Numbers 28:18

18 On the first day there is to be a holy meeting: you may do no sort of field-work:

Numbers 28:18 Meaning and Commentary

Numbers 28:18

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 ( Exodus 12:16 ) .

Numbers 28:18 In-Context

16 And in the first month, on the fourteenth day of the month, is the Lord's Passover.

17 On the fifteenth day of this month there is to be a feast; for seven days let your food be unleavened cakes.

18 On the first day there is to be a holy meeting: you may do no sort of field-work:

19 And you are to give an offering made by fire, a burned offering to the Lord; two oxen, one male sheep, and seven he-lambs of the first year, without any mark:

20 And their meal offering, the best meal mixed with oil: let three tenth parts of an ephah be offered for an ox and two tenth parts for a male sheep;