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And on the seventh day hold a sacred assembly and do no regular work.&#8217&#8221<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/nlt/leviticus/23.htm">New Living Translation</a></span><br />For seven days you must present special gifts to the LORD. On the seventh day the people must again stop all their ordinary work to observe an official day for holy assembly.”<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/esv/leviticus/23.htm">English Standard Version</a></span><br />But you shall present a food offering to the LORD for seven days. On the seventh day is a holy convocation; you shall not do any ordinary work.”<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/bsb/leviticus/23.htm">Berean Standard Bible</a></span><br />For seven days you are to present a food offering to the LORD. On the seventh day there shall be a sacred assembly; you must not do any regular work.’”<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/kjv/leviticus/23.htm">King James Bible</a></span><br />But ye shall offer an offering made by fire unto the LORD seven days: in the seventh day <i>is</i> an holy convocation: ye shall do no servile work <i>therein</i>.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/nkjv/leviticus/23.htm">New King James Version</a></span><br />But you shall offer an offering made by fire to the LORD for seven days. The seventh day <i>shall be</i> a holy convocation; you shall do no customary work <i>on it</i>.’ ”<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/nasb_/leviticus/23.htm">New American Standard Bible</a></span><br />But for seven days you shall present an offering by fire to the LORD. On the seventh day is a holy convocation; you shall not do any laborious work.’”<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/nasb/leviticus/23.htm">NASB 1995</a></span><br />&#8216But for seven days you shall present an offering by fire to the LORD. On the seventh day is a holy convocation; you shall not do any laborious work.&#8217&#8221<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/nasb77/leviticus/23.htm">NASB 1977 </a></span><br />‘But for seven days you shall present an offering by fire to the LORD. On the seventh day is a holy convocation; you shall not do any laborious work.’”<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/lsb/leviticus/23.htm">Legacy Standard Bible </a></span><br />But for seven days you shall bring near an offering by fire to Yahweh. On the seventh day is a holy convocation; you shall not do any laborious work.’”<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/amp/leviticus/23.htm">Amplified Bible</a></span><br />But you shall present an offering by fire to the LORD for seven days; on the seventh day there shall be a holy convocation; you shall not do any laborious work [on that day].’”<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/csb/leviticus/23.htm">Christian Standard Bible</a></span><br />You are to present a food offering to the LORD for seven days. On the seventh day there will be a sacred assembly; do not do any daily work.”<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/hcsb/leviticus/23.htm">Holman Christian Standard Bible</a></span><br />You are to present a fire offering to the LORD for seven days. On the seventh day there will be a sacred assembly; you must not do any daily work.&#8221 <span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/asv/leviticus/23.htm">American Standard Version</a></span><br />But ye shall offer an offering made by fire unto Jehovah seven days: in the seventh day is a holy convocation; ye shall do no servile work.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/cev/leviticus/23.htm">Contemporary English Version</a></span><br />Each day of this festival you must offer sacrifices. Then on the final day you must once again rest from your work and come together for worship. <span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/erv/leviticus/23.htm">English Revised Version</a></span><br />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.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/gwt/leviticus/23.htm">GOD'S WORD® Translation</a></span><br />Bring the LORD a sacrifice by fire for seven days. On the seventh day there will be a holy assembly. Don't do any regular work."<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/gnt/leviticus/23.htm">Good News Translation</a></span><br />Offer your food offerings to the LORD for seven days. On the seventh day you shall again gather for worship, but you shall do none of your daily work. <span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/isv/leviticus/23.htm">International Standard Version</a></span><br />Instead, you are to bring an offering made by fire to the LORD daily for seven days. On the seventh day, you are also to hold a sacred assembly during which you are to do no servile work."<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/msb/leviticus/23.htm">Majority Standard Bible</a></span><br />For seven days you are to present a food offering to the LORD. On the seventh day there shall be a sacred assembly; you must not do any regular work.??<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/net/leviticus/23.htm">NET Bible</a></span><br />You must present a gift to the LORD for seven days, and the seventh day is a holy assembly; you must not do any regular work.'" <span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/nheb/leviticus/23.htm">New Heart English Bible</a></span><br />But you shall offer an offering made by fire to the LORD seven days. In the seventh day is a holy convocation: you shall do no regular work.'"<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/wbt/leviticus/23.htm">Webster's Bible Translation</a></span><br />But ye shall offer an offering made by fire to the LORD seven days: in the seventh day is a holy convocation, ye shall do no servile work in it.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/web/leviticus/23.htm">World English Bible</a></span><br />But you shall offer an offering made by fire to Yahweh seven days. In the seventh day is a holy convocation. You shall do no regular work.’” <div class="vheading2"><b>Literal Translations</b></div><span class="versiontext"><a href="/lsv/leviticus/23.htm">Literal Standard Version</a></span><br />and you have brought a fire-offering near to YHWH [for] seven days; in the seventh day [is] a holy convocation; you do no servile work.”<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/ylt/leviticus/23.htm">Young's Literal Translation</a></span><br /> and ye have brought near a fire-offering to Jehovah seven days; in the seventh day is a holy convocation; ye do no servile work.'<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/slt/leviticus/23.htm">Smith's Literal Translation</a></span><br />And offer ye a sacrifice to Jehovah seven days: in the seventh day a holy calling; any work of labor ye shall not do.<div class="vheading2"><b>Catholic Translations</b></div><span class="versiontext"><a href="/drb/leviticus/23.htm">Douay-Rheims Bible</a></span><br />But you shall offer sacrifice in fire to the Lord seven days. And the seventh day shall be more solemn, and more holy: and you shall do no servile work therein. <span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/cpdv/leviticus/23.htm">Catholic Public Domain Version</a></span><br />But you shall offer a sacrifice with fire, for seven days, to the Lord. Then the seventh day shall be more honored and more holy; and you shall do no servile work in it.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/nabre/leviticus/23.htm">New American Bible</a></span><br />On each of the seven days you shall offer an oblation to the LORD. Then on the seventh day you will have a declared holy day; you shall do no heavy work.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/nrsvce/leviticus/23.htm">New Revised Standard Version</a></span><br />For seven days you shall present the LORD’s offerings by fire; on the seventh day there shall be a holy convocation: you shall not work at your occupations.<div class="vheading2"><b>Translations from Aramaic</b></div><span class="versiontext"><a href="/lamsa/leviticus/23.htm">Lamsa Bible</a></span><br />But you shall offer an offering made by fire to the LORD seven days; on the seventh day is a holy convocation; you shall do no manner of work thereon.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/hpbt/leviticus/23.htm">Peshitta Holy Bible Translated</a></span><br />And bring gifts to LORD JEHOVAH seven days, and the seventh day shall be announced and holy, and you shall do no work of labor.'"<div class="vheading2"><b>OT Translations</b></div><span class="versiontext"><a href="/jps/leviticus/23.htm">JPS Tanakh 1917</a></span><br />And ye shall bring an offering made by fire unto the LORD seven days; in the seventh day is a holy convocation; ye shall do no manner of servile work.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/sep/leviticus/23.htm">Brenton Septuagint Translation</a></span><br />And ye shall offer whole-burnt-offerings to the Lord seven days; and the seventh day shall be a holy convocation to you: ye shall do no servile work.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/parallel/leviticus/23-8.htm">Additional Translations ...</a></span></div></div></div><div id="centbox"><div class="padcent"><a name="audio" id="audio"></a><div class="vheadingv"><b>Audio Bible</b></div><iframe width="100%" src="https://www.youtube.com/embed/NWs_V1RyMFo?start=6076" title="YouTube video player" frameborder="0" allow="accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture; web-share" allowfullscreen></iframe><span class="p"><br /><br /><br /></span><div class="vheadingv"><b>Context</b></div><span class="hdg"><a href="/bsb/leviticus/23.htm">The Passover Feast</a></span><br>…<span class="reftext">7</span>On the first day you are to hold a sacred assembly; you are not to do any regular work. <span class="reftext">8</span><span class="highl"><a href="/hebrew/7651.htm" title="7651: šiḇ·‘aṯ (Number-msc) -- Or shibrah; from shaba'; a primitive cardinal number; seven; also seven times; by implication, a week; by extension, an indefinite number.">For seven</a> <a href="/hebrew/3117.htm" title="3117: yā·mîm (N-mp) -- Day. From an unused root meaning to be hot; a day, whether literal, or figurative.">days</a> <a href="/hebrew/7126.htm" title="7126: wə·hiq·raḇ·tem (Conj-w:: V-Hifil-ConjPerf-2mp) -- To come near, approach. A primitive root; to approach for whatever purpose.">you are to present</a> <a href="/hebrew/801.htm" title="801: ’iš·šeh (N-ms) -- The same as 'eshshah, but used in a liturgical sense; properly, a burnt-offering; but occasionally of any sacrifice.">an offering made by fire</a> <a href="/hebrew/3068.htm" title="3068: Yah·weh (Prep-l:: N-proper-ms) -- The proper name of the God of Israel. From hayah; self-Existent or Eternal; Jehovah, Jewish national name of God.">to the LORD.</a> <a href="/hebrew/7637.htm" title="7637: haš·šə·ḇî·‘î (Art:: Number-oms) -- Seventh (an ord. number). Or shbi iy; ordinal from shib'iym. seventh.">On the seventh</a> <a href="/hebrew/3117.htm" title="3117: bay·yō·wm (Prep-b, Art:: N-ms) -- Day. From an unused root meaning to be hot; a day, whether literal, or figurative.">day</a> <a href="/hebrew/6944.htm" title="6944: qō·ḏeš (N-ms) -- Apartness, sacredness. From qadash; a sacred place or thing; rarely abstract, sanctity.">there shall be a sacred</a> <a href="/hebrew/4744.htm" title="4744: miq·rā- (N-msc) -- A convocation, convoking, reading. From qara'; something called out, i.e. A public meeting; also a rehearsal.">assembly;</a> <a href="/hebrew/3808.htm" title="3808: lō (Adv-NegPrt) -- Not. Or lowi; or loh; a primitive particle; not; by implication, no; often used with other particles.">you must not</a> <a href="/hebrew/6213.htm" title="6213: ṯa·‘ă·śū (V-Qal-Imperf-2mp) -- To do, make. A primitive root; to do or make, in the broadest sense and widest application.">do</a> <a href="/hebrew/3605.htm" title="3605: kāl- (N-msc) -- The whole, all. Or kowl; from kalal; properly, the whole; hence, all, any or every.">any</a> <a href="/hebrew/5656.htm" title="5656: ‘ă·ḇō·ḏāh (N-fs) -- Labor, service. Or mabowdah; from abad; work of any kind.">regular</a> <a href="/hebrew/4399.htm" title="4399: mə·le·ḵeṯ (N-fsc) -- From the same as mal'ak; properly, deputyship, i.e. Ministry; generally, employment or work; also property.">work.’”</a> </span><div class="cred"><a href="//berean.bible">Berean Standard Bible</a> · <a href="//berean.bible/downloads.htm">Download</a></div><span class="p"><br /><br /></span><a name="crossref" id="crossref"></a><div class="vheading">Cross References</div><div id="crf"><span class="crossverse"><a href="/exodus/12-16.htm">Exodus 12:16</a></span><br />On the first day you are to hold a sacred assembly, and another on the seventh day. You must not do any work on those days, except to prepare the meals—that is all you may do.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/numbers/28-18.htm">Numbers 28:18-25</a></span><br />On the first day there is to be a sacred assembly; you must not do any regular work. / Present to the LORD a food offering, a burnt offering of two young bulls, one ram, and seven male lambs a year old, all unblemished. / The grain offering shall consist of fine flour mixed with oil; offer three-tenths of an ephah with each bull, two-tenths of an ephah with the ram, ...<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/deuteronomy/16-8.htm">Deuteronomy 16:8</a></span><br />For six days you must eat unleavened bread, and on the seventh day you shall hold a solemn assembly to the LORD your God, and you must not do any work.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/exodus/13-6.htm">Exodus 13:6-7</a></span><br />For seven days you are to eat unleavened bread, and on the seventh day there shall be a feast to the LORD. / Unleavened bread shall be eaten during those seven days. Nothing leavened may be found among you, nor shall leaven be found anywhere within your borders.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/2_chronicles/30-21.htm">2 Chronicles 30:21-22</a></span><br />The Israelites who were present in Jerusalem celebrated the Feast of Unleavened Bread for seven days with great joy, and the Levites and priests praised the LORD day after day, accompanied by loud instruments of praise to the LORD. / And Hezekiah encouraged all the Levites who performed skillfully before the LORD. For seven days they ate their assigned portion, sacrificing peace offerings and giving thanks to the LORD, the God of their fathers.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/ezra/6-22.htm">Ezra 6:22</a></span><br />For seven days they kept the Feast of Unleavened Bread with joy, because the LORD had made them joyful and turned the heart of the king of Assyria toward them to strengthen their hands in the work on the house of the God of Israel.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/matthew/26-17.htm">Matthew 26:17-19</a></span><br />On the first day of the Feast of Unleavened Bread, the disciples came to Jesus and asked, “Where do You want us to prepare for You to eat the Passover?” / He answered, “Go into the city to a certain man and tell him that the Teacher says, ‘My time is near. I will keep the Passover with My disciples at your house.’” / So the disciples did as Jesus had directed them and prepared the Passover.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/mark/14-12.htm">Mark 14:12-16</a></span><br />On the first day of the Feast of Unleavened Bread, when the Passover lamb was to be sacrificed, Jesus’ disciples asked Him, “Where do You want us to prepare for You to eat the Passover?” / So He sent two of His disciples and told them, “Go into the city, and a man carrying a jug of water will meet you. Follow him, / and whichever house he enters, say to the owner, ‘The Teacher asks: Where is My guest room, where I may eat the Passover with My disciples?’ ...<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/luke/22-7.htm">Luke 22:7-13</a></span><br />Then came the day of Unleavened Bread on which the Passover lamb was to be sacrificed. / Jesus sent Peter and John, saying, “Go and make preparations for us to eat the Passover.” / “Where do You want us to prepare it?” they asked. ...<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/john/13-1.htm">John 13:1-2</a></span><br />It was now just before the Passover Feast, and Jesus knew that His hour had come to leave this world and return to the Father. Having loved His own who were in the world, He loved them to the very end. / The evening meal was underway, and the devil had already put into the heart of Judas, the son of Simon Iscariot, to betray Jesus.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/1_corinthians/5-7.htm">1 Corinthians 5:7-8</a></span><br />Get rid of the old leaven, that you may be a new unleavened batch, as you really are. For Christ, our Passover lamb, has been sacrificed. / Therefore let us keep the feast, not with the old bread, leavened with malice and wickedness, but with the unleavened bread of sincerity and of truth.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/exodus/23-15.htm">Exodus 23:15</a></span><br />You are to keep the Feast of Unleavened Bread as I commanded you: At the appointed time in the month of Abib you are to eat unleavened bread for seven days, because that was the month you came out of Egypt. No one may appear before Me empty-handed.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/exodus/34-18.htm">Exodus 34:18</a></span><br />You are to keep the Feast of Unleavened Bread. For seven days at the appointed time in the month of Abib, you are to eat unleavened bread as I commanded you. For in the month of Abib you came out of Egypt.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/deuteronomy/16-3.htm">Deuteronomy 16:3-4</a></span><br />You must not eat leavened bread with it; for seven days you are to eat with it unleavened bread, the bread of affliction, because you left the land of Egypt in haste—so that you may remember for the rest of your life the day you left the land of Egypt. / No leaven is to be found in all your land for seven days, and none of the meat you sacrifice in the evening of the first day shall remain until morning.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/joshua/5-10.htm">Joshua 5:10-11</a></span><br />On the evening of the fourteenth day of the month, while the Israelites were camped at Gilgal on the plains of Jericho, they kept the Passover. / The day after the Passover, on that very day, they ate unleavened bread and roasted grain from the produce of the land.</div><span class="p"><br /><br /></span><a name="tsk" id="tsk"><div class="vheading">Treasury of Scripture</div><p class="tsk2">But you shall offer an offering made by fire to the LORD seven days: in the seventh day is an holy convocation: you shall do no servile work therein.</p><div class="vheading">Jump to Previous</div><a href="/leviticus/23-7.htm">Assembly</a> <a href="/leviticus/23-7.htm">Convocation</a> <a href="/leviticus/23-7.htm">Field-Work</a> <a href="/leviticus/22-27.htm">Fire</a> <a href="/leviticus/22-22.htm">Fire-Offering</a> <a href="/leviticus/23-7.htm">Hold</a> <a href="/leviticus/23-7.htm">Holy</a> <a href="/leviticus/23-7.htm">Laborious</a> <a href="/leviticus/23-7.htm">Manner</a> <a href="/leviticus/23-7.htm">Meeting</a> <a href="/leviticus/22-29.htm">Offer</a> <a href="/leviticus/22-29.htm">Offering</a> <a href="/leviticus/22-25.htm">Present</a> <a href="/leviticus/23-7.htm">Regular</a> <a href="/leviticus/23-7.htm">Sacred</a> <a href="/leviticus/23-7.htm">Servile</a> <a href="/leviticus/23-6.htm">Seven</a> <a href="/leviticus/23-3.htm">Seventh</a> <a href="/leviticus/23-7.htm">Therein</a> <a href="/leviticus/23-7.htm">Work</a><div class="vheading2">Jump to Next</div><a href="/leviticus/23-21.htm">Assembly</a> <a href="/leviticus/23-21.htm">Convocation</a> <a href="/leviticus/23-21.htm">Field-Work</a> <a href="/leviticus/23-13.htm">Fire</a> <a href="/leviticus/23-25.htm">Fire-Offering</a> <a href="/leviticus/23-21.htm">Hold</a> <a href="/leviticus/23-20.htm">Holy</a> <a href="/leviticus/23-21.htm">Laborious</a> <a href="/leviticus/23-21.htm">Manner</a> <a href="/leviticus/23-21.htm">Meeting</a> <a href="/leviticus/23-12.htm">Offer</a> <a href="/leviticus/23-12.htm">Offering</a> <a href="/leviticus/23-16.htm">Present</a> <a href="/leviticus/23-21.htm">Regular</a> <a href="/leviticus/23-20.htm">Sacred</a> <a href="/leviticus/23-21.htm">Servile</a> <a href="/leviticus/23-15.htm">Seven</a> <a href="/leviticus/23-16.htm">Seventh</a> <a href="/leviticus/23-21.htm">Therein</a> <a href="/leviticus/23-21.htm">Work</a><div class="vheading2">Leviticus 23</div><span class="reftext">1. </span><span class="outlinetext"><a href="/leviticus/23-1.htm">The feasts of the Lord</a></span><br><span class="reftext">3. </span><span class="outlinetext"><a href="/leviticus/23-3.htm">the Sabbath</a></span><br><span class="reftext">4. </span><span class="outlinetext"><a href="/leviticus/23-4.htm">The Passover</a></span><br><span class="reftext">9. </span><span class="outlinetext"><a href="/leviticus/23-9.htm">The sheaf of firstfruits</a></span><br><span class="reftext">15. </span><span class="outlinetext"><a href="/leviticus/23-15.htm">The feast of Pentecost</a></span><br><span class="reftext">22. </span><span class="outlinetext"><a href="/leviticus/23-22.htm">Gleanings to be left for the poor</a></span><br><span class="reftext">23. </span><span class="outlinetext"><a href="/leviticus/23-23.htm">The feast of trumpets</a></span><br><span class="reftext">26. </span><span class="outlinetext"><a href="/leviticus/23-26.htm">The day of atonement</a></span><br><span class="reftext">33. </span><span class="outlinetext"><a href="/leviticus/23-33.htm">The feast of tabernacles</a></span><br></div></div><div id="mdd"><div align="center"><div class="bot2"><table align="center" width="100%"><tr><td><div align="center"> <script id="3d27ed63fc4348d5b062c4527ae09445"> (new Image()).src = 'https://capi.connatix.com/tr/si?token=51ce25d5-1a8c-424a-8695-4bd48c750f35&cid=3a9f82d0-4344-4f8d-ac0c-e1a0eb43a405'; 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The seven-day period signifies completeness and dedication to God. The food offering, often consisting of grain, oil, and wine, symbolizes the people's dependence on God for sustenance and their gratitude for His provision. This practice is rooted in the agricultural context of ancient Israel, where offerings were a way to acknowledge God's role in the harvest. The number seven is significant throughout Scripture, often representing perfection or completion, as seen in the creation week in <a href="/genesis/1.htm">Genesis 1</a>. The offerings during this feast also foreshadow the ultimate sacrifice of Jesus Christ, who is the Bread of Life (<a href="/john/6-35.htm">John 6:35</a>).<p><b>On the seventh day there shall be a sacred assembly;</b><br>The sacred assembly, or "holy convocation," is a gathering of the community for worship and reflection. This day marks the conclusion of the Feast of Unleavened Bread, emphasizing rest and spiritual renewal. The concept of a sacred assembly is seen throughout the Old Testament, where the community comes together to honor God, as in <a href="/nehemiah/8-18.htm">Nehemiah 8:18</a>. This assembly points to the future gathering of believers in the New Testament, where the church is called to assemble regularly (<a href="/hebrews/10-25.htm">Hebrews 10:25</a>). The sacred assembly also prefigures the ultimate gathering of God's people in the heavenly kingdom.<p><b>you must not do any regular work.’”</b><br>The prohibition against regular work underscores the importance of rest and worship. This command reflects the Sabbath principle, where rest is a sign of trust in God's provision and a reminder of His creation rest (<a href="/exodus/20-8.htm">Exodus 20:8-11</a>). In the cultural context of ancient Israel, ceasing from labor was a significant act of faith, especially during critical agricultural periods. This rest is a type of the spiritual rest found in Christ, who invites believers to find rest for their souls in Him (<a href="/matthew/11-28.htm">Matthew 11:28-30</a>). The cessation of work also points to the eternal rest promised to God's people, as described in <a href="/hebrews/4-9.htm">Hebrews 4:9-10</a>.<div class="vheading2">Persons / Places / Events</div>1. <b><a href="/topical/t/the_israelites.htm">The Israelites</a></b><br>The primary audience of the Levitical laws, including the instructions for the Feast of Unleavened Bread.<br><br>2. <b><a href="/topical/t/the_lord.htm">The LORD (Yahweh)</a></b><br>The covenant God of Israel, who commands the observance of these feasts.<br><br>3. <b><a href="/topical/t/the_feast_of_unleavened_bread.htm">The Feast of Unleavened Bread</a></b><br>A seven-day festival following Passover, commemorating the Exodus from Egypt and the haste in which the Israelites left, symbolized by unleavened bread.<br><br>4. <b><a href="/topical/s/sacred_assembly.htm">Sacred Assembly</a></b><br>A holy gathering of the people, emphasizing communal worship and rest.<br><br>5. <b><a href="/topical/o/offerings_made_by_fire.htm">Offerings Made by Fire</a></b><br>Sacrifices presented to God, symbolizing dedication and atonement.<div class="vheading2">Teaching Points</div><b><a href="/topical/t/the_importance_of_obedience.htm">The Importance of Obedience</a></b><br>The Israelites were called to obey God's commands regarding the feasts, which teaches us the value of obedience in our spiritual lives.<br><br><b><a href="/topical/s/symbolism_of_unleavened_bread.htm">Symbolism of Unleavened Bread</a></b><br>Represents purity and separation from sin, encouraging believers to live holy lives.<br><br><b><a href="/topical/r/rest_and_worship.htm">Rest and Worship</a></b><br>The sacred assembly and cessation of work emphasize the importance of setting aside time for worship and rest in our busy lives.<br><br><b><a href="/topical/c/community_and_fellowship.htm">Community and Fellowship</a></b><br>The communal aspect of the feast highlights the importance of gathering with fellow believers for worship and encouragement.<br><br><b><a href="/topical/c/christ_as_our_sacrifice.htm">Christ as Our Sacrifice</a></b><br>The offerings made by fire point to the ultimate sacrifice of Jesus, reminding us of the grace and redemption we have in Him.<div class="vheading2">Lists and Questions</div><a href="/top10/lessons_from_leviticus_23.htm">Top 10 Lessons from Leviticus 23</a><span class="p"><br /><br /></span><a href="/q/what_are_the_holy_days_of_obligation.htm">What are the Holy Days of Obligation?</a><span class="p"><br /><br /></span><a href="/q/what_advice_do_the_ungodly_offer.htm">What are the Appointed Times (Moedim) in Judaism?</a><span class="p"><br /><br /></span><a href="/q/what_is_the_definition_of_convocation.htm">What is the definition of convocation?</a><span class="p"><br /><br /></span><a href="/q/what_is_cultural_translation.htm">What defines a solemn assembly?</a><a name="commentary" id="commentary"></a><div class="vheading2"><a href="/commentaries/ellicott/leviticus/23.htm">Ellicott's Commentary for English Readers</a></div>(8) <span class= "bld">But ye shall offer.</span>--Better, <span class= "ital">and ye shall offer. </span>In addition to the daily ordinary sacrifices, there were offered on this day, and on the following six days, two young bullocks, a ram, and seven lambs of the first year, with meat offerings for a burnt offering, and a goat for a sin offering (<a href="/context/numbers/28-19.htm" title="But you shall offer a sacrifice made by fire for a burnt offering to the LORD; two young bullocks, and one ram, and seven lambs of the first year: they shall be to you without blemish:">Numbers 28:19-23</a>). Be sides these public sacrifices, there were the voluntary offerings which were made by every private individual who appeared before the Lord in Jerusalem (<a href="/exodus/23-15.htm" title="You shall keep the feast of unleavened bread: (you shall eat unleavened bread seven days, as I commanded you, in the time appointed of the month Abib; for in it you came out from Egypt: and none shall appear before me empty:)">Exodus 23:15</a>; <a href="/deuteronomy/16-16.htm" title="Three times in a year shall all your males appear before the LORD your God in the place which he shall choose; in the feast of unleavened bread, and in the feast of weeks, and in the feast of tabernacles: and they shall not appear before the LORD empty:">Deuteronomy 16:16</a>), and which, according to the practice during the second Temple, consisted of (1) a burnt offering of not less in value than sixteen grains of corn; (2) a festive offering called <span class= "ital">chagigah, </span>the minimum value of which was thirty-two grains of corn; and (3) a peace or joyful offering (<a href="/deuteronomy/27-7.htm" title="And you shall offer peace offerings, and shall eat there, and rejoice before the LORD your God.">Deuteronomy 27:7</a>), the value of which was left to be determined by the good will of the offerer in accordance with <a href="/deuteronomy/27-7.htm" title="And you shall offer peace offerings, and shall eat there, and rejoice before the LORD your God.">Deuteronomy 27:7</a>. These victims were offered with the ritual prescribed in <a href="/context/leviticus/3-1.htm" title="And if his oblation be a sacrifice of peace offering, if he offer it of the herd; whether it be a male or female, he shall offer it without blemish before the LORD.">Leviticus 3:1-5</a>; <a href="/context/leviticus/7-16.htm" title="But if the sacrifice of his offering be a vow, or a voluntary offering, it shall be eaten the same day that he offers his sacrifice: and on the morrow also the remainder of it shall be eaten:">Leviticus 7:16-18</a>; <a href="/context/leviticus/7-29.htm" title="Speak to the children of Israel, saying, He that offers the sacrifice of his peace offerings to the LORD shall bring his oblation to the LORD of the sacrifice of his peace offerings.">Leviticus 7:29-34</a>. . . . <span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/commentaries/leviticus/23-8.htm">Parallel Commentaries ...</a></span><span class="p"><br /><br /><br /></span><a name="lexicon" id="lexicon"></a><div class="vheading">Hebrew</div><span class="word">For seven</span><br /><span class="heb">שִׁבְעַ֣ת</span> <span class="translit">(šiḇ·‘aṯ)</span><br /><span class="parse">Number - masculine singular construct<br /></span><span class="str"><a href="/hebrew/strongs_7651.htm">Strong's 7651: </a> </span><span class="str2">Seven, seven times, a week, an indefinite number</span><br /><br /><span class="word">days</span><br /><span class="heb">יָמִ֑ים</span> <span class="translit">(yā·mîm)</span><br /><span class="parse">Noun - masculine plural<br /></span><span class="str"><a href="/hebrew/strongs_3117.htm">Strong's 3117: </a> </span><span class="str2">A day</span><br /><br /><span class="word">you are to present</span><br /><span class="heb">וְהִקְרַבְתֶּ֥ם</span> <span class="translit">(wə·hiq·raḇ·tem)</span><br /><span class="parse">Conjunctive waw | Verb - Hifil - Conjunctive perfect - second person masculine plural<br /></span><span class="str"><a href="/hebrew/strongs_7126.htm">Strong's 7126: </a> </span><span class="str2">To come near, approach</span><br /><br /><span class="word">an offering made by fire</span><br /><span class="heb">אִשֶּׁ֛ה</span> <span class="translit">(’iš·šeh)</span><br /><span class="parse">Noun - masculine singular<br /></span><span class="str"><a href="/hebrew/strongs_801.htm">Strong's 801: </a> </span><span class="str2">A burnt-offering, a sacrifice</span><br /><br /><span class="word">to the LORD.</span><br /><span class="heb">לַיהוָ֖ה</span> <span class="translit">(Yah·weh)</span><br /><span class="parse">Preposition-l | Noun - proper - masculine singular<br /></span><span class="str"><a href="/hebrew/strongs_3068.htm">Strong's 3068: </a> </span><span class="str2">LORD -- the proper name of the God of Israel</span><br /><br /><span class="word">On the seventh</span><br /><span class="heb">הַשְּׁבִיעִי֙</span> <span class="translit">(haš·šə·ḇî·‘î)</span><br /><span class="parse">Article | Number - ordinal masculine singular<br /></span><span class="str"><a href="/hebrew/strongs_7637.htm">Strong's 7637: </a> </span><span class="str2">Seventh (an ordinal number)</span><br /><br /><span class="word">day</span><br /><span class="heb">בַּיּ֤וֹם</span> <span class="translit">(bay·yō·wm)</span><br /><span class="parse">Preposition-b, Article | Noun - masculine singular<br /></span><span class="str"><a href="/hebrew/strongs_3117.htm">Strong's 3117: </a> </span><span class="str2">A day</span><br /><br /><span class="word">there shall be a sacred</span><br /><span class="heb">קֹ֔דֶשׁ</span> <span class="translit">(qō·ḏeš)</span><br /><span class="parse">Noun - masculine singular<br /></span><span class="str"><a href="/hebrew/strongs_6944.htm">Strong's 6944: </a> </span><span class="str2">A sacred place, thing, sanctity</span><br /><br /><span class="word">assembly;</span><br /><span class="heb">מִקְרָא־</span> <span class="translit">(miq·rā-)</span><br /><span class="parse">Noun - masculine singular construct<br /></span><span class="str"><a href="/hebrew/strongs_4744.htm">Strong's 4744: </a> </span><span class="str2">Something called out, a public meeting, a rehearsal</span><br /><br /><span class="word">you must not</span><br /><span class="heb">לֹ֥א</span> <span class="translit">(lō)</span><br /><span class="parse">Adverb - Negative particle<br /></span><span class="str"><a href="/hebrew/strongs_3808.htm">Strong's 3808: </a> </span><span class="str2">Not, no</span><br /><br /><span class="word">do</span><br /><span class="heb">תַעֲשֽׂוּ׃</span> <span class="translit">(ṯa·‘ă·śū)</span><br /><span class="parse">Verb - Qal - Imperfect - second person masculine plural<br /></span><span class="str"><a href="/hebrew/strongs_6213.htm">Strong's 6213: </a> </span><span class="str2">To do, make</span><br /><br /><span class="word">any</span><br /><span class="heb">כָּל־</span> <span class="translit">(kāl-)</span><br /><span class="parse">Noun - masculine singular construct<br /></span><span class="str"><a href="/hebrew/strongs_3605.htm">Strong's 3605: </a> </span><span class="str2">The whole, all, any, every</span><br /><br /><span class="word">ordinary</span><br /><span class="heb">עֲבֹדָ֖ה</span> <span class="translit">(‘ă·ḇō·ḏāh)</span><br /><span class="parse">Noun - feminine singular<br /></span><span class="str"><a href="/hebrew/strongs_5656.htm">Strong's 5656: </a> </span><span class="str2">Work of any kind</span><br /><br /><span class="word">work.’”</span><br /><span class="heb">מְלֶ֥אכֶת</span> <span class="translit">(mə·le·ḵeṯ)</span><br /><span class="parse">Noun - feminine singular construct<br /></span><span class="str"><a href="/hebrew/strongs_4399.htm">Strong's 4399: </a> </span><span class="str2">Deputyship, ministry, employment, work, property</span><br /><span class="p"><br /><br /></span><div class="vheading">Links</div><a href="/niv/leviticus/23-8.htm">Leviticus 23:8 NIV</a><br /><a href="/nlt/leviticus/23-8.htm">Leviticus 23:8 NLT</a><br /><a href="/esv/leviticus/23-8.htm">Leviticus 23:8 ESV</a><br /><a href="/nasb/leviticus/23-8.htm">Leviticus 23:8 NASB</a><br /><a href="/kjv/leviticus/23-8.htm">Leviticus 23:8 KJV</a><span class="p"><br /><br /></span><a href="//bibleapps.com/leviticus/23-8.htm">Leviticus 23:8 BibleApps.com</a><br /><a href="//bibliaparalela.com/leviticus/23-8.htm">Leviticus 23:8 Biblia Paralela</a><br /><a href="//holybible.com.cn/leviticus/23-8.htm">Leviticus 23:8 Chinese Bible</a><br /><a href="//saintebible.com/leviticus/23-8.htm">Leviticus 23:8 French Bible</a><br /><a href="/catholic/leviticus/23-8.htm">Leviticus 23:8 Catholic Bible</a><span class="p"><br /><br /></span><a href="/leviticus/23-8.htm">OT Law: Leviticus 23:8 But you shall offer an offering made (Le Lv Lev.) </a></div></div></td></tr></table></div><div id="left"><a href="/leviticus/23-7.htm" onmouseover='lft.src="/leftgif.png"' onmouseout='lft.src="/left.png"' title="Leviticus 23:7"><img src="/left.png" name="lft" border="0" alt="Leviticus 23:7" /></a></div><div id="right"><a href="/leviticus/23-9.htm" onmouseover='rght.src="/rightgif.png"' onmouseout='rght.src="/right.png"' title="Leviticus 23:9"><img src="/right.png" name="rght" border="0" alt="Leviticus 23:9" /></a></div><div id="botleft"><a href="#" onmouseover='botleft.src="/botleftgif.png"' onmouseout='botleft.src="/botleft.png"' title="Top of Page"><img src="/botleft.png" name="botleft" border="0" alt="Top of Page" /></a></div><div id="botright"><a href="#" onmouseover='botright.src="/botrightgif.png"' onmouseout='botright.src="/botright.png"' title="Top of Page"><img src="/botright.png" name="botright" border="0" alt="Top of Page" /></a></div><div id="bot"><iframe width="100%" height="1500" scrolling="no" src="/botmenubhnew2.htm" frameborder="0"></iframe></div></td></tr></table></div></body></html>