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Deuteronomy 16:8

Rest and sabbath

6 You must only offer the Passover sacrifice at the place the LORD your God will choose as a dwelling for His Name. Do this in the evening as the sun sets, at the same time you departed from Egypt.

7 And you shall roast it and eat it in the place the LORD your God will choose, and in the morning you shall return to your tents.

For six days you must eat unleavened bread, and on the seventh day you shall hold a solemn assembly to the LORD your God, and you must not do any work.

9 You are to count off seven weeks from the time you first put the sickle to the standing grain.

10 And you shall celebrate the Feast of Weeks to the LORD your God with a freewill offering that you give in proportion to how the LORD your God has blessed you,

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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
For six days you must eat unleavened bread, and on the seventh day you shall hold a solemn assembly to the LORD your God, and you must not do any work.
KJV
Six days thou shalt eat unleavened bread: and on the seventh day shall be a solemn assembly to the LORD thy God: thou shalt do no work therein.
WEB
Six days you shall eat unleavened bread. On the seventh day shall be a solemn assembly to the LORD your God. You shall do no work.
ASV
Six days thou shalt eat unleavened bread; and on the seventh day shall be a solemn assembly to Jehovah thy God; thou shalt do no work [therein].
DARBY
Six days thou shalt eat unleavened bread, and on the seventh day is a solemn assembly to Jehovah thy God; thou shalt do no work.
BLB
Six days you shall eat unleavened [bread], and on the seventh day [is] a sacred assembly to YHWH your God; you shall do no work.
ÅB
Seks dager skal du spise usyret brød; men på den syvende dag skal det være festsammenkomst for Herren din Gud; da skal du intet arbeid gjøre.
OTB
I seks dager skal du spise usyret brød, og på den sjuende dagen skal du holde en høytidssamling for Herren din Gud; gjør ingen arbeid.
B1930
Seks dager skal du ete usyret brød; men på den syvende dag skal det være festsammenkomst for Herren din Gud; da skal du intet arbeid gjøre.

Study notes (Tyndale)

Original text and word study

Cross references

  • Exodus 12:15–16

    For seven days you must eat unleavened bread. On the first day you are to remove the leaven from your houses. Whoever eats anything leavened from the first day through the seventh must be cut off from Israel.

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  • Numbers 28:17–19

    On the fifteenth day of this month, there shall be a feast; for seven days unleavened bread is to be eaten.

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  • Leviticus 23:6–8

    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.

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  • Leviticus 23:36

    For seven days you are to present an offering made by fire to the LORD. On the eighth day you are to hold a sacred assembly and present an offering made by fire to the LORD. It is a solemn assembly; you must not do any regular work.

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  • Exodus 13:6–8

    For seven days you are to eat unleavened bread, and on the seventh day there shall be a feast to the LORD.

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