You shall bring out of your habitations two loaves of bread for a wave offering made of two tenths of an ephah† of fine flour. They shall be baked with yeast, for first fruits to the LORD.
THE SURROUNDING PASSAGE
Leviticus 23:17 in context
Leviticus 23:14–20
14
You must not eat bread, or roasted grain, or fresh grain, until this same day, until you have brought the offering of your God. This is a statute forever throughout your generations in all your dwellings.
15
“‘You shall count from the next day after the Sabbath, from the day that you brought the sheaf of the wave offering: seven Sabbaths shall be completed.
16
The next day after the seventh Sabbath you shall count fifty days; and you shall offer a new meal offering to the LORD.
17
Selected verse
You shall bring out of your habitations two loaves of bread for a wave offering made of two tenths of an ephah† of fine flour. They shall be baked with yeast, for first fruits to the LORD.
18
You shall present with the bread seven lambs without defect a year old, one young bull, and two rams. They shall be a burnt offering to the LORD, with their meal offering and their drink offerings, even an offering made by fire, of a sweet aroma to the LORD.
19
You shall offer one male goat for a sin offering, and two male lambs a year old for a sacrifice of peace offerings.
20
The priest shall wave them with the bread of the first fruits for a wave offering before the LORD, with the two lambs. They shall be holy to the LORD for the priest.
Source notes
Notes from World English Bible Updated
- 1 ephah is about 22 liters or about 2/3 of a bushel
Continue with Leviticus 23
Read the complete chapter in World English Bible Updated.
Open Leviticus 23Full chapter · AI-generated narration