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Many people have been misled into believing that the Wavesheaf or "firstfruits" offering was
really of "ripe grain" rather than of the "firstfruits of green ears." This often results in the
utilization of a late intercalation method which was extant among the Jews in Babylonian prov-
inces such as Elephantine. The day in which it became lawful to harvest -- grain ripe or not --
was the 16th day of the first month, after the first holy day of Unleavened Bread. It is quite
possible that the grain would not be ripe on this date -- in that rare case the unripe grain
would be cut and used in the Temple ceremony.
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