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What the Bible Says About Pentecost

Overview

The Bible addresses pentecost across 20 verses, drawn from the Old Testament. These passages cluster most in Leviticus, Numbers and Deuteronomy. Closely related themes include Offerings, Feast of Pentecost, the, Harvest and Tabernacles, Feast of.

Key Bible verses about pentecost

Old Testament

Leviticus

Leviticus 23:15

And ye shall count unto you from the morrow after the sabbath, from the day that ye brought the sheaf of the wave offering; seven sabbaths shall be complete:

Leviticus 23:16

Even unto the morrow after the seventh sabbath shall ye number fifty days; and ye shall offer a new meat offering unto the LORD.

Leviticus 23:17

Ye shall bring out of your habitations two wave loaves of two tenth deals: they shall be of fine flour; they shall be baken with leaven; they are the firstfruits unto the LORD.

Leviticus 23:18

And ye shall offer with the bread seven lambs without blemish of the first year, and one young bullock, and two rams: they shall be for a burnt offering unto the LORD, with their meat offering, and their drink offerings, even an offering made by fire, of sweet savour unto the LORD.

Leviticus 23:19

Then ye shall sacrifice one kid of the goats for a sin offering, and two lambs of the first year for a sacrifice of peace offerings.

Leviticus 23:20

And the priest shall wave them with the bread of the firstfruits for a wave offering before the LORD, with the two lambs: they shall be holy to the LORD for the priest.

Leviticus 23:21

And ye shall proclaim on the selfsame day, that it may be an holy convocation unto you: ye shall do no servile work therein: it shall be a statute for ever in all your dwellings throughout your generations.

Deuteronomy

Deuteronomy 16:9

Seven weeks shalt thou number unto thee: begin to number the seven weeks from such time as thou beginnest to put the sickle to the corn.

Deuteronomy 16:10

And thou shalt keep the feast of weeks unto the LORD thy God with a tribute of a freewill offering of thine hand, which thou shalt give unto the LORD thy God, according as the LORD thy God hath blessed thee: a tribute: or, sufficiency

Deuteronomy 16:11

And thou shalt rejoice before the LORD thy God, thou, and thy son, and thy daughter, and thy manservant, and thy maidservant, and the Levite that is within thy gates, and the stranger, and the fatherless, and the widow, that are among you, in the place which the LORD thy God hath chosen to place his name there.

Deuteronomy 16:12

And thou shalt remember that thou wast a bondman in Egypt: and thou shalt observe and do these statutes.

Deuteronomy 16:16

Three times in a year shall all thy males appear before the LORD thy God in the place which he shall choose; in the feast of unleavened bread, and in the feast of weeks, and in the feast of tabernacles: and they shall not appear before the LORD empty:

In the Bible dictionary

Studying pentecost for yourself

  • Begin with Exodus 23:16, then read the passages below in canonical order.
  • Compare how Leviticus, Numbers and Deuteronomy each treat the theme.
  • Widen the study to related themes: Offerings, Feast of Pentecost, the, Harvest and Tabernacles, Feast of.

Frequently asked questions

What does the Bible say about pentecost?

The Bible addresses pentecost across 20 verses, drawn from the Old Testament. These passages cluster most in Leviticus, Numbers and Deuteronomy. Closely related themes include Offerings, Feast of Pentecost, the, Harvest and Tabernacles, Feast of.

How many Bible verses are about pentecost?

The Bible references pentecost in 20 verses (King James Version).

Where does the Bible first mention pentecost?

In canonical order, the first of these passages is Exodus 23:16: “And the feast of harvest, the firstfruits of thy labours, which thou hast sown in the field: and the feast of ingathering, which is in the end of the year, when thou hast gathered in thy labours out of the field.”

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