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Leviticus 23:7

On the first day - a holy convocation, shall there be to you: no laborious work, shall ye do.

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.
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.
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 appointed seasons of Yahweh, holy convocations, - which ye shall proclaim in their appointed season: - 5 In the first month, on the fourteenth of the month, between the evenings, is a Passover unto Yahweh; 6 and on the fifteenth day of this month, is the festival of unleavened cakes unto Yahweh, - seven days - unleavened cakes, shall ye eat. 7 On the first day - a holy convocation, shall there be to you: no laborious work, shall ye do. 8 So then ye shall bring near an altar-flame unto Yahweh, seven days, - on the seventh day, shall there be a holy convocation, no laborious work, shall ye do. 9 And Yahweh spake unto Moses saying: 10 Speak unto the sons of Israel, and thou shalt say unto them: - When ye enter into the land which, I, am giving you, and ye reap the harvest thereof, then shall ye bring in a sheaf of the first-ripe corn of your harvest, unto the priest; 11 and he shall wave the sheaf before Yahweh, that ye may be accepted, - on the morrow of the sabbath, shall the priest wave it. 12 And ye shall offer on the day when ye wave the sheaf, a he-lamb without defect, the finest of its year for an ascending-sacrifice unto Yahweh; 13 and the, meal-offering thereof shall be two-tenth parts of fine meal overflowed with oil, as an altar-flame unto Yahweh a satisfying odour, - and, the drink-offering thereof, shall be mine, the fourth of a hin.

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 lifted up his eyes and looked, and lo! three men, standing over against him, - so he looked and ran to meet them from the opening of the tent, and bowed himself to the earth;
Genesis 19:1
So the two messengers went in towards Sodom at eventide, Lot, being seated in the gate of Sodom, - so Lot beheld and rose up to meet them, and bowed himself with his face to the earth.
Genesis 23:17
So was con-firmed the field of Ephron, which is in Machpelah, which is before Mamre, - the field and the cave which is therein, and all the timber which was in the field, which was in all the boundary thereof round about,
Genesis 23:18
to Abraham as a purchase in the eyes of the sons of Heth, - with all who were entering the gate of his city.
Proverbs 18:24
A man having many friends, shall come to ruin, but there is a loving one, who sticketh closer than a brother.
Hebrews 12:14
Peace, be pursuing, with all, and the obtaining of holiness, - without which no one shall see the Lord:
1 Peter 3:8
And, finally, all, being of one mind, having fellow - feeling, attached to the brethren, of tender affection, of lowly mind:

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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