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Deuteronomy 16:8

King James Version (KJV)

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Deuteronomy 16:8

Verse 8 of 22

Scripture focus

Six days thou shalt eat unleavened bread: and on the seventh day [shall be] a solemn assembly to the LORD thy God: thou shalt do no work [therein].

Deuteronomy 16:8 — KJV

Commentary

Commentary on Deuteronomy 16:8

Theological / Devotional

On the seventh. The feast lasted for seven days, as did the eating of unleavened bread (Ex. 12:15; Ex. 13:6; Lev. 23:6; Num. 28:17). The statement here made must mean that after unleavened bread had been eaten for six days, the children of Israel were to hold a “solemn assembly,” while continuing to eat unleavened bread.

A solemn assembly. The word thus translated is from a verb meaning “to restrain,” “to enclose,” “to shut up,” especially for religious purposes (see Lev. 23:36; Num. 29:35; 2 Chron. 7:9; Neh. 8:18, with reference to the Feast of Tabernacles; cf. Amos 5:21).

Do no work. That is, they were to perform no ordinary labor (Num. 28:25; cf. “work” in 2 Kings 22:5, 9).

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