Matthew Henry Commentary Leviticus 23:4-14

"These are the set feasts of Jehovah, even holy convocations, which ye shall proclaim in their appointed season. In the first month, on the fourteenth day of the month at even, is Jehovah`s passover. And on the fifteenth day of the same month is the feast of unleavened bread unto Jehovah: seven days ye shall eat unleavened bread. In the first day ye shall have a holy convocation: ye shall do no servile work. But ye shall offer an offering made by fire unto Jehovah seven days: in the seventh day is a holy convocation; ye shall do no servile work. And Jehovah spake unto Moses, saying, Speak unto the children of Israel, and say unto them, When ye are come into the land which I give unto you, and shall reap the harvest thereof, then ye shall bring the sheaf of the first-fruits of your harvest unto the priest: and he shall wave the sheaf before Jehovah, to be accepted for you: on the morrow after the sabbath the priest shall wave it. And in the day when ye wave the sheaf, ye shall offer a he-lamb without blemish a year old for a burnt-offering unto Jehovah. And the meal-offering thereof shall be two tenth parts [of an ephah] of fine flour mingled with oil, an offering made by fire unto Jehovah for a sweet savor; and the drink-offering thereof shall be of wine, the fourth part of a hin. And ye shall eat neither bread, nor parched grain, nor fresh ears, until this selfsame day, until ye have brought the oblation of your God: it is a statute for ever throughout your generations in all your dwellings." — Leviticus 23:4-14 (ASV)

The feast of the Passover was to continue seven days; not idle days, spent in sport, as many who are called Christians spend their holy days. Offerings were made to the Lord at His altar, and the people were taught to employ their time in prayer, praise, and godly meditation.

The sheaf of first-fruits was a type of the Lord Jesus, who is risen from the dead as the First-fruits of those who slept. Our Lord Jesus rose from the dead on the very day that the first-fruits were offered.

We are taught by this law to honour the Lord with our substance, and with the first-fruits of all our increase (Proverbs 3:9). They were not to eat of their new grain until God's portion was offered to Him from it. And we must always begin with God: begin every day with Him, begin every meal with Him, begin every affair and business with Him; seek first the kingdom of God.