Leviticus 23:7
On the first day—a holy convocation, shall there be to you: no laborious work, shall ye do.
The Emphasised Bible by J. B. Rotherham
In The King James Version
In the first day ye shall have an holy convocation: ye shall do no servile work therein.
In Context
Cross References
Leviticus 23:8So 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.
Leviticus 23:25no laborious work, shall ye do,—but ye shall bring near an altar-flame unto Yahweh.
Leviticus 23:36Seven days, shall ye bring near an altar-flame unto Yahweh: on the eighth day—a holy convocation, shall there be unto you so shall ye bring near an altar-flame unto Yahweh—the closing of the feast, it is, no laborious work, shall ye do.
Numbers 29:1And in the seventh month, on the first of the month, a holy convocation, shall there be unto you, no laborious work, shall ye do,—a day of loud acclamation, shall it be unto you.
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 →