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Leviticus 23:3 KJV
Leviticus · chapter 23 · verse 3
Six days shall work be done: but the seventh day is the sabbath of rest, an holy convocation; ye shall do no work therein: it is the sabbath of the LORD in all your dwellings.Leviticus 23:3 · King James Version
Leviticus 23:3 in context
1And the LORD spake unto Moses, saying,
2Speak unto the children of Israel, and say unto them, Concerning the feasts of the LORD, which ye shall proclaim to be holy convocations, even these are my feasts.
3Six days shall work be done: but the seventh day is the sabbath of rest, an holy convocation; ye shall do no work therein: it is the sabbath of the LORD in all your dwellings.
4These are the feasts of the LORD, even holy convocations, which ye shall proclaim in their seasons.
5In the fourteenth day of the first month at even is the LORD’s passover.
Commentary
Key words (Strong's)
- convocationmiqrâʼsomething called outH4744 →
- seventhshᵉbîyʻîyseventhH7637 →
- sabbathshabbâthintermission, i.e the SabbathH7676 →
- daysyôwma day , whether literal , or figurativeH3117 →
- workmᵉlâʼkâhproperly, deputyshipH4399 →
- doneʻâsâhto do or make, in the broadest sense and widest applicationH6213 →
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Here is, I. A general account of the holy times which God appointed (Lev 23:2), and it is only his appointment that can make time holy; for he is the Lord of time, and as soon as ever he had set its wheels a-going it was he that sanctified and blessed one day above the rest, Gen 2:3.
— Matthew Henry's Concise Commentary on verses 1-3