Leviticus 23:7

BSB · Public Domain (CC0)

“On the first day you are to hold a sacred assembly; you are not to do any regular work.”

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BSBPD

“On the first day you are to hold a sacred assembly; you are not to do any regular work.”

Berean Standard Bible · Public Domain (CC0)
KJVPD

“In the first day ye shall have an holy convocation: ye shall do no servile work therein.”

King James Version · Public Domain
ASVPD

“In the first day ye shall have a holy convocation: ye shall do no servile work.”

American Standard Version · Public Domain
YLTPD

“on the first day ye have a holy convocation, ye do no servile work;”

Young's Literal Translation · Public Domain
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Cross references

Other passages that echo Leviticus 23:7 — 8 related verses from the Treasury of Scripture Knowledge.

  1. Leviticus 23:8For seven days you are to present an offering made by fire to the LORD. On the seventh day there shall be a sacred assembly; you must not do any regular work.’”
  2. Leviticus 23:21On 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.
  3. Leviticus 23:25You must not do any regular work, but you are to present an offering made by fire to the LORD.’”
  4. Leviticus 23:35On the first day there shall be a sacred assembly. You must not do any regular work.
  5. Leviticus 23:36For seven days you are to present an offering made by fire to the LORD. On the eighth day you are to hold a sacred assembly and present an offering made by fire to the LORD. It is a solemn assembly; you must not do any regular work.
  6. Numbers 28:18On the first day there is to be a sacred assembly; you must not do any regular work.
  7. Numbers 29:1“On the first day of the seventh month, you are to hold a sacred assembly, and you must not do any regular work. This will be a day for you to sound the trumpets.
  8. Numbers 29:12On 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.

Cross-reference data: Treasury of Scripture Knowledge (public domain) via OpenBible.info (CC BY 4.0).

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