What Does Leviticus 23:21 Mean?

“And ye shall proclaim”

to call out to (i.e., properly, address by name, but used in a wide variety of applications)

“on the selfsame”

a bone (as strong); by extension, the body; figuratively, the substance, i.e., (as pron.) selfsame

“day”

a day (as the warm hours), whether literal (from sunrise to sunset, or from one sunset to the next), or figurative (a space of time defined by an asso

the masculine demonstrative pronoun, this or that

“convocation”

something called out, i.e., a public meeting (the act, the persons, or the place); also a rehearsal

“that it may be an holy”

a sacred place or thing; rarely abstract, sanctity

to exist, i.e., be or become, come to pass (always emphatic, and not a mere copula or auxiliary)

properly, the whole; hence, all, any or every (in the singular only, but often in a plural sense)

“work”

properly, deputyship, i.e., ministry; generally, employment (never servile) or work (abstractly or concretely); also property (as the result of labor)

“no servile”

work of any kind

not (the simple or abs. negation); by implication, no; often used with other particles

“unto you ye shall do”

to do or make, in the broadest sense and widest application

“therein it shall be a statute”

a statute

“for ever”

properly, concealed, i.e., the vanishing point; generally, time out of mind (past or future), i.e., (practically) eternity; frequentatively, adverbial

properly, the whole; hence, all, any or every (in the singular only, but often in a plural sense)

“in all your dwellings”

a seat; figuratively, a site; abstractly, a session; by extension an abode (the place or the time); by implication, population

“throughout your generations”

properly, a revolution of time, i.e., an age or generation; also a dwelling