Feast Of Pentecost (Pentecost signifies the fiftieth)

Held on the 50th day after offering the first sheaf of barley harvest, Lev. 23.15,16. Deu. 16.9 (that is, 50 days after the Pa over), compare Lev. 23.10-14 with Jos. 5.10,11; hence called feast of weeks (that is, a week multiplied by a week, 7 times 7), Ex. 34.22. Deu. 16.10. Called feast of harvest, Fx. 23.16. Day of the first-fruits, Num. 28.26. Day of Pentecost, Act. 2.1. Act. 20.16. 1 Cor. 16.8.