Exodus 23:16 - John Trapp Complete Commentary

Bible Comments

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.

Ver. 16. And the feast of harvest.] Pentecost, when their wheat harvest came in.

In the end of the year.] See the reason of this law in Deuteronomy 11:12. It was "a land which the Lord cared for: the eyes of the Lord were always upon it from the beginning of the year even unto the end of the year."

Exodus 23:16

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.