Reference

Numbers 28:26

Sabbath at Creation Seventh-Day Sabbath Sabbath Commandment First Day of the Week Sabbath as Perpetual Land Sabbath / Rest for the Earth

“Also in the day of the firstfruits, when ye bring a new meat offering unto the Lord, after your weeks be out, ye shall have an holy convocation; ye shall do no servile work:”

After this manner ye shall offer daily, throughout the seven days, the meat of the sacrifice made by fire, of a sweet savour unto the Lord: it shall be offered beside the continual burnt offering, and his drink offering.

And on the seventh day ye shall have an holy convocation; ye shall do no servile work.

Also in the day of the firstfruits, when ye bring a new meat offering unto the Lord, after your weeks be out, ye shall have an holy convocation; ye shall do no servile work:

But ye shall offer the burnt offering for a sweet savour unto the Lord; two young bullocks, one ram, seven lambs of the first year;

And their meat offering of flour mingled with oil, three tenth deals unto one bullock, two tenth deals unto one ram,

Counter-Arguments

The strongest case that this verse does not belong in this theme.

Sabbath at Creation

The verse describes a "holy convocation" on the "day of the firstfruits" and explicitly states it is "after your weeks be out," referring to the counting of weeks from Passover to Pentecost. This event is distinct from the weekly Sabbath and does not mention creation or God resting on the seventh day.

Seventh-Day Sabbath

The verse describes a "holy convocation" and a prohibition of "servile work" on the day of firstfruits, which occurs "after your weeks be out," but it does not mention or explicitly reference the "seventh day" or "Sabbath" at all.

Sabbath Commandment

This verse describes a "holy convocation" on the day of firstfruits where no servile work is to be done, which is a specific festival observance, not the weekly Sabbath commandment. While it shares the "no servile work" characteristic, it does not mention the Sabbath by name, nor does it connect to the weekly cycle or the Ten Commandments.

First Day of the Week

The verse refers to "the day of the firstfruits" and "after your weeks be out," which are temporal markers related to agricultural cycles and the counting of weeks, not specifically the first day of a seven-day week. There is no explicit mention of "the first day of the week" in the text.

Sabbath as Perpetual

This verse describes a specific annual festival (the day of firstfruits) and a prohibition of servile work on that day, but it does not mention the weekly Sabbath or its perpetual nature.

Land Sabbath / Rest for the Earth

This verse describes a specific offering and convocation related to the "firstfruits" and "weeks," which are agricultural terms, but it does not mention land resting, seven-year cycles, jubilee returns, or fallow fields. The "no servile work" command refers to human labor on a holy day, not to the land itself resting.

Sabbath at Creation

Cross-References

Genesis 14:20Thematic

“And blessed be the most high God, which hath delivered thine enemies into thy hand. And he gave him tithes of all.”

Leviticus 23:15Thematic

“And ye shall count unto you from the morrow after the sabbath, from the day that ye brought the sheaf of the wave offering; seven sabbaths shall be complete:”

Deuteronomy 16:9Thematic

“Seven weeks shalt thou number unto thee: begin to number the seven weeks from such time as thou beginnest to put the sickle to the corn.”

Leviticus 23:10Thematic

“Speak unto the children of Israel, and say unto them, When ye be come into the land which I give unto you, and shall reap the harvest thereof, then ye shall bring a sheaf of the firstfruits of your harvest unto the priest:”