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- noun (Judaism) Jewish holy day celebrated on the sixth of Sivan to celebrate Moses receiving the Ten Commandments
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The Feast of the Pentecost, also called the Feast of Weeks, Feast of
The Catholic Encyclopedia, Volume 2: Assizes-Browne 1840-1916 1913
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It is also called the Feast of Weeks, because it was kept seven weeks after the Passover.
American Woman's Home Harriet Beecher Stowe 1853
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It is also called the Feast of Weeks, because it was kept seven weeks after the Passover.
A Treatise on Domestic Economy For the Use of Young Ladies at Home and at School Catharine Esther Beecher 1839
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It was meant, in the tongue of the Greek speaking Jews, and thus Greek speaking Jews who were believers in Christ, to signify the Feast of Weeks, that is the Biblical feast of Shevuot.
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It was meant, in the tongue of the Greek speaking Jews, and thus Greek speaking Jews who were believers in Christ, to signify the Feast of Weeks, that is the Biblical feast of Shevuot.
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This festival, sometimes called the Feast of Weeks, or of Harvest, or of the First Fruits, falls 50 days after Passover and originally celebrated the end of the seven-week grain-harvesting season.
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A holiday commemorating the receiving of the Torah on Mount Sinai, it is also known as the Feast of Weeks, as it comes seven weeks after Passover begins.
InterfaithFamily.com 2009
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In Numbers 28: 26, the Feast of Weeks was a time for a holy convocation, on which they should do no laborious work.
Baptist Standard 2009
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A holiday commemorating the receiving of the Torah on Mount Sinai, it is also known as the Feast of Weeks, as it comes seven weeks after Passover begins.
InterfaithFamily.com 2009
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A holiday commemorating the receiving of the Torah on Mount Sinai, it is also known as the Feast of Weeks, as it comes seven weeks after Passover begins.
InterfaithFamily.com 2008
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