Arthur Peake's Commentary on the Bible - Leviticus 23:9-14
Leviticus 23:9-2 Chronicles : (H). The Festival of Unleavened Bread or Mazzoth (see pp. 102f.).— The “ wave sheaf” is to be cut on the first day of the week, apparently after the Sabbath of the passover week, i.e. on the 16th of the month (but no date is actually given). For the ⅕? th ephah (about 3½ quarts), cf. Leviticus 2:14. Wine has not hitherto been mentioned in H: in P only in Exodus 29:40. No part of the new crop is to be used till the offering to Yahweh has been made. read more
Arthur Peake's Commentary on the Bible - Leviticus 23:4-8
Leviticus 23:4-Ruth : (P). The Passover (pp. 102f.), which was regularly followed by a week when no leaven was to be eaten ( cf. Deuteronomy 16:1-Ruth :, Exodus 12:1-2 Chronicles :). The first month (see on Leviticus 16) is Nisan (March-April). The Passover commences, like all Jewish feasts, at evening, or, in the Heb. phrase, “ between the two evenings,” i.e. between sunset and dark: for the sacrifice, see Numbers 28:17-Lamentations :. read more