In the first day ye shall have an holy convocation: ye shall do no servile work therein.
KJV
Parallel translations
4 additional translations▾
Parallel translations
4 additional translationsASV
In the first day ye shall have a holy convocation: ye shall do no servile work.
WEB
On the first day you are to hold a sacred assembly; you are not to do any regular work.
YLT
on the first day ye have a holy convocation, ye do no servile work;
DBT
On the first day ye shall have a holy convocation: no manner of servile work shall ye do.
About this book
Old Testament▾
About this book
Old TestamentLeviticus — A holy people before a holy God. Five offerings, a priesthood, a purity code — and at the centre, a single day that carries the sins of a year to a cleansed Most Holy Place.
- Author
- Moses — receives these laws at Sinai; the repeated formula is ‘the LORD spake unto Moses, saying’
- Date
- Composed during Israel's year at Sinai (15th–13th century BC)