Numbers 28:18

18 On the first day [shall be] a holy convocation; [in it] ye shall do no manner of servile 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 on the fourteenth day of the first month [is] the passover of the LORD.

17 And on the fifteenth day of this month [is] the feast: seven days shall unleavened bread be eaten.

18 On the first day [shall be] a holy convocation; [in it] ye shall do no manner of servile work.

19 But ye shall offer a sacrifice made by fire [for] a burnt-offering to the LORD; two young bullocks, and one ram, and seven lambs of the first year: they shall be to you without blemish:

20 And their meat-offering [shall be of] flour mingled with oil: three tenth-parts shall ye offer for a bullock, and two tenth-parts for a ram;