaven; they are the first-fruits to the LORD.

Peshitta Holy Bible Translated
From among your dwellings bring the bread of the offering; let them be two loaves of two tenths of fine flour and leaven; they shall be baked first fruits to LORD JEHOVAH.
OT Translations
JPS Tanakh 1917
Ye shall bring out of your dwellings two wave-loaves of two tenth parts of an ephah; they shall be of fine flour, they shall be baked with leaven, for first-fruits unto the LORD.

Brenton Septuagint Translation
Ye shall bring from your dwelling loaves, as a heave-offering, two loaves: they shall be of two tenth portions of fine flour, they shall be baked with leaven of the first-fruits to the Lord.

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Context
The Feast of Pentecost
16You shall count off fifty days until the day after the seventh Sabbath, and then present an offering of new grain to the LORD. 17Bring two loaves of bread from your dwellings as a wave offering, each made from two-tenths of an ephah of fine flour, baked with leaven, as the firstfruits to the LORD. 18Along with the bread you are to present seven unblemished male lambs a year old, one young bull, and two rams. They will be a burnt offering to the LORD, together with their grain offerings and drink offerings—an offering made by fire, a pleasing aroma to the LORD.…

Cross References
Exodus 23:16
You are also to keep the Feast of Harvest with the firstfruits of the produce from what you sow in the field. And keep the Feast of Ingathering at the end of the year, when you gather your produce from the field.

Numbers 28:26
On the day of firstfruits, when you present an offering of new grain to the LORD during the Feast of Weeks, you are to hold a sacred assembly; you must not do any regular work.

Deuteronomy 16:9-10
You are to count off seven weeks from the time you first put the sickle to the standing grain. / And you shall celebrate the Feast of Weeks to the LORD your God with a freewill offering that you give in proportion to how the LORD your God has blessed you,

Exodus 34:22
And you are to celebrate the Feast of Weeks with the firstfruits of the wheat harvest, and the Feast of Ingathering at the turn of the year.

1 Corinthians 15:20
But Christ has indeed been raised from the dead, the firstfruits of those who have fallen asleep.

Acts 2:1-4
When the day of Pentecost came, they were all together in one place. / Suddenly a sound like a mighty rushing wind came from heaven and filled the whole house where they were sitting. / They saw tongues like flames of fire that separated and came to rest on each of them. ...

James 1:18
He chose to give us birth through the word of truth, that we would be a kind of firstfruits of His creation.

Romans 8:23
Not only that, but we ourselves, who have the firstfruits of the Spirit, groan inwardly as we wait eagerly for our adoption as sons, the redemption of our bodies.

1 Corinthians 16:8
But I will stay in Ephesus until Pentecost,

2 Chronicles 8:13
He observed the daily requirement for offerings according to the commandment of Moses for Sabbaths, New Moons, and the three annual appointed feasts—the Feast of Unleavened Bread, the Feast of Weeks, and the Feast of Tabernacles.

Nehemiah 10:35-37
We will also bring the firstfruits of our land and of every fruit tree to the house of the LORD year by year. / And we will bring the firstborn of our sons and our livestock, as it is written in the Law, and will bring the firstborn of our herds and flocks to the house of our God, to the priests who minister in the house of our God. / Moreover, we will bring to the priests at the storerooms of the house of our God the firstfruits of our dough, of our grain offerings, of the fruit of all our trees, and of our new wine and oil. A tenth of our produce belongs to the Levites, so that they shall receive tithes in all the towns where we labor.

Matthew 13:30
Let both grow together until the harvest. At that time I will tell the harvesters: First collect the weeds and tie them in bundles to be burned; then gather the wheat into my barn.’”

John 4:35
Do you not say, ‘There are still four months until the harvest’? I tell you, lift up your eyes and look at the fields, for they are ripe for harvest.

Ruth 2:23
So Ruth stayed close to the servant girls of Boaz to glean grain until the barley and wheat harvests were finished. And she lived with her mother-in-law.

Joel 2:24
The threshing floors will be full of grain, and the vats will overflow with new wine and oil.


Treasury of Scripture

You shall bring out of your habitations two wave loaves of two tenth deals; they shall be of fine flour; they shall be baked with leaven; they are the first fruits to the LORD.

two wave

Numbers 28:26
Also in the day of the firstfruits, when ye bring a new meat offering unto the LORD, after your weeks be out, ye shall have an holy convocation; ye shall do no servile work:

leaven

Leviticus 7:13
Besides the cakes, he shall offer for his offering leavened bread with the sacrifice of thanksgiving of his peace offerings.

Matthew 13:33
Another parable spake he unto them; The kingdom of heaven is like unto leaven, which a woman took, and hid in three measures of meal, till the whole was leavened.

the first fruits

Leviticus 23:10
Speak unto the children of Israel, and say unto them, When ye be come into the land which I give unto you, and shall reap the harvest thereof, then ye shall bring a sheaf of the firstfruits of your harvest unto the priest:

Exodus 22:29
Thou shalt not delay to offer the first of thy ripe fruits, and of thy liquors: the firstborn of thy sons shalt thou give unto me.

Exodus 23:16,19
And the feast of harvest, the firstfruits of thy labours, which thou hast sown in the field: and the feast of ingathering, which is in the end of the year, when thou hast gathered in thy labours out of the field…

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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














From wherever you live
This phrase emphasizes the inclusivity and unity of the Israelite community. The Hebrew word for "wherever" (מִכֹּל) suggests a comprehensive gathering, indicating that no matter the location within the Promised Land, all Israelites were to participate in this offering. This reflects the communal nature of worship and the shared identity of the people as God's chosen nation. It underscores the idea that worship and offerings are not confined to a single place but are a collective responsibility of the entire community.

you are to bring
The act of bringing signifies a deliberate and conscious effort to present something valuable to God. The Hebrew verb "to bring" (תָּבִיאוּ) implies an action of carrying or presenting, which in this context, is an act of obedience and reverence. It highlights the personal involvement and commitment required in worship, as each individual is responsible for contributing to the communal offering.

two loaves of bread
The specification of "two loaves" is significant in its symbolism. Bread, in Hebrew culture, is a staple of life and represents sustenance and provision. The number two can symbolize witness and testimony, suggesting that these loaves serve as a testament to God's provision and faithfulness. The duality may also represent the unity of the people and the covenant relationship between God and Israel.

as a wave offering
The "wave offering" (תְּנוּפָה) involves a ritualistic motion of lifting and waving the offering before the Lord. This act symbolizes the presentation and dedication of the offering to God, acknowledging His sovereignty and grace. It is a gesture of thanksgiving and recognition of God's blessings, serving as a physical expression of worship and submission.

made of two-tenths of an ephah of fine flour
The precise measurement of "two-tenths of an ephah" indicates the importance of order and intentionality in worship. An ephah is a unit of dry measure used in ancient Israel, and the use of "fine flour" (סֹלֶת) signifies quality and purity. This requirement reflects the principle that offerings to God should be of the best quality, symbolizing the purity and sincerity of the worshiper's heart.

baked with yeast
Unlike other offerings that required unleavened bread, this particular offering includes yeast (חָמֵץ), which is unusual in sacrificial contexts. Yeast often symbolizes sin or corruption, but in this context, it may represent the fullness and abundance of the harvest. It signifies the transformation and growth that occurs in the believer's life through God's provision and blessing.

as firstfruits to the LORD
The concept of "firstfruits" (בִּכּוּרִים) is deeply rooted in the agricultural society of ancient Israel. It represents the first and best portion of the harvest, offered to God in gratitude and acknowledgment of His provision. This act of giving the firstfruits is a demonstration of faith and trust in God's continued provision, symbolizing the dedication of the entire harvest to the Lord. It serves as a reminder of God's faithfulness and the believer's dependence on Him for sustenance and blessing.

(17) Ye shall bring out of your habitations.--During the second Temple this clause was taken to be elliptical, and to denote ye shall bring out of, or from, the land of your habitations, that is, from Palestine (Numbers 15:2).

Two wave loaves of two tenth deals.--These two loaves were prepared in the following manner. Three seahs of new wheat were brought into the court of the Temple, were beaten and trodden and ground into flour. Two omers of the flour were respectively obtained from a seah and a half, and after having been sieved in the twelve different sieves, were kneaded separately with leaven into two loaves outside the Temple, but were baked inside the sanctuary on the day preceding the festival. Each loaf was seven hand-breadths long, four hand-breadths broad, and five fingers high. These were offered to the Lord as firstlings (Exodus 34:17), whence this festival is also called "the day of first-fruits" (Numbers 28:26).



Parallel Commentaries ...


Hebrew
Bring
תָּבִ֣יאּוּ ׀ (tā·ḇî’·’ū)
Verb - Hifil - Imperfect - second person masculine plural
Strong's 935: To come in, come, go in, go

two
שְׁ֚תַּיִם (ta·yim)
Number - fd
Strong's 8147: Two (a cardinal number)

loaves of bread
לֶ֣חֶם (le·ḥem)
Noun - masculine singular construct
Strong's 3899: Food, bread, grain

from your dwellings
מִמּוֹשְׁבֹ֨תֵיכֶ֜ם (mim·mō·wō·šə·ḇō·ṯê·ḵem)
Preposition-m | Noun - masculine plural construct | second person masculine plural
Strong's 4186: A seat, assembly, dwelling place, dwelling, dwellers

as a wave offering,
תְּנוּפָ֗ה (tə·nū·p̄āh)
Noun - feminine singular
Strong's 8573: A brandishing, tumult, the official undulation of sacrificial offerings

each made from two-tenths an ephah
שְׁנֵ֣י (šə·nê)
Number - mdc
Strong's 8147: Two (a cardinal number)

of fine flour,
סֹ֣לֶת (sō·leṯ)
Noun - feminine singular
Strong's 5560: Fine flour

baked
תֵּאָפֶ֑ינָה (tê·’ā·p̄e·nāh)
Verb - Nifal - Imperfect - third person feminine plural
Strong's 644: To cook, to bake

with yeast,
חָמֵ֖ץ (ḥā·mêṣ)
Noun - masculine singular
Strong's 2557: That which is leavened

as the firstfruits
בִּכּוּרִ֖ים (bik·kū·rîm)
Noun - masculine plural
Strong's 1061: The first-fruits of the crop

to the LORD.
לַֽיהוָֽה׃ (Yah·weh)
Preposition-l | Noun - proper - masculine singular
Strong's 3068: LORD -- the proper name of the God of Israel


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