Leviticus 23:14

And ye shall eat neither bread, nor parched corn, nor green ears, until the selfsame day that ye have brought an offering unto your God: it shall be a statute for ever throughout your generations in all your dwellings.

Cross-references

Leviticus 23:21 follows with the holy convocation and rest on the same feast day, completing the regulations for the Feast of Weeks.

Leviticus 19:23-25 restricts eating fruit from a tree until its fourth year, paralleling the firstfruits restriction on grain in Leviticus 23:14.

Leviticus 2:14 describes the firstfruits grain offering that must be brought before eating the new harvest, as required here.

Joshua 5:11 Historical context

Joshua 5:11 records eating parched grain after the Passover, illustrating the fulfillment of the firstfruits restriction in the promised land.