KJV King James Version
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.
VERSE STUDY • KJV
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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BSB Berean Standard Bible
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.
WEB World English Bible
And the feast of harvest, the first fruits of your labors, which you sow in the field: and the feast of harvest, at the end of the year, when you gather in your labors out of the field.
ASV American Standard Version
and the feast of harvest, the first-fruits of thy labors, which thou sowest in the field: and the feast of ingathering, at the end of the year, when thou gatherest in thy labors out of the field.
YLT Young’s Literal Translation
and the Feast of Harvest, the first fruits of thy works which thou sowest in the field; and the Feast of the In-Gathering, in the outgoing of the year, in thy gathering thy works out of the field.
Surrounding context — Exodus 23
13 And in all [things] that I have said unto you be circumspect: and make no mention of the name of other gods, neither let it be heard out of thy mouth.
14 Three times thou shalt keep a feast unto me in the year.
15 Thou shalt keep the feast of unleavened bread: (thou shalt eat unleavened bread seven days, as I commanded thee, in the time appointed of the month Abib; for in it thou camest out from Egypt: and none shall appear before me empty:)
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.
17 Three times in the year all thy males shall appear before the Lord GOD.
18 Thou shalt not offer the blood of my sacrifice with leavened bread; neither shall the fat of my sacrifice remain until the morning.
19 The first of the firstfruits of thy land thou shalt bring into the house of the LORD thy God. Thou shalt not seethe a kid in his mother’s milk.
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וְחַ֤גH2282 · chagfeastהַקָּצִיר֙H7105 · qa.tsirharvestבִּכּוּרֵ֣יH1061 · bik.kurfirstfruitמַעֲשֶׂ֔יךָH4639 · ma.a.sehdeed: workאֲשֶׁ֥רH834 · a.sherwhichתִּזְרַ֖עH2232 · za.rato sowבַּשָּׂדֶ֑הH7704 · sa.daySirionוְחַ֤גH2282 · chagfeastהָֽאָסִף֙H614 · a.siphingatheringבְּצֵ֣אתH3318 · ya.tsato come out: comeהַשָּׁנָ֔הH8141 · sha.nehyearבְּאָסְפְּךָ֥H622 · a.saphto gatherאֶֽת־H853 · et[Obj.]מַעֲשֶׂ֖יךָH4639 · ma.a.sehdeed: workמִן־H4480 · minfromהַשָּׂדֶֽה׃H7704 · sa.daySirion
Cross-references
Exodus 34:22And thou shalt observe the feast of weeks, of the firstfruits of wheat harvest, and the feast of ingathering at the year’s end.Leviticus 23:9-21And the LORD spake unto Moses, saying,Leviticus 23:34-44Speak unto the children of Israel, saying, The fifteenth day of this seventh month [shall be] the feast of tabernacles [for] seven days unto the LORD.Exodus 22:29Thou 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.Deuteronomy 16:9-15Seven 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.John 7:37In the last day, that great [day] of the feast, Jesus stood and cried, saying, If any man thirst, let him come unto me, and drink.Acts 2:1And when the day of Pentecost was fully come, they were all with one accord in one place.Zechariah 14:16-19And 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 worship the King, the LORD of hosts, and to keep the feast of tabernacles.John 7:2Now the Jews’ feast of tabernacles was at hand.Numbers 29:12-39And 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 the LORD seven days:Nehemiah 8:14-18And 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 the seventh month:Numbers 28:26-31Also 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:
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