Numbers 28:18

Numbers 28:18 in other versions

• King James Version (KJV)In the first day shall be an holy convocation; ye shall do no manner of servile work therein:
• New International Version (NIV)On the first day hold a sacred assembly and do no regular work.
• English Standard Version (ESV)On the first day there shall be a holy convocation. You shall not do any ordinary work,
• New King James Version (NKJV)On the first day you shall have a holy convocation. You shall do no customary work.

Context of Numbers 28:18

16The fourteenth day of the first month is the LORD’s Passover. 17On the fifteenth day of this month, there shall be a feast; for seven days unleavened bread is to be eaten. On the first day there is to be a sacred assembly; you must not do any regular work. 19Present to the LORD a food offering, a burnt offering of two young bulls, one ram, and seven male lambs a year old, all unblemished. 20The grain offering shall consist of fine flour mixed with oil; offer three-tenths of an ephah with each bull, two-tenths of an ephah with the ram,

Numbers 28:18 word by word

בַּיּ֥וֹם הָרִאשׁ֖וֹן מִקְרָא־קֹ֑דֶשׁ כָּל־מְלֶ֥אכֶת עֲבֹדָ֖ה לֹ֥א תַעֲשֽׂוּ׃Read the interlinear

• On the firstרִאשׁוֹןri'shôn ri'shôn · firstH7223
• dayיוֹםyôm · dayH3117
• there is to be a sacredקֹ֫דֶשׁqôdesh · holinessH6944
• assemblyמִקְרָאmiqrâ' · assemblyH4744
• you must notלֹאlô' lô' lôh · notH3808
• doעָשָׂה‛âώâh · to make: doH6213
• anyכֹּלkôl kôl · allH3605
• regular workמְלָאכָהmelâ'kâh · workH4399
• regular workעֲבֹדָה‛ăbôdâh ‛ăbôdâh · service: workH5656

Cross-references for Numbers 28:18

• Ezekiel 45:21On the fourteenth day of the first month you are to observe the Passover, a feast of seven days, during which unleavened bread shall be eaten.
• Numbers 28:31Offer them with their drink offerings in addition to the regular burnt offering and its grain offering. The animals must be unblemished.
• Numbers 29:8Present as a pleasing aroma to the LORD a burnt offering of one young bull, one ram, and seven male lambs a year old, all unblemished,
• Leviticus 22:20You must not present anything with a defect, because it will not be accepted on your behalf.
• Deuteronomy 15:21But if an animal has a defect, is lame or blind, or has any serious flaw, you must not sacrifice it to the LORD your God.
• Malachi 1:13You also say: ‘Oh, what a nuisance!’ And you turn up your nose at it,” says the LORD of Hosts. “You bring offerings that are stolen, lame, or sick! Should I accept these from your hands?” asks the LORD.
• 1 Peter 1:19but with the precious blood of Christ, a lamb without blemish or spot.

Commentaries on Numbers 28:18

• Barnes’ Notes on the Bible · v. 16-25Verses 16-25 The Passover offering was the same as that of the New moon, and was repeated on each of the seven days of the festival, thus marking the importance and the solemnity of the occasion. The details of the offering had not been previously prescribed.Read the comment
• Matthew Henry Concise Commentary · v. 16-31Verses 16-31 By the sacrifices enjoined in this chapter, we are reminded of the continued power of the sacrifice of Christ, and of our continual need to depend thereon. No hurrying employments, or perilous situations, or prosperous circumstances, should cause slackness in our religious exercises; but should rather stir us up to greater diligence in seeking help from, or giving thanks to the Lord. And all is to be accompanied with repentance, faith is the…Read the comment
• Tyndale Open Study Notes · v. 16-25The Passover, followed by the Feast of Unleavened Bread, was the first of five major annual feasts. It took place in early spring (March or April). The Passover did not require public sacrifices. It was a family event celebrated at home (see also 9:1–4; Exodus 12:1–13:10; Leviticus 23:5–8; Deuteronomy 16:1–8). This festival is important in the background of the Last Supper (see Matthew 26:17–19, 26–27; Mark 14:12; John 11:55; 12:1; 13:1; 18:28, 39; 19:14…Read the comment
• Jamieson–Fausset–Brown Commentary · v. 16-2516-25. in the fourteenth day of the first month is the passover--The law for that great annual festival is given (Le 23:5), but some details are here introduced, as certain specified offerings are prescribed to be made on each of the seven days of unleavened bread [Nu 28:18-25].Read the comment

Topics related to Numbers 28:18

• Bullock
• Feasts
• Passover
• Rest
• Sanitation

In the dictionaries

• Flour
• Passover
• Sinoffering
• Ezekiel
• Feasts and Fasts
• Law in the Old Testament
• Numbers, Book of
• Pentateuch
• Priests and Levites
• Sacrifice

Commentaries on Numbers 28

• Adam Clarke Bible Commentary
• Barnes’ Notes on the Bible
• Matthew Henry Concise Commentary
• Tyndale Open Study Notes
• Jamieson–Fausset–Brown Commentary
• Rashi on Tanakh
• Calvin’s Commentaries
• Keil & Delitzsch Commentary
• John Wesley’s Notes
• Darby Translation Notes
• Geneva Bible Translation Notes
• Kingcomments
• Matthew Henry’s Complete Commentary
• Matthew Henry’s Modern English Commentary
• Scofield Reference Notes, 1917 Edition
• Seventh-day Adventist Bible Commentary