In the first day you shall have a holy convocation. You shall do no regular work.
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In the first day you shall have a holy convocation. You shall do no regular work.
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In the first day ye shall have an holy convocation: ye shall do no servile work therein.
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In the first day ye shall have a holy convocation; ye shall do no manner of servile work.
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- Leviticus 23:8 But you shall offer an offering made by fire to Yahweh seven days. In the seventh day is a holy convocation. You shall do no regular work.’ ”
- Numbers 28:18-25 In the first day shall be a holy convocation. You shall do no regular work, but you shall offer an offering made by fire, a burnt offering to Yahweh: two young bulls, one ram, and seven male lambs a year old. They shall be without defect, with their meal offering, fine flour mixed with oil. You shall offer three tenths for a bull, and two tenths for the ram. You shall offer one tenth for every lamb of the seven lambs; and one male goat for a sin offering, to make atonement for you. You shall offer these in addition to the burnt offering of the morning, which is for a continual burnt offering. In this way you shall offer daily, for seven days, the food of the offering made by fire, of a pleasant aroma to Yahweh. It shall be offered in addition to the continual burnt offering and its drink offering. On the seventh day you shall have a holy convocation. You shall do no regular work.
- Leviticus 23:25 You shall do no regular work. You shall offer an offering made by fire to Yahweh.’ ”
- Leviticus 23:35-36 On the first day shall be a holy convocation. You shall do no regular work. Seven days you shall offer an offering made by fire to Yahweh. On the eighth day shall be a holy convocation to you. You shall offer an offering made by fire to Yahweh. It is a solemn assembly; you shall do no regular work.
- Leviticus 23:21 You shall make proclamation on the same day that there shall be a holy convocation to you. You shall do no regular work. This is a statute forever in all your dwellings throughout your generations.
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Geneva Bible translators 1599 · Public Domain Or, bodily labor, save about that which one must…
Or, bodily labor, save about that which one must eat, Exod. 22:16.
Geneva Bible (1599) marginal notes — public domain.
John Trapp 1656 · Public Domain Lev 23:7 In the first day ye shall have…
Lev 23:7 In the first day ye shall have an holy convocation: ye shall do no servile work therein.
Ver. 7. No servile work.] But that about victuals. {Exo 12:26}
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John Gill 1763 · Public Domain In the first day ye shall have an holy…
In the first day ye shall have an holy convocation,.... That is, on the first of the seven days of the feast of unleavened bread, even the fifteenth day of the month Nisan; this was separated from the other days of the festival, and more particularly devoted to religions exercises, see Exo 12:16,
ye shall do no servile work therein; such as agriculture, or any manufacture or mechanical business, which they and their servants were at other times employed in; but they might bake bread, and boil or roast their meat, and walk abroad, which they might not do on their sabbaths; and therefore it is so expressed as to distinguish it from the work forbidden on that day.
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Daniel D. Whedon 1874 · Public Domain 7. No servile work — Literally, no service of…
7. No servile work — Literally, no service of husbandry, no manual toil. The law always speaks of the days of holy convocation as sabbaths. But labour incident to the festivities, such as the building of booths, was lawful. In addition to the fifty-two sabbaths, the day of atonement was the only day when all kinds of labor was forbidden. On the other six days of holy convocation certain acts not called servile labour might be performed. Too many days of absolute rest are detrimental to the moral tone of a people, and are apt to degenerate from holy days to holidays. God made no such mistake.
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The Cambridge Bible for Schools and Colleges 1878 · Public Domain 7. servile work] The expression (see R.V. mg. and…
7. servile work] The expression (see R.V. mg. and introd. note to ch.) is used in reference to the three great festivals and that of the New Year, and implies a less strict abstinence from labour than was demanded by the corresponding rule for the sabbath (Lev_23:3) and the Day of Atonement (Lev_23:28). In the former case it was probably only work of an agricultural kind that was forbidden.
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Ellicott's Commentary for English Readers 1878 · Public Domain (7) In the first day.—That is, the first of…
(7) In the first day.—That is, the first of the seven days, or the fifteenth of the month Nisan. (See Exo_12:16.)
Ye shall do no servile work therein.—Servile work was defined during the second Temple to consist in building, pulling down edifices, weaving, reaping, threshing, winnowing, grinding, &c, whilst needful work which was allowed was killing beasts, kneading dough, baking bread, boiling, roasting, &e. For violating this law the offender was not to be stoned to death, as in the case of violating the sabbath, but to receive forty stripes save one.
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The Pulpit Commentary 1880 · Public Domain Vers. 7, 8. The first and the last day…
Vers. 7, 8. The first and the last day were to be days of holy convocation, on which no servile work might be done. It was on the first day, Nisan 15, that our Lord was crucified. The Pharisees found nothing in the holiness of the day to prevent their taking virtual part in his seizure and condemnation and death; but we are told by St. John that "they themselves went not into the judgment hall, lest they should be defiled, but that they might eat the Passover". (Joh_18:28) What is meant in this passage by "the Passover" is not the Paschal lamb which had already been consumed, but probably the peace offering, or chagigah, which had to be offered and eaten on the first day of Unleavened Bread. The public sacrifices on each of the seven days of the week were two young bullocks, one ram, and seven Iambs for a burnt offering, with the accompanying meat offerings, and one goat for a sin offering. (Num_28:19-24) And these were followed by peace offerings made at the discretion of individuals, "according to the blessing of the Lord which he had given them". (Deu_16:17)
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unfoldingWord translationNotes 2017 · CC BY-SA 4.0 The first day you must set apart to gather…
The first day you must set apart to gather together
"You must set apart the first day to gather together" or "You must treat the first day as different and gather together"
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will present a food offering
They would present it to Yahweh by burning it on the altar.
The seventh day is an assembly set apart to Yahweh
The requirement that people assemble on that day is spoken of as if that day were the assembly. Being set apart to Yahweh means that when they assemble, they must worship Yahweh. AT: "The seventh day is a day when you must assemble together to worship Yahweh" (See: Metonymy)
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assembly
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