In the first day ye shall have an holy convocation: ye shall do no servile work therein.
On the first day you must have a holy gathering: you must not do any regular work on that day.
God is commanding His people to set aside the first day of their religious festival as a sacred time when they gather together and rest from their usual labor.
📚 Historical Context
This verse is part of God's instructions to Moses about the Feast of Unleavened Bread, which immediately followed Passover and lasted seven days. During this time, the Israelites were to remember their deliverance from slavery in Egypt by eating bread without yeast and gathering for worship. The prohibition against 'servile work' (regular daily labor) emphasized that this was a time for spiritual focus rather than ordinary activities.
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