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Verse	Translation	Text
Le 23:3	Strong Concordance	Six [08337] days [03117] shall work [04399] be done [06213]: but the seventh [07637] day [03117] is the sabbath [07676] of rest [07677], an holy [06944] convocation [04744]; ye shall do [06213] no work [04399] therein: it is the sabbath [07676] of the LORD [03068] in all your dwellings [04186].
	King James	Six days shall work be done: but the seventh day is the sabbath of rest, an holy convocation; ye shall do no work therein: it is the sabbath of the LORD in all your dwellings.

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A Commentary, Critical, Practical, and Explanatory on the Old and New Testaments, by Robert Jamieson, A.R. Fausset and David Brown [1882]
Six days shall work be done: but the seventh day is the sabbath of rest--(See on Exo 20:8). The Sabbath has the precedence given to it, and it was to be "a holy convocation," observed by families "in their dwellings"; where practicable, by the people repairing to the door of the tabernacle; at later periods, by meeting in the schools of the prophets, and in synagogues.

A Commentary, Critical, Practical, and Explanatory on the Old and New Testaments, by Robert Jamieson, A.R. Fausset and David Brown [1882]

Six days shall work be done: but the seventh day is the sabbath of rest--(See on Exo 20:8). The Sabbath has the precedence given to it, and it was to be "a holy convocation," observed by families "in their dwellings"; where practicable, by the people repairing to the door of the tabernacle; at later periods, by meeting in the schools of the prophets, and in synagogues.

Notes on the Bible, by Albert Barnes, [1834]
The seventh day had been consecrated as the Sabbath of Yahweh, figuring His own rest; it was the acknowledged sign of the covenant between God and His people. See the Exo 20:1-11 notes. As such it properly held its place at the head of the days of holy convocation.

Commentary on the Old Testament, by Carl Friedrich Keil and Franz Delitzsch [1857-78]
At the head of these moadim stood the Sabbath, as the day which God had already sanctified as a day of rest for His people, by His own rest on the seventh creation-day (Gen 2:3, cf. Exo 20:8-11). On שׁבּתון שׁבּת, see at Exo 31:15 and Exo 16:33. As a weekly returning day of rest, the observance of which had its foundation in the creative work of God, the Sabbath was distinguished from the yearly feasts, in which Israel commemorated the facts connected with its elevation into a people of God, and which were generally called "feasts of Jehovah" in the stricter sense, and as such were distinguished from the Sabbath (Lev 23:37, Lev 23:38; Isa 1:13-14; Ch1 23:31; Ch2 31:3; Neh 10:34). This distinction is pointed out in the heading, "these are the feasts of Jehovah" (Lev 23:4). (Note: Partly on account of his repetition, and partly because of the supposed discrepancy observable in the fact, that holy meetings are not prescribed for the Sabbath in the list of festal sacrifices in Num 28 and 29, Hupfield and Knobel maintain that the words of Lev 23:2 and Lev 23:3, from יהוה to מושׁבתיכם, notwithstanding their Elohistic expression, were not written by the Elohist, but are an interpolation of the later editor. The repetition of the heading, however, cannot prove anything at all with the constant repetitions that occur in the so-called Elohistic groundwork, especially as it can be fully explained by the reason mentioned in the text. And the pretended discrepancy rests upon the perfectly arbitrary assumption, that Num 28 and 29 contain a complete codex of all the laws relating to all the feasts. How totally this assumption is at variance with the calendar of feasts, is clear enough from the fact, that no rule is laid down there for the observance of the Sabbath, with the exception of the sacrifices to be offered upon it, and that even rest from labour is not commanded. Moreover Knobel is wrong in identifying the "holy convocation" with a journey to the sanctuary, whereas appearance at the tabernacle to hold the holy convocations (for worship) was not regarded as necessary either in the law itself or according to the later orthodox custom, but, on the contrary, holy meetings for edification were held on the Sabbath in every place in the land, and it was out of this that the synagogues arose.) In Num 28:11 the feast of new moon follows the Sabbath; but this is passed over here, because the new moon was not to be observed either with sabbatical rest or a holy meeting.

Commentary on the Old Testament, by Carl Friedrich Keil and Franz Delitzsch [1857-78]

At the head of these moadim stood the Sabbath, as the day which God had already sanctified as a day of rest for His people, by His own rest on the seventh creation-day (Gen 2:3, cf. Exo 20:8-11). On שׁבּתון שׁבּת, see at Exo 31:15 and Exo 16:33. As a weekly returning day of rest, the observance of which had its foundation in the creative work of God, the Sabbath was distinguished from the yearly feasts, in which Israel commemorated the facts connected with its elevation into a people of God, and which were generally called "feasts of Jehovah" in the stricter sense, and as such were distinguished from the Sabbath (Lev 23:37, Lev 23:38; Isa 1:13-14; Ch1 23:31; Ch2 31:3; Neh 10:34). This distinction is pointed out in the heading, "these are the feasts of Jehovah" (Lev 23:4).

(Note: Partly on account of his repetition, and partly because of the supposed discrepancy observable in the fact, that holy meetings are not prescribed for the Sabbath in the list of festal sacrifices in Num 28 and 29, Hupfield and Knobel maintain that the words of Lev 23:2 and Lev 23:3, from יהוה to מושׁבתיכם, notwithstanding their Elohistic expression, were not written by the Elohist, but are an interpolation of the later editor. The repetition of the heading, however, cannot prove anything at all with the constant repetitions that occur in the so-called Elohistic groundwork, especially as it can be fully explained by the reason mentioned in the text. And the pretended discrepancy rests upon the perfectly arbitrary assumption, that Num 28 and 29 contain a complete codex of all the laws relating to all the feasts. How totally this assumption is at variance with the calendar of feasts, is clear enough from the fact, that no rule is laid down there for the observance of the Sabbath, with the exception of the sacrifices to be offered upon it, and that even rest from labour is not commanded. Moreover Knobel is wrong in identifying the "holy convocation" with a journey to the sanctuary, whereas appearance at the tabernacle to hold the holy convocations (for worship) was not regarded as necessary either in the law itself or according to the later orthodox custom, but, on the contrary, holy meetings for edification were held on the Sabbath in every place in the land, and it was out of this that the synagogues arose.)

In Num 28:11 the feast of new moon follows the Sabbath; but this is passed over here, because the new moon was not to be observed either with sabbatical rest or a holy meeting.

Explanatory Notes on the Whole Bible, by John Wesley [1754-65]
Ye shall do no work therein - So it runs in the general for the sabbath day, and for the day of expiation, Lev 23:28, excluding all works about earthly employments whether of profit or of pleasure; but upon other feast days he forbids only servile works, as Lev 23:7, Lev 23:21, Lev 23:36, for surely this manifest difference in the expressions used by the wife God must needs imply a difference in the things. In all your dwellings - Other feasts, were to be kept before the Lord in Jerusalem only, whither all the males were to come for that end; but the sabbath was to be kept in all places, both in synagogues, and in their private houses.

Adam Clarke Commentary on the Whole Bible - Published 1810-1826
The seventh day is the Sabbath - This, because the first and greatest solemnity, is first mentioned. He who kept not this, in the most religious manner, was not capable of keeping any of the others. The religious observance of the Sabbath stands at the very threshold of all religion. See Clarke's note on Gen 2:3.

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⁸ Remember [02142] the sabbath [07676] day [03117], to keep it holy [06942].

¹ And God [0430] spake [01696] all these words [01697], saying [0559],
² I am the LORD [03068] thy God [0430], which have brought [03318] thee out of the land [0776] of Egypt [04714], out of the house [01004] of bondage [05650].
³ Thou shalt have no other [0312] gods [0430] before me [06440].
⁴ Thou shalt not make [06213] unto thee any graven image [06459], or any likeness [08544] of any thing that [0834] is in heaven [08064] above [04605], or that is in the earth [0776] beneath, or that is in the water [04325] under the earth [0776]:
⁵ Thou shalt not bow down [07812] thyself to them, nor serve [05647] them: for I the LORD [03068] thy God [0430] am a jealous [07067] God [0410], visiting [06485] the iniquity [05771] of the fathers [01] upon the children [01121] unto the third [08029] and fourth [07256] generation of them that hate [08130] me;
⁶ And shewing [06213] mercy [02617] unto thousands [0505] of them that love [0157] me, and keep [08104] my commandments [04687].
⁷ Thou shalt not take [05375] the name [08034] of the LORD [03068] thy God [0430] in vain [07723]; for the LORD [03068] will not hold him guiltless [05352] that taketh [05375] his name [08034] in vain [07723].
⁸ Remember [02142] the sabbath [07676] day [03117], to keep it holy [06942].
⁹ Six [08337] days [03117] shalt thou labour [05647], and do [06213] all thy work [04399]:
¹⁰ But the seventh [07637] day [03117] is the sabbath [07676] of the LORD [03068] thy God [0430]: in it thou shalt not do [06213] any work [04399], thou, nor thy son [01121], nor thy daughter [01323], thy manservant [05650], nor thy maidservant [0519], nor thy cattle [0929], nor thy stranger [01616] that is within thy gates [08179]:
¹¹ For in six [08337] days [03117] the LORD [03068] made [06213] heaven [08064] and earth [0776], the sea [03220], and all that in them is, and rested [05117] the seventh [07637] day [03117]: wherefore the LORD [03068] blessed [01288] the sabbath [07676] day [03117], and hallowed [06942] it.

¹¹ And in the beginnings [07218] of your months [02320] ye shall offer [07126] a burnt offering [05930] unto the LORD [03068]; two [08147] young [01241] bullocks [06499], and one [0259] ram [0352], seven [07651] lambs [03532] of the first [01121] year [08141] without spot [08549];

³ Six [08337] days [03117] shall work [04399] be done [06213]: but the seventh [07637] day [03117] is the sabbath [07676] of rest [07677], an holy [06944] convocation [04744]; ye shall do [06213] no work [04399] therein: it is the sabbath [07676] of the LORD [03068] in all your dwellings [04186].

² Speak [01696] unto the children [01121] of Israel [03478], and say [0559] unto them, Concerning the feasts [04150] of the LORD [03068], which ye shall proclaim [07121] to be holy [06944] convocations [04744], even these are my feasts [04150].

⁴ These are the feasts [04150] of the LORD [03068], even holy [06944] convocations [04744], which ye shall proclaim [07121] in their seasons [04150].

³⁴ And we cast [05307] the lots [01486] among the priests [03548], the Levites [03881], and the people [05971], for the wood [06086] offering [07133], to bring [0935] it into the house [01004] of our God [0430], after the houses [01004] of our fathers [01], at times [06256] appointed [02163] year [08141] by year [08141], to burn [01197] upon the altar [04196] of the LORD [03068] our God [0430], as it is written [03789] in the law [08451]:

³ He appointed also the king's [04428] portion [04521] of his substance [07399] for the burnt offerings [05930], to wit, for the morning [01242] and evening [06153] burnt offerings [05930], and the burnt offerings [05930] for the sabbaths [07676], and for the new moons [02320], and for the set feasts [04150], as it is written [03789] in the law [08451] of the LORD [03068].

³¹ And to offer [05927] all burnt sacrifices [05930] unto the LORD [03068] in the sabbaths [07676], in the new moons [02320], and on the set feasts [04150], by number [04557], according to the order [04941] commanded unto them, continually [08548] before [06440] the LORD [03068]:

¹³ Bring [0935] no more [03254] vain [07723] oblations [04503]; incense [07004] is an abomination [08441] unto me; the new moons [02320] and sabbaths [07676], the calling [07121] of assemblies [04744], I cannot away with [03201]; it is iniquity [0205], even the solemn meeting [06116].
¹⁴ Your new moons [02320] and your appointed feasts [04150] my soul [05315] hateth [08130]: they are a trouble [02960] unto me; I am weary [03811] to bear [05375] them.

³⁸ Beside the sabbaths [07676] of the LORD [03068], and beside your gifts [04979], and beside all your vows [05088], and beside all your freewill offerings [05071], which ye give [05414] unto the LORD [03068].

³⁷ These are the feasts [04150] of the LORD [03068], which ye shall proclaim [07121] to be holy [06944] convocations [04744], to offer [07126] an offering made by fire [0801] unto the LORD [03068], a burnt offering [05930], and a meat offering [04503], a sacrifice [02077], and drink offerings [05262], every thing [01697] upon his [03117] day [03117]:

³³ And Moses [04872] said [0559] unto Aaron [0175], Take [03947] a [0259] pot [06803], and put [05414] an omer [06016] full [04393] of manna [04478] therein, and lay it up [03240] before [06440] the LORD [03068], to be kept [04931] for your generations [01755].

¹⁵ Six [08337] days [03117] may work [04399] be done [06213]; but in the seventh [07637] is the sabbath [07676] of rest [07677], holy [06944] to the LORD [03068]: whosoever doeth [06213] any work [04399] in the sabbath [07676] day [03117], he shall surely [04191] be put to death [04191].

⁸ Remember [02142] the sabbath [07676] day [03117], to keep it holy [06942].
⁹ Six [08337] days [03117] shalt thou labour [05647], and do [06213] all thy work [04399]:
¹⁰ But the seventh [07637] day [03117] is the sabbath [07676] of the LORD [03068] thy God [0430]: in it thou shalt not do [06213] any work [04399], thou, nor thy son [01121], nor thy daughter [01323], thy manservant [05650], nor thy maidservant [0519], nor thy cattle [0929], nor thy stranger [01616] that is within thy gates [08179]:
¹¹ For in six [08337] days [03117] the LORD [03068] made [06213] heaven [08064] and earth [0776], the sea [03220], and all that in them is, and rested [05117] the seventh [07637] day [03117]: wherefore the LORD [03068] blessed [01288] the sabbath [07676] day [03117], and hallowed [06942] it.

³ And God [0430] blessed [01288] the seventh [07637] day [03117], and sanctified [06942] it: because [03588] that in it he had rested [07673] from all his work [04399] which God [0430] created [01254] and made [06213].

³⁶ Seven [07651] days [03117] ye shall offer [07126] an offering made by fire [0801] unto the LORD [03068]: on the eighth [08066] day [03117] shall be an holy [06944] convocation [04744] unto you; and ye shall offer [07126] an offering made by fire [0801] unto the LORD [03068]: it is a solemn assembly [06116]; and ye shall do [06213] no servile [05656] work [04399] therein.

²¹ And ye shall proclaim [07121] on the selfsame [06106] day [03117], that it may be an holy [06944] convocation [04744] unto you: ye shall do [06213] no servile [05656] work [04399] therein: it shall be a statute [02708] for ever [05769] in all your dwellings [04186] throughout your generations [01755].

⁷ In the first [07223] day [03117] ye shall have an holy [06944] convocation [04744]: ye shall do [06213] no servile [05656] work [04399] therein.

²⁸ And ye shall do [06213] no work [04399] in that same [06106] day [03117]: for it is a day [03117] of atonement [03725], to make an atonement [03722] for you before [06440] the LORD [03068] your God [0430].