King James Version
Leviticus 23:7 in the King James Version says “In the first day ye shall have an holy convocation: ye shall do no servile work therein.” — study this verse from Leviticus chapter 23 with commentary, cross-references, and original Hebrew word analysis.
“In the first day ye shall have an holy convocation: ye shall do no servile work therein.”
Leviticus 23:7 · KJV
In the fourteenth day of the first month at even is the LORD'S passover.
And on the fifteenth day of the same month is the feast of unleavened bread unto the LORD: seven days ye must eat unleavened bread.
In the first day ye shall have an holy convocation: ye shall do no servile work therein.
But ye shall offer an offering made by fire unto the LORD seven days: in the seventh day is an holy convocation: ye shall do no servile work therein.
And the LORD spake unto Moses, saying,
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“day”
H3117a 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
“convocation”
H4744something called out, i.e., a public meeting (the act, the persons, or the place); also a rehearsal
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”
H4399properly, deputyship, i.e., ministry; generally, employment (never servile) or work (abstractly or concretely); also property (as the result of labor)
not (the simple or abs. negation); by implication, no; often used with other particles
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