THE FESTIVAL OF WEEKS

9 “You are to count seven weeks, counting the weeks from the time the sickle is first put to the standing grain.a 10 You are to celebrate the Festival of Weeksb to the Lord your God with a freewill offeringc that you give in proportion to how the Lord your God has blessed you. 11 Rejoiced before the Lord your God in the place where he chooses to have his name dwell—you, your son and daughter, your male and female slave, the Levite within your city gates, as well as the resident alien, the fatherless, and the widow among you.