![]() In Syria the Christians still celebrate 'id er-rubb ("feast of the Lord"), at which time the owners of the vineyards bring their first bunches of grapes to the church. The first-fruits were required to be presented to Yahweh (Le 23:10). Gleaning was forbidden (Le 19:9 23:22 De 24:19) (see GLEANING). Many definite laws were instituted regarding the harvest. ⇒ See a list of verses on HARVEST in the Bible. The harvesters long for cool weather during the reaping season (compare Pr 25:13). From the wheat harvest until the fruit harvest no rain falls (2Sa 21:10 Jer 5:24 compare Pr 26:1). Such an unusual storm of excessive violence visited Syria in 1912, and did much damage to the harvests, bringing fear to the superstitious farmers, who thought some greater disaster awaited them. Samuel made use of the unusual occurrence of rain during the wheat harvest to strike fear into the hearts of the people (1Sa 12:17). ![]() Between the barley harvest in April and the wheat harvest, only a few showers fall, which are welcomed because they increase the yield of wheat (compare Am 4:7). The grapes begin to ripen in August, but the gathering in for making wine and molasses (dibs), and the storing of the dried figs and raisins, is at the end of September. Between the reaping of the barley in April and the wheat in June, most of the other cereals are reaped. The seasons have not changed since that time. The three principal feasts of the Jews corresponded to the three harvest seasons (Ex 23:16 34:21-22) (1) the feast of the Passover in April at the time of the barley harvest (compare Ru 1:22) (2) the feast of Pentecost (7 weeks later) at the wheat harvest (Ex 34:22), and (3) the feast of Tabernacles at the end of the year (October) during the fruit harvest. ![]() Har'-vest (qatsir therismos): To many of us, harvest time is of little concern, because in our complex life we are far removed from the actual production of our food supplies, but for the Hebrew people, as for those in any agricultural district today, the harvest was a most important season (Ge 8:22 45:6). ![]()
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