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Proof of a Sivan 6 Pentecost
(Copyright 07-13-2025) by Laura Lee (Bismarck, North Dakota) The Law and PentecostThe instruction in the law on when to keep Pentecost is as follows: Lev 23:9 And the LORD spake unto Moses, saying, Lev 23:10 Speak unto the children of Israel, and say unto them, When ye be come into the land which I give unto you, and shall reap the harvest thereof, then ye shall bring a sheaf of the firstfruits of your harvest unto the priest: Lev 23:11 And he shall wave the sheaf before the LORD, to be accepted for you: on the morrow after the sabbath the […]
Pentecost: Sunday, Monday, or Sivan 6?
(Copyright 2008) by Bryan T. Huie (Dennard, Arkansas) Pentecost, also called the Feast of Weeks (Heb. Chag Shavuot), the Feast of Harvest (Heb. Chag haQatzir), and the Day of Firstfruits (Heb. Yom haBikurim) in the Old Testament, is the only Holy Day which wasn’t designated to fall on a particular day of the month. Pentecost, which means “count fifty” in Greek, was to be determined by counting fifty days from the time the wave sheaf was offered during the Feast of Unleavened Bread. That sounds simple enough, but the difficulty that arises is when to start and end the count. Almost […]