KJV King James Version
And in the seventh month, on the first [day] of the month, ye shall have an holy convocation; ye shall do no servile work: it is a day of blowing the trumpets unto you.
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Numbers 29:1
And in the seventh month, on the first [day] of the month, ye shall have an holy convocation; ye shall do no servile work: it is a day of blowing the trumpets unto you.
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BSB Berean Standard Bible
“On the first day of the seventh month, you are to hold a sacred assembly, and you must not do any regular work. This will be a day for you to sound the trumpets.
WEB World English Bible
“‘In the seventh month, on the first day of the month, you shall have a holy convocation; you shall do no servile work: it is a day of blowing of trumpets to you.
ASV American Standard Version
And in the seventh month, on the first day of the month, ye shall have a holy convocation; ye shall do no servile work: it is a day of blowing of trumpets unto you.
YLT Young’s Literal Translation
‘And in the seventh month, in the first of the month, a holy convocation ye have, ye do no servile work; a day of shouting it is to you;
Surrounding context — Numbers 29
1 And in the seventh month, on the first [day] of the month, ye shall have an holy convocation; ye shall do no servile work: it is a day of blowing the trumpets unto you.
2 And ye shall offer a burnt offering for a sweet savour unto the LORD; one young bullock, one ram, [and] seven lambs of the first year without blemish:
3 And their meat offering [shall be of] flour mingled with oil, three tenth deals for a bullock, [and] two tenth deals for a ram,
4 And one tenth deal for one lamb, throughout the seven lambs:
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וּבַחֹ֨דֶשׁH2320 · cho.deshmonthהַשְּׁבִיעִ֜יH7637 · she.vi.iseventhבְּאֶחָ֣דH259 · e.chadoneלַחֹ֗דֶשׁH2320 · cho.deshmonthמִֽקְרָא־H4744 · miq.raassemblyקֹ֙דֶשׁ֙H6944 · qo.deshholinessיִהְיֶ֣הH1961 · ha.yahto beלָכֶ֔םH9036 · khemyouכָּל־H3605 · kolallמְלֶ֥אכֶתH4399 · me.la.khahworkעֲבֹדָ֖הH5656 · a.vo.dahserviceלֹ֣אH3808 · lonotתַעֲשׂ֑וּH6213 · a.sahto make: doי֥וֹםH3117 · yomdayתְּרוּעָ֖הH8643 · te.ru.ahshoutיִהְיֶ֥הH1961 · ha.yahto beלָכֶֽם׃H9036 · khemyou
Cross-references
Leviticus 23:24-25Speak unto the children of Israel, saying, In the seventh month, in the first [day] of the month, shall ye have a sabbath, a memorial of blowing of trumpets, an holy convocation.Psalm 89:15Blessed [is] the people that know the joyful sound: they shall walk, O LORD, in the light of thy countenance.1 Chronicles 15:28Thus all Israel brought up the ark of the covenant of the LORD with shouting, and with sound of the cornet, and with trumpets, and with cymbals, making a noise with psalteries and harps.Numbers 10:1-10And the LORD spake unto Moses, saying,Ezra 3:6From the first day of the seventh month began they to offer burnt offerings unto the LORD. But the foundation of the temple of the LORD was not [yet] laid.Zechariah 9:14And the LORD shall be seen over them, and his arrow shall go forth as the lightning: and the Lord GOD shall blow the trumpet, and shall go with whirlwinds of the south.Romans 10:14-18How then shall they call on him in whom they have not believed? and how shall they believe in him of whom they have not heard? and how shall they hear without a preacher?Mark 16:15-16And he said unto them, Go ye into all the world, and preach the gospel to every creature.Isaiah 27:13And it shall come to pass in that day, [that] the great trumpet shall be blown, and they shall come which were ready to perish in the land of Assyria, and the outcasts in the land of Egypt, and shall worship the LORD in the holy mount at Jerusalem.Romans 15:16-19That I should be the minister of Jesus Christ to the Gentiles, ministering the gospel of God, that the offering up of the Gentiles might be acceptable, being sanctified by the Holy Ghost.Psalm 81:3Blow up the trumpet in the new moon, in the time appointed, on our solemn feast day.Nehemiah 7:73So the priests, and the Levites, and the porters, and the singers, and [some] of the people, and the Nethinims, and all Israel, dwelt in their cities; and when the seventh month came, the children of Israel [were] in their cities.
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