[B-Greek] Another question about Lev. 23:11

David Mooney dmooney at atmc.net
Fri Nov 25 13:07:52 EST 2005


I have been having a discussion about the timing of the wave-sheaf in Lev. 23:11 (is it Nisan 16 or after the weekly sabbath) and it appears to me the KJV means after the weekly sabbath but I have noticed according to Brenton's LXX and this group that the wave-sheaf occurred on the morning after the first day of unleavened bread. However, a couple people on the Internet claims Leviticus 23:11 refers to the "morning OF the first day" meaning the first day of the week. They claim "the first" is in the genitive in relation to "in the morning" and the gentive implies it can be the morning of the first day and not AFTER the first day. Is it possible the LXX can read the "morning OF the first". If it is absolutely sure that the LXX read the "morning AFTER the first" then there are a lot of websites in error. Many claim that the idea of a Nisan 16 wave-sheaf did not exist until the Pharisees of the first century BCE. I am perplexed by this as one of my beliefs in regards to Pentecost may be proven to be in error (I have always assumed the weekly sabbath was referred to, especially in the Hebrew text).

Thanks as always,

David Mooney
North Carolina
Bible Student 


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