Imamat 23:7

23:7 On the first day there will be a holy assembly for you; you must not do any regular work. ¹ 

Imamat 23:3

The Weekly Sabbath

23:3 “‘Six days work may be done, but on the seventh day there must be a Sabbath of complete rest, ²  a holy assembly. You must not do any work; it is a Sabbath to the Lord in all the places where you live.

Imamat 16:31

16:31 It is to be a Sabbath of complete rest for you, and you must humble yourselves. ³  It is a perpetual statute. ⁴ 

[23:7]  ¹ tn Heb “work of service”; KJV “servile work”; NASB “laborious work”; TEV “daily work.”

[23:3]  ² 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.”

[16:31]  ³ tn See the note on v. 29 above.

[16:31]  ⁴ tn Compare v. 29a above.