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It is the closing special assembly; do no regular work. <a href="/nlt/leviticus/23.htm">New Living Translation</a> For seven days you must present special gifts to the LORD. The eighth day is another holy day on which you present your special gifts to the LORD. This will be a solemn occasion, and no ordinary work may be done that day. <a href="/esv/leviticus/23.htm">English Standard Version</a> For seven days you shall present food offerings to the LORD. On the eighth day you shall hold a holy convocation and present a food offering to the LORD. It is a solemn assembly; you shall not do any ordinary work. <a href="/bsb/leviticus/23.htm">Berean Standard Bible</a> For seven days you are to present a food offering to the LORD. On the eighth day you are to hold a sacred assembly and present a food offering to the LORD. It is a solemn assembly; you must not do any regular work. <a href="/kjv/leviticus/23.htm">King James Bible</a> Seven days ye shall offer an offering made by fire unto the LORD: on the eighth day shall be an holy convocation unto you; and ye shall offer an offering made by fire unto the LORD: it is a solemn assembly; and ye shall do no servile work therein. <a href="/nkjv/leviticus/23.htm">New King James Version</a> For seven days you shall offer an offering made by fire to the LORD. On the eighth day you shall have a holy convocation, and you shall offer an offering made by fire to the LORD. It is a sacred assembly, and you shall do no customary work on it. <a href="/nasb_/leviticus/23.htm">New American Standard Bible</a> For seven days you shall present an offering by fire to the LORD. On the eighth day you shall have a holy convocation and present an offering by fire to the LORD; it is an assembly. You shall not do any laborious work. <a href="/nasb/leviticus/23.htm">NASB 1995</a> &#8216For seven days you shall present an offering by fire to the LORD. On the eighth day you shall have a holy convocation and present an offering by fire to the LORD; it is an assembly. You shall do no laborious work. <a href="/nasb77/leviticus/23.htm">NASB 1977 </a> ‘For seven days you shall present an offering by fire to the LORD. On the eighth day you shall have a holy convocation and present an offering by fire to the LORD; it is an assembly. You shall do no laborious work. <a href="/lsb/leviticus/23.htm">Legacy Standard Bible </a> For seven days you shall bring an offering by fire near to Yahweh. On the eighth day you shall have a holy convocation and bring an offering by fire near to Yahweh; it is a solemn assembly. You shall do no laborious work. <a href="/amp/leviticus/23.htm">Amplified Bible</a> For seven days you shall present an offering by fire to the LORD. On the eighth day you shall have a holy convocation and present an offering by fire to the LORD. It is a festive assembly; you shall not do any laborious work [on that day]. <a href="/csb/leviticus/23.htm">Christian Standard Bible</a> You are to present a food offering to the LORD for seven days. On the eighth day you are to hold a sacred assembly and present a food offering to the LORD. It is a solemn assembly; you are not to do any daily work. <a href="/hcsb/leviticus/23.htm">Holman Christian Standard Bible</a> You are to present a fire offering to the LORD for seven days. On the eighth day you are to hold a sacred assembly and present a fire offering to the LORD. It is a solemn gathering; you are not to do any daily work.&#8221 <a href="/asv/leviticus/23.htm">American Standard Version</a> Seven days ye shall offer an offering made by fire unto Jehovah: on the eighth day shall be a holy convocation unto you; and ye shall offer an offering made by fire unto Jehovah: it is a solemn assembly; ye shall do no servile work. <a href="/cev/leviticus/23.htm">Contemporary English Version</a> For seven days, sacrifices must be offered on the altar. The eighth day is also to be a day of complete rest, as well as a time of offering sacrifices on the altar and of coming together for worship. <a href="/erv/leviticus/23.htm">English Revised Version</a> Seven days ye shall offer an offering made by fire unto the LORD: on the eighth day shall be an holy convocation unto you; and ye shall offer an offering made by fire unto the LORD: it is a solemn assembly; ye shall do no servile work. <a href="/gwt/leviticus/23.htm">GOD'S WORD® Translation</a> For seven consecutive days bring a sacrifice by fire to the LORD. On the eighth day there will be a holy assembly. Bring the LORD a sacrifice by fire. This is the last festival of the year. Don't do any regular work. <a href="/gnt/leviticus/23.htm">Good News Translation</a> Each day for seven days you shall present a food offering. On the eighth day come together again for worship and present a food offering. It is a day for worship, and you shall do no work. ( <a href="/isv/leviticus/23.htm">International Standard Version</a> For seven days, bring offerings made by fire to the LORD. The eighth day is also to be a sacred assembly for you. Bring offerings made by fire to the LORD. It's a sacred assembly. You are not to do any servile work. <a href="/msb/leviticus/23.htm">Majority Standard Bible</a> For seven days you are to present a food offering to the LORD. On the eighth day you are to hold a sacred assembly and present a food offering to the LORD. It is a solemn assembly; you must not do any regular work. <a href="/net/leviticus/23.htm">NET Bible</a> For seven days you must present a gift to the LORD. On the eighth day there is to be a holy assembly for you, and you must present a gift to the LORD. It is a solemn assembly day; you must not do any regular work. <a href="/nheb/leviticus/23.htm">New Heart English Bible</a> Seven days you shall offer an offering made by fire to the LORD. On the eighth day shall be a holy convocation to you; and you shall offer an offering made by fire to the LORD. It is a solemn assembly; you shall do no regular work. <a href="/wbt/leviticus/23.htm">Webster's Bible Translation</a> Seven days ye shall offer an offering made by fire to the LORD: on the eighth day shall be a holy convocation to you, and ye shall offer an offering made by fire to the LORD: it is a solemn assembly; and ye shall do no servile work in it. <a href="/web/leviticus/23.htm">World English Bible</a> Seven days you shall offer an offering made by fire to Yahweh. On the eighth day shall be a holy convocation to you. You shall offer an offering made by fire to Yahweh. It is a solemn assembly; you shall do no regular work. <div class="vheading2">Literal Translations</div><a href="/lsv/leviticus/23.htm">Literal Standard Version</a> [for] seven days you bring a fire-offering near to YHWH, on the eighth day you have a holy convocation, and you have brought a fire-offering near to YHWH; it [is] a restraint, you do no servile work. <a href="/ylt/leviticus/23.htm">Young's Literal Translation</a> seven days ye bring near a fire-offering to Jehovah, on the eighth day ye have a holy convocation, and ye have brought near a fire-offering to Jehovah; it is a restraint, ye do no servile work. <a href="/slt/leviticus/23.htm">Smith's Literal Translation</a> Seven days shall ye bring a sacrifice to Jehovah; in the eighth day a holy calling shall be to you, and bring ye a sacrifice to Jehovah: it is a restraining: any work of labor ye shall not do.<div class="vheading2">Catholic Translations</div><a href="/drb/leviticus/23.htm">Douay-Rheims Bible</a> The eighth day also shall be most solemn and most holy, and you shall offer holocausts to the Lord: for it is the day of assembly and congregation: you shall do no servile work therein. <a href="/cpdv/leviticus/23.htm">Catholic Public Domain Version</a> And for seven days you shall offer holocausts to the Lord. Likewise, the eighth day shall be most honored and most holy, and you shall offer holocausts to the Lord. For it is the day of assembly and gathering. You shall do no servile work in it. <a href="/nabre/leviticus/23.htm">New American Bible</a> For seven days you shall offer an oblation to the LORD, and on the eighth day you will have a declared holy day. You shall offer an oblation to the LORD. It is the festival closing. You shall do no heavy work. <a href="/nrsvce/leviticus/23.htm">New Revised Standard Version</a> Seven days you shall present the LORD’s offerings by fire; on the eighth day you shall observe a holy convocation and present the LORD’s offerings by fire; it is a solemn assembly; you shall not work at your occupations.<div class="vheading2">Translations from Aramaic</div><a href="/lamsa/leviticus/23.htm">Lamsa Bible</a> Seven days you shall offer an offering made by fire to the LORD; the eighth day shall be a holy convocation to you; and you shall offer an offering made by fire to the LORD; and you shall be assembled together; and you shall do no manner of work thereon. <a href="/hpbt/leviticus/23.htm">Peshitta Holy Bible Translated</a> And bring gifts to LORD JEHOVAH for seven days, and the eighth day shall be proclaimed and holy to you, and bring gifts to LORD JEHOVAH and be assembled and you shall do no work of labor.<div class="vheading2">OT Translations</div><a href="/jps/leviticus/23.htm">JPS Tanakh 1917</a> Seven days ye shall bring an offering made by fire unto the LORD; on the eighth day shall be a holy convocation unto you; and ye shall bring an offering made by fire unto the LORD; it is a day of solemn assembly; ye shall do no manner of servile work. <a href="/sep/leviticus/23.htm">Brenton Septuagint Translation</a> Seven days shall ye offer whole-burnt-offerings to the Lord, and the eighth-day shall be a holy convocation to you; and ye shall offer whole-burnt-offerings to the Lord: it is a time of release, ye shall do no servile work. <a href="/parallel/leviticus/23-36.htm">Additional Translations ...</a></div></div></div><div id="centbox"><div class="padcent"><a name="audio" id="audio"></a><div class="vheadingv">Audio Bible</div><iframe width="100%" src="https://www.youtube.com/embed/NWs_V1RyMFo?start=6325" title="YouTube video player" frameborder="0" allow="accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture; web-share" allowfullscreen></iframe> <div class="vheadingv">Context</div><a href="/bsb/leviticus/23.htm">The Feast of Tabernacles</a> …35On the first day there shall be a sacred assembly. You must not do any regular work. 36<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: taq·rî·ḇū (V-Hifil-Imperf-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/8066.htm" title="8066: haš·šə·mî·nî (Art:: Number-oms) -- Eighth (an ord. number). From shmoneh; eight.">On the eighth</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/1961.htm" title="1961: yih·yeh (V-Qal-Imperf-3ms) -- To fall out, come to pass, become, be. A primitive root; to exist, i.e. Be or become, come to pass.">you are to hold</a> <a href="/hebrew/lā·ḵem (Prep:: 2mp) -- "></a> <a href="/hebrew/6944.htm" title="6944: qō·ḏeš (N-ms) -- Apartness, sacredness. From qadash; a sacred place or thing; rarely abstract, sanctity.">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/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.">and 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/1931.htm" title="1931: hî (Pro-3fs) -- He, she, it. ">It is</a> <a href="/hebrew/6116.htm" title="6116: ‘ă·ṣe·reṯ (N-fs) -- An assembly. Or matsereth; from atsar; an assembly, especially on a festival or holiday.">a solemn 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/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.">regular work.</a> <a href="/hebrew/5656.htm" title="5656: ‘ă·ḇō·ḏāh (N-fs) -- Labor, service. Or mabowdah; from abad; work of any kind."></a> 37These are the LORD’s appointed feasts, which you are to proclaim as sacred assemblies for presenting offerings by fire to the LORD—burnt offerings and grain offerings, sacrifices and drink offerings, each on its designated day.…<div class="cred"><a href="//berean.bible">Berean Standard Bible</a> · <a href="//berean.bible/downloads.htm">Download</a></div> <a name="crossref" id="crossref"></a><div class="vheading">Cross References</div><div id="crf"><a href="/numbers/29-35.htm">Numbers 29:35-38</a> On the eighth day you are to hold a solemn assembly; you must not do any regular work. / As a pleasing aroma to the LORD, you are to present a food offering, a burnt offering of one bull, one ram, and seven male lambs a year old, all unblemished, / along with the grain and drink offerings for the bulls, rams, and lambs, according to the number prescribed. ... <a href="/deuteronomy/16-8.htm">Deuteronomy 16:8</a> 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. <a href="/nehemiah/8-18.htm">Nehemiah 8:18</a> Day after day, from the first day to the last, Ezra read from the Book of the Law of God. The Israelites kept the feast for seven days, and on the eighth day they held an assembly, according to the ordinance. <a href="/2_chronicles/7-9.htm">2 Chronicles 7:9</a> On the eighth day they held a solemn assembly, for the dedication of the altar had lasted seven days, and the feast seven days more. <a href="/john/7-37.htm">John 7:37-38</a> On the last and greatest day of the feast, Jesus stood up and called out in a loud voice, “If anyone is thirsty, let him come to Me and drink. / Whoever believes in Me, as the Scripture has said: ‘Streams of living water will flow from within him.’” <a href="/1_kings/8-65.htm">1 Kings 8:65-66</a> So at that time Solomon and all Israel with him—a great assembly of people from Lebo-hamath to the Brook of Egypt—kept the feast before the LORD our God for seven days and seven more days—fourteen days in all. / On the fifteenth day Solomon sent the people away. So they blessed the king and went home, joyful and glad in heart for all the good things that the LORD had done for His servant David and for His people Israel. <a href="/ezra/3-4.htm">Ezra 3:4</a> They also celebrated the Feast of Tabernacles in accordance with what is written, and they offered burnt offerings daily based on the number prescribed for each day. <a href="/2_chronicles/30-23.htm">2 Chronicles 30:23</a> The whole assembly agreed to observe seven more days, so they observed seven days with joy. <a href="/nehemiah/8-14.htm">Nehemiah 8:14-18</a> And they found written in the Law, which the LORD had commanded through Moses, that the Israelites were to dwell in booths during the feast of the seventh month, / and that they should proclaim this message and spread it throughout their towns and in Jerusalem, saying, “Go out to the hill country and bring back branches of olive, wild olive, myrtle, palm, and other leafy trees, to make booths, as it is written.” / And the people went out, brought back branches, and made booths on their own rooftops, in their courtyards, in the courts of the house of God, and in the squares by the Water Gate and by the Gate of Ephraim. ... <a href="/deuteronomy/16-13.htm">Deuteronomy 16:13-15</a> You are to celebrate the Feast of Tabernacles for seven days after you have gathered the produce of your threshing floor and your winepress. / And you shall rejoice in your feast—you, your sons and daughters, your menservants and maidservants, and the Levite, as well as the foreigner, the fatherless, and the widows among you. / For seven days you shall celebrate a feast to the LORD your God in the place He will choose, because the LORD your God will bless you in all your produce and in all the work of your hands, so that your joy will be complete. <a href="/zechariah/14-16.htm">Zechariah 14:16-19</a> Then all the survivors from the nations that came against Jerusalem will go up year after year to worship the King, the LORD of Hosts, and to celebrate the Feast of Tabernacles. / And should any of the families of the earth not go up to Jerusalem to worship the King, the LORD of Hosts, then the rain will not fall on them. / And if the people of Egypt will not go up and enter in, then the rain will not fall on them; this will be the plague with which the LORD strikes the nations who do not go up to celebrate the Feast of Tabernacles. ... <a href="/exodus/23-16.htm">Exodus 23:16</a> You are also to keep the Feast of Harvest with the firstfruits of the produce from what you sow in the field. And keep the Feast of Ingathering at the end of the year, when you gather your produce from the field. <a href="/exodus/34-22.htm">Exodus 34:22</a> And you are to celebrate the Feast of Weeks with the firstfruits of the wheat harvest, and the Feast of Ingathering at the turn of the year. <a href="/1_corinthians/5-7.htm">1 Corinthians 5:7-8</a> 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. <a href="/hebrews/9-24.htm">Hebrews 9:24-26</a> For Christ did not enter a man-made copy of the true sanctuary, but He entered heaven itself, now to appear on our behalf in the presence of God. / Nor did He enter heaven to offer Himself again and again, as the high priest enters the Most Holy Place every year with blood that is not his own. / Otherwise, Christ would have had to suffer repeatedly since the foundation of the world. But now He has appeared once for all at the end of the ages to do away with sin by the sacrifice of Himself.</div> <a name="tsk" id="tsk"><div class="vheading">Treasury of Scripture</div>Seven days you shall offer an offering made by fire to the LORD: on the eighth day shall be an holy convocation to you; and you shall offer an offering made by fire to the LORD: it is a solemn assembly; and you shall do no servile work therein.Seven<a href="/numbers/29-12.htm">Numbers 29:12-38</a> And on the fifteenth day of the seventh month ye shall have an holy convocation; ye shall do no servile work, and ye shall keep a feast unto the LORD seven days: … the eighth<a href="/2_chronicles/7-8.htm">2 Chronicles 7:8-11</a> Also at the same time Solomon kept the feast seven days, and all Israel with him, a very great congregation, from the entering in of Hamath unto the river of Egypt… <a href="/nehemiah/8-18.htm">Nehemiah 8:18</a> Also day by day, from the first day unto the last day, he read in the book of the law of God. And they kept the feast seven days; and on the eighth day was a solemn assembly, according unto the manner.<a href="/john/7-37.htm">John 7:37</a> In the last day, that great day of the feast, Jesus stood and cried, saying, If any man thirst, let him come unto me, and drink.solemn [heb] day of restraint<a href="/deuteronomy/16-8.htm">Deuteronomy 16:8</a> Six days thou shalt eat unleavened bread: and on the seventh day shall be a solemn assembly to the LORD thy God: thou shalt do no work therein.<a href="/joel/1-14.htm">Joel 1:14</a> Sanctify ye a fast, call a solemn assembly, gather the elders and all the inhabitants of the land into the house of the LORD your God, and cry unto the LORD,<a href="/joel/2-15.htm">Joel 2:15</a> Blow the trumpet in Zion, sanctify a fast, call a solemn assembly:<div class="vheading">Jump to Previous</div><a href="/leviticus/23-35.htm">Assembly</a> <a href="/acts/1-9.htm">Closing</a> <a href="/leviticus/23-35.htm">Convocation</a> <a href="/leviticus/22-27.htm">Eighth</a> <a href="/leviticus/23-27.htm">Fire</a> <a href="/leviticus/23-27.htm">Hold</a> <a href="/leviticus/23-35.htm">Holy</a> <a href="/leviticus/23-35.htm">Laborious</a> <a href="/leviticus/23-35.htm">Manner</a> <a href="/leviticus/23-27.htm">Offer</a> <a href="/leviticus/23-27.htm">Offering</a> <a href="/leviticus/23-19.htm">Offerings</a> <a href="/leviticus/23-27.htm">Present</a> <a href="/leviticus/23-35.htm">Regular</a> <a href="/leviticus/23-35.htm">Sacred</a> <a href="/leviticus/23-35.htm">Servile</a> <a href="/leviticus/23-34.htm">Seven</a> <a href="/leviticus/23-32.htm">Solemn</a> <a href="/leviticus/23-35.htm">Therein</a> <a href="/leviticus/23-35.htm">Work</a><div class="vheading2">Jump to Next</div><a href="/leviticus/24-14.htm">Assembly</a> <a href="/1_samuel/23-26.htm">Closing</a> <a href="/numbers/10-2.htm">Convocation</a> <a href="/leviticus/23-39.htm">Eighth</a> <a href="/leviticus/23-37.htm">Fire</a> <a href="/leviticus/25-24.htm">Hold</a> <a href="/leviticus/23-37.htm">Holy</a> <a href="/numbers/28-18.htm">Laborious</a> <a href="/leviticus/24-22.htm">Manner</a> <a href="/leviticus/23-37.htm">Offer</a> <a href="/leviticus/23-37.htm">Offering</a> <a href="/leviticus/23-37.htm">Offerings</a> <a href="/leviticus/23-37.htm">Present</a> <a href="/leviticus/24-9.htm">Regular</a> <a href="/leviticus/26-1.htm">Sacred</a> <a href="/numbers/28-18.htm">Servile</a> <a href="/leviticus/23-39.htm">Seven</a> <a href="/leviticus/23-39.htm">Solemn</a> <a href="/leviticus/25-19.htm">Therein</a> <a href="/leviticus/25-39.htm">Work</a><div class="vheading2">Leviticus 23</div>1. <a href="/leviticus/23-1.htm">The feasts of the Lord</a> 3. <a href="/leviticus/23-3.htm">the Sabbath</a> 4. <a href="/leviticus/23-4.htm">The Passover</a> 9. <a href="/leviticus/23-9.htm">The sheaf of firstfruits</a> 15. <a href="/leviticus/23-15.htm">The feast of Pentecost</a> 22. <a href="/leviticus/23-22.htm">Gleanings to be left for the poor</a> 23. <a href="/leviticus/23-23.htm">The feast of trumpets</a> 26. <a href="/leviticus/23-26.htm">The day of atonement</a> 33. <a href="/leviticus/23-33.htm">The feast of tabernacles</a> </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'; </script> <script id="b817b7107f1d4a7997da1b3c33457e03"> (new Image()).src = 'https://capi.connatix.com/tr/si?token=cb0edd8b-b416-47eb-8c6d-3cc96561f7e8&cid=3a9f82d0-4344-4f8d-ac0c-e1a0eb43a405'; </script>  <div id='div-gpt-ad-1529103594582-2'> </div>  <div id='div-gpt-ad-1529103594582-0' style='max-width: 300px;'> </div>  <div id='div-gpt-ad-1529103594582-3'> </div>  <div id='div-gpt-ad-1529103594582-1' style='max-width: 300px;'> </div>  <div align="center" id='div-gpt-ad-1531425649696-0'> </div> <ins class="adsbygoogle" style="display:inline-block;width:200px;height:200px" data-ad-client="ca-pub-3753401421161123" data-ad-slot="3592799687"></ins> <script> (adsbygoogle = window.adsbygoogle || []).push({}); </script> </div> </td></tr></table></div></div></div><div id="combox"><div class="padcom"><a name="study" id="study"></a><div class="vheading"><table width="100%"><tr><td width="99%" valign="top"><a href="/study/leviticus/23.htm">Study Bible</a></td><td width="1%" valign="top"><a href="/study/leviticus/" title="Book Summary and Study">Book ◦</a> <a href="/study/chapters/leviticus/23.htm" title="Chapter summary and Study">Chapter </a></tr></table></div>For seven days you are to present a food offering to the LORD. This command is part of the instructions for the Feast of Tabernacles, also known as Sukkot. The seven-day period reflects the completion and perfection often associated with the number seven in biblical texts. The food offerings, or sacrifices, were a way for the Israelites to express gratitude and dependence on God for provision. This practice is rooted in the agricultural context of ancient Israel, where harvest festivals were common. The offerings symbolize the people's acknowledgment of God's sovereignty and provision, as seen in other feasts like Passover and Pentecost.On the eighth day you are to hold a sacred assembly and present a food offering to the LORD. The eighth day, known as Shemini Atzeret, marks a transition from the Feast of Tabernacles to a separate, yet connected, observance. The number eight often signifies new beginnings in the Bible, as seen in the resurrection of Jesus, which occurred on the first day of the week, the day after the Sabbath. This sacred assembly emphasizes communal worship and reflection, drawing the community together in unity before God. The continuation of food offerings underscores the ongoing relationship between God and His people, highlighting themes of renewal and dedication.It is a solemn assembly; The term "solemn assembly" indicates a gathering of serious and reverent nature. This assembly is not merely a social event but a time of spiritual significance, where the Israelites are called to focus on their covenant relationship with God. The solemnity of the occasion is a reminder of the holiness of God and the reverence due to Him. This concept is echoed in other biblical gatherings, such as the Day of Atonement, where the community comes together in repentance and worship.you must not do any regular work. The prohibition against regular work underscores the importance of setting aside time for worship and reflection. This command is consistent with the Sabbath principle, where rest is mandated to focus on spiritual matters. By refraining from work, the Israelites demonstrate trust in God's provision and prioritize their relationship with Him. This principle is seen throughout Scripture, where rest and worship are intertwined, pointing to the ultimate rest found in Christ, who invites believers to cease from their labors and find rest in Him.<div class="vheading2">Persons / Places / Events</div>1. <a href="/topical/t/the_israelites.htm">The Israelites</a> The primary audience of the Levitical laws, including the instructions for the Feast of Tabernacles. 2. <a href="/topical/t/the_lord.htm">The LORD (Yahweh)</a> The God of Israel, who commands the observance of the feasts and offerings. 3. <a href="/topical/t/the_feast_of_tabernacles.htm">The Feast of Tabernacles (Sukkot)</a> A seven-day festival followed by an eighth day of sacred assembly, commemorating the Israelites' journey in the wilderness. 4. <a href="/topical/t/the_sacred_assembly.htm">The Sacred Assembly</a> A gathering on the eighth day, emphasizing rest and worship. 5. <a href="/topical/o/offerings_by_fire.htm">Offerings by Fire</a> Sacrifices made to God, symbolizing devotion and atonement.<div class="vheading2">Teaching Points</div><a href="/topical/t/the_importance_of_obedience.htm">The Importance of Obedience</a> The Israelites were commanded to follow specific instructions for the feast, highlighting the importance of obedience to God's commands. <a href="/topical/s/symbolism_of_rest.htm">Symbolism of Rest</a> The eighth day of rest symbolizes spiritual rest and renewal, pointing to the ultimate rest found in Christ. <a href="/topical/c/community_and_worship.htm">Community and Worship</a> The sacred assembly emphasizes the importance of gathering together for worship and community, a practice that remains vital for believers today. <a href="/topical/s/sacrificial_offerings.htm">Sacrificial Offerings</a> The offerings by fire remind us of the need for atonement and dedication to God, fulfilled in the ultimate sacrifice of Jesus. <a href="/topical/e/eschatological_hope.htm">Eschatological Hope</a> The Feast of Tabernacles points to a future time when all nations will worship God, encouraging believers to live with an eternal perspective.<div class="vheading2">Lists and Questions</div><a href="/top10/lessons_from_leviticus_23.htm">Top 10 Lessons from Leviticus 23</a> <a href="/q/what_defines_a_solemn_assembly.htm">What defines a solemn assembly?</a> <a href="/q/what_is_the_feast_of_tabernacles.htm">What is the Feast of Tabernacles?</a> <a href="/q/what_is_cultural_translation.htm">What defines a solemn assembly?</a> <a href="/q/what_is_the_definition_of_convocation.htm">What is the definition of convocation?</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>(36) Seven days ye shall offer.--The special sacrifices for this day consisted of a burnt offering of thirteen bullocks, two rams, and fourteen lambs, with an appropriate meat and drink offering, and a goat for a sin offering (<a href="/context/numbers/29-12.htm" title="And on the fifteenth day of the seventh month you shall have an holy convocation; you shall do no servile work, and you shall keep a feast to the LORD seven days:">Numbers 29:12-38</a>). Whereupon were offered the peace offerings, the vows and the free-will offerings which constituted the repasts of the people. Whilst these sacrifices were being offered up the Levites chanted the festive Hallel, as on the feasts of Passover and Pentecost. This was repeated every day during the seven days of the festival, only that the number of animals offered as sacrifices diminished daily during the middle days of the festival, according to the prescription in <a href="/context/numbers/29-12.htm" title="And on the fifteenth day of the seventh month you shall have an holy convocation; you shall do no servile work, and you shall keep a feast to the LORD seven days:">Numbers 29:12-38</a>. On the eve of the second day, or what is called the lesser festival, and on each of the five succeeding nights, was celebrated the "Rejoicing of the water-drawing" in the court of the Temple. Four huge golden candelabra were lighted in the centre of the court, and the light emanating from them was visible to the whole city. Around these lights pious men danced before the people with lighted flambeaux in their hands, singing hymns and songs of praise, whilst the Levites, who were stationed on the fifteen steps which led into the women's court, and which corresponded to the fifteen psalms of degrees, i.e., steps (Psalms 120-134), accompanied the songs with instrumental music. It is supposed that on the last evening of the festival, when the splendid light of this grand illumination was to cease, Christ called attention to himself, "I am the light of the world" (<a href="/john/8-12.htm" title="Then spoke Jesus again to them, saying, I am the light of the world: he that follows me shall not walk in darkness, but shall have the light of life.">John 8:12</a>), which is to shine for ever, and illuminate not only the Temple and the holy city, but all the world.On the eighth day shall be an holy convocation.--That is, like the first day, since no servile work is to be done on it. As it is not only the finishing of the feast of Tabernacles, but the conclusion of the whole cycle of festivals, the dwelling in tabernacles is to cease on it.Ye shall offer.--For this reason the sacrifices offered on this day are to be distinct, and unlike the sacrifices of the preceding days. The burnt sacrifice is to consist of one bullock, one ram, and seven lambs, with the appropriate meat and drink offerings, and one goat for a sin offering. (<a href="/context/numbers/29-36.htm" title="But you shall offer a burnt offering, a sacrifice made by fire, of a sweet smell to the LORD: one bullock, one ram, seven lambs of the first year without blemish:">Numbers 29:36-38</a>.) Being, however, attached to the feast of Tabernacles, the two festivals are often joined together, and spoken of as one festival of eight days. <a href="/commentaries/leviticus/23-36.htm">Parallel Commentaries ...</a> <a name="lexicon" id="lexicon"></a><div class="vheading">Hebrew</div>For seven שִׁבְעַ֣ת (šiḇ·‘aṯ) Number - masculine singular construct <a href="/hebrew/strongs_7651.htm">Strong's 7651: </a> Seven, seven times, a week, an indefinite number days יָמִ֔ים (yā·mîm) Noun - masculine plural <a href="/hebrew/strongs_3117.htm">Strong's 3117: </a> A day you are to present תַּקְרִ֥יבוּ (taq·rî·ḇū) Verb - Hifil - Imperfect - second person masculine plural <a href="/hebrew/strongs_7126.htm">Strong's 7126: </a> To come near, approach an offering made by fire אִשֶּׁ֖ה (’iš·šeh) Noun - masculine singular <a href="/hebrew/strongs_801.htm">Strong's 801: </a> A burnt-offering, a sacrifice to the LORD. לַיהוָ֑ה (Yah·weh) Preposition-l | Noun - proper - masculine singular <a href="/hebrew/strongs_3068.htm">Strong's 3068: </a> LORD -- the proper name of the God of Israel On the eighth הַשְּׁמִינִ֡י (haš·šə·mî·nî) Article | Number - ordinal masculine singular <a href="/hebrew/strongs_8066.htm">Strong's 8066: </a> Eighth (an ordinal number) day בַּיּ֣וֹם (bay·yō·wm) Preposition-b, Article | Noun - masculine singular <a href="/hebrew/strongs_3117.htm">Strong's 3117: </a> A day you are to hold יִהְיֶ֨ה (yih·yeh) Verb - Qal - Imperfect - third person masculine singular <a href="/hebrew/strongs_1961.htm">Strong's 1961: </a> To fall out, come to pass, become, be a sacred קֹדֶשׁ֩ (qō·ḏeš) Noun - masculine singular <a href="/hebrew/strongs_6944.htm">Strong's 6944: </a> A sacred place, thing, sanctity assembly מִקְרָא־ (miq·rā-) Noun - masculine singular construct <a href="/hebrew/strongs_4744.htm">Strong's 4744: </a> Something called out, a public meeting, a rehearsal and present וְהִקְרַבְתֶּ֨ם (wə·hiq·raḇ·tem) Conjunctive waw | Verb - Hifil - Conjunctive perfect - second person masculine plural <a href="/hebrew/strongs_7126.htm">Strong's 7126: </a> To come near, approach an offering made by fire אִשֶּׁ֤ה (’iš·šeh) Noun - masculine singular <a href="/hebrew/strongs_801.htm">Strong's 801: </a> A burnt-offering, a sacrifice to the LORD. לַֽיהוָה֙ (Yah·weh) Preposition-l | Noun - proper - masculine singular <a href="/hebrew/strongs_3068.htm">Strong's 3068: </a> LORD -- the proper name of the God of Israel It [is] הִ֔וא (hî) Pronoun - third person feminine singular <a href="/hebrew/strongs_1931.htm">Strong's 1931: </a> He, self, the same, this, that, as, are a solemn assembly; עֲצֶ֣רֶת (‘ă·ṣe·reṯ) Noun - feminine singular <a href="/hebrew/strongs_6116.htm">Strong's 6116: </a> An assembly, on a, festival, holiday you are not לֹ֥א (lō) Adverb - Negative particle <a href="/hebrew/strongs_3808.htm">Strong's 3808: </a> Not, no to do תַעֲשֽׂוּ׃ (ṯa·‘ă·śū) Verb - Qal - Imperfect - second person masculine plural <a href="/hebrew/strongs_6213.htm">Strong's 6213: </a> To do, make any כָּל־ (kāl-) Noun - masculine singular construct <a href="/hebrew/strongs_3605.htm">Strong's 3605: </a> The whole, all, any, every regular work. מְלֶ֥אכֶת (mə·le·ḵeṯ) Noun - feminine singular construct <a href="/hebrew/strongs_4399.htm">Strong's 4399: </a> Deputyship, ministry, employment, work, property <div class="vheading">Links</div><a href="/niv/leviticus/23-36.htm">Leviticus 23:36 NIV</a> <a href="/nlt/leviticus/23-36.htm">Leviticus 23:36 NLT</a> <a href="/esv/leviticus/23-36.htm">Leviticus 23:36 ESV</a> <a href="/nasb/leviticus/23-36.htm">Leviticus 23:36 NASB</a> <a href="/kjv/leviticus/23-36.htm">Leviticus 23:36 KJV</a> <a href="//bibleapps.com/leviticus/23-36.htm">Leviticus 23:36 BibleApps.com</a> <a href="//bibliaparalela.com/leviticus/23-36.htm">Leviticus 23:36 Biblia Paralela</a> <a href="//holybible.com.cn/leviticus/23-36.htm">Leviticus 23:36 Chinese Bible</a> <a href="//saintebible.com/leviticus/23-36.htm">Leviticus 23:36 French Bible</a> <a href="/catholic/leviticus/23-36.htm">Leviticus 23:36 Catholic Bible</a> <a href="/leviticus/23-36.htm">OT Law: Leviticus 23:36 Seven days you shall offer an offering (Le Lv Lev.) </a></div></div></td></tr></table></div><div id="left"><a href="/leviticus/23-35.htm" onmouseover='lft.src="/leftgif.png"' onmouseout='lft.src="/left.png"' title="Leviticus 23:35"><img src="/left.png" name="lft" border="0" alt="Leviticus 23:35" /></a></div><div id="right"><a href="/leviticus/23-37.htm" onmouseover='rght.src="/rightgif.png"' onmouseout='rght.src="/right.png"' title="Leviticus 23:37"><img src="/right.png" name="rght" border="0" alt="Leviticus 23:37" /></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>