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Positive commandment 161 of 248

To count forty-nine days from the time of cutting the Omer (first sheaves of the Barley Harvest)

Rembrandt, Moses with the Ten Commandments (1659), Gemäldegalerie Berlin. Public domain.

Maimonides

To count forty-nine days from the time of cutting the Omer (first sheaves of the Barley Harvest), as it is said, “And ye shall count unto you from the morrow after the Sabbath (feast)” (Lev. 23:15).

Leviticus 23:15

KJV
And ye shall count unto you from the morrow after the sabbath, from the day that ye brought the sheaf of the wave offering; seven sabbaths shall be complete:
ASV
And ye shall count unto you from the morrow after the sabbath, from the day that ye brought the sheaf of the wave-offering; seven sabbaths shall there be complete:
WEB
“‘You shall count from the next day after the Sabbath, from the day that you brought the sheaf of the wave offering: seven Sabbaths shall be completed.
JPS
And ye shall count unto you from the morrow after the day of rest, from the day that ye brought the sheaf of the waving; seven weeks shall there be complete;