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A farmer brings the first bundled barley sheaf to a white-linen priest who waves it before the sanctuary; exactly one lamb, two bowls of flour mixed with oil, and one wine vessel accompany the offering while households wait before eating fresh grain.
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Leviticus 23:9-14

The first sheaf before any grain is eaten

The Appointed Times · Leviticus 23

Story guide: A farmer brings the first bundled barley sheaf to a white-linen priest who waves it before the sanctuary; exactly one lamb, two bowls of flour mixed with oil, and one wine vessel accompany the offering while households wait before eating fresh grain.

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9And Yahweh spoke to Moses, saying,

10Speak to the sons of Israel and say to them: When you come into the land that I am giving to you, and reap its harvest, then you shall bring the sheaf of the firstfruits of your harvest to the priest.

11And he shall wave the sheaf before Yahweh for your acceptance; on the day after the Sabbath the priest shall wave it.

12On the day you wave the sheaf, you shall offer a male lamb without blemish, a year old, as a burnt offering to Yahweh.

13Its grain offering shall be two-tenths of an ephah of fine flour mixed with oil, a food offering to Yahweh, a pleasing aroma; and its drink offering shall be wine, a fourth of a hin.

14And you shall not eat bread or roasted grain or fresh grain until this very day, until you have brought the offering of your God. It is a permanent statute throughout your generations in all your dwelling places.

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