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Leviticus 23:7

5 The Passover to the LORD begins at twilight on the fourteenth day of the first month.

6 On the fifteenth day of the same month begins the Feast of Unleavened Bread to the LORD. For seven days you must eat unleavened bread.

On the first day you are to hold a sacred assembly; you are not to do any regular work.

8 For seven days you are to present an offering made by fire to the LORD. On the seventh day there shall be a sacred assembly; you must not do any regular work.’”

9 And the LORD said to Moses,

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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 the first day you are to hold a sacred assembly; you are not to do any regular work.
KJV
In the first day ye shall have an holy convocation: ye shall do no servile work therein.
WEB
In the first day you shall have a holy convocation. You shall do no regular work.
ASV
In the first day ye shall have a holy convocation: ye shall do no servile work.
DARBY
On the first day ye shall have a holy convocation: no manner of servile work shall ye do.
BLB
On the first day you⁺ shall have a holy convocation. You⁺ shall not do any customary work.
ÅB
På den første dag skal dere holde en hellig sammenkomst, dere skal ikke gjøre noen arbeidsgjerning.
OTB
På den første dagen skal dere holde en hellig sammenkomst; dere skal ikke gjøre noe vanlig arbeid.
B1930
På den første dag skal I holde en hellig sammenkomst, I skal ikke gjøre nogen arbeidsgjerning.

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