Leviticus 23:7

Wycliffe Bible

the firste dai schal be moost solempne and hooli to you; ye schulen not do ony `seruyle werk ther ynne,

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.

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 ben the hooli feries of the Lord, whiche ye owen to halewe in her tymes. ⁵ In the firste monethe, in the fourtenthe dai of the monethe, at euentid, is pask of the Lord; ⁶ and in the fiftenthe dai of this monethe is the solempnyte of therf looues of the Lord; seuene daies ye schulen ete therf looues; ⁷ the firste dai schal be moost solempne and hooli to you; ye schulen not do ony `seruyle werk ther ynne, <sup>8</sup> but ye schulen offre sacrifice in fier to the Lord seuene daies; sotheli the seuenthe dai schal be more solempne and hooliere, `that is, `than the formere daies goynge bitwixe, and ye schulen not do ony seruyle werk ther ynne. ⁹ And the Lord spak to Moises and seide, ¹⁰ Speke thou to the sones of Israel, and thou schalt seye to hem, Whanne ye han entrid in to the lond which Y schal yyue to you, and han rope corn, ye schulen bere handfuls of eeris of corn, the firste fruytis of youre rype corn, to the preest; ¹¹ and the preest schal reise a bundel bifor the Lord, that it be acceptable for you, in the tother dai of sabat, that is, of pask; and the preest schal halewe that bundel; ¹² and in the same dai, wher ynne the handful is halewid, a lomb of o yeer without wem schal be slayn in to brent sacrifice of the Lord; ¹³ and fletynge offryngis schulen be offrid ther with, twei tenthe partis of wheete flour spreynt to gidere with oile, in to encense of the Lord, and swettist odour, and fletynge offryngis of wyn, the fourthe part of hyn.

Bible Verse Review
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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 whanne he hadde reisid his iyen, thre men apperiden to hym, and stoden nyy hym. And whanne he hadde seyn hem, he ran fro the dore of his tabernacle in to the meting of hem, and he worschipide on erthe,

Genesis 19:1
And tweyne aungels camen to Sodom in the euentide, while Loth sat in the yatis of the citee. And whanne he hadde seyn hem, he roos, and yede ayens hem, and worschipide lowe to erthe,

Genesis 23:17
And the feeld that was sumtyme of Efron, in which feeld was a double denne, biholdinge to Mambre, as wel thilke feeld as the denne and alle the trees therof, in alle termes therof bi cumpas, was confermed to Abraham in to possessioun,

Genesis 23:18
while the sones of Heth seiyen and alle men that entriden bi the yate of that citee.

Proverbs 18:24
A man freendli to felouschipe schal more be a frend, than a brothir.

Hebrews 12:14
Sue ye pees with alle men, and holynesse, with out which no man schal se God.

1 Peter 3:8
And in feith alle of oon wille in preier be ye eche suffringe with othere, loueris of britherhod, merciful, mylde, meke;

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.