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And ye shall count unto you from the morrow after the Sabbath, from the day that ye brought the sheaf [omer] of the wave offering; seven Sabbaths shall be complete: (Lev 23:15)
"By the same day, the first day of the month is intended. The Jews celebrate the feast of Pentecost (weeks) fifty days after the Passover: from the departure out of Egypt to the coming to Sinai were forty-five days; for they came out the fifteenth day of the first month, from which day to the first of the third month forty-five days are numbered. On the 2d day of this third month Moses went up into the mountain, when three days were given to the people to purify themselves; this gives the fourth day of the third month, or the forty-ninth from the departure out of Egypt. On the next day, which was the fiftieth from the celebration of the Passover, the glory of God appeared on the mount; in commemoration of which the Jews celebrate the feast of Pentecost. This is the opinion of St. Augustine and of several moderns, and is defended at large by Houbigant. As the word חדש (chodesh), month, is put for new moon, which is with the Jews the first day of the month, this may be considered an additional confirmation of the above opinion." (Ex. 19:1) Adam Clarke's Commentary on the Bible
Exo. 19:1-25. Arrival at Sinai. "In the third month — according to Jewish usage, the first day of that month - 'same day.' - It is added, to mark the time more explicitly, that is, forty-five days after Egypt - one day spent on the mount (Ex. 19:3), one returning the people’s answer (Ex. 19:7, Ex. 19:8), three days of preparation, making the whole time fifty days from the first Passover to the promulgation of the law. Hence the feast of Pentecost, that is, the fiftieth day, was the inauguration of the Old Testament church, and the divine wisdom is apparent in the selection of the same reason for the institution of the New Testament church (John 1:17; Acts 2:1)." A Commentary on the Old and New Testaments by Robert Jamieson, A. R. Fausset and David Brown
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