Deuteronomy 16:9–10

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Deuteronomy 16:9–10 is a biblical passage in the Torah that instructs the Israelites on counting weeks from the harvest to the festival of Shavuot, forming the scriptural basis for the Jewish practice known as the Counting of the Omer.

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Deuteronomy 16 1
Deuteronomy 16:9–10 canonical 1

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Predicate Object
instanceOf biblical passage
addresses Israelites
associatedFestival Shavuot
associatedPractice Counting of the Omer
authoredByTradition Moses
book Book of Deuteronomy
surface form: Deuteronomy
canonicalStatus canonical in Jewish Bible
canonical in most Christian Old Testament canons
part of the Masoretic Text
chapter 16
commandType positive commandment
genre legal text
givesInstructionFor bringing a freewill offering
counting weeks from harvest
Shavuot
surface form: festival of Shavuot
language Hebrew
surface form: Biblical Hebrew
liturgicalUse read and cited in Jewish law codes
referenced in discussions of Omer counting
locatedIn Deuteronomy 16:9–10 self-linksurface differs
surface form: Deuteronomy 16
mentions freewill offering
grain harvest
place which the LORD shall choose
seven weeks
partOf Book of Deuteronomy
Tanakh
surface form: Hebrew Bible

Bible
surface form: Old Testament

Torah
relatedConcept Shavuot
surface form: Feast of Weeks

Shavuot
surface form: Pentecost (Jewish)
relatedLaw Exodus 34:22
Leviticus 23:15–21
religiousSignificance basis for Counting of the Omer
basis for timing of Shavuot
scripturalBasisFor rabbinic laws of Omer counting
timing of Shavuot relative to harvest
subject agricultural calendar
festival observance
harvest
offerings to God
theologicalTheme gratitude for harvest
response to divine blessing
worship at central sanctuary
tradition Christianity
Judaism
verses 9–10

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Counting of the Omer basedOn Deuteronomy 16:9–10
Deuteronomy 16:9–10 locatedIn Deuteronomy 16:9–10 self-linksurface differs
this entity surface form: Deuteronomy 16