KJV King James Version
In the first day ye shall have an holy convocation: ye shall do no servile work therein.
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Leviticus 23:7
In the first day ye shall have an holy convocation: ye shall do no servile work therein.
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BSB Berean Standard Bible
On the first day you are to hold a sacred assembly; you are not to do any regular work.
WEB World English Bible
In the first day you shall have a holy convocation. You shall do no regular work.
ASV American Standard Version
In the first day ye shall have a holy convocation: ye shall do no servile work.
YLT Young’s Literal Translation
on the first day ye have a holy convocation, ye do no servile work;
Surrounding context — Leviticus 23
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: ye shall do no servile work [therein].
9 And the LORD spake unto Moses, saying,
10 Speak unto the children of Israel, and say unto them, When ye be come into the land which I give unto you, and shall reap the harvest thereof, then ye shall bring a sheaf of the firstfruits of your harvest unto the priest:
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Leviticus 23:8But ye shall offer an offering made by fire unto the LORD seven days: in the seventh day [is] an holy convocation: ye shall do no servile work [therein].Numbers 28:18-25In the first day [shall be] an holy convocation; ye shall do no manner of servile work [therein]:Leviticus 23:35-36On the first day [shall be] an holy convocation: ye shall do no servile work [therein].Leviticus 23:25Ye shall do no servile work [therein]: but ye shall offer an offering made by fire unto the LORD.Leviticus 23:21And ye shall proclaim on the selfsame day, [that] it may be an holy convocation unto you: ye shall do no servile work [therein: it shall be] a statute for ever in all your dwellings throughout your generations.
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