Numbers 28:18
in Numbers 28On the first day there is to be a sacred assembly; you must not do any regular work.
BSB
The same verse in ASV and KJV ▾
ASV
In the first day shall be a holy convocation: ye shall do no servile work;
KJV
In the first day shall be an holy convocation; ye shall do no manner of servile work therein:
⋯
This verse in Numbers 28
Commentary
5 notes on this verseA gospel conversation, in gratitude for Christ our passover who was sacrificed, is called the keeping of this feast ( 1 Cor. v. 8 ); for it is not enough that we purge out the leavened bread of malice and wickedness, but we must offer the bread of our God, even the sacrifice of praise, continually, and continue herein unto the end.
This site's exposition
The fourteenth day of the first month
on Numbers 28:16-19
The dates of the Passover and the seven-day Feast of Unleavened Bread stand as Exodus 12:6 and Leviticus 23:5-6 had set them. This chapter adds the altar offering for those days, which Barnes observes had not been prescribed before.
This site's exposition
there is to be a sacred assembly
The first day opens with a holy assembly and rest from ordinary labour. John Gill notes one exception, the preparing of food, which Exodus 12:16 allowed. Verse 25 gives the seventh day the same rule.
The record, by era
The Puritans and the Awakening1 voice
In the first day shall be an holy convocation,.... The first of the seven days, which was kept in a very religious manner: ye shall do no manner of servile work therein; except by preparing food to eat; see Exo 12:16.
The Nineteenth Century1 voice
A commentator
Jamieson, Fausset & Brown1802–1910
Commentary Critical and Explanatory on the Whole Bible (1871)
proposed
26, 27. in the day of the first-fruits . . . offer the burnt offering--A new sacrifice is here ordered for the celebration of this festival, in addition to the other offering, which was to accompany the first-fruits (Le 23:18).
The words behind it
9 Hebrew wordsEvery Hebrew word of this verse in the order it stands, with what it means and the door to its own study. The last column counts the times a word stands in the whole Bible: the rarer the word, the more the places it appears belong together.
| Hebrew | Sound | Meaning | Word study | In the Bible |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| בַּיּ֥וֹם | baiyom | [will be] on the day | H3117 → | 2304 times |
| הָרִאשׁ֖וֹן | harishon | <the> first | H7223 → | 182 times |
| מִקְרָא־ | mikra'- | a convocation of | H4744 → | 23 times |
| קֹ֑דֶשׁ | kodesh | holiness | H6944 → | 469 times |
| כָּל־ | kol- | any | H3605 → | 5413 times |
| מְלֶ֥אכֶת | melekhet | work of | H4399 → | 167 times |
| עֲבֹדָ֖ה | ʾavodah | servitude | H5656 → | 145 times |
| לֹ֥א | lo' | not | H3808 → | 5168 times |
| תַעֲשֽׂוּ׃ | taasu | you will do | H6213 → | 2628 times |
בַּיּ֥וֹם[will be] on the day
baiyomH3117 →2304 times
הָרִאשׁ֖וֹן<the> first
harishonH7223 →182 times
מִקְרָא־a convocation of
mikra'-H4744 →23 times
קֹ֑דֶשׁholiness
kodeshH6944 →469 times
כָּל־any
kol-H3605 →5413 times
מְלֶ֥אכֶתwork of
melekhetH4399 →167 times
עֲבֹדָ֖הservitude
ʾavodahH5656 →145 times
לֹ֥אnot
lo'H3808 →5168 times
תַעֲשֽׂוּ׃you will do
taasuH6213 →2628 times
A shaded row is a word that stands 400 times or fewer in the Bible.
The walk
5 stopsEach card is a verse this one points to, and under it the verses that one points to in turn. Where several paths arrive at the same place, that place is listed first: the text keeps returning to it.
Through
Exodus 12:16On the first day you are to hold a sacred assembly, and another on the seventh day. You must not do any work on those days, except to prepare the meals—that is all you…
it leads to
- Leviticus 23:7–8
On the first day you are to hold a sacred assembly; you are not to do any regular work.
- Exodus 16:23
He told them, “This is what the LORD has said: ‘Tomorrow is to be a day of complete rest, a holy Sabbath to the LORD. So bake what you want to bake, and boil…
- Numbers 28:25
On the seventh day you shall hold a sacred assembly; you must not do any regular work.
- Exodus 16:29
Understand that the LORD has given you the Sabbath; that is why on the sixth day He will give you bread for two days. On the seventh day, everyone must stay where he is;…
- Exodus 20:10
but the seventh day is a Sabbath to the LORD your God, on which you must not do any work—neither you, nor your son or daughter, nor your manservant or maidservant or livestock, nor…
- Leviticus 23:7–8
Where this verse is studied
On this page
About Numbers
This page draws on Albert Barnes, Notes on the Old Testament; Jamieson, Fausset & Brown, Commentary Critical and Explanatory on the Whole Bible; John Gill, Exposition of the Old Testament; John Gill, Exposition of the Old Testament (1748-1763) and Matthew Henry, Commentary on the Whole Bible.