7In the first day ye shall have an holy convocation: ye shall do no servile work therein.
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From the Treasury of Scripture Knowledge
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.
In the first day shall be an holy convocation; ye shall do no manner of servile work therein: …
On the first day shall be an holy convocation: ye shall do no servile work therein. …
And ye shall proclaim on the selfsame day, that it may be an holy convocation unto you: ye shall do no servile work therein: it shall be a statute for ever in all your dwellings throughout your generations.
Ye shall do no servile work therein: but ye shall offer an offering made by fire unto the LORD.
Commentary
Matthew Henry’s Complete Commentary on the Bible (1710)
(vv. 4-14)Here again the feasts are called the feasts of the Lord , because he appointed them. Jeroboam’s feast, which he devised of his own heart (1 Kgs. 12:33), was an affront to God, and a reproach upon the people. These feasts were to be proclaimed in their seasons (Lev. 23:4), and the seasons God chose for them were in March, May and September (according to our present computation), not in winter, beca…
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