King James Version
Numbers 28:18 in the King James Version says “In the first day shall be an holy convocation; ye shall do no manner of servile work therein:” — study this verse from Numbers chapter 28 with commentary, cross-references, and original Hebrew word analysis.
“In the first day shall be an holy convocation; ye shall do no manner of servile work therein:”
Numbers 28:18 · KJV
And in the fourteenth day of the first month is the passover of the LORD.
And in the fifteenth day of this month is the feast: seven days shall unleavened bread be eaten.
In the first day shall be an holy convocation; ye shall do no manner of servile work therein:
But ye shall offer a sacrifice made by fire for a burnt offering unto the LORD; two young bullocks, and one ram, and seven lambs of the first year: they shall be unto you without blemish:
And their meat offering shall be of flour mingled with oil: three tenth deals shall ye offer for a bullock, and two tenth deals for a ram;
KJV Study — Public Domain
“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
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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