I'm all for debate, that is why I made this thread, but saying "x says so" proves nothing. Please show that what you state is in fact true instead of just stating it. Once you've done this you can also then interpret Leviticus 23:16 for us to mean that Shavuot can be any other day but the first day of the week. I do not think that the scriptures is in contradiction here. The two days in the week of the Feast of Unleavened bread were not technically Sabbaths, but days where work ceased. Only Yom Ha-Kippurim is a Sabbath among all of the feasts.
Again, I am happy to debate so before attacking what you think is the least strong point that I make, please start by proving your statement. I'd love to see where you get it from.
Here is the translation from the New English Translation of the Septuagint, a widely accepted and authoritative translation. The passage from Leviticus 23 is detailed below...
4These are the feasts for the Lord, and they are designated, holy, those that you shall call out at their appointed time.
5In the first month, on the fourteenth day of the month, in the middle of the time approaching evening, is a pascha to the Lord.
6And on the fifteenth day of the same month is the feast of unleavened bread to the Lord; seven days you shall eat unleavened things.
7And the first day shall be a designated, holy one to you; you shall not do any work of service.
8And for seven days you shall present whole burnt offerings to the Lord,
and the seventh day shall be a designated holy one to you; you shall not do any work of service.
9 And the Lord spoke to Moyses, saying:
10Speak to the sons of Israel, and you shall say to them: When you enter into the land that I give you and you reap its harvest, you shall also bring a sheaf as the first fruit of your harvest to the priest.
11And he shall raise up the sheaf before the Lord, acceptable for you; on the day after the first the priest shall raise it up.
12And on the day when you bring the sheaf, you shall do a sheep a year old, without blemish, as a whole burnt offering to the Lord,
13and its sacrificetwo-tenths of choice flour prepared with oil; a sacrifice to the Lord it is, an odor of fragrance to the Lord, and its libation, one-fourth of a hina of wine.
14And you shall eat no bread or parched fresh kernels until this very day, until you yourselves offer the gifts to your God; it is a perpetual precept throughout your generations in your every settlement.
15 And from the day after the sabbaths, from the day on which you bring the sheaf of the addition, you shall count off seven whole weeks.
note Nisan 14th is technically not a Sabbath.
the 15th, first day of unleavened bread is a Sabbath
the 21st, the seventh day of unleavened bread is a Sabbath
now, either Shavu'ot is celebrated on the 7/8 June which is 50 days following the first day of unleavened bread,
or v15 could indicate that it is 50 days after the seventh day Sabbath which would still not come out at the 12th June
or if you go by the weekly Sabbath it would still not come out on the 12th June.
So how have you managed to come up with 12th June???
Steve