Numbers 28:25
in Numbers 28On the seventh day you shall hold a sacred assembly; you must not do any regular work.
BSB
The same verse in ASV and KJV ▾
ASV
And on the seventh day ye shall have a holy convocation; ye shall do no servile work.
KJV
And on the seventh day ye shall have an holy convocation; ye shall do no servile work.
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This verse in Numbers 28
Commentary
6 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
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on Numbers 28:20-25
Verse 24 orders "the same food each day for seven days", so the week keeps its full measure and the daily lambs continue beneath it. A goat for sin in a week of gladness is, for Matthew Henry, confession keeping company with joy.
This site's exposition
On the seventh day you shall hold
The week ends as it began, with a sacred assembly and rest. Matthew Henry notes that the first and last days were kept like sabbaths, with a holy rest and a holy gathering. All seven days carried the full offering, and John Gill adds that food could still be prepared.
The record, by era
The Puritans and the Awakening2 voices
, quoted by Stephen, Acts vii. Did you offer unto me sacrifices and offerings in the wilderness forty years, O house of Israel? It is implied, "No, you did not." But, whether the course of sacrifices had been interrupted or no, God saw fit now to repeat the law of sacrifices, 1.
quarantine:debris (2026-07-29) — leading-punctuation
And on the seventh day ye shall have an holy convocation,.... As on the first: ye shall do no servile work; unless in dressing food.
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
11 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| וּבַיּוֹם֙ | uvaiyom | and on the day | H3117 → | 2304 times |
| הַשְּׁבִיעִ֔י | hashevii | <the> seventh | H7637 → | 98 times |
| מִקְרָא־ | mikra'- | a convocation of | H4744 → | 23 times |
| קֹ֖דֶשׁ | kodesh | holiness | H6944 → | 469 times |
| יִהְיֶ֣ה | yihyeh | it will be | H1961 → | 3559 times |
| לָכֶ֑ם | lakhem | to <the> you | ||
| 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׃ ס | taasu | you will do | H6213 → | 2628 times |
וּבַיּוֹם֙and on the day
uvaiyomH3117 →2304 times
הַשְּׁבִיעִ֔י<the> seventh
hasheviiH7637 →98 times
מִקְרָא־a convocation of
mikra'-H4744 →23 times
קֹ֖דֶשׁholiness
kodeshH6944 →469 times
יִהְיֶ֣הit will be
yihyehH1961 →3559 times
לָכֶ֑םto <the> you
lakhem
כָּל־any
kol-H3605 →5413 times
מְלֶ֥אכֶתwork of
melekhetH4399 →167 times
עֲבֹדָ֖הservitude
ʾavodahH5656 →145 times
לֹ֥אnot
lo'H3808 →5168 times
תַעֲשֽׂוּ׃ סyou will do
taasuH6213 →2628 times
A shaded row is a word that stands 400 times or fewer in the Bible.
The walk
8 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.
Reached by 2 separate paths from here.
- Numbers 28:18
On the first day there is to be a sacred assembly; you must not 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…
- Leviticus 23:27
“The tenth day of this seventh month is the Day of Atonement. You shall hold a sacred assembly and humble yourselves, and present an offering made by fire to the LORD.
- Exodus 35:2–3
For six days work may be done, but the seventh day shall be your holy day, a Sabbath of complete rest to the LORD. Whoever does any work on that day must be put…
- Leviticus 23:7–8
Through
Numbers 28:18On the first day there is to be a sacred assembly; you must not do any regular work.
it leads to
- Exodus 12:16
On 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…
- Exodus 12:16
Through
Exodus 13:6For seven days you are to eat unleavened bread, and on the seventh day there shall be a feast to the LORD.
it leads to
- Exodus 12:15–20
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…
- Exodus 34:18
You are to keep the Feast of Unleavened Bread. For seven days at the appointed time in the month of Abib, you are to eat unleavened bread as I commanded you. For in the…
- Exodus 12:15–20
Where this verse is studied
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About Numbers
This page draws on 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); Matthew Henry, Commentary on the Whole Bible and Matthew Henry, Complete Commentary.