The Counting of the Omer/Shavuot

[Guest shiloh357]

Exodus 34:22-23

"And you shall celebrate the Feast of Weeks, that is, the first fruits of the wheat harvest, and the Feast of Ingathering at the turn of the year. [23] "Three times a year all your males are to appear before the Lord God, the God of Israel.

Leviticus 23:15-21

'You shall also count for yourselves from the day after the sabbath, from the day when you brought in the sheaf of the wave offering; there shall be seven complete sabbaths. [16] 'You shall count fifty days to the day after the seventh sabbath; then you shall present a new grain offering to the Lord. [17] '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. [18] 'Along with the bread, you shall present seven one year old male lambs without defect, and a bull of the herd, and two rams; they are to be a burnt offering to the Lord, with their grain offering and their libations, an offering by fire of a soothing aroma to the Lord. [19] 'You shall also offer one male goat for a sin offering and two male lambs one year old for a sacrifice of peace offerings. [20] 'The priest shall then wave them with the bread of the first fruits for a wave offering with two lambs before the Lord; they are to be holy to the Lord for the priest. [21] 'On this same day you shall make a proclamation as well; you are to have a holy convocation. You shall do no laborious work. It is to be a perpetual statute in all your dwelling places throughout your generations.

We now turn to what is called the "Sefiriat HaOmer," or "The Counting of the Omer.

The Sunday after the Sabbath of Unleavened Bread is First Fruits and First Fruits is also the first day of the counting of the Omer.

How big is an Omer? This is a bit involved, but this how the size of an omer is understood.

A. Leviticus 23:10 - One tenth of an Ephah. Since an

[Biblical Dancer]

It's interesting that this piece was written shortly before Pesach. Anyway, I agree. The scriptures that you shared teach us a lot about this very important festival: one of the three pilgrimmage festivals. As it stands, the festival is coming up near the end of May, for this year. It should also be mentioned that Shavu'ot is the festival in Acts 2. It wasn't just some random thing, you know.

[Guest matthew517]

You are correct that it starts on a Sunday. No matter which day the 1st day of Unleaven bread is on. It starts on the day following the weekly Shabbat following the Special Shabbat of the 1st day of Unleaven bread. This is the only Feast were God makes us responsible for knowing its time. All others are set on specific dates. It is always on a Sunday due to it following the 7th Shabbat.