Numbers 28:25

On the seventh day you shall hold a sacred assembly; you must not do any regular work.

Berean Standard Bible

Study note

Setting — God instructs Moses and the Israelites on the wilderness regarding the recurring festival sacrifices. The words — The text specifies מִקְרָא־קֹדֶשׁ (mikra-qodesh), literally a "holy convocation," and forbids כָּל־מְלֶכֶת עֲבֹדָה (kol-meleket avodah), literally "any work of servitude." The thread — This seventh-day assembly pattern appears in Leviticus 23:8 and Exodus 12:16, while Exodus 13:6 commands a seventh-day feast alongside eating unleavened bread. Why it lands — The verse commands strict cessation from labor on the designated seventh day while requiring a gathered worship assembly.

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The Hebrew words

וּבַיּוֹם֙u./vai./yOmand/ on the/ day הַשְּׁבִיעִ֔יha./she.vi.'I<the>/ seventh מִקְרָא־mik.ra'-a convocation of קֹ֖דֶשׁKo.deshholiness יִהְיֶ֣הyih.Yehit will beלָכֶ֑םla./Khemto <the>/ youכָּל־kol-any מְלֶ֥אכֶתme.Le.khetwork of עֲבֹדָ֖ה'a.vo.Dahservitude לֹ֥אlo'not תַעֲשֽׂוּ׃ סta.'a.Suyou will do

King James Version

And on the seventh day ye shall have an holy convocation; ye shall do no servile work.

Cross-references

Leviticus 23:8 For seven days you are to present a food offering to the LORD. On the seventh day there shall be a sacred assembly; you must not do any regular work.’”
Exodus 12:16 On the first day you are to hold a sacred assembly, and another on the seventh day. You must not do any work on those days, except to prepare the meals—that is all you may do.
Exodus 13:6 For seven days you are to eat unleavened bread, and on the seventh day there shall be a feast to the LORD.
Numbers 28:18 On the first day there is to be a sacred assembly; you must not do any regular work.
Leviticus 23:3 For six days work may be done, but the seventh day is a Sabbath of complete rest, a day of sacred assembly. You must not do any work; wherever you live, it is a Sabbath to the LORD.
Leviticus 23:21 On that same day you are to proclaim a sacred assembly, and you must not do any regular work. This is to be a permanent statute wherever you live for the generations to come.
Leviticus 23:25 You must not do any regular work, but you are to present a food offering to the LORD.’”
Leviticus 23:35 On the first day there shall be a sacred assembly. You must not do any regular work.
Numbers 28:26 On the day of firstfruits, when you present an offering of new grain to the LORD during the Feast of Weeks, you are to hold a sacred assembly; you must not do any regular work.
Numbers 29:1 “On the first day of the seventh month, you are to hold a sacred assembly, and you must not do any regular work. This will be a day for you to sound the trumpets.