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Feast of Weeks

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noun

  1. Judaism a literal translation of Shavuot

"Collins English Dictionary — Complete & Unabridged" 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012

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Feast of Weeks, 474. feather cap, 136. festivals, 472 sq. fetishism in primitive Egypt, 103, 205, 227. folk-lore, limitations of, 18. frog, the, 136.

From The Religions of Ancient Egypt and Babylonia by A. H. (Archibald Henry) Sayce

The day the celebration of the Feast of Weeks commenced, Reuben left his shop in charge of the attendants, and gave up his entire time to Joel and Jesse.

From Joel: A Boy of Galilee by Annie F. (Annie Fellows) Johnston

She is betrothed, and will be married on the Sabbath after the Feast of Weeks.

From Jewish Children by Hannah Berman

The offering here in the Feast of Weeks, or Pentecost, was a new meal-offering.

From Studies in Prophecy by Arno C. Gaebelein

And if the Lord wills it, she is going to be married on the Sabbath after the Feast of Weeks.

From Jewish Children by Hannah Berman

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