Leviticus 23:8
And every day for seven days you will give a burned offering to the Lord; and on the seventh day there will be a holy meeting; you may do no field-work.
Bible in Basic English
In The King James Version
In Context
7On the first day you will have a holy meeting; you may do no sort of field-work.
Cross References
Exodus 13:6For seven days let your food be unleavened cakes; and on the seventh day there is to be a feast to the Lord.
Numbers 28:18On the first day there is to be a holy meeting: you may do no sort of field-work:
Numbers 28:26And at the time of the first-fruits, when you give an offering of new meal to the Lord at your feast of weeks, there is to be a holy meeting: you may do no field-work:
Matthew Henry on Leviticus 23:5-15
4 These are the feasts of the Lord , even holy convocations, which ye shall proclaim in their seasons. 5 In the fourteenth day of the first month at even is the Lord 's passover. 6 And on the fifteenth day of the same month is the feast of unleavened bread unto the Lord : seven days ye must eat unleavened bread. 7 In the first day ye shall have an holy convocation: ye shall do no servile work therein. 8 But ye shall offer an offering made by fire unto the Lord seven days: in the seventh day is an holy convocation:… Read the whole commentary →