Reference: Weeks
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Or successive periods of seven days each, were known from the earliest times among nations remote from each other in Europe, Asia, and Africa, Ge 29:27. See SABBATH. The Hebrew had only numeral names for the days of the week, excepting the Sabbath; the names now current among us being borrowed from Saxon mythology. The Jews called Sunday "one of the Sabbath." A prophetic week and a week of years were each seven years; and a week of sabbatical years, or forty-nine years, brought round the year of jubilee. In Joh 20:26, the disciples are said to have met again after "eight days," that is, evidently after a week, on the eighth day after our Lord's resurrection. See THREE.
For the "Feast of Weeks," see PENTECOST.
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Complete her seven, and we will give to thee also this for work which thou shalt work with me yet other seven years.
And after eight days again were his disciples within, and Thomas with them: Jesus comes, the doors shut, and said, Peace to you.
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WEEKS. A period of seven days, under the usual name of a week, ????, is mentioned as far back as the time of the deluge, Ge 7:4,10; 8:10,12; 29:27-28. It must, therefore, be considered a very ancient division of time, especially as the various nations among whom it has been noticed, for instance, the Nigri in Africa, appear to have received it from the sons of Noah. The enumeration of the days of the week commenced at Sunday. Saturday was last or seventh, and was the Hebrew Sabbath, or day of rest. The Egyptians gave to the days of the week the same names that they assigned to the planets. From the circumstance that the Sabbath was the principal day of the week, the whole period of seven days was likewise called ???, in Syriac ????, in the New Testament ???????? and ???????. The Jews, accordingly, in designating the successive days of the week, were accustomed to say, the first day of the Sabbath, that is, of the week; the second day of the Sabbath, that is, Sunday, Monday, &c, Mr 16:2,9; Lu 24:1; Joh 20; 1:19. In addition to the week of days, the Jews had three other seasons, denominated weeks, Le 25:1-17; De 16:9-10:
1. The week of weeks. It was a period of seven weeks or forty-nine days, which was succeeded on the fiftieth day by the feast of pentecost, ??????????, "fifty," De 16:9-10.
2. The week of years. This was a period of seven years, during the last of which the land remained untilled, and the people enjoyed a Sabbath or season of rest.
3. The week of seven sabbatical years. It was a period of forty-nine years, and was succeeded by the year of jubilee, Le 25:1-22; 26:34. See YEAR.
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For yet seven days, and I will give rain upon the earth forty days and forty nights: and I will wipe out every living thing which I made from the face of the earth.
And it shall be seven days; and the waters of the flood shall be upon the earth.
And he will wait yet again other seven days, and he will add to send forth the dove from the ark.
And he will wait yet again, other seven days, and will send forth the dove; and she will not add to turn back to him yet again.
Complete her seven, and we will give to thee also this for work which thou shalt work with me yet other seven years. And Jacob will do so, and he will complete her seven, and he will give to him Rachel his daughter to him for a wife.
And Jehovah will speak to Moses, in mount Sinai, saying, Speak to the sons of Israel and say to them, When ye shall come into the land which I gave to you, the land shall rest a Sabbath to Jehovah.
Speak to the sons of Israel and say to them, When ye shall come into the land which I gave to you, the land shall rest a Sabbath to Jehovah. Six years thou shalt sow thy field, and six years thou shalt prune thy vineyard, and gather its produce;
Six years thou shalt sow thy field, and six years thou shalt prune thy vineyard, and gather its produce; And in the seventh year, a Sabbath of rest shall be to the land, a Sabbath to Jehovah: thy field thou shalt not sow, and thy vineyard thou. shalt not prune.
And in the seventh year, a Sabbath of rest shall be to the land, a Sabbath to Jehovah: thy field thou shalt not sow, and thy vineyard thou. shalt not prune. The overflowing of thy harvest thou shalt not reap, and the grapes of thy separation thou shalt not gather: a year of the Sabbaths shall be to the land.
The overflowing of thy harvest thou shalt not reap, and the grapes of thy separation thou shalt not gather: a year of the Sabbaths shall be to the land. And the Sabbath of the land shall be to you for food; to thee and to thy servant, and to thy maid, and to thy hireling, and to thine inhabitant sojourning with thee.
And the Sabbath of the land shall be to you for food; to thee and to thy servant, and to thy maid, and to thy hireling, and to thine inhabitant sojourning with thee. And to thy cattle, and to the beast which is in thy land shall all its produce be for food.
And to thy cattle, and to the beast which is in thy land shall all its produce be for food. And number to thee seven Sabbaths of years, seven years, seven times; and they shall be to thee the days of seven Sabbaths of years, nine and forty years.
And number to thee seven Sabbaths of years, seven years, seven times; and they shall be to thee the days of seven Sabbaths of years, nine and forty years. And cause the trumpet of shouts of joy to pass over: in the seventh month, in the tenth of the month, in the day of expiations, shall ye cause the trumpet to pass over in all your land.
And cause the trumpet of shouts of joy to pass over: in the seventh month, in the tenth of the month, in the day of expiations, shall ye cause the trumpet to pass over in all your land. And consecrate the year, the fiftieth year, and call a letting go free in the land, to all inhabiting it: it shall be a jubilee to you; and return ye each to his possession, and each to his family shall ye turn back.
And consecrate the year, the fiftieth year, and call a letting go free in the land, to all inhabiting it: it shall be a jubilee to you; and return ye each to his possession, and each to his family shall ye turn back. It a jubilee the year, the fiftieth year shall be to you: ye shall not sow and ye shall not reap its overflowings, and ye shall not gather its separations.
It a jubilee the year, the fiftieth year shall be to you: ye shall not sow and ye shall not reap its overflowings, and ye shall not gather its separations. For it a jubilee; holy shall it be to you: from the field ye shall eat its produce.
For it a jubilee; holy shall it be to you: from the field ye shall eat its produce. In the year of this jubilee ye shall turn back each to his possession.
In the year of this jubilee ye shall turn back each to his possession. And when ye shall sell a selling to thy neighbor, or buying of thy neighbor's hand, ye shall not oppress each his brother.
And when ye shall sell a selling to thy neighbor, or buying of thy neighbor's hand, ye shall not oppress each his brother. According to the number of years after the jubilee, thou shalt buy from thy neighbor; according to the number of the years' produce shall he sell to thee.
According to the number of years after the jubilee, thou shalt buy from thy neighbor; according to the number of the years' produce shall he sell to thee. According to the multitude of years thou shalt increase his purchase, and according to the fewness of years thou shalt diminish his purchase: for from the numbering of the produce, he sold to thee.
According to the multitude of years thou shalt increase his purchase, and according to the fewness of years thou shalt diminish his purchase: for from the numbering of the produce, he sold to thee. And ye shall not oppress each his neighbor; and thou shalt fear thy God: for I Jehovah your God.
And ye shall not oppress each his neighbor; and thou shalt fear thy God: for I Jehovah your God. And ye did my laws and watched my judgments and did them, and dwelt upon the land in confidence. read more. And the land gave her fruits, and ye ate to satisfying, and ye dwelt in confidence upon it And when ye shall say, What shall we eat in the seventh year? behold, we shall not sow and we shall not gather our produce. And I commanded my blessing to you in the sixth year, and it made the produce for three years. And ye sowed the eighth year, and ate from the old produce till the ninth year; till its produce came in ye shall eat the old.
Then shall the land delight with its Sabbaths, all the days of its desolation, and ye in the land of your enemies: then shall the land rest and delight with its Sabbaths.
Seven weeks shalt thou number to thee: from the beginning of the sickle upon the standing grain, thou shalt begin to number seven weeks.
Seven weeks shalt thou number to thee: from the beginning of the sickle upon the standing grain, thou shalt begin to number seven weeks. And do thou the festival of weeks to Jehovah thy God according to the willingness of thy hand which thou shalt give as Jehovah thy God shall bless thee.
And do thou the festival of weeks to Jehovah thy God according to the willingness of thy hand which thou shalt give as Jehovah thy God shall bless thee.
And very early in the morning of one of the sabbaths, they came to the tomb, the sun having risen.
And having risen early the first of the sabbath, he was manifested first to Mary Magdalene, from whom he had cast seven demons.
And in one of the sabbaths, in the depth of the dawn of day, they came to the tomb, bringing spices which they had prepared, and certain with them.