Feast of Weeks – Pentecost (Shavuot) Leviticus 23:15-21
“And ye shall count unto you from the morrow after the Sabbath, from the day that ye brought the sheaf of the wave offering; seven Sabbaths shall be complete: Even unto the morrow after the seventh Sabbath shall ye number fifty days; and ye shall offer a new meat offering unto the LORD” Lev 23:15 -16

The Feast of Weeks represented the conclusion of the Spring feast season. During this feast, which was again concerning the wheat harvest, YAH instructed the children of Israel not to harvest the corners of their field and to leave the gleanings of their harvest for the poor and strangers. It was also a time of year for charity, where the widows, fatherless and strangers could glean the fields. This feast coincides with the day on which YAH established His covenant with the children of Israel through the giving of the Torah on Mt. Sinai. The Day of Pentecost symbolizes the anniversary of the giving of the Torah, and YAH covenant with the children of Israel.

The Feast of Weeks is the fourth feast among the Spring Feast of the LORD. It has been known by many names such as the “Feast of Pentecost”, the Numbering of the Sabbaths, and the “Counting of the Omer”. The Feast of Weeks is a countdown to the Day of Pentecost, and begins “the morrow after the Sabbath”  following the Feast of First Fruits and its observation continues seven Sabbaths from the day of First Fruits of the barley harvest. According to Exodus 34:22, the Feast of Weeks, pays tribute to the first fruits of the wheat harvest.

The significance of the Feast of Weeks commemorates the giving of the Torah on Mount Sinai and the New Covenant’s infilling or giving of the Holy Spirit (Ruach Ha Kodesh) in Jerusalem. The fiftieth day of counting omer is the Day of Pentecost. We are not commanded to do anything during the fifity days but to count the Sabbaths until the observance of Pentecost.

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