Leviticus 23:7

Modern

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

Traditional

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

Literal

On the first day you shall have a holy convocation. You shall not do any customary work.

Latin

Dies primus erit vobis celeberrimus, sanctusque: omne opus servile non facietis in eo,

Hebrew

English

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

Passover … Unleavened Bread: These feasts began on the evening before the exodus from Egypt (see Exodus 12:1–28).

Israel had three major festivals:

The Feast of Unleavened Bread, which begins the day after Passover (Deuteronomy 16:16)
The Festival of Weeks (Leviticus 23:15–21)
The Festival of Tabernacles (23:34–43)

Theme notes and profiles

Numbers 28:18–25
On the first day there is to be a sacred assembly; you must not do any regular work.
Leviticus 23:8
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.’”
Leviticus 23:25
You must not do any regular work, but you are to present a food offering to the LORD.’”
Leviticus 23:35–36
On the first day there shall be a sacred assembly. You must not do any regular work.
Leviticus 23:21
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.