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Do no work at all on these days, except to prepare food for everyone to eat; that is all you may do. <a href="/nlt/exodus/12.htm">New Living Translation</a> On the first day of the festival and again on the seventh day, all the people must observe an official day for holy assembly. No work of any kind may be done on these days except in the preparation of food. <a href="/esv/exodus/12.htm">English Standard Version</a> On the first day you shall hold a holy assembly, and on the seventh day a holy assembly. No work shall be done on those days. But what everyone needs to eat, that alone may be prepared by you. <a href="/bsb/exodus/12.htm">Berean Standard Bible</a> 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. <a href="/kjv/exodus/12.htm">King James Bible</a> And in the first day there shall be an holy convocation, and in the seventh day there shall be an holy convocation to you; no manner of work shall be done in them, save that which every man must eat, that only may be done of you. <a href="/nkjv/exodus/12.htm">New King James Version</a> On the first day there shall be a holy convocation, and on the seventh day there shall be a holy convocation for you. No manner of work shall be done on them; but that which everyone must eat—that only may be prepared by you. <a href="/nasb_/exodus/12.htm">New American Standard Bible</a> And on the first day you shall have a holy assembly, and another holy assembly on the seventh day; no work at all shall be done on them, except for what must be eaten by every person—that alone may be prepared by you. <a href="/nasb/exodus/12.htm">NASB 1995</a> On the first day you shall have a holy assembly, and another holy assembly on the seventh day; no work at all shall be done on them, except what must be eaten by every person, that alone may be prepared by you. <a href="/nasb77/exodus/12.htm">NASB 1977 </a> ‘And on the first day you shall have a holy assembly, and another holy assembly on the seventh day; no work at all shall be done on them, except what must be eaten by every person, that alone may be prepared by you. <a href="/lsb/exodus/12.htm">Legacy Standard Bible </a> Now on the first day there shall be a holy convocation, and on the seventh day there shall be a holy convocation for you; no work at all shall be done on them, except what must be eaten by every person, that alone may be done by you. <a href="/amp/exodus/12.htm">Amplified Bible</a> On the first day [of the feast] you shall have a holy and solemn assembly, and on the seventh day there shall be another holy and solemn assembly; no work of any kind shall be done on those days, except for the preparation of food which every person must eat—only that may be done by you. <a href="/csb/exodus/12.htm">Christian Standard Bible</a> You are to hold a sacred assembly on the first day and another sacred assembly on the seventh day. No work may be done on those days except for preparing what people need to eat—you may do only that. <a href="/hcsb/exodus/12.htm">Holman Christian Standard Bible</a> You are to hold a sacred assembly on the first day and another sacred assembly on the seventh day. No work may be done on those days except for preparing what people need to eat—you may do only that.&#8221 <a href="/asv/exodus/12.htm">American Standard Version</a> And in the first day there shall be to you a holy convocation, and in the seventh day a holy convocation; no manner of work shall be done in them, save that which every man must eat, that only may be done by you. <a href="/cev/exodus/12.htm">Contemporary English Version</a> Meet together for worship on the first and seventh days of the festival. The only work you are allowed to do on either of these two days is that of preparing the bread. <a href="/erv/exodus/12.htm">English Revised Version</a> And in the first day there shall be to you an holy convocation, and in the seventh day an holy convocation; no manner of work shall be done in them, save that which every man must eat, that only may be done of you. <a href="/gwt/exodus/12.htm">GOD'S WORD® Translation</a> You must have a holy assembly on the first day and another one on the seventh. You must not work on these days except to prepare your own meals. That's all you may do. <a href="/gnt/exodus/12.htm">Good News Translation</a> On the first day and again on the seventh day you are to meet for worship. No work is to be done on those days, but you may prepare food. <a href="/isv/exodus/12.htm">International Standard Version</a> Also, on the first day you're to hold a holy assembly, and on the seventh day you're to hold a holy assembly. No work is to be done during those days, except for preparing what is to be eaten by each person. <a href="/msb/exodus/12.htm">Majority Standard Bible</a> 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. <a href="/net/exodus/12.htm">NET Bible</a> On the first day there will be a holy convocation, and on the seventh day there will be a holy convocation for you. You must do no work of any kind on them, only what every person will eat--that alone may be prepared for you. <a href="/nheb/exodus/12.htm">New Heart English Bible</a> In the first day there shall be to you a holy convocation, and in the seventh day a holy convocation; no manner of work shall be done in them, except that which every man must eat, that only may be done by you. <a href="/wbt/exodus/12.htm">Webster's Bible Translation</a> And in the first day there shall be a holy convocation, and in the seventh day there shall be a holy convocation to you: no manner of work shall be done in them, save that which every man must eat, that only may be done by you. <a href="/web/exodus/12.htm">World English Bible</a> In the first day there shall be to you a holy convocation, and in the seventh day a holy convocation; no kind of work shall be done in them, except that which every man must eat, only that may be done by you. <div class="vheading2">Literal Translations</div><a href="/lsv/exodus/12.htm">Literal Standard Version</a> And in the first day [is] a holy convocation, and in the seventh day you have a holy convocation; any work is not done in them, only that which is eaten by any person—it alone is done by you, <a href="/ylt/exodus/12.htm">Young's Literal Translation</a> And in the first day is a holy convocation, and in the seventh day ye have a holy convocation; any work is not done in them, only that which is eaten by any person -- it alone is done by you, <a href="/slt/exodus/12.htm">Smith's Literal Translation</a> And in the first day a calling of holiness, and in the seventh day a calling of holiness shall be to you; every service shall not be done in them only what shall be eaten by every soul; this only shall be done by you.<div class="vheading2">Catholic Translations</div><a href="/drb/exodus/12.htm">Douay-Rheims Bible</a> The first day shall be holy and solemn, and the seventh day shall be kept with the like solemnity: you shall do no work in them, except those things that belong to eating. <a href="/cpdv/exodus/12.htm">Catholic Public Domain Version</a> The first day shall be holy and solemn, and the seventh day shall be venerated with the same festivity. You shall do no work in these days, except that which pertains to the eating. <a href="/nabre/exodus/12.htm">New American Bible</a> On the first day you will hold a sacred assembly, and likewise on the seventh. On these days no sort of work shall be done, except to prepare the food that everyone needs. <a href="/nrsvce/exodus/12.htm">New Revised Standard Version</a> On the first day you shall hold a solemn assembly, and on the seventh day a solemn assembly; no work shall be done on those days; only what everyone must eat, that alone may be prepared by you.<div class="vheading2">Translations from Aramaic</div><a href="/lamsa/exodus/12.htm">Lamsa Bible</a> On the first day there shall be a holy convocation and on the seventh day there shall be a holy convocation to you; no manner of work shall be done in them; except that which every man must eat, that only may be prepared by you. <a href="/hpbt/exodus/12.htm">Peshitta Holy Bible Translated</a> And the first day is called and holy, and the seventh day shall be called and holy to you, and no work shall be done in them, except whatever a son of man eats, only that will be done by you.<div class="vheading2">OT Translations</div><a href="/jps/exodus/12.htm">JPS Tanakh 1917</a> And in the first day there shall be to you a holy convocation, and in the seventh day a holy convocation; no manner of work shall be done in them, save that which every man must eat, that only may be done by you. <a href="/sep/exodus/12.htm">Brenton Septuagint Translation</a> And the first day shall be called holy, and the seventh day shall be a holy convocation to you: ye shall do no servile work on them, only as many things as will necessarily be done by every soul, this only shall be done by you. <a href="/parallel/exodus/12-16.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/kVae3PiKqhs?start=2839" 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/exodus/12.htm">The Feast of Unleavened Bread</a> …15For seven days you must eat unleavened bread. On the first day you are to remove the leaven from your houses. Whoever eats anything leavened from the first day through the seventh must be cut off from Israel. 16<a href="/hebrew/7223.htm" title="7223: hā·ri·šō·wn (Art:: Adj-ms) -- Former, first, chief. Or riishon; from ri'shah; first, in place, time or rank.">On the first</a> <a href="/hebrew/3117.htm" title="3117: ū·ḇay·yō·wm (Conj-w, 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/3605.htm" title="3605: kāl- (N-msc) -- The whole, all. Or kowl; from kalal; properly, the whole; hence, all, any or every."></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/6944.htm" title="6944: qō·ḏeš (N-ms) -- Apartness, sacredness. From qadash; a sacred place or thing; rarely abstract, sanctity.">and another</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."></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: ū·ḇay·yō·wm (Conj-w, 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/ḇā·hem (Prep:: 3mp) -- ">You must</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.">not</a> <a href="/hebrew/6213.htm" title="6213: yê·‘ā·śeh (V-Nifal-Imperf-3ms) -- To do, make. A primitive root; to do or make, in the broadest sense and widest application.">do</a> <a href="/hebrew/4399.htm" title="4399: mə·lā·ḵāh (N-fs) -- From the same as mal'ak; properly, deputyship, i.e. Ministry; generally, employment or work; also property.">any work</a> <a href="/hebrew/389.htm" title="389: ’aḵ (Adv) -- Surely, howbeit. Akin to 'aken; a particle of affirmation, surely; hence only.">on those days,</a> <a href="/hebrew/834.htm" title="834: ’ă·šer (Pro-r) -- Who, which, that. A primitive relative pronoun; who, which, what, that; also when, where, how, because, in order that, etc.">except to prepare</a> <a href="/hebrew/398.htm" title="398: yê·’ā·ḵêl (V-Nifal-Imperf-3ms) -- To eat. A primitive root; to eat.">the meals</a> <a href="/hebrew/5315.htm" title="5315: ne·p̄eš (N-fs) -- From naphash; properly, a breathing creature, i.e. Animal of vitality; used very widely in a literal, accommodated or figurative sense."></a> <a href="/hebrew/3605.htm" title="3605: lə·ḵāl (Prep-l:: N-msc) -- The whole, all. Or kowl; from kalal; properly, the whole; hence, all, any or every.">—</a> <a href="/hebrew/1931.htm" title="1931: hū (Pro-3ms) -- He, she, it. ">that</a> <a href="/hebrew/776.htm" title="776: lə·ḇad·dōw (Prep-l:: N-msc:: 3ms) -- Earth, land. From an unused root probably meaning to be firm; the earth.">is all</a> <a href="/hebrew/6213.htm" title="6213: yê·‘ā·śeh (V-Nifal-Imperf-3ms) -- To do, make. A primitive root; to do or make, in the broadest sense and widest application.">you may do.</a> <a href="/hebrew/lā·ḵem (Prep:: 2mp) -- "></a> 17So you are to keep the Feast of Unleavened Bread, for on this very day I brought your divisions out of the land of Egypt. You must keep this day as a permanent statute for the generations to come.…<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="/leviticus/23-7.htm">Leviticus 23:7-8</a> On the first day you are to hold a sacred assembly; you are not to do any regular work. / 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.’” <a href="/numbers/28-18.htm">Numbers 28:18-25</a> 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, ... <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="/leviticus/23-21.htm">Leviticus 23:21</a> On that same day you are to proclaim a sacred assembly, and you must not do any regular work. This is to be a permanent statute wherever you live for the generations to come. <a href="/leviticus/23-35.htm">Leviticus 23:35-36</a> On the first day there shall be a sacred assembly. You must not do any regular work. / 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="/leviticus/23-39.htm">Leviticus 23:39</a> On the fifteenth day of the seventh month, after you have gathered the produce of the land, you are to celebrate a feast to the LORD for seven days. There shall be complete rest on the first day and also on the eighth day. <a href="/numbers/29-12.htm">Numbers 29:12</a> On the fifteenth day of the seventh month, you are to hold a sacred assembly; you must not do any regular work, and you shall observe a feast to the LORD for seven days. <a href="/deuteronomy/16-4.htm">Deuteronomy 16:4</a> 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. <a href="/deuteronomy/16-3.htm">Deuteronomy 16:3</a> 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. <a href="/leviticus/23-3.htm">Leviticus 23:3</a> For six days work may be done, but the seventh day is a Sabbath of complete rest, a day of sacred assembly. You must not do any work; wherever you live, it is a Sabbath to the LORD. <a href="/matthew/12-12.htm">Matthew 12:12</a> How much more valuable is a man than a sheep! Therefore it is lawful to do good on the Sabbath.” <a href="/mark/2-27.htm">Mark 2:27-28</a> Then Jesus declared, “The Sabbath was made for man, not man for the Sabbath. / Therefore, the Son of Man is Lord even of the Sabbath.” <a href="/luke/6-9.htm">Luke 6:9</a> Then Jesus said to them, “I ask you, which is lawful on the Sabbath: to do good or to do evil, to save life or to destroy it?” <a href="/john/7-37.htm">John 7:37</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. <a href="/acts/20-7.htm">Acts 20:7</a> On the first day of the week we came together to break bread. Since Paul was ready to leave the next day, he talked to them and kept on speaking until midnight.</div> <a name="tsk" id="tsk"><div class="vheading">Treasury of Scripture</div>And in the first day there shall be an holy convocation, and in the seventh day there shall be an holy convocation to you; no manner of work shall be done in them, save that which every man must eat, that only may be done of you.first day<a href="/leviticus/23-2.htm">Leviticus 23:2,3,7,8,21,24,25,27,35</a> Speak unto the children of Israel, and say unto them, Concerning the feasts of the LORD, which ye shall proclaim to be holy convocations, even these are my feasts… <a href="/numbers/28-18.htm">Numbers 28:18,25</a> In the first day shall be an holy convocation; ye shall do no manner of servile work therein: … <a href="/numbers/29-1.htm">Numbers 29:1,12</a> 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… no manner<a href="/exodus/16-5.htm">Exodus 16:5,23,29</a> And it shall come to pass, that on the sixth day they shall prepare that which they bring in; and it shall be twice as much as they gather daily… <a href="/exodus/20-10.htm">Exodus 20:10</a> But the seventh day is the sabbath of the LORD thy God: in it thou shalt not do any work, thou, nor thy son, nor thy daughter, thy manservant, nor thy maidservant, nor thy cattle, nor thy stranger that is within thy gates:<a href="/exodus/35-2.htm">Exodus 35:2,3</a> Six days shall work be done, but on the seventh day there shall be to you an holy day, a sabbath of rest to the LORD: whosoever doeth work therein shall be put to death… man Heb.<div class="vheading">Jump to Previous</div><a href="/exodus/4-26.htm">Alone</a> <a href="/exodus/12-6.htm">Assembly</a> <a href="/nehemiah/8-8.htm">Convocation</a> <a href="/exodus/12-15.htm">Eat</a> <a href="/exodus/12-11.htm">Eaten</a> <a href="/genesis/16-12.htm">Everyone's</a> <a href="/exodus/8-9.htm">Except</a> <a href="/exodus/12-15.htm">First</a> <a href="/exodus/12-8.htm">Food</a> <a href="/exodus/10-9.htm">Hold</a> <a href="/exodus/3-5.htm">Holy</a> <a href="/exodus/12-11.htm">Manner</a> <a href="/genesis/42-29.htm">Meeting</a> <a href="/genesis/50-2.htm">Necessary</a> <a href="/genesis/43-16.htm">Prepare</a> <a href="/exodus/10-25.htm">Prepared</a> <a href="/exodus/9-31.htm">Ready</a> <a href="/2_peter/2-21.htm">Sacred</a> <a href="/exodus/1-22.htm">Save</a> <a href="/exodus/12-15.htm">Seventh</a> <a href="/genesis/37-10.htm">Sort</a> <a href="/exodus/7-9.htm">Work</a><div class="vheading2">Jump to Next</div><a href="/exodus/14-12.htm">Alone</a> <a href="/exodus/12-47.htm">Assembly</a> <a href="/leviticus/23-3.htm">Convocation</a> <a href="/exodus/12-18.htm">Eat</a> <a href="/exodus/12-46.htm">Eaten</a> <a href="/isaiah/13-7.htm">Everyone's</a> <a href="/exodus/22-20.htm">Except</a> <a href="/exodus/12-18.htm">First</a> <a href="/exodus/12-18.htm">Food</a> <a href="/exodus/12-47.htm">Hold</a> <a href="/exodus/13-2.htm">Holy</a> <a href="/exodus/20-4.htm">Manner</a> <a href="/exodus/14-27.htm">Meeting</a> <a href="/exodus/37-23.htm">Necessary</a> <a href="/exodus/15-2.htm">Prepare</a> <a href="/exodus/12-39.htm">Prepared</a> <a href="/exodus/12-39.htm">Ready</a> <a href="/exodus/23-24.htm">Sacred</a> <a href="/exodus/22-20.htm">Save</a> <a href="/exodus/13-6.htm">Seventh</a> <a href="/exodus/31-3.htm">Sort</a> <a href="/exodus/14-13.htm">Work</a><div class="vheading2">Exodus 12</div>1. <a href="/exodus/12-1.htm">The beginning of the year is changed</a> 3. <a href="/exodus/12-3.htm">The Passover is instituted</a> 11. <a href="/exodus/12-11.htm">The import of the rite of the Passover</a> 15. <a href="/exodus/12-15.htm">Unleavened bread</a> 29. <a href="/exodus/12-29.htm">The firstborn are slain</a> 31. <a href="/exodus/12-31.htm">The Israelites are driven out of the land</a> 37. <a href="/exodus/12-37.htm">They come to Succoth</a> 41. <a href="/exodus/12-41.htm">The time of their sojourning</a> 43. <a href="/exodus/12-43.htm">The ordinance of the Passover</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'; 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The sacred assembly signifies a holy convocation, a gathering of the Israelites to worship and focus on God. This assembly marks the start of a week-long observance commemorating the Israelites' exodus from Egypt. The concept of a sacred assembly is rooted in the idea of setting apart time for God, reflecting the Sabbath principle of rest and worship. It emphasizes the importance of community worship and collective remembrance of God's deliverance.and another on the seventh day The seventh day marks the conclusion of the Feast of Unleavened Bread, bookending the festival with another sacred assembly. This structure highlights the importance of both the beginning and the end of the festival, reinforcing the theme of completion and rest. The seventh day is significant in biblical numerology, often symbolizing perfection and completion, as seen in the creation narrative. This day of assembly serves as a reminder of God's provision and the completion of the Israelites' journey from slavery to freedom.You must not do any work on those days This command underscores the sanctity of the sacred assemblies, aligning with the broader biblical principle of Sabbath rest. By refraining from work, the Israelites were to focus solely on worship and reflection, acknowledging God's sovereignty and provision. This cessation of labor is a recurring theme in the Old Testament, seen in the Sabbath commandment and other festival observances, emphasizing trust in God's provision rather than human effort.except to prepare the meals—that is all you may do The allowance for meal preparation indicates the practical needs of the people while maintaining the day's sanctity. This exception highlights the balance between spiritual observance and daily necessities. It reflects the understanding that while worship and rest are paramount, God also acknowledges human needs. This provision can be seen as a precursor to Jesus' teaching on the Sabbath, where He emphasizes mercy and necessity over strict legalism, as in <a href="/matthew/12.htm">Matthew 12:1-8</a>.<div class="vheading2">Persons / Places / Events</div>1. <a href="/topical/m/moses.htm">Moses</a> The leader of the Israelites, who conveyed God's instructions regarding the Passover and the Feast of Unleavened Bread to the people. 2. <a href="/topical/i/israelites.htm">Israelites</a> The descendants of Jacob, who were enslaved in Egypt and were preparing for their exodus. 3. <a href="/topical/e/egypt.htm">Egypt</a> The land where the Israelites were enslaved and from which they were about to be delivered. 4. <a href="/topical/p/passover.htm">Passover</a> The event marking God's deliverance of the Israelites from Egyptian bondage, commemorated by the sacrifice of a lamb and the marking of doorposts with its blood. 5. <a href="/topical/f/feast_of_unleavened_bread.htm">Feast of Unleavened Bread</a> A seven-day festival beginning with the Passover, during which the Israelites were to eat bread without yeast, symbolizing their hasty departure from Egypt.<div class="vheading2">Teaching Points</div><a href="/topical/s/sacred_time.htm">Sacred Time</a> The importance of setting aside time for worship and reflection is emphasized. Just as the Israelites were commanded to hold sacred assemblies, Christians are encouraged to prioritize time for God amidst their busy lives. <a href="/topical/o/obedience_to_god's_commands.htm">Obedience to God's Commands</a> The Israelites' adherence to God's instructions regarding the Passover and the Feast of Unleavened Bread serves as a model for believers to follow God's commands faithfully. <a href="/topical/s/symbolism_of_rest.htm">Symbolism of Rest</a> The prohibition of work on the first and seventh days symbolizes the rest and peace found in God. Believers are reminded to find their rest in Christ, who fulfills the law and provides spiritual rest. <a href="/topical/c/community_worship.htm">Community Worship</a> The sacred assemblies highlight the importance of gathering together as a community of believers to worship and honor God collectively. <a href="/topical/p/preparation_and_provision.htm">Preparation and Provision</a> The allowance to prepare meals on these days signifies God's provision and care for His people, reminding believers of God's continual provision in their lives.<div class="vheading2">Lists and Questions</div><a href="/top10/lessons_from_exodus_12.htm">Top 10 Lessons from Exodus 12</a> <a href="/q/what_is_the_feast_of_trumpets.htm">What is the Feast of Trumpets?</a> <a href="/q/what_are_the_bible's_jewish_feasts.htm">What are the Jewish feasts and festivals in the Bible?</a> <a href="/q/what_advice_do_the_ungodly_offer.htm">What are the Appointed Times (Moedim) in Judaism?</a> <a href="/q/jewish_festivals_and_holidays.htm">What are the Jewish festivals and holidays?</a><a name="commentary" id="commentary"></a><div class="vheading2"><a href="/commentaries/ellicott/exodus/12.htm">Ellicott's Commentary for English Readers</a></div>(16) In the first day there shall be an holy convocation.--The Passover was to be kept on the fourteenth day of Abib, at even. The seven following days were to be "days of unleavened bread." On the first of these, the fifteenth of Abib (<a href="/leviticus/23-6.htm" title="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.">Leviticus 23:6</a>), there was to be a "holy convocation," i.e., a general gathering of the people to the door of the sanctuary for sacrifice, worship, and perhaps instruction. (Comp. <a href="/nehemiah/8-1.htm" title="And all the people gathered themselves together as one man into the street that was before the water gate; and they spoke to Ezra the scribe to bring the book of the law of Moses, which the LORD had commanded to Israel.">Nehemiah 8:1</a>.) The term "convocation" implies that the people were summoned to attend; and the actual summons appears to have been made by the blowing of the silver trumpets (<a href="/numbers/10-2.htm" title="Make you two trumpets of silver; of a whole piece shall you make them: that you may use them for the calling of the assembly, and for the journeying of the camps.">Numbers 10:2</a>). On the seventh day, the twenty-first of Abib, was to be another similar meeting. "No manner of work" was to be done on either of these two days; or rather, as explained in <a href="/context/leviticus/23-7.htm" title="In the first day you shall have an holy convocation: you shall do no servile work therein.">Leviticus 23:7-8</a>, "no servile work."<div class="vheading2"><a href="/commentaries/pulpit/exodus/12.htm">Pulpit Commentary</a></div>Verse 16. - On the first day there shall be an holy convocation. After the Paschal meal on the evening of the 14th of Abib, there was to be a solemn assembly of the people on the next day for religions worship. The name "convocation;" applied to these gatherings, seems to show that originally the people were summoned to such meetings, as they still are by the muezzin from the minarets of mosques in Mahommedan countries, and by bells from the steeples of churches in Christian ones. And on the seventh day. On the 22nd of Abib - the seventh day after the first holy convocation on the 15th (see <a href="/leviticus/23-4.htm">Leviticus 23:4-8</a>). Only two of the Jewish festivals were of this duration - the feast of unleavened bread, and the feast of tabernacles (ib. 39-42). The Christian Church has adopted the usage for Christmas, Easter, Ascension, and Whitsuntide, where the last day of the week is known technically as "the octave." No manner of work shall be done in them. Festival-days were in all countries days of abstention from the ordinary business of life, which could not conveniently be carried on conjointly with attendance at the services, meetings, processions, etc., wherein the festival consisted. But absolute cessation from all work was nowhere strictly commanded except among the Hebrews, where it appears to have been connected with the belief in God's absolute rest after the six days of creation. The command here given was solemnly repeated in the law (<a href="/leviticus/23-6.htm">Leviticus 23:6 8</a>). <a href="/commentaries/exodus/12-16.htm">Parallel Commentaries ...</a> <a name="lexicon" id="lexicon"></a><div class="vheading">Hebrew</div>On the first הָרִאשׁוֹן֙ (hā·ri·šō·wn) Article | Adjective - masculine singular <a href="/hebrew/strongs_7223.htm">Strong's 7223: </a> First, in place, time, rank day וּבַיּ֤וֹם (ū·ḇay·yō·wm) Conjunctive waw, Preposition-b, Article | Noun - masculine singular <a href="/hebrew/strongs_3117.htm">Strong's 3117: </a> A day you are to hold יִהְיֶ֣ה (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 קֹ֔דֶשׁ (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 another קֹ֖דֶשׁ (qō·ḏeš) Noun - masculine singular <a href="/hebrew/strongs_6944.htm">Strong's 6944: </a> A sacred place, thing, sanctity on the seventh הַשְּׁבִיעִ֔י (haš·šə·ḇî·‘î) Article | Number - ordinal masculine singular <a href="/hebrew/strongs_7637.htm">Strong's 7637: </a> Seventh (an ordinal number) day. וּבַיּוֹם֙ (ū·ḇay·yō·wm) Conjunctive waw, Preposition-b, Article | Noun - masculine singular <a href="/hebrew/strongs_3117.htm">Strong's 3117: </a> A day You must בָהֶ֔ם (ḇā·hem) Preposition | third person masculine plural <a href="/hebrew/.htm">Strong's Hebrew</a> not לֹא־ (lō-) Adverb - Negative particle <a href="/hebrew/strongs_3808.htm">Strong's 3808: </a> Not, no do יֵעָשֶׂ֣ה (yê·‘ā·śeh) Verb - Nifal - Imperfect - third person masculine singular <a href="/hebrew/strongs_6213.htm">Strong's 6213: </a> To do, make any work מְלָאכָה֙ (mə·lā·ḵāh) Noun - feminine singular <a href="/hebrew/strongs_4399.htm">Strong's 4399: </a> Deputyship, ministry, employment, work, property on those days, אַ֚ךְ (’aḵ) Adverb <a href="/hebrew/strongs_389.htm">Strong's 389: </a> A particle of affirmation, surely except to prepare אֲשֶׁ֣ר (’ă·šer) Pronoun - relative <a href="/hebrew/strongs_834.htm">Strong's 834: </a> Who, which, what, that, when, where, how, because, in order that the meals— יֵאָכֵ֣ל (yê·’ā·ḵêl) Verb - Nifal - Imperfect - third person masculine singular <a href="/hebrew/strongs_398.htm">Strong's 398: </a> To eat that ה֥וּא (hū) Pronoun - third person masculine singular <a href="/hebrew/strongs_1931.htm">Strong's 1931: </a> He, self, the same, this, that, as, are is all לְבַדּ֖וֹ (lə·ḇad·dōw) Preposition-l | Noun - masculine singular construct | third person masculine singular <a href="/hebrew/strongs_905.htm">Strong's 905: </a> Separation, a part of the body, branch of a, tree, bar for, carrying, chief of you may do. יֵעָשֶׂ֥ה (yê·‘ā·śeh) Verb - Nifal - Imperfect - third person masculine singular <a href="/hebrew/strongs_6213.htm">Strong's 6213: </a> To do, make <div class="vheading">Links</div><a href="/niv/exodus/12-16.htm">Exodus 12:16 NIV</a> <a href="/nlt/exodus/12-16.htm">Exodus 12:16 NLT</a> <a href="/esv/exodus/12-16.htm">Exodus 12:16 ESV</a> <a href="/nasb/exodus/12-16.htm">Exodus 12:16 NASB</a> <a href="/kjv/exodus/12-16.htm">Exodus 12:16 KJV</a> <a href="//bibleapps.com/exodus/12-16.htm">Exodus 12:16 BibleApps.com</a> <a href="//bibliaparalela.com/exodus/12-16.htm">Exodus 12:16 Biblia Paralela</a> <a href="//holybible.com.cn/exodus/12-16.htm">Exodus 12:16 Chinese Bible</a> <a href="//saintebible.com/exodus/12-16.htm">Exodus 12:16 French Bible</a> <a href="/catholic/exodus/12-16.htm">Exodus 12:16 Catholic Bible</a> <a href="/exodus/12-16.htm">OT Law: Exodus 12:16 In the first day there shall be (Exo. 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