4. What was the first festival, and, on its second day, what did the high priest offer to Jehovah?

⁴ The first of the annual festivals, that of unfermented cakes, was held right after the observance of the Passover supper on Abib or Nisan 14. The festival of unleavened cakes was held for seven days, from Nisan 15 to and including Nisan 21. The first day of this festival was the Sabbath day that followed the keeping of the Passover supper. On the second day of the festival, or Nisan 16, the Israelite high priest at Jehovah’s temple in Jerusalem would offer to Him a sheaf from the newly ripened barley harvest.​—Lev. 23:11-16.

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Sheaf of firstfruits from the barley harvest pictures resurrected Jesus