Verse Lens · Context pointer
Leviticus 23:10 Explained in Context
Use this verse as a doorway into the larger passage—not as an isolated saying.
Verse 10. 10Speak 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:
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Role in This Section
This verse locates the sheaf rite after Israel enters the land and begins harvest.
Read It With
- Leviticus 23:4-14
Place Leviticus 23:10 inside 23:4-14. This verse locates the sheaf rite after Israel enters the land and begins harvest. Its surrounding procedure or case makes the larger point: Passover evening, seven unleavened days, holy assemblies, offerings, and the first sheaf with grain and drink precede eating the new crop.
Why It Needs Context
The verse locates the sheaf rite after Israel enters the land and begins harvest. Follow Leviticus 23:4-14 before drawing an enduring truth, since the surrounding case determines what this detail does and does not establish.
Continue in Context
The full thought-unit study remains the final contextual authority for this Verse Lens.
Read Leviticus 23:4-14 — Passover, Unleavened Bread, and first sheaf order the opening harvestSources used for this context pointer
How certain is this explanation? strong
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Biblical text
King James (Authorized) Version — eng-kjv2006
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USFM archive eng-kjv2006_usfm.zip; source files dated 2026-08-19; downloaded 2026-08-24; archive SHA-256 aec1b3b26c622fd3d963d2bbac963016b9513246ffbfa20da00bb100372ea007; normalized corpus SHA-256 09aef51d90488aa7b9722b3fd9a93f4b25f6bf2064c5fd798fb39673c300ddf2.
Supports: Exact reader-facing KJV wording, paragraph metadata, supplied-word markup, and complete verse coverage for this thought unit.
Exact location: Leviticus 23:4-14, pinned eng-kjv2006 USFM corpus
Open source ↗hebrew text and morphology
Open Scriptures Hebrew Bible: Leviticus
Open Scriptures
Open Scriptures, release 2.2
Supports: Hebrew wording, morphology, ritual and legal vocabulary, names, clause relationships, KJV language controls, and translation limits.
Exact location: Open Scriptures MorphHB v.2.2, commit 6a5db284c715c18b239422e57bb89684e6a19f00, wlc/Lev.xml, Masoretic words and morphology for 23:4-14
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