Bible Verses About Shavuot: Giving Of The Torah, Harvest, First Fruits And Divine Revelation 

These Bible verses related to Shavuot, emphasize the themes of the giving of the Torah, harvest, first fruits, and divine revelation:

1. Exodus 19:1: "In the third month after the Israelites left Egypt—on the very day—they came to the Desert of Sinai."

2. Exodus 19:3-4: "Then Moses went up to God, and the Lord called to him from the mountain and said, 'This is what you are to say to the descendants of Jacob and what you are to tell the people of Israel: You yourselves have seen what I did to Egypt, and how I carried you on eagles’ wings and brought you to myself.'"

3. Exodus 19:16: "On the morning of the third day there was thunder and lightning, with a thick cloud over the mountain, and a very loud trumpet blast. Everyone in the camp trembled."

4. Exodus 19:20: "The Lord descended to the top of Mount Sinai and called Moses to the top of the mountain. So Moses went up."

5. Exodus 20:1-2: "And God spoke all these words: 'I am the Lord your God, who brought you out of Egypt, out of the land of slavery.'"

6. Exodus 20:3: "You shall have no other gods before me."

7. Exodus 20:8: "Remember the Sabbath day by keeping it holy."

8. Leviticus 23:15-16: "From the day after the Sabbath, the day you brought the sheaf of the wave offering, count off seven full weeks. Count off fifty days up to the day after the seventh Sabbath, and then present an offering of new grain to the Lord."

9. Leviticus 23:17: "From wherever you live, bring two loaves made of two-tenths of an ephah of the finest flour, baked with yeast, as a wave offering of firstfruits to the Lord."

10. Leviticus 23:21: "On that same day you are to proclaim a sacred assembly and do no regular work. This is to be a lasting ordinance for the generations to come, wherever you live."

11. Deuteronomy 16:9-10: "Count off seven weeks from the time you begin to put the sickle to the standing grain. Then celebrate the Festival of Weeks to the Lord your God by giving a freewill offering in proportion to the blessings the Lord your God has given you."

12. Deuteronomy 16:16**: "Three times a year all your men must appear before the Lord your God at the place he will choose: at the Festival of Unleavened Bread, the Festival of Weeks and the Festival of Tabernacles. No one should appear before the Lord empty-handed."

13. Numbers 28:26: "On the day of firstfruits, when you present to the Lord an offering of new grain during the Festival of Weeks, hold a sacred assembly and do no regular work."

14. Exodus 34:22: "Celebrate the Festival of Weeks with the firstfruits of the wheat harvest, and the Festival of Ingathering at the turn of the year."

15. Deuteronomy 26:10: "And now I bring the firstfruits of the soil that you, Lord, have given me." Place the basket before the Lord your God and bow down before him."

16. Exodus 23:16: "Celebrate the Festival of Harvest with the firstfruits of the crops you sow in your field. Celebrate the Festival of Ingathering at the end of the year, when you gather in your crops from the field."

17. Ruth 1:16: "But Ruth replied, 'Don’t urge me to leave you or to turn back from you. Where you go I will go, and where you stay I will stay. Your people will be my people and your God my God.'"

18. Ruth 2:23: "So Ruth stayed close to the women of Boaz to glean until the barley and wheat harvests were finished. And she lived with her mother-in-law."

19. Ruth 3:10: "The Lord bless you, my daughter,” he replied. “This kindness is greater than that which you showed earlier: You have not run after the younger men, whether rich or poor."

20. Ruth 4:13: "So Boaz took Ruth and she became his wife. When he made love to her, the Lord enabled her to conceive, and she gave birth to a son."

21. Ruth 4:14: "The women said to Naomi: 'Praise be to the Lord, who this day has not left you without a guardian-redeemer. May he become famous throughout Israel!'"

22. Psalm 67:6: "The land yields its harvest; God, our God, blesses us."

23. Psalm 119:97: "Oh, how I love your law! I meditate on it all day long."

24. Psalm 119:103: "How sweet are your words to my taste, sweeter than honey to my mouth!"

25. Psalm 119:105: "Your word is a lamp for my feet, a light on my path."

26. Psalm 19:7: "The law of the Lord is perfect, refreshing the soul. The statutes of the Lord are trustworthy, making wise the simple."

27. Psalm 19:8: "The precepts of the Lord are right, giving joy to the heart. The commands of the Lord are radiant, giving light to the eyes."

28. Isaiah 2:3: "Many peoples will come and say, 'Come, let us go up to the mountain of the Lord, to the temple of the God of Jacob. He will teach us his ways, so that we may walk in his paths.' The law will go out from Zion, the word of the Lord from Jerusalem."

29. Jeremiah 31:33: "This is the covenant I will make with the people of Israel after that time,” declares the Lord. 'I will put my law in their minds and write it on their hearts. I will be their God, and they will be my people.'"

30. Ezekiel 36:26: "I will give you a new heart and put a new spirit in you; I will remove from you your heart of stone and give you a heart of flesh."

31. Joel 2:23: "Be glad, people of Zion, rejoice in the Lord your God, for he has given you the autumn rains because he is faithful. He sends you abundant showers, both autumn and spring rains, as before."

32. Joel 2:28: "And afterward, I will pour out my Spirit on all people. Your sons and daughters will prophesy, your old men will dream dreams, your young men will see visions."

These verses capture the themes of revelation, covenant, divine law, harvest, and the enduring relationship between God and His people, which are central to the celebration of Shavuot.

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