Pentecost

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One of Israel’s three major agricultural festivals, the second great feast of the Jewish year. It is a harvest festival, also known as the Feast of Weeks. The original Jewish significance of this festival has been overshadowed by the Christian celebration of the coming of the Holy Spirit at Pentecost.

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Pentecost was one of Israel’s three major agricultural festivals

It was also known as the Feast of Weeks

Deuteronomy 16:9–10 LEB
“You shall count off seven weeks for you; from the time you begin to harvest the standing grain you shall begin to count seven weeks. And then you shall celebrate the Feast of Weeks for Yahweh your God with the measure of the freewill offering of your hand that you shall give just as Yahweh your God has blessed you.
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It is also referred to as the Feast of Harvest

Exodus 23:16 LEB
And you will keep the Feast of Harvest, with the firstfruits of your work, what you sow in the field. And you will keep the Feast of Harvest Gathering when the year goes out, when you gather your work from the field.

Instructions for the celebration of Pentecost

Its timing and sacrifices

The “fifty days” (verse 16) gives rise to the term “Pentecost” which is derived from the Greek word for “fiftieth”; ;

Its link with the deliverance from Egypt

Pentecost later became associated with covenant renewal and the giving of the Law.

Pentecost in the NT

It was observed by Paul

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Its association with the coming of the Holy Spirit

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