Discovery BoxLeviticus 23:3 
ContextThe Weekly Sabbath
23:3 “‘Six days work may be done, but on the seventh day there must be a Sabbath of complete rest, 1 a holy assembly. You must not do any work; it is a Sabbath to the Lord in all the places where you live.
Leviticus 23:18
Context23:18 Along with the loaves of bread, 2 you must also present seven flawless yearling lambs, 3 one young bull, 4 and two rams. 5 They are to be a burnt offering to the Lord along with their grain offering 6 and drink offerings, a gift of a soothing aroma to the Lord. 7
1 tn This is a superlative expression, emphasizing the full and all inclusive rest of the Sabbath and certain festival times throughout the chapter (see B. A. Levine, Leviticus [JPSTC], 155). Cf. ASV “a sabbath of solemn rest.”
2 tn Heb “And you shall present on the bread.”
3 tn Heb “seven flawless lambs, sons of a year.”
4 tn Heb “and one bull, a son of a herd.”
5 tc Smr and LXX add “flawless.”
6 tn Heb “and their grain offering.”
