Leviticus Chapter 23 verse 7 Holy Bible
In the first day ye shall have a holy convocation: ye shall do no servile work.
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On the first day you will have a holy meeting; you may do no sort of field-work.
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On the first day ye shall have a holy convocation: no manner of servile work shall ye do.
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In the first day ye shall have an holy convocation: ye shall do no servile work therein.
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In the first day ye shall have a holy convocation: ye shall do no servile work in it.
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In the first day you shall have a holy convocation. You shall do no regular work.
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on the first day ye have a holy convocation, ye do no servile work;
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Pulpit Commentary
Pulpit CommentaryVerses 7, 8. - The first and the last day were to be days of holy convocation, on which no servile work might be done. It was on the first day, Nisan 15, that our Lord was crucified. The Pharisees found nothing in the holiness of the day to prevent their taking virtual part in his seizure and condemnation and death; but we are told by St. John that "they themselves went not into the judgment hall, lest they should be defiled, but that they might eat the Passover" (John 18:28). What is meant in this passage by "the Passover" is not the Paschal lamb which had already been consumed, but probably the peace offering, or chagigah, which had to be offered and eaten on the first day of Unleavened Bread. The public sacrifices on each of the seven days of the week were two young bullocks, one ram, and seven Iambs for a burnt offering, with the accompanying meat offerings, and one goat for a sin offering (Numbers 28:19-24). And these were followed by peace offerings made at the discretion of individuals, "according to the blessing of the Lord which he had given them" (Deuteronomy 16:17).
Ellicott's Commentary
Ellicott's Commentary for English Readers(7) In the first day.--That is, the first of the seven days, or the fifteenth of the month Nisan. (See Exodus 12:16.)Ye shall do no servile work therein.--Servile work was defined during the second Temple to consist in building, pulling down edifices, weaving, reaping, threshing, winnowing, grinding, &c, whilst needful work which was allowed was killing beasts, kneading dough, baking bread, boiling, roasting, &e. For violating this law the offender was not to be stoned to death, as in the case of violating the sabbath, but to receive forty stripes save one.
