Leviticus 23:16-18

23:16 You must count fifty days – until the day after the seventh Sabbath – and then ¹  you must present a new grain offering to the Lord. 23:17 From the places where you live you must bring two loaves of ²  bread for a wave offering; they must be made from two tenths of an ephah of fine wheat flour, baked with yeast, ³  as first fruits to the Lord. 23:18 Along with the loaves of bread, ⁴  you must also present seven flawless yearling lambs, ⁵  one young bull, ⁶  and two rams. ⁷  They are to be a burnt offering to the Lord along with their grain offering ⁸  and drink offerings, a gift of a soothing aroma to the Lord. ⁹ 

[23:16]  ¹ tn Heb “and.” In the translation “then” is supplied to clarify the sequence.

[23:17]  ² tc Smr, LXX, Syriac, Tg. Onq., and Tg. Ps.-J. insert the word חַלּוֹת (khallot, “loaves”; cf. Lev 2:4 and the note there). Even though “loaves” is not explicit in the MT, the number “two” suggests that these are discrete units, not just a measure of flour, so “loaves” should be assumed even in the MT.

[23:17]  ³ tn Heb “with leaven.” The noun “leaven” is traditional in English versions (cf. KJV, ASV, NASB, NRSV), but “yeast” is more commonly used today.

[23:18]  ⁴ tn Heb “And you shall present on the bread.”

[23:18]  ⁵ tn Heb “seven flawless lambs, sons of a year.”

[23:18]  ⁶ tn Heb “and one bull, a son of a herd.”

[23:18]  ⁷ tc Smr and LXX add “flawless.”

[23:18]  ⁸ tn Heb “and their grain offering.”

[23:18]  ⁹ sn See the note on Lev 1:9.