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Leviticus 23:7

In the first day ye shall haue an holy conuocation: ye shal do no seruile worke therin.

Bible Study Resources

Concordances:

- Nave's Topical Bible - Passover;   Rest;   Sanitation;  

Dictionaries:

- American Tract Society Bible Dictionary - Expiation;   Passover;   Bridgeway Bible Dictionary - Feasts;   Charles Buck Theological Dictionary - Convocation;   First Fruits;   Easton Bible Dictionary - Abib;   Convocation;   Passover;   Sacrifice;   Fausset Bible Dictionary - Abib;   Jesus Christ;   Passover;   Holman Bible Dictionary - Festivals;   Leaven;   Leviticus;   Pentateuch;   Preparation Day;   Sanctification;   Hastings' Dictionary of the Bible - Canon of the Old Testament;   Congregation, Assembly;   Crimes and Punishments;   Deuteronomy;   Hexateuch;   Holiness;   Law;   Leviticus;   Passover and Feast of Unleavened Bread;   Pentecost, Feast of;   Priests and Levites;   Sanctification, Sanctify;   Hastings' Dictionary of the New Testament - Passover (I.);   Preparation ;   Morrish Bible Dictionary - Feasts;   Passover, the;   People's Dictionary of the Bible - Feasts;   Smith Bible Dictionary - Pass'over,;  

Encyclopedias:

- Condensed Biblical Cyclopedia - Sabbath and Feasts;   Time Given to Religion;   Worship, the;   International Standard Bible Encyclopedia - Feasts, and Fasts;   The Jewish Encyclopedia - Festivals;   Holy Days;   Law, Reading from the;   Passover;  

Parallel Translations

Hebrew Names Version
In the first day you shall have a holy convocation: you shall do no servile work.
King James Version
In the first day ye shall have an holy convocation: ye shall do no servile work therein.
Lexham English Bible
On the first day there shall be a holy assembly for you; you shall not do any regular work.
New Century Version
On the first day of this feast you will have a holy meeting, and you must not do any work.
New English Translation
On the first day there will be a holy assembly for you; you must not do any regular work.
Amplified Bible
'On the first day you shall have a holy convocation (calling together); you shall not do any laborious work [on that day].
New American Standard Bible
'On the first day you shall have a holy convocation; you shall not do any laborious work.
Geneva Bible (1587)
In the first day yee shall haue an holy conuocation: ye shal do no seruile worke therein.
Legacy Standard Bible
On the first day you shall have a holy convocation; you shall not do any laborious work.
Contemporary English Version
On the first day of this festival you must rest from your work and come together for worship.
Complete Jewish Bible
On the first day you are to have a holy convocation; don't do any kind of ordinary work.
Darby Translation
On the first day ye shall have a holy convocation: no manner of servile work shall ye do.
Easy-to-Read Version
On the first day of this festival, you will have a special meeting. You must not do any work on that day.
English Standard Version
On the first day you shall have a holy convocation; you shall not do any ordinary work.
George Lamsa Translation
On the first day you shall have a holy convocation; you shall do no manner of work thereon.
Good News Translation
On the first of these days you shall gather for worship and do none of your daily work.
Christian Standard Bible®
On the first day you are to hold a sacred assembly; you are not to do any daily work.
Literal Translation
On the first day you shall have a holy gathering; you shall do no work of service;
Miles Coverdale Bible (1535)
The first daie shalbe called holy amonge you, ye shal do no worke of bodage therin,
American Standard Version
In the first day ye shall have a holy convocation: ye shall do no servile work.
Bible in Basic English
On the first day you will have a holy meeting; you may do no sort of field-work.
JPS Old Testament (1917)
In the first day ye shall have a holy convocation; ye shall do no manner of servile work.
King James Version (1611)
In the first day ye shall haue an holy conuocation: ye shall do no seruile worke therein.
Brenton's Septuagint (LXX)
And the first day shall be a holy convocation to you: ye shall do no servile work.
English Revised Version
In the first day ye shall have an holy convocation: ye shall do no servile work.
Berean Standard Bible
On the first day you shall hold a sacred assembly; you are not to do any ordinary work.
Wycliffe Bible (1395)
the firste dai schal be moost solempne and hooli to you; ye schulen not do ony `seruyle werk ther ynne,
Young's Literal Translation
on the first day ye have a holy convocation, ye do no servile work;
Update Bible Version
In the first day you shall have a holy convocation: you shall do no servile work.
Webster's Bible Translation
In the first day ye shall have a holy convocation: ye shall do no servile work in it.
World English Bible
In the first day you shall have a holy convocation: you shall do no servile work.
New King James Version
On the first day you shall have a holy convocation; you shall do no customary work on it.
New Living Translation
On the first day of the festival, all the people must stop their ordinary work and observe an official day for holy assembly.
New Life Bible
On the first day you will have a holy meeting. You will not do any hard work.
New Revised Standard
On the first day you shall have a holy convocation; you shall not work at your occupations.
J.B. Rotherham Emphasized Bible
On the first day - a holy convocation, shall there be to you: no laborious work, shall ye do.
Douay-Rheims Bible
The first day shall be most solemn unto you, and holy: you shall do no servile work therein.
Revised Standard Version
On the first day you shall have a holy convocation; you shall do no laborious work.
New American Standard Bible (1995)
'On the first day you shall have a holy convocation; you shall not do any laborious work.

Contextual Overview

4 These are the feastes of the Lorde, euen holy conuocations, which ye shall proclayme in their seasons. 5 In the fourteenth day of the first moneth at euen, is the Lordes Passouer: 6 And on the fifteenth day of the same moneth, is the feast of vnleauened bread vnto the Lorde: seuen dayes ye must eate vnleauened bread. 7 In the first day ye shall haue an holy conuocation: ye shal do no seruile worke therin. 8 But ye shall offer sacrifices made by fire vnto the Lorde throughout these seuen dayes: and in the seuenth day is an holy conuocation, ye shall do no seruile worke therin. 9 And the Lorde spake vnto Moyses, saying: 10 Speake vnto the children of Israel, and say vnto them: When ye be come into the lande which I geue vnto you, and reape downe the haruest therof, ye shall bryng a sheafe of the first fruites of your haruest vnto the priest: 11 Which shall waue the sheafe before the Lorde, to be accepted for you: and euen the morowe after the Sabboth the priest shall waue it. 12 And ye shall offer that day when ye waue the sheafe, an hee lambe without blemishe of a yere olde, for a burnt offeryng vnto the Lorde: 13 And the meate offeryng therof, shalbe made of two tenth deales of fine floure myngled with oyle, to be a sacrifice made by fire vnto the Lord for a sweete sauour: and the drynke offeryng therof shalbe of wine, euen the fourth deale of an hyn.

Bible Verse Review
  from Treasury of Scripure Knowledge

Numbers 28:18-25

Reciprocal: Exodus 12:16 - first day Leviticus 16:29 - do no Leviticus 23:35 - General Luke 6:1 - the second John 6:4 - General John 19:31 - that sabbath

Cross-References

Genesis 18:2
And he lift vp his eyes and loked, and loe, three men stoode by hym: And when he sawe them, he ranne to meete them from the tent doore, and bowed hym selfe towarde the grounde,
Genesis 19:1
And there came two angels to Sodome at euen, and Lot sate at the gate of Sodome: and Lot seing [them] rose vp to meete them, and he bowed hym selfe with his face towarde the grounde.
Genesis 23:17
And the fielde of Ephron in Machpelah, which was before Mamre, eue the fielde and the caue that was therein, and all the trees that were in the fielde, and that were in al the borders rounde about, was made sure
Genesis 23:18
Unto Abraham for a possession in the sight of the chyldren of Heth, before all that went in at the gates of the citie.
Proverbs 18:24
A man that wyll haue frendes, must shewe hym selfe frendly: and there is a frende whiche is nearer then a brother.
Hebrews 12:14
Folowe peace with all men, and holynesse, without the which, no man shall see the Lorde:
1 Peter 3:8
In conclusion, be ye all of one minde, of one heart, loue as brethren, be pitiful, be curteous,

Gill's Notes on the Bible

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 Exodus 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.

Barnes' Notes on the Bible

In these verses, the Passover, or Paschal Supper, and the Feast of Unleavened Bread, are plainly spoken of as distinct feasts. See Exodus 12:6, Exodus 12:15, Exodus 12:17; Numbers 28:16-17.

Leviticus 23:5

See Exodus 12:6. According to the Hebrew mode of reckoning, the 15th day of the month began on the evening of the 14th. The day of holy convocation with which the Feast of Unleavened Bread commenced Leviticus 23:7 was the 15th, and that with which it terminated was the 21st. Compare Numbers 28:16-17.

Leviticus 23:6

Feast - The three festivals (often called the Great Festivals), Passover, Pentecost and tabernacles, to which the name חג chag, i. e. a feast or rejoicing properly belongs Leviticus 23:6, Leviticus 23:34, Leviticus 23:39, Leviticus 23:41, were distinguished by the attendance of the male Israelites at the national sanctuary (compare Exodus 23:17; Exodus 34:23; Deuteronomy 16:16). In later times they were called by the rabbins “pilgrimage feasts.” It is worthy of note that the Hebrew word is identical with the Arabic “haj”, the name of the pilgrimage to Mecca, from which comes the well-known word for a pilgrim, “haji”.

Leviticus 23:7

No servile work - literally, no work of labor, no work that belongs to one’s worldly calling, such as labor in agriculture or handicraft. The preparation of food was permitted Exodus 12:16, a licence not granted on the weekly Sabbath, or on the day of atonement Leviticus 23:28, Leviticus 23:30; Exodus 20:10; Exodus 35:3.

Leviticus 23:8

The sacrifices here meant are named in Numbers 28:19-24.


 
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