Exodus 12:16
And on the first day there shall be an holy congregation, and on the seventh day an holy congregation shall there be to you. Every kind of work may not be done in them; save what pertains to the eating of every soul, that only may be done by you.
Targum Onkelos
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In Context
15[no translation + 12:15 Etheridge, p. 370.]
Cross References
Exodus 16:5And in the sixth day, when they prepare that which they bring in, it shall be two for one upon what they collect from day to day.
Exodus 16:29See, because the Lord hath given you the Shabbath He hath therefore given you on the sixth day the bread for two days; let every man dwell in his resting, and not go out from his place on the seventh day.
Exodus 35:2Six days thou shalt do work, but the seventh day (is) a holy rest, the Sabbath before the Lord: everyone who doeth work thereon shall be put to death.
Leviticus 23:7In the first day you shall have a holy convocation; no laborious work shall you do;
Leviticus 23:24Speak with the sons of Israel, saying: In the seventh month you shall have a (season of) Rest; a memorial of the Trumpet, a holy convocation;
Leviticus 23:35On the first day a holy convocation; no work of labour may you do.
Matthew Henry on Exodus 12:2-21
The Appointment of the Passover; the Feast of Unleavened Bread. ( b. c. 1491.) 1 And the Lord spake unto Moses and Aaron in the land of Egypt, saying, 2 This month shall be unto you the beginning of months: it shall be the first month of the year to you. 3 Speak ye unto all the congregation of Israel, saying, In the tenth day of this month they shall take to them every man a lamb, according to the house of their fathers, a lamb for an house: 4 And if the household be too little for the lamb, let him and his… Read the whole commentary →