The dynamics of the passage in Leviticus 23 immediately dismantle this whole premise. Passover (Abib 14) is
always followed by the first day of Unleavened Bread (Abib 15) which is followed by wave sheaf (Abib 16). Passover
is always preparation day for the first day of Unleavened Bread. There are no instructions regarding what to do with
an extra “Sabbath” elsewhere in this week long feast. Men like this force wavesheaf fall on the first day, the Sabbath
of this feast. Secondly, the passage in Joshua itself undoes what men like this are saying...
10. And the children of Israel encamped in Gilgal, and kept the passover on the fourteenth day of the month at even
in the plains of Jericho.
11. And they did eat of the old corn of the land on the morrow after the passover, unleavened cakes, and parched
corn in the selfsame day.
12. And the manna ceased on the morrow after they had eaten of the old corn of the land; neither had the children
of Israel manna any more; but they did eat of the fruit of the land of Canaan that year. Joshua 5:10-12
Verse 10 says that Passover is on the 14th day of the month. Verse 11 says that they ate the OLD CORN of the
land the morrow after Passover, not the new produce of the land. These folks say they were eating the new corn on
the morrow after Passover. There are two Hebrew words used for “old corn”, H4480 and H5669 which literally mean
kept over or stored corn. Why is Israel eating old corn on the day these folks are calling wavesheaf, the day new
corn could be eaten? Verse 12 tells when Israel DID eat the fruit of the land (the new barley). It says that they ate it
the morrow AFTER they ate the old corn, and the fact that the manna ceased the morrow AFTER they ate the old
corn is a second witness. If Passover is Abib 14, and they ate the old corn the morrow after on Abib 15 and the new
corn the following day (Abib 16), is this not EXACTLY what we see in Leviticus 23? Are not the Sabbath on Abib
15 and an Abib 14-15-16 sequence of days and events perfectly represented here?
Ignoring the “old corn” and when it was eaten, these nay-sayers get all caught up in the phrase “parched corn”
which refers to the new grain in Leviticus 23:14. We all know we cannot eat the parched corn (new barley) until
after the sheaf has been waved. Please examine the two words rendered “parched corn” in Strong’s. In Leviticus
23:14, H7039 means roasted ears. In Joshua 5:11 we find H7033 which means parched. The two words are
related, but only one means parched corn. The word corn in Joshua 5 is in italics, it is supplied text. Something
was parched, but the verse does not indicate either by word or implication that it was new barley. Verse 12
mentions the new fruit of the land. THIS is the new barley that was eaten on Abib 16. In their haste to defend
Satyrday, these men not only used poor exegesis but he was less than honest with the text.
A simple examination of the ink on the page of Joshua 5 will undo this conclusion.
23. In Joshua 5:10-12 (comparing with Leviticus 23:10-14 which says to wave the sheaf on
the morrow after the Sabbath) Passover was on the 14th of Abib and wave sheaf was
performed the next day (Abib 15). Meaning, that Satyrday Sabbath fell on Passover day
that year (Abib 14).
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