The Passover was followed by the seven day's feast of unleavened bread. The first and the seventh day were days of holy convocation, when no servile work was to be performed. On the second day of the feast, the first fruits of the year's harvest were presented before God. Barley was the earliest grain in Palestine, and at the opening of the feast it was beginning to ripen. A sheaf of this grain was waved by the priest before the altar of God, as an acknowledgment that all was His. Not until this ceremony had been performed was the harvest to be gathered. 540

Efter påsken blev de usyrede brøds højtid fejret i syv dage. På den første og den syvende dag skulle der holdes højtidsstævne, og der måtte ikke arbejdes. På festens anden dag blev førstegrøden af årets høst frembåret for Gud. Byggen var den kornsort, som først blev moden i Palæstina. Det plejede at ske ved festens begyndelse, Præsten svang et bygneg foran Guds alter for at tilkendegive, at alt tilhører ham. Der måtte ikke høstes, før denne ceremoni var udført.