Leviticus 23:3

Feasts of the Lord

1 And the Lord spoke to Moses, saying,

2 “Speak to the children of Israel, and say to them: ‘The feasts of the Lord, which you shall proclaim to be ^aholy convocations, these are My feasts.

The Sabbath

3 ^a‘Six days shall work be done, but the seventh day is a Sabbath of solemn rest, a holy convocation. You shall do no work on it; it is the Sabbath of the Lord in all your dwellings.

The Passover and Unleavened Bread

4 ^a‘These are the feasts of the Lord, holy convocations which you shall proclaim at their appointed times.

5 ^aOn the fourteenth day of the first month at twilight is the Lord’s Passover.

6 And on the fifteenth day of the same month is the Feast of Unleavened Bread to the Lord; seven days you must eat unleavened bread.

7 ^aOn the first day you shall have a holy convocation; you shall do no¹ customary work on it.

8 But you shall offer an offering made by fire to the Lord for seven days. The seventh day shall be a holy convocation; you shall do no customary work on it.’ ”

Commentaries:

Adam Clarke

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Leviticus 23:3

The seventh day is the Sabbath - This, because the first and greatest solemnity, is first mentioned. He who kept not this, in the most religious manner, was not capable of keeping any of the others. The religious observance of the Sabbath stands at the very threshold of all religion. See Clarke' s note on Genesis 2:3.

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