Leviticus 23:25

Leviticus 23:25 in other versions

• King James Version (KJV)Ye shall do no servile work therein: but ye shall offer an offering made by fire unto the Lord.
• New International Version (NIV)Do no regular work, but present a food offering to the Lord.’ ”
• English Standard Version (ESV)You shall not do any ordinary work, and you shall present a food offering to the Lord."
• New Living Translation (NLT)You must do no ordinary work on that day. Instead, you are to present special gifts to the Lord.”

Context of Leviticus 23:25

23Then the Lord spoke to Moses, saying, 24“Speak to the children of Israel, saying: ‘In the seventh month, on the first day of the month, you shall have a sabbath-rest, a memorial of blowing of trumpets, a holy convocation. You shall do no customary work on it; and you shall offer an offering made by fire to the Lord.’ ” 26And the Lord spoke to Moses, saying: 27“Also the tenth day of this seventh month shall be the Day of Atonement. It shall be a holy convocation for you; you shall afflict your souls, and offer an offering made by fire to the Lord.

Leviticus 23:25 word by word

כָּל־מְלֶ֥אכֶת עֲבֹדָ֖ה לֹ֣א תַעֲשׂ֑וּ וְהִקְרַבְתֶּ֥ם אִשֶּׁ֖ה לַיהוָֽה׃ סRead the interlinear

Words taken from the KJV.

• Ye shall doעָשָׂה‛âώâh · to make: doH6213
• no servileעֲבֹדָה‛ăbôdâh ‛ăbôdâh · service: workH5656
• workמְלָאכָהmelâ'kâh · workH4399
• but ye shall offerקָרַבqârab · to present: bringH7126
• an offering made by fireאִשֶּׁה'ishshâh · food offeringH801
• unto the Lordיְהֹוָהyehôvâh · LORDH3068

Commentaries on Leviticus 23:25

• Matthew Henry Concise Commentary · v. 23-32Verses 23-32 the blowing of trumpets represented the preaching of the gospel, by which men are called to repent of sin, and to accept the salvation of Christ, which was signified by the day of atonement. Also it invited to rejoice in God, and become strangers and pilgrims on earth, which was denoted by the feast of Tabernacles, observed in the same month. At the beginning of the year, they were called by this sound of trumpet to shake off spiritual…Read the comment
• Jamieson–Fausset–Brown Commentary · v. 23-2524. In the seventh month, in the first day of the month, shall ye have a sabbath--That was the first day of the ancient civil year. a memorial of blowing of trumpets--Jewish writers say that the trumpets were sounded thirty successive times, and the reason for the institution was for the double purpose of announcing the commencement of the new year, which was (Le 23:25) to be religiously observed (see Nu 29:3), and of preparing the people for the…Read the comment

Topics related to Leviticus 23:25

• Ethanim
• Rest
• Sanitation
• Seven
• Trumpets

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Commentaries on Leviticus 23

• 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
• Original Douay–Rheims Annotations
• Seventh-day Adventist Bible Commentary
• EGW Writings