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# biblical time: week
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## Definition
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The term "week" literally refers to a period of time lasting seven days.
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* In the Jewish system of counting time, a week began at sundown on Saturday and ended at sundown the following Saturday.
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* In the Bible, the term "week" is sometimes used figuratively to refer to a group of seven units of time, such as seven years.
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* The "Festival of Weeks" is a celebration of harvest that takes place seven weeks after Passover. It is also called Pentecost.
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