Numbers 28:18

18 ¹On the first day there shall be a holy convocation. You shall not do any ordinary 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 “On the fourteenth day of the first month is the Lord’s Passover,

17 and on the fifteenth day of this month is a feast. Seven days shall unleavened bread be eaten.

18 On the first day there shall be a holy convocation. You shall not do any ordinary work,

19 but offer a food offering, a burnt offering to the Lord: two bulls from the herd, one ram, and seven male lambs a year old; see that they are without blemish;

20 also their grain offering of fine flour mixed with oil; three tenths of an ephah shall you offer for a bull, and two tenths for a ram;

Cross References

• 1. 28:18 Ex. 12:16; Lev. 23:7