King James Version
Numbers 28:25 in the King James Version says “And on the seventh day ye shall have an holy convocation; ye shall do no servile work.” — study this verse from Numbers chapter 28 with commentary, cross-references, and original Hebrew word analysis.
“And on the seventh day ye shall have an holy convocation; ye shall do no servile work.”
Numbers 28:25 · KJV
Ye shall offer these beside the burnt offering in the morning, which is for a continual burnt offering.
After this manner ye shall offer daily, throughout the seven days, the meat of the sacrifice made by fire, of a sweet savour unto the LORD: it shall be offered beside the continual burnt offering, and his drink offering.
And on the seventh day ye shall have an holy convocation; ye shall do no servile work.
Also in the day of the firstfruits, when ye bring a new meat offering unto the LORD, after your weeks be out, ye shall have an holy convocation; ye shall do no servile work:
But ye shall offer the burnt offering for a sweet savour unto the LORD; two young bullocks, one ram, seven lambs of the first year;
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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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