“In the first day ye shall have an holy convocation: ye shall do no servile work therein.”
On the first day hold a sacred assembly and do no regular work. The first day of Unleavened Bread is a sacred assembly with no regular work — a Sabbath-level rest within the festival period. The first day that opens the seven-day festival is consecrated by the cessation of ordinary work and the gathering of the community. The work-cessation on the festival's first and last days (verse 8) creates a festival period that is bounded at both ends by sacred rest.
COMMUNITY REFLECTIONS
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