Leviticus 23:21

¹⁹ You shall also prepare one male goat as a sin offering and two male lambs a year old as a peace offering.

²⁰ The priest is to wave the lambs as a wave offering before the LORD, together with the bread of the firstfruits. The bread and the two lambs shall be holy to the LORD for the priest.

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.

²² When you reap the harvest of your land, do not reap all the way to the edges of your field or gather the gleanings of your harvest. Leave them for the poor and the foreign resident. I am the LORD your God.’”

²³ The LORD also said to Moses,

This was said to Israel at a particular time, so it is wise to read it together with the surrounding text. Do read the surrounding verses too, because the context often says more than a single verse.

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BSB: 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.
KJV: 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.
WEB: You shall make proclamation on the same day that there shall be a holy convocation to you. You shall do no regular work. This is a statute forever in all your dwellings throughout your generations.
ASV: And ye shall make proclamation on the selfsame day; there shall be a holy convocation unto you; ye shall do no servile work: it is a statute for ever in all your dwellings throughout your generations.
DARBY: And ye shall make proclamation on that same day a holy convocation shall it be unto you: no manner of servile work shall ye do: [it is] an everlasting statute in all your dwellings throughout your generations.
BLB: And you⁺ shall proclaim on this same day [that] it is a holy convocation to you⁺. You⁺ shall not do any customary work; [it shall be] an everlasting statute in all your⁺ dwellings throughout your⁺ generations.

ÅB: Og samme dag skal dere la utrope at det skal holdes en hellig sammenkomstdere skal ikke gjøre noen arbeidsgjerning; det skal være en evig lov for dere, fra slekt til slekt, hvor dere så bor.
OTB: På den samme dagen skal dere kunngjøre en hellig sammenkomst og ikke gjøre noe vanlig arbeid. Dette skal være en varig forskrift for de kommende generasjoner, hvor dere enn bor.
B1930: Og samme dag skal I la utrope at det skal holdes en hellig sammenkomst; I skal ikke gjøre nogen arbeidsgjerning; det skal være en evig lov for eder, fra slekt til slekt, hvor I så bor.

Study notes (Tyndale)

Original text and word study

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Leviticus 23:2
“Speak to the Israelites and say to them, ‘These are My appointed feasts, the feasts of the LORD that you are to proclaim as sacred assemblies.
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Numbers 18:23
The Levites are to perform the work of the Tent of Meeting, and they must bear their iniquity. This is a permanent statute for the generations to come. The Levites will not receive an inheritance among the Israelites.
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Genesis 17:7
I will establish My covenant as an everlasting covenant between Me and you and your descendants after you, to be your God and the God of your descendants after you.
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Leviticus 23:4
These are the LORD’s appointed feasts, the sacred assemblies you are to proclaim at their appointed times.
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Leviticus 23:14
You must not eat any bread or roasted or new grain until the very day you have brought this offering to your God. This is to be a permanent statute for the generations to come, wherever you live.
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Deuteronomy 16:11
and you shall rejoice before the LORD your God in the place He will choose as a dwelling for His Name—you, your sons and daughters, your menservants and maidservants, and the Levite within your gates, as well as the foreigner, the fatherless, and the widows among you.
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Isaiah 11:10
On that day the Root of Jesse will stand as a banner for the peoples. The nations will seek Him, and His place of rest will be glorious.
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Exodus 12:16–17
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.
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