Exodus 34:22 - Exposition

Of the first-fruits . There is here an unfortunate ambiguity. The English reader naturally supposes that three festivals are mentioned—

1 . That of weeks;

2 . That of the first-fruits of wheat harvest; and

3 . That of in-gathering.

But in reality the feast of weeks is that of the first-fruits of wheat harvest. See Le Exodus 23:17 ; Numbers 28:26 . The observance of this feast, as well as that of the feast of in-gathering, was commanded in the "Book of the Covenant" ( Exodus 23:16 ).