Primary Verses:

1. Leviticus 23:15-16

   • "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 YHVH."

2. Deuteronomy 16:9-12

   • "Seven weeks shalt thou number unto thee: begin to number the seven weeks from such time as thou beginnest to put the sickle to the corn.  And thou shalt keep the feast of weeks unto YHVH thy God with a tribute of a freewill offering of thine hand, which thou shalt give unto YHVH thy God, according as YHVH thy God hath blessed thee:  And thou shalt rejoice before YHVH thy God, thou, and thy son, and thy daughter, and thy manservant, and thy maidservant, and the Levite that is within thy gates, and the stranger, and the fatherless, and the widow, that are among you, in the place which YHVH thy God hath chosen to place his name there.  And thou shalt remember that thou wast a bondman in Egypt: and thou shalt observe and do these statutes."

Supporting Verses:

3. Numbers 28:26

   • "Also in the day of the firstfruits, when ye bring a new meat offering unto YHVH, after your weeks be out, ye shall have an holy convocation; ye shall do no servile work:"