A correspondent submits the following to clarify that Pentecost is the 50th day from Nisan 16th, which is the 50th day after Nisan 15th, lest any brethren have misunderstood. So far as we know, all authorities agree with the correspondent’s conclusion.

“Abib or Nisan … Day 15 – “The solemnity of the Passover … Sivan … Day 6-Pentecost, the fiftieth day after the Passover.” (McClintock & Strong, “Calendar,” pg. 21, italics ours)

To this date (Sivan 6th) for Pentecost agrees Temple Dictionary pg. 584, Davis Dictionary pg. 872, Harper pg. 760, and all Jewish calendars.

Leviticus 23:15, 16 – “From the morrow after the [passover] sabbath, from the day that ye brought the sheaf of the wave offering … shall ye number 50 days.”

Deuteronomy 16:9- “Begin to number the seven weeks from such time as thou beginnest to put the sickle to the corn [barley] … ” – which was Nisan 16th. (Leviticus 23:10, 11)

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