Exodus 23:16

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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Word	Hebrew	Strong’s	Meaning
feast	וְחַ֤ג ve.Chag	H2282	a festival · conjunction + noun, common masculine singular construct
harvest	הַקָּצִיר֙ ha.ka.Tzir	H7105	severed · definite article + noun, common masculine singular absolute
firstfruits	בִּכּוּרֵ֣י bi.ku.Rei	H1061	the first-fruits of the crop · noun, common masculine plural construct
labours	מַעֲשֶׂ֔יךָ ma.'a.Sei.kha	H4639	an action (good or bad) · noun, common masculine plural construct + pronominal suffix, 2nd person masculine singular
sown	תִּזְרַ֖ע tiz.Ra'	H2232	to sow · verb, qal imperfect, 2nd person masculine singular
field	בַּשָּׂדֶ֑ה ba.sa.Deh	H7704	a field (as flat) · preposition with the article + noun, common masculine singular absolute
feast	וְחַ֤ג ve.Chag	H2282	a festival · conjunction + noun, common masculine singular construct
ingathering	הָֽאָסִף֙ ha.'a.Sif	H614	gathered · definite article + noun, common masculine singular absolute
end	בְּצֵ֣את be.Tzet	H3318	to go (causatively · preposition + verb, qal infinitive construct
year	הַשָּׁנָ֔ה ha.sha.Nah	H8141	a year (as a revolution of time) · definite article + noun, common feminine singular absolute
gathered	בְּאָסְפְּךָ֥ be.'a.se.pe.Kha	H622	to gather for any purpose · preposition + verb, qal infinitive construct + pronominal suffix, 2nd person masculine singular
labours	מַעֲשֶׂ֖יךָ ma.'a.Sei.kha	H4639	an action (good or bad) · noun, common masculine plural construct + pronominal suffix, 2nd person masculine singular
field	הַשָּׂדֶֽה ha.sa.Deh	H7704	a field (as flat) · definite article + noun, common masculine singular absolute

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Cross-references

Exodus 34:22 And thou shalt observe the feast of weeks, of the firstfruits of wheat harvest, and the feast of ingathering at the year’s end.
Leviticus 23:9-21 And the LORD spake unto Moses, saying,
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.
Leviticus 23:34-44 Speak unto the children of Israel, saying, The fifteenth day of this seventh month shall be the feast of tabernacles for seven days unto the…
Numbers 29:12-39 And on the fifteenth day of the seventh month ye shall have an holy convocation; ye shall do no servile work, and ye shall keep a feast unto…
Deuteronomy 16:9-15 Seven weeks shalt thou number unto thee: begin to number the seven weeks from such time as thou beginnest to put the sickle to the corn.
Nehemiah 8:14-18 And they found written in the law which the LORD had commanded by Moses, that the children of Israel should dwell in booths in the feast of…
Zechariah 14:16-19 And it shall come to pass, that every one that is left of all the nations which came against Jerusalem shall even go up from year to year to…

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Commentary

Matthew Henry on Exodus 23:10-19

Here is, I. The institution of the sabbatical year, Exo 23:10, Exo 23:11. Every seventh year the land was to rest; they must not plough nor sow it at the beginning of the year, and then they could not expect any great harvest at the end of the year: but what the earth did produce of itself should be eaten from hand to mouth, and not laid up. Now this was designed, 1. To show what a plentiful land that was into which God was bringing them - that so numerous a people could have rich maintenance out of the produce of so small a country, without foreign trade, and yet could spare the increase of every seventh year. 2. To remind them of their dependence upon God their great landlord, and their ob…

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Jamieson-Fausset-Brown on Exodus 23:14

Three times . . . keep a feast . . . in the year--This was the institution of the great religious festivals--"The feast of unleavened bread," or the passover--"the feast of harvest," or pentecost--"the feast of ingathering," or the feast of tabernacles, which was a memorial of the dwelling in booths in the wilderness, and which was observed in the seventh month (Exo 12:2). All the males were enjoined to repair to the tabernacle and afterwards the temple, and the women frequently went. The institution of this national custom was of the greatest importance in many ways: by keeping up a national sense of religion and a public uniformity in worship, by creating a bond of unity, and also by promo…

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Adam Clarke on Exodus 23:14

Three times thou shalt keep a feast unto me in the year - The three feasts here referred to were, 1. The feast of the Passover; 2. The feast of Pentecost; 3. The feast of Tabernacles. 1. The feast of the Passover was celebrated to keep in remembrance the wonderful deliverance of the Hebrews from Egypt. 2. The feast of Pentecost, called also the feast of harvest and the feast of weeks, Exo 34:22, was celebrated fifty days after the Passover to commemorate the giving of the law on Mount Sinai, which took place fifty days after, and hence called by the Greeks Pentecost. 3. The feast of Tabernacles, called also the feast of the ingathering, was celebrated about the 15th of the month Tisri to com…

Dictionary and topics

First-fruits — The first-fruits of the ground were offered unto God just as the first-born of man and animals. The law required, (1.) That on the morrow after the Passover Sabbath a sheaf of new corn should be…
Harvest — The season for gathering grain or fruit. On the 16th day of Abib (or April) a handful of ripe ears of corn was offered as a first-fruit before the Lord, and immediately after this the harvest…
Oil — Only olive oil seems to have been used among the Hebrews. It was used for many purposes: for anointing the body or the hair (Ex. 29:7; 2 Sam. 14:2; Ps. 23:5; 92:10; 104:15; Luke 7:46); in some of the…
Passover — The name given to the chief of the three great historical annual festivals of the Jews. It was kept in remembrance of the Lord’s passing over the houses of the Israelites (Ex. 12:13) when the first…
Pentecost — I.e., “fiftieth”, found only in the New Testament (Acts 2:1; 20:16; 1 Cor. 16:8). The festival so named is first spoken of in Ex. 23:16 as “the feast of harvest,” and again in Ex. 34:22 as “the day…
Tabernacles, Feast of — The third of the great annual festivals of the Jews (Lev. 23:33-43). It is also called the “feast of ingathering” (Ex. 23:16; Deut. 16:13). It was celebrated immediately after the harvest, in the…
Tabernacles, The Feast Of — (Exodus 23:16) (“the feast of ingathering”), the third of the three great festivals: of the Hebrews, which lasted from the 15th till the 22d of Tisri.
Feast Of Pentecost, The · Called the: Feast of harvest — Called the: Feast of harvest
Feast Of Tabernacles, The · Called the feast of ingathering — Called the feast of ingathering
Feasts, The Anniversary · Enumerated — Enumerated

Exodus 23:16

Word by word — the Hebrew

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Commentary

Matthew Henry on Exodus 23:10-19

Jamieson-Fausset-Brown on Exodus 23:14

Adam Clarke on Exodus 23:14

Dictionary and topics

Exodus 23:16

Word by word — the Hebrew

Cross-references

Commentary

Matthew Henry on Exodus 23:10-19

Jamieson-Fausset-Brown on Exodus 23:14

Adam Clarke on Exodus 23:14

Dictionary and topics

John Gill on Exodus 23:16

John Calvin on Exodus 23:14-18

Keil & Delitzsch on Exodus 23:14-16

Tyndale Open Study Notes on Exodus 23:16

Rashi on Exodus 23:16