Numbers 28:18

18 On the first day there is to be a sacred assembly; you are not to do any daily work.^[a]

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 "The Passover to the Lord comes in the first month, on the fourteenth day of the month.

17 On the fifteenth day of this month there will be a festival; unleavened bread is to be eaten for seven days.

18 On the first day there is to be a sacred assembly; you are not to do any daily work.

19 Present a fire offering, a burnt offering to the Lord: two young bulls, one ram, and seven male lambs a year old. Your animals are to be unblemished.

20 The grain offering with them is to be of fine flour mixed with oil; offer six quarts with each bull and four quarts with the ram.

Footnotes

• [a] Ex 12:16