When Passover falls on a weekly Sabbath, it creates a unique situation for counting to Pentecost. The weekly Sabbath within the Days of Unleavened Bread remains the key marker for starting the count, which begins the day after this Sabbath. This ensures consistency, even if the count starts outside the Feast of Unleavened Bread. Leviticus 23 supports using the weekly Sabbath between the two holy days of Unleavened Bread to determine Wavesheaf Day and Pentecost. Scripture provides no authority to alter this method based on Passover's occurrence on a Sabbath, maintaining that the count must always follow the weekly Sabbath within the Feast, regardless of the specific dates. Also see sermons and articles about Passover on Weekly Sabbath.
Leviticus 23:7 On the first day you shall have a holy convocation; you shall do no customary work on it.
Related Scriptures
Leviticus 23:11 He shall wave the sheaf before the LORD, to be accepted on your behalf; on the day after the Sabbath the priest shall wave it.
Leviticus 23:15 'And you shall count for yourselves from the day after the Sabbath, from the day that you brought the sheaf of the wave offering: seven Sabbaths shall be completed.
Deuteronomy 12:13 Take heed to yourself that you do not offer your burnt offerings in every place that you see;
Deuteronomy 16:9 'You shall count seven weeks for yourself; begin to count the seven weeks from the time you begin to put the sickle to the grain.
