Deuteronomy 16:7-9
New American Bible (Revised Edition)
7 You shall cook and eat it at the place the Lord, your God, will choose; then in the morning you may return to your tents. 8 For six days you shall eat unleavened bread, and on the seventh day there shall be a solemn assembly for the Lord, your God; on that day you shall do no work.(A)
Feast of Weeks. 9 (B)You shall count off seven weeks; begin to count the seven weeks from the day when the sickle is first put to the standing grain.
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