Leviticus 23 · Verse 21

Leviticus 23:21

And ye shall proclaim on the selfsame day, that it may be an holy convocation unto you: ye shall do no servile work therein: it shall be a statute for ever in all your dwellings throughout your generations.
Leviticus 23:21, King James Version

Leviticus 23:21 in other translations

BSBOn that same day you are to proclaim a sacred assembly, and you must not do any regular work. This is to be a permanent statute wherever you live for the generations to come.
WEBYou shall make proclamation on the same day that there shall be a holy convocation to you. You shall do no regular work. This is a statute forever in all your dwellings throughout your generations.
ASVAnd ye shall make proclamation on the selfsame day; there shall be a holy convocation unto you; ye shall do no servile work: it is a statute for ever in all your dwellings throughout your generations.
YLTand ye have proclaimed on this self-same day: a holy convocation is to you, ye do no servile work--a statute age-during in all your dwellings, to your generations.
DARBYAnd ye shall make proclamation on that same day — a holy convocation shall it be unto you: no manner of servile work shall ye do: it is an everlasting statute in all your dwellings throughout your generations.
BBEAnd on the same day, let it be given out that there will be a holy meeting for you: you may do no field-work on that day: it is a rule for ever through all your generations wherever you are living.
WebsterAnd ye shall proclaim on the same day, that it may be a holy convocation to you: ye shall do no servile work in it. it shall be a statute for ever in all your dwellings throughout your generations.

What does Leviticus 23:21 mean?

Jamieson-Fausset-Brown
21. ye shall proclaim on the selfsame day, that it may be an holy convocation unto you: ye shall do no servile work therein--Though it extended over a week, the first day only was held as a Sabbath, both for the national offering of first-fruits and a memorial of the giving of the law.

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Matthew Henry's Concise Commentary on Leviticus 23:15-22

The feast of Weeks was held in remembrance of the giving of the law, fifty days after the departure from Egypt; and looked forward to the outpouring of the Holy Ghost, fifty days after Christ our Passover was sacrificed for us. On that day the apostles presented the first-fruits of the Christian church to God. To the institution of the feast of Pentecost, is added a repetition of that law, by which they were…

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Leviticus 23:21 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.

וּקְרָאתֶ֞םu.ke.ra.Temand you will proclaimH7121
בְּעֶ֣צֶם\׀be.'E.tzemon [the] substance ofH6106
הַיּ֣וֹםhai.Yomthe dayH3117
הַזֶּ֗הha.Zeh<the> thisH2088
מִֽקְרָא\־mik.ra'-a convocation ofH4744
קֹ֙דֶשׁ֙ko.deshholinessH6944
יִהְיֶ֣הyih.Yehit will beH1961
לָכֶ֔םla.Khemto <the> you
כָּל\־kol-anyH3605
מְלֶ֥אכֶתme.Le.khetwork ofH4399
עֲבֹדָ֖ה'a.vo.DahservitudeH5656
לֹ֣אlo'notH3808
תַעֲשׂ֑וּta.'a.Suyou will doH6213
חֻקַּ֥תchu.Kata statute ofH2708
עוֹלָ֛םo.LamperpetuityH5769
בְּכָל\־be.kholin allH3605
מוֹשְׁבֹ֥תֵיכֶ֖םmo.she.Vo.tei.Khemdwelling places yourH4186
לְדֹרֹֽתֵיכֶֽם\׃le.do.Ro.tei.Khemto generations yourH1755

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Cross references for Leviticus 23:21

  • Leviticus 23:2

    Speak unto the children of Israel, and say unto them, Concerning the feasts of the Lord, which ye shall proclaim to be holy convocations, even these are my feasts.

  • Numbers 18:23

    But the Levites shall do the service of the tabernacle of the congregation, and they shall bear their iniquity: it shall be a statute for ever throughout your generations, that among the children of Israel they have no inheritance.

  • Genesis 17:7

    And I will establish my covenant between me and thee and thy seed after thee in their generations for an everlasting covenant, to be a God unto thee, and to thy seed after thee.

  • Leviticus 23:4

    These are the feasts of the Lord, even holy convocations, which ye shall proclaim in their seasons.

  • Leviticus 23:14

    And ye shall eat neither bread, nor parched corn, nor green ears, until the selfsame day that ye have brought an offering unto your God: it shall be a statute for ever throughout your generations in all your dwellings.

  • Deuteronomy 16:11

    And thou shalt rejoice before the Lord thy God, thou, and thy son, and thy daughter, and thy manservant, and thy maidservant, and the Levite that is within thy gates, and the stranger, and the fatherless, and the widow, that are among you, in the place which the Lord thy God hath chosen to place his name there.

  • Isaiah 11:10

    And in that day there shall be a root of Jesse, which shall stand for an ensign of the people; to it shall the Gentiles seek: and his rest shall be glorious.

  • Exodus 12:16-17

    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. And ye shall observe the feast of unleavened bread; for in this selfsame day have I brought your armies out of the land of Egypt: therefore shall ye observe this day in your generations by an ordinance for ever.

  • Leviticus 23:7

    In the first day ye shall have an holy convocation: ye shall do no servile work therein.

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Treasury of Scripture Knowledge
proclaim.
2,4; Ex 12:16; De 16:11; Isa 11:10
a statute.
14; Ge 17:7; Ex 12:17; Nu 18:23

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Context

  • Leviticus 23:20

    And the priest shall wave them with the bread of the firstfruits for a wave offering before the Lord, with the two lambs: they shall be holy to the Lord for the priest.

  • Leviticus 23:21

    And ye shall proclaim on the selfsame day, that it may be an holy convocation unto you: ye shall do no servile work therein: it shall be a statute for ever in all your dwellings throughout your generations.

  • Leviticus 23:22

    And when ye reap the harvest of your land, thou shalt not make clean riddance of the corners of thy field when thou reapest, neither shalt thou gather any gleaning of thy harvest: thou shalt leave them unto the poor, and to the stranger: I am the Lord your God.

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Leviticus 23:21 in other languages

Spanish
Reina-Valera 1909		Y convocaréis en este mismo día; os será santa convocación: ninguna obra servil haréis: estatuto perpetuo en todas vuestras habitaciones por vuestras edades.
French
Bible J.N. Darby 1885		Et vous publierez une convocation en ce même jour; ce sera pour vous une sainte convocation; vous ne ferez aucune œuvre de service: c’est un statut perpétuel, dans toutes vos habitations, en vos générations.
German
Elberfelder 1871		Und ihr sollt an diesem selbigen Tage einen Ruf ergehen lassen, eine heilige Versammlung soll euch sein; keinerlei Dienstarbeit sollt ihr tun: eine ewige Satzung in allen euren Wohnsitzen bei euren Geschlechtern. -
Latin
Clementine Vulgate		Et vocabitis hunc diem celeberrimum, atque sanctissimum: omne opus servile non facietis in eo. Legitimum sempiternum erit in cunctis habitaculis, et generationibus vestris.