利未記23:15-22

23:15 「你們要從安息日的次日，獻禾捆為搖祭的那日算起，要滿了七個安息日。
23:16 到第七個安息日的次日，共計五十天，又要將新素祭獻給耶和華。
23:17 要從你們的住處取出細麵伊法十分之二，加酵，烤成兩個搖祭的餅，當作初熟之物獻給耶和華。
23:18 又要將一歲、沒有殘疾的羊羔七隻、公牛犢一隻、公綿羊兩隻，和餅一同奉上。這些與同獻的素祭和奠祭要作為燔祭獻給耶和華，就是作馨香的火祭獻給耶和華。
23:19 你們要獻一隻公山羊為贖罪祭，兩隻一歲的公綿羊羔為平安祭。
23:20 祭司要把這些和初熟麥子做的餅一同作搖祭，在耶和華面前搖一搖；這是獻與耶和華為聖物歸給祭司的。
23:21 當這日，你們要宣告聖會；甚麼勞碌的工都不可做。這在你們一切的住處作為世世代代永遠的定例。
23:22 「在你們的地收割莊稼，不可割盡田角，也不可拾取所遺落的；要留給窮人和寄居的。我是耶和華─你們的上帝。」

 ¹⁵ “‘From the day after the Sabbath, the day you brought the sheaf of the wave offering, count off seven full weeks. ¹⁶ Count off fifty days up to the day after the seventh Sabbath, and then present an offering of new grain to the Lord. ¹⁷ From wherever you live, bring two loaves made of two-tenths of an ephah of the finest flour, baked with yeast, as a wave offering of firstfruits to the Lord. ¹⁸ Present with this bread seven male lambs, each a year old and without defect, one young bull and two rams. They will be a burnt offering to the Lord, together with their grain offerings and drink offerings—a food offering, an aroma pleasing to the Lord. ¹⁹ Then sacrifice one male goat for a sin offering^[c] and two lambs, each a year old, for a fellowship offering. ²⁰ The priest is to wave the two lambs before the Lord as a wave offering, together with the bread of the firstfruits. They are a sacred offering to the Lord for the priest. ²¹ On that same day you are to proclaim a sacred assembly and do no regular work. This is to be a lasting ordinance for the generations to come, wherever you live.

²² “‘When you reap the harvest of your land, do not reap to the very edges of your field or gather the gleanings of your harvest. Leave them for the poor and for the foreigner residing among you. I am the Lord your God.’”

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    「五旬節」的計算方式在這裡說得很清楚：「你們要從安息日的次日，獻禾捆為搖祭的那日算起，要滿了七個安息日。到第七個安息日的次日，共計五十天，又要將新素祭獻給耶和華。」

    照今日的算法，「五旬節」剛好是主日，在《使徒行傳》第二章記載，是聖靈降臨到教會的日子，剛好是收割的慶祝節日。在這一天的獻的祭物很特別：「要從你們的住處取出細麵伊法十分之二，加酵，烤成兩個搖祭的餅，當作初熟之物獻給耶和華。」

    在這一天要獻贖罪祭，也要獻平安祭，而且「當這日，你們要宣告聖會；甚麼勞碌的工都不可做。這在你們一切的住處作為世世代代永遠的定例。」

    不僅如此，上帝還記念弱勢的人：「在你們的地收割莊稼，不可割盡田角，也不可拾取所遺落的；要留給窮人和寄居的。我是耶和華─你們的上帝。」

    因此，我們讀到這些記載時，心中真的中滿感謝！因為，上帝的慈愛存到永遠！