Mitzvah #385 Positive Commandment (Mitzvah Asseh)
„Each man must count seven weeks from the day the new wheat offering was brought after Passover“
Scripture Reference: LEV 23:15 (Torah Portion (Parashah): Emor)
Scripture Texts
English Translation
'You shall also count for yourselves from the day after the sabbath, from the day when you brought in the sheaf of the wave offering; there shall be seven complete sabbaths.
Hebrew Text (Torah)
טו וּסְפַרְתֶּם לָכֶם, מִמָּחֳרַת הַשַּׁבָּת, מִיּוֹם הֲבִיאֲכֶם, אֶת-עֹמֶר הַתְּנוּפָה: שֶׁבַע שַׁבָּתוֹת, תְּמִימֹת תִּהְיֶינָה.
Greek Text (Septuagint)
15 Καὶ ἀριθμήσετε ὑμεῖς ἀπὸ τῆς ἐπαύριον τῶν σαββάτων, ἀπὸ τῆς ἡμέρας, ἧς ἂν προσενέγκητε τὸ δράγμα τοῦ ἐπιθέματος, ἑπτὰ ἑβδομάδας ὁλοκλήρους·
Theological Classification
Torah Portion (Parashah) Emor
Sefer HaChinuch Number #306
Mishneh Torah (Maimonides)
Service (Buch 8)
Section: Perpetual Offerings and Additional Offerings
Systematic Category (P119f) Appointed Times