Exodus 34:22

See on Exodus 23:16. Feast of weeksis a name derived (see Deuteronomy 16:9) from the -seven weeks" the average duration of harvest-time by which this feast followed the commencement of harvest. The same expression is used in Deuteronomy 16:10; Deuteronomy 16:16; 2 Chronicles 8:13 †.

hold thee] See on Exodus 12:47. So Deuteronomy 16:13.

close] lit. circuit, i.e. completed circuit; Ges. (Thes.) - ad(post) decursum anni." So Exo 1 Samuel 1:20 (lit. at the(completed) circuit of days), also, in all probability, of the feast of weeks at the close of the year (notice in v.21 -the yearly sacrifice," lit. the sacrifice of days, of the same feast 1 [222]): the word occurs also in Psalms 19:6 [Hebrews 7], 2 Chronicles 24:23 †; cf. the cognate verb in Isaiah 29:1 -let the feasts go round," i.e. complete their circuit.

[222] The words -that [Heb. and Hannah conceived" in v.20 are almost certainly misplaced, and should stand at the beginning of the verse: -And Hannah conceived; and it came to pass, at the close of the days(i.e. of the year), that she bare a son."