Verse Lens · Context pointer
Leviticus 23:11 Explained in Context
Use this verse as a doorway into the larger passage—not as an isolated saying.
Verse 11. 11And he shall wave the sheaf before the LORD, to be accepted for you: on the morrow after the sabbath the priest shall wave it.
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Role in This Section
This verse assigns the priest to wave the first sheaf on the day after the Sabbath.
Read It With
- Leviticus 23:4-14
Track the movement across 23:4-14. When Leviticus 23:11 assigns the priest to wave the first sheaf on the day after the Sabbath, it contributes to this complete claim: 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
This verse assigns the priest to wave the first sheaf on the day after the Sabbath. Its force depends on Leviticus 23:4-14, where the complete ritual, legal, narrative, or calendar movement supplies the teachable claim.
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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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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