"Then you shall celebratethe Feastof Weeksto the LORDyour Godwith a tributeof a freewillofferingof your hand,whichyou shall givejustas the LORDyour Godblessesyou;
"But whoam I and whoare my peoplethat we should be ableto offeras generously as this?For allthingscome from You, and from Your handwe have givenYou.
Korethe sonof Imnahthe Levite,the keeperof the eastern[gate, was] overthe freewillofferingsof God,to apportionthe contributionsfor the LORDand the mostholythings.
The Israelites,allthe menand women,whoseheartmovedthem to bring[material] for allthe work,whichthe LORDhad commandedthroughMosesto be done,broughta freewillofferingto the LORD.
It is the blessingof the LORDthat makesrich,And He addsnosorrowto it.
Whoknowswhether He will [not] turnand relentAnd leavea blessingbehindHim, [Even] a grain offeringand a drinkofferingFor the LORDyour God?
But ifshe cannotafforda lamb,then she shall taketwoturtledovesortwoyoungpigeons,the onefor a burntofferingand the otherfor a sinoffering;and the priestshall makeatonementfor her, and she will be clean.'"
You shall also countfor yourselves from the dayafterthe sabbath,from the daywhen you broughtin the sheafof the waveoffering;there shall be sevencompletesabbaths.
Or in casea manhasnokinsman,but so recovershis meansas to findsufficientfor its redemption,
But ifhe cannotafforda lamb,then he shall bringto the LORDhis guiltofferingfor that in whichhe has sinned,twoturtledovesortwoyoungpigeons,onefor a sinofferingand the otherfor a burntoffering.
Also on the dayof the firstfruits,when you presenta newgrain offeringto the LORDin your [Feast of] Weeks,you shall havea holyconvocation;you shall donolaboriouswork.
"Levya taxfor the LORDfrom the menof warwho wentout to battle,onein fivehundredof the personsand of the cattleand of the donkeysand of the sheep;
and the LORD'Slevyof the sheepwas 675;
On the firstday of everyweekeach oneof you is to putasideand save,as he may prosper,sothat nocollectionsbe madewhenI come.
I give[my] opinionin this matter, for thisis to your advantage,whowere the first to begina year agonot onlyto do[this], but alsoto desire[to do it].
For ifthe readinessis present,it is acceptableaccordingto what [a person] has,not accordingto what he does not have.
and you shall rejoicebeforethe LORDyour God,you and your sonand your daughterand your maleand femaleservantsand the Levitewhois in your town,and the strangerand the orphanand the widowwhoare in your midst,in the placewherethe LORDyour Godchoosesto establishHis name.
"You shall countsevenweeksfor yourself; you shall beginto countsevenweeksfrom the time you beginto put the sickleto the standinggrain.
