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harvests in the Bible

Harvest is the the season for gathering grain or fruit.

For Israelites, on the 16th day of Abib (or April) a handful of ripe ears of grain was offered as a firstfruit before the Lord, and immediately after this the harvest commenced (Leviticus 23:9-14; 2 Samuel 21:9-10; Ruth 2:23).

It began with the feast of Passover and ended with Pentecost, thus lasting for 7 weeks (Exodus 23:16).

The harvest was a season of joy (Psalm 126:1-6; Isaiah 9:3).

Figurative harvest of souls

The word “harvest” is used figuratively in Matthew 13:30 and elsewhere.

And He was saying to them, “The harvest is plentiful, but the laborers are few; therefore pray earnestly to the Lord of the harvest to send out laborers into His harvest.” Luke 10:2; parallel verse Matthew 9:37

Do you not say, ‘There are yet four months, and then comes the harvest’? Behold, I say to you, lift up your eyes and look on the fields, that they are white for harvest. —John 4:35