Leviticus 23:14

And ye shall eat neither bread, nor parched corn, nor green ears, until the selfsame day that ye have brought an offering unto your God: it shall be a statute for ever throughout your generations in all your dwellings.

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Word by word — the Hebrew

Word	Hebrew	Strong’s	Meaning
eat	תֹֽאכְל֗וּ to.khe.Lu	H398	to eat (literally or figuratively) · verb, qal imperfect, 2nd person masculine plural
bread	וְלֶחֶם֩ ve.le.Chem	H3899	food (for man or beast) · conjunction + noun, common masculine singular absolute
corn	וְקָלִ֨י ve.ka.Li	H7039	roasted ears of grain · conjunction + noun, common masculine singular absolute
ears	וְכַרְמֶ֜ל ve.khar.Mel	H3759	a planted field (garden · conjunction + noun, common masculine singular absolute
selfsame	עֶ֙צֶם֙ 'e.tzem	H6106	a bone (as strong) · noun, common feminine singular construct
day	הַיּ֣וֹם hai.Yom	H3117	a day (as the warm hours) · definite article + noun, common masculine singular absolute
that	עַד 'ad-	H5704	as far (or long · preposition
brought	הֲבִ֣יאֲכֶ֔ם ha.Vi.'a.Khem	H935	to go or come (in a wide variety of applications) · verb, hiphil infinitive construct + pronominal suffix, 2nd person masculine plural
offering	קָרְבַּ֖ן kar.Ban	H7133	something brought near the altar · noun, common masculine singular construct
God	אֱלֹהֵיכֶ֑ם 'e.lo.hei.Khem	H430	gods in the ordinary sense · noun, common masculine plural construct + pronominal suffix, 2nd person masculine plural
statute	חֻקַּ֤ת chu.Kat	H2708	an enactment · noun, common feminine singular construct
ever	עוֹלָם֙ o.Lam	H5769	properly · noun, common masculine singular absolute
generations	לְדֹרֹ֣תֵיכֶ֔ם le.do.Ro.tei.Khem	H1755	properly · preposition + noun, common feminine plural construct + pronominal suffix, 2nd person masculine plural
dwellings	מֹשְׁבֹֽתֵיכֶֽם mo.she.Vo.tei.Khem	H4186	a seat · noun, common feminine plural construct + pronominal suffix, 2nd person masculine plural

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Cross-references

Exodus 34:26 The first of the firstfruits of thy land thou shalt bring unto the house of the LORD thy God. Thou shalt not seethe a kid in his mother’s mi…
Genesis 4:4-5 And Abel, he also brought of the firstlings of his flock and of the fat thereof. And the LORD had respect unto Abel and to his offering:
Leviticus 3:17 It shall be a perpetual statute for your generations throughout all your dwellings, that ye eat neither fat nor blood.
Leviticus 10:11 And that ye may teach the children of Israel all the statutes which the LORD hath spoken unto them by the hand of Moses.
Leviticus 19:23-25 And when ye shall come into the land, and shall have planted all manner of trees for food, then ye shall count the fruit thereof as uncircum…
Leviticus 25:2-3 Speak unto the children of Israel, and say unto them, When ye come into the land which I give you, then shall the land keep a sabbath unto t…
Numbers 15:20-21 Ye shall offer up a cake of the first of your dough for an heave offering: as ye do the heave offering of the threshingfloor, so shall ye he…
Deuteronomy 16:12 And thou shalt remember that thou wast a bondman in Egypt: and thou shalt observe and do these statutes.

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Commentary

Matthew Henry on Leviticus 23:4-14

Here again the feasts are called the feasts of the Lord, because he appointed them. Jeroboam's feast, which he devised of his own heart (Kg1 12:33), was an affront to God, and a reproach upon the people. These feasts were to be proclaimed in their seasons (Lev 23:4), and the seasons God chose for them were in March, May and September (according to our present computation), not in winter, because travelling would then be uncomfortable, when the days were short, and the ways foul; not in the middle of summer, because then in those countries they were gathering in their harvest and vintage, and could be ill spared from their country business. Thus graciously does God consult our comfort in his…

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Jamieson-Fausset-Brown on Leviticus 23:10

THE SHEAF OF FIRST FRUITS. (Lev 23:9-14) ye shall bring a sheaf of the first-fruits of your harvest unto the priest--A sheaf, literally, an omer, of the first-fruits of the barley harvest. The barley being sooner ripe than the other grains, the reaping of it formed the commencement of the general harvest season. The offering described in this passage was made on the sixteenth of the first month, the day following the first Passover Sabbath, which was on the fifteenth (corresponding to the beginning of our April); but it was reaped after sunset on the previous evening by persons deputed to go with sickles and obtain samples from different fields. These, being laid together in a sheaf or loos…

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Adam Clarke on Leviticus 23:14

Ye shall eat neither bread, nor parched corn, nor green ears - It is right that God, the dispenser of every blessing, should be acknowledged as such, and the first-fruits of the field, etc., dedicated to him. Concerning the dedication of the first-fruits, see the note on Exo 22:29. Parched ears of corn and green ears, fried, still constitute a part, and not a disagreeable one, of the food of the Arabs now resident in the Holy Land. See Hasselquist.

John Gill

Dictionary and topics

Agriculture — Tilling the ground (Gen. 2:15; 4:2, 3, 12) and rearing cattle were the chief employments in ancient times. The Egyptians excelled in agriculture. And after the Israelites entered into the possession…
Festivals, Religious — There were daily (Lev. 23), weekly, monthly, and yearly festivals, and great stress was laid on the regular observance of them in every particular (Num. 28:1-8; Ex. 29:38-42; Lev. 6:8-23; Ex. 30:7-9;…
Food — Originally the Creator granted the use of the vegetable world for food to man (Gen. 1:29), with the exception mentioned (2:17). The use of animal food was probably not unknown to the antediluvians.…
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…
Hospitality — Hospitality was regarded by most nations of the ancient world as one of the chief virtues. The Jewish laws respecting strangers (Leviticus 19:33,34) and the poor, (Leviticus 23:14) seq. Deuteronomy…
Law of Moses — Is the whole body of the Mosaic legislation (1 Kings 2:3; 2 Kings 23:25; Ezra 3:2). It is called by way of eminence simply “the Law” (Heb. Torah, Deut. 1:5; 4:8, 44; 17:18, 19; 27:3, 8). As a written…
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…
Sacrifice — The offering up of sacrifices is to be regarded as a divine institution. It did not originate with man. God himself appointed it as the mode in which acceptable worship was to be offered to him by…
Wheat — One of the earliest cultivated grains. It bore the Hebrew name hittah, and was extensively cultivated in Palestine. There are various species of wheat. That which Pharaoh saw in his dream was the…
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Leviticus 23:14

Word by word — the Hebrew

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Commentary

Matthew Henry on Leviticus 23:4-14

Jamieson-Fausset-Brown on Leviticus 23:10

Adam Clarke on Leviticus 23:14

John Gill

Dictionary and topics

Leviticus 23:14

Word by word — the Hebrew

Cross-references

Commentary

Matthew Henry on Leviticus 23:4-14

Jamieson-Fausset-Brown on Leviticus 23:10

Adam Clarke on Leviticus 23:14

John Gill

Dictionary and topics

John Calvin on Leviticus 23:3-21

Keil & Delitzsch on Leviticus 23:4-14

Tyndale Open Study Notes on Leviticus 23:14

Rashi on Leviticus 23:14