Leviticus 23:35-36

23:35 On the first day is a holy assembly; you must do no regular work. ¹  23:36 For seven days you must present a gift to the Lord. On the eighth day there is to be a holy assembly for you, and you must present a gift to the Lord. It is a solemn assembly day; ²  you must not do any regular work.

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¹ tn Heb “work of service”; KJV “servile work”; NASB “laborious work”; TEV “daily work.”

² tn The Hebrew term עֲצֶרֶת (’atseret) “solemn assembly [day]” derives from a root associated with restraint or closure. It could refer either to the last day as “closing assembly” day of the festival (e.g., NIV) or a special day of restraint expressed in a “solemn assembly” (e.g., NRSV); cf. NLT “a solemn closing assembly.”