Deuteronomy 16 · Verse 8

Deuteronomy 16:8

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, King James Version

Deuteronomy 16:8 in other translations

BSBFor six days you must eat unleavened bread, and on the seventh day you shall hold a solemn assembly to the LORD your God, and you must not do any work.
WEBSix days you shall eat unleavened bread. On the seventh day shall be a solemn assembly to the LORD your God. You shall do no work.
ASVSix days thou shalt eat unleavened bread; and on the seventh day shall be a solemn assembly to Jehovah thy God; thou shalt do no work therein.
YLTsix days thou dost eat unleavened things, and on the seventh day is a restraint to Jehovah thy God; thou dost do no work.
DARBYSix days thou shalt eat unleavened bread, and on the seventh day is a solemn assembly to Jehovah thy God; thou shalt do no work.
BBEFor six days let your food be unleavened bread; and on the seventh day there is to be a holy meeting to the Lord your God; no work is to be done.
WebsterSix days thou shalt eat unleavened bread: and on the seventh day shall be a solemn assembly to the LORD thy God: in it thou shalt do no work.

What does Deuteronomy 16:8 mean?

Matthew Henry's Concise Commentary on Deuteronomy 16:1-17

The laws for the three yearly feasts are here repeated; that of the Passover, that of the Pentecost, that of Tabernacles; and the general law concerning the people's attendance. Never should a believer forget his low estate of guilt and misery, his deliverance, and the price it cost the Redeemer; that gratitude and joy in the Lord may be mingled with sorrow for sin, and patience under the tribulations in his way to…

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Deuteronomy 16:8 in the original Hebrew

Word-by-word with transliteration, English gloss and Strong's number. Tap a number for the full definition and every place the word is used.

שֵׁ֥שֶׁתShe.shetsixH8337
יָמִ֖יםya.MimdaysH3117
תֹּאכַ֣לto.Khalyou will eatH398
מַצּ֑וֹתma.Tzotunleavened bread<s>H4682
וּבַיּ֣וֹםu.vai.Yomand [will be] on the dayH3117
הַשְּׁבִיעִ֗יha.she.vi.'I<the> seventhH7637
עֲצֶ֙רֶת֙'a.Tze.retan assemblyH6116
לַיהוָ֣הla.Yah.wehto YahwehH3068
אֱלֹהֶ֔יךָ'e.lo.Hei.khaGod yourH430
לֹ֥אlo'notH3808
תַעֲשֶׂ֖הta.'a.Sehyou will doH6213
מְלָאכָֽה\׃\ \סme.la.KhahworkH4399

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Cross references for Deuteronomy 16:8

  • Exodus 12:15-16

    Seven days shall ye eat unleavened bread; even the first day ye shall put away leaven out of your houses: for whosoever eateth leavened bread from the first day until the seventh day, that soul shall be cut off from Israel. And in the first day there shall be an holy convocation, and in the seventh day there shall be an holy convocation to you; no manner of work shall be done in them, save that which every man must eat, that only may be done of you.

  • Numbers 28:17-19

    And in the fifteenth day of this month is the feast: seven days shall unleavened bread be eaten. In the first day shall be an holy convocation; ye shall do no manner of servile work therein: But ye shall offer a sacrifice made by fire for a burnt offering unto the Lord; two young bullocks, and one ram, and seven lambs of the first year: they shall be unto you without blemish:

  • Leviticus 23:6-8

    And on the fifteenth day of the same month is the feast of unleavened bread unto the Lord: seven days ye must eat unleavened bread. In the first day ye shall have an holy convocation: ye shall do no servile work therein. But ye shall offer an offering made by fire unto the Lord seven days: in the seventh day is an holy convocation: ye shall do no servile work therein.

  • Leviticus 23:36

    Seven days ye shall offer an offering made by fire unto the Lord: on the eighth day shall be an holy convocation unto you; and ye shall offer an offering made by fire unto the Lord: it is a solemn assembly; and ye shall do no servile work therein.

  • Exodus 13:6-8

    Seven days thou shalt eat unleavened bread, and in the seventh day shall be a feast to the Lord. Unleavened bread shall be eaten seven days; and there shall no leavened bread be seen with thee, neither shall there be leaven seen with thee in all thy quarters. And thou shalt shew thy son in that day, saying, This is done because of that which the Lord did unto me when I came forth out of Egypt.

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Treasury of Scripture Knowledge
Six days.
Ex 12:15,16; 13:7,8; Le 23:6-8; Nu 28:17-19
solemn assembly. Heb. restraint.
Le 23:36; 2Ch 7:9; Ne 8:18; Joe 1:14; *margins

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Context

  • Deuteronomy 16:7

    And thou shalt roast and eat it in the place which the Lord thy God shall choose: and thou shalt turn in the morning, and go unto thy tents.

  • Deuteronomy 16:8

    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 16:9

    Seven weeks shalt thou number unto thee: begin to number the seven weeks from such time as thou beginnest to put the sickle to the corn.

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Deuteronomy 16:8 in other languages

Spanish
Reina-Valera 1909		Seis días comerás ázimos, y el séptimo día será solemnidad á Jehová tu Dios: no harás obra en él.
French
Bible J.N. Darby 1885		Pendant six jours tu mangeras des pains sans levain; et, le septième jour, il y aura une fête solennelle à l’ Éternel, ton Dieu: tu ne feras aucune œuvre.
German
Elberfelder 1871		Sechs Tage sollst du Ungesäuertes essen; und am siebten Tage ist eine Festversammlung Jehova, deinem Gott; du sollst kein Werk tun.
Latin
Clementine Vulgate		Sex diebus comedes azyma: et in die septima, quia collecta est Domini Dei tui, non facies opus.