"And you shall count from the day after the Sabbath, from the day that you brought the sheaf of the wave offering, seven Sabbaths complete shall be;  Meanwhile from the day after the seventh Sabbath, continue counting the fifty days." (Lev. 23:15-16).
     So seven sabbaths are to be counted.  They are called "complete" to distinguish them from the festival Sabbaths.
 
    First of the Sabbaths (Mt. 28:1; Mk. 16:1, 2; Lk. 6:1, 24:1; Jn. 20:1, 19; Acts 20:7)
    Second of the Sabbaths 
    Third of the Sabbaths
    Fourth of the Sabbaths
    Fifth of the Sabbaths
    Sixth of the Sabbaths
    Seventh of the Sabbaths (Lev. 23:16)

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