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Deuteronomy 16:8

Rest and sabbath

6 But at the place which the LORD thy God shall choose to place his name in, there thou shalt sacrifice the passover at even, at the going down of the sun, at the season that thou camest forth out of Egypt.

7 And thou shalt roast and eat it in the place which the LORD thy God shall choose: and thou shalt turn in the morning, and go unto thy tents.

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.

9 Seven weeks shalt thou number unto thee: begin to number the seven weeks from such time as thou beginnest to put the sickle to the corn.

10 And thou shalt keep the feast of weeks unto the LORD thy God with a tribute of a freewill offering of thine hand, which thou shalt give unto the Lord thy God, according as the LORD thy God hath blessed thee:

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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)

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Cross references

  • Exodus 12:15–16

    Seven days shall ye eat unleavened bread; even the first day ye shall put away leaven out of your houses: for whosoever eateth leavened bread from the first day until the seventh day, that soul shall be cut off from Israel.

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  • Numbers 28:17–19

    And in the fifteenth day of this month is the feast: seven days shall unleavened bread be eaten.

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  • Leviticus 23:6–8

    And on the fifteenth day of the same month is the feast of unleavened bread unto the LORD: seven days ye must eat unleavened bread.

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  • Leviticus 23:36

    Seven days ye shall offer an offering made by fire unto the LORD: on the eighth day shall be an holy convocation unto you; and ye shall offer an offering made by fire unto the LORD: it is a solemn assembly; and ye shall do no servile work therein.

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  • Exodus 13:6–8

    Seven days thou shalt eat unleavened bread, and in the seventh day shall be a feast to the LORD.

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