Leviticus 23:7 - Forerunner Commentary

Leviticus 23:7

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.’ ”

The Feast of Firstfruits

9 And the Lord spoke to Moses, saying,

10 “Speak to the children of Israel, and say to them: ^a‘When you come into the land which I give to you, and reap its harvest, then you shall bring a sheaf of ^bthe firstfruits of your harvest to the priest.

11 He shall ^awave the sheaf before the Lord, to be accepted on your behalf; on the day after the Sabbath the priest shall wave it.

12 And you shall offer on that day, when you wave the sheaf, a male lamb of the first year, without blemish, as a burnt offering to the Lord.

13 Its grain offering shall be two-tenths of an ephah of fine flour mixed with oil, an offering made by fire to the Lord, for a¹ sweet aroma; and its drink offering shall be of wine, one-fourth of a hin.

14 You shall eat neither bread nor parched grain nor fresh grain until the same day that you have brought an offering to your God; it shall be a statute forever throughout your generations in all your dwellings.

The Feast of Weeks

15 ‘And you shall count for yourselves from the day after the Sabbath, from the day that you brought the sheaf of the wave offering: seven Sabbaths shall be completed.

16 Count ^afifty days to the day after the seventh Sabbath; then you shall offer ^ba new grain offering to the Lord.

17 You shall bring from your dwellings two wave loaves of two-tenths of an ephah. They shall be of fine flour; they shall be baked with leaven. They are ^athe firstfruits to the Lord.

18 And you shall offer with the bread seven lambs of the first year, without blemish, one young bull, and two rams. They shall be as a burnt offering to the Lord, with their grain offering and their drink offerings, an offering made by fire for a sweet aroma to the Lord.

Verse Comparison: Leviticus 23:7

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American Standard Version
In the first day ye shall have a holy convocation: ye shall do no servile work.

Amplified® Bible
On the first day you shall have a holy "calling together;" you shall do no servile {or} laborious work on that day.

Contemporary English Version
On the first day of this festival you must rest from your work and come together for worship.

Darby English Version
On the first day ye shall have a holy convocation: no manner of servile work shall ye do.

Good News Bible
On the first of these days you shall gather for worship and do none of your daily work.

King James Version
In the first day ye shall have an holy convocation: ye shall do no servile work therein.

New American Standard Bible
`On the first day you shall have a holy convocation; you shall not do any laborious work.

New International Version
On the first day hold a sacred assembly and do no regular work.

New King James Version
On the first day you shall have a holy convocation; you shall do no customary work on it.

N.A.S.B. in E-Prime
'On the first day you shall have a holy convocation; you shall not do any laborious work.

Revised Standard Version
On the first day you shall have a holy convocation; you shall do no laborious work.

Young's Literal Translation
on the first day ye have a holy convocation, ye do no servile work;

New English Translation
On the first day there will be a holy assembly for you; you must not do any regular work.¹

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