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Leviticus 23:7

Seventh-Day Sabbath Sabbath Commandment First Day of the Week Sabbath at Creation

“In the first day ye shall have an holy convocation: ye shall do no servile work therein.”

In the fourteenth day of the first month at even is the Lord’s passover.

And on the fifteenth day of the same month is the feast of unleavened bread unto the Lord: seven days ye must eat unleavened bread.

In the first day ye shall have an holy convocation: ye shall do no servile work therein.

But ye shall offer an offering made by fire unto the Lord seven days: in the seventh day is an holy convocation: ye shall do no servile work therein.

And the Lord spake unto Moses, saying,

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Sabbath Commandment

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Counter-Arguments

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Seventh-Day Sabbath

The verse refers to "the first day" of an unspecified period and a "holy convocation," but it does not mention the seventh day or explicitly label it as a Sabbath or rest day.

Sabbath Commandment

The verse refers to "the first day" and a "holy convocation," not specifically the weekly Sabbath, and the prohibition of "servile work" is a characteristic of many holy days, not exclusively the Sabbath.

First Day of the Week

The verse explicitly refers to "the first day" of a specific festival, not the first day of the week. There is no mention of a weekly cycle or the concept of "the first day of the week" as a recurring period.

Sabbath at Creation

The verse describes a "holy convocation" on the first day, not the seventh, and makes no mention of creation or God resting.

Seventh-Day Sabbath

Cross-References

Exodus 12:16Thematic

“And in the first day there shall be an holy convocation, and in the seventh day there shall be an holy convocation to you; no manner of work shall be done in them, save that which every man must eat, that only may be done of you.”

Leviticus 16:29Thematic

“And this shall be a statute for ever unto you: that in the seventh month, on the tenth day of the month, ye shall afflict your souls, and do no work at all, whether it be one of your own country, or a stranger that sojourneth among you:”

Leviticus 23:8Thematic

“But ye shall offer an offering made by fire unto the Lord seven days: in the seventh day is an holy convocation: ye shall do no servile work therein.”

Leviticus 23:25Thematic

“Ye shall do no servile work therein: but ye shall offer an offering made by fire unto the Lord.”

Leviticus 23:35Thematic

“On the first day shall be an holy convocation: ye shall do no servile work therein.”

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