Leviticus 23:15

The Festival of Weeks

23:15 “‘You must count for yourselves seven weeks from the day after the Sabbath, from the day you bring the wave offering sheaf; they must be complete weeks. 1 

Leviticus 23:28

23:28 You must not do any work on this particular day, 2  because it is a day of atonement to make atonement for yourselves 3  before the Lord your God.

1 tn Heb “seven Sabbaths, they shall be complete.” The disjunctive accent under “Sabbaths” precludes the translation “seven complete Sabbaths” (as NASB, NIV; cf. NAB, NRSV, NLT). The text is somewhat awkward, which may explain why the LXX tradition is confused here, either adding “you shall count” again at the end of the verse, or leaving out “they shall be,” or keeping “they shall be” and adding “to you.”

2 tn Heb “in the bone of this day.”

3 tn Heb “on you [plural]”; cf. NASB, NRSV “on your behalf.”