In answer to this statement: “If the start of the year is declared too early, those in the north of Israel would have found themselves still harvesting barley well into the time past the 7 weeks when the barley harvest was to be finished and the wheat harvest was to begin.”
This was a statement in support of the calendar as determined by Devorah’s Date Tree inspection group. I have nothing to say, but I will let the scriptures speak for themselves concerning whether going past 7 weeks is a blessing or curse.
Lev26:3 If ye walk in my statutes, and keep my commandments, and do them; 4 Then I will give you rain in due season, and the land shall yield her increase, and the trees of the field shall yield their fruit. 5 And your threshing (grains, Shavuot [cira 3rd month] usually ends the grain harvests) shall reach unto the vintage (the grape harvest in the 5th month), and the vintage shall reach unto the sowing time (the sowing time for grains is in the 7th month): and ye shall eat your bread to the full, and dwell in your land safe
Keeping ××××s statues and commandment CAUSED the grain harvests to extend; the wheat harvest extended to the FIFTH MONTHUpdated Mar 26, 2021, 5:58 PM