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Leviticus 23:21
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19 Then you shall sacrifice aone kid of the goats as a sin offering, and two male lambs of the first year as a sacrifice of a bpeace offering.  
20 The priest shall wave them with the bread of the firstfruits as a wave offering before the Lord, with the two lambs. aThey shall be holy to the Lord for the priest.  
21 And you shall proclaim on the same day that it is a holy convocation to you. You shall do no customary work on it. It shall be a statute forever in all your dwellings throughout your generations.
22 a‘When you reap the harvest of your land, you shall not wholly reap the corners of your field when you reap, nor shall you gather any gleaning from your harvest. You shall leave them for the poor and for the stranger: I am the Lord your God.’ ”  

The Feast of Trumpets

23 Then the Lord spoke to Moses, saying,
24 “Speak to the children of Israel, saying: ‘In the aseventh month, on the first day of the month, you shall have a sabbath-rest, ba memorial of blowing of trumpets, a holy convocation.  
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Leviticus 23:21

This late spring holy day must be counted. God instructs us to count 50 days from the day that the wavesheaf was offered. This explains why this day is commonly called Pentecost, which means "count fifty." The Sabbath (verse 15), the day after which we start to count, is not an annual holy day, but the weekly Sabbath that falls during Unleavened Bread. We know this because Pentecost must be counted every year. If this Sabbath were an annual Sabbath, Pentecost would always fall on a fixed date. It always falls on the same day of the week—the first day, Sunday—because one begins to count on a Sunday.

Earl L. Henn
Holy Days: Pentecost


 
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