To “rejoice before YHWH” always means in the sanctuary. But how should one rejoice? It is too late for bringing firstfruits (as in the case of the earlier grain harvests, the ʿomer of barley and the two loaves of wheat). Of course, feasting is always implied (cf. Deut 14:26). But the command to rejoice follows and must result from the command to take the enumerated plants. What seems to be taken for granted in Scripture is made explicit by the rabbis: Each day they walked in procession (with the