³¹ The flax and the barley were destroyed because the barley was ripe^[a] and the flax was budding,^(A)

¹⁰ ‘Speak to the Israelites and tell them: When you enter the land I am giving you and reap its harvest,^[a] you are to bring the first sheaf of your harvest to the priest. ¹¹ He will present the sheaf before the Lord so that you may be accepted; the priest is to present it on the day after the Sabbath.