Leviticus 23:7

Contemporary English Version

On the first day of this festival you must rest from your work and come together for worship.

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.

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.

Bishop's Bible (1568)
In the first day ye shall haue an holy conuocation: ye shal do no seruile worke therin.

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

⁴The Lord said: Passover is another time when you must come together to worship me, and it must be celebrated on the evening of the fourteenth day of the first month of each year. ⁶ The Festival of Thin Bread begins on the fifteenth day of that same month; it lasts seven days, and during this time you must honor me by eating bread made without yeast. ⁷ On the first day of this festival you must rest from your work and come together for worship. ⁸ Each day of this festival you must offer sacrifices. Then on the final day you must once again rest from your work and come together for worship. ⁹ The Lord told Moses ¹⁰ to say to the community of Israel: After you enter the land I am giving you, the first bundle of wheat from each crop must be given to me. So bring it to a priest ¹¹ on the day after the Sabbath. He will lift it up in dedication to me, and I will accept you. ¹² You must also offer a sacrifice to please me. So bring the priest a one-year-old lamb that has nothing wrong with it ¹³ and four pounds of your finest flour mixed with olive oil. Then he will place these on the bronze altar and send them up in smoke with a smell that pleases me. Together with these, you must bring a quart of wine as a drink offering. ¹⁴ I am your God, and I forbid you to eat any new grain or anything made from it until you have brought these offerings. This law will never change.

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
Abraham looked up and saw three men standing nearby. He quickly ran to meet them, bowed with his face to the ground,

Genesis 19:1
That evening the two angels arrived in Sodom, while Lot was sitting near the city gate. When Lot saw them, he got up, bowed down low,

Proverbs 18:24
Some friends don't help, but a true friend is closer than your own family.

Hebrews 12:14
Try to live at peace with everyone! Live a clean life. If you don't, you will never see the Lord.

1 Peter 3:8
Finally, all of you should agree and have concern and love for each other. You should also be kind and humble.

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.