Count off fifty days up to the day after the seventh Sabbath, and then present an offering of new grain to the Lord. The fiftieth day — Pentecost, the Feast of Weeks — is the culmination of the seven-week count from the firstfruits wave. The new grain offering of the Feast of Weeks is the wheat harvest's firstfruits offered to God after the barley harvest's firstfruits opened the harvest season. Acts 2:1 records the Spirit falling on this exact day: the fiftieth day after the resurrection's first day is the day the firstfruits of the new covenant community are gathered. The Pentecost harvest begins with the gift of the Spirit.

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