“‘On the eighth day you shall have a solemn assembly: you shall do no regular work;
Parallel translations
- KJV On the eighth day ye shall have a solemn assembly: ye shall do no servile work therein:
- BSB On the eighth day you are to hold a solemn assembly; you must not do any regular work.
- NKJV ‘On the eighth day you shall have a sacred assembly. You shall do no customary work.
- NASB ‘On the eighth day you shall have a sacred assembly; you shall do no laborious work.
- NLT “On the eighth day of the festival, proclaim another holy day. You must do no ordinary work on that day.
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Quick answer
The eighth day was a solemn assembly with no regular work, a climactic day of sacred rest closing the feast.
Overview
After seven days of feasting, an additional eighth-day assembly gathered the people in concluding worship and rest. This crowning day set the seal on the season of rejoicing before God. It was on 'the last and greatest day of the feast' that Jesus invited the thirsty to come to Him, fulfilling its hope (John 7:37).
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Cross-references · 3
- Lev 23:36Seven days you shall offer an offering made by fire to Yahweh. On the eighth day shall be a holy convocation to you; and you shall offer an offering made by fire to Yahweh. It is a solemn assembly; you shall do no regular work.
- Rev 7:9–17After these things I looked, and behold, a great multitude, which no man could count, out of every nation and of all tribes, peoples, and languages, standing before the throne and before the Lamb, dressed in white robes, with palm branches in their hands.
- John 7:37–39Now on the last and greatest day of the feast, Jesus stood and cried out, “If anyone is thirsty, let him come to me and drink!
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