Leviticus 23:3 Commentary, explanation, study verse by verse

“ Six days shall work be done: but the seventh day is the sabbath of rest, an holy convocation; ye shall do no work therein: it is the sabbath of the LORD in all your dwellings. ”

Leviticus 23:3 - Albert Barnes' Notes on the Bible

The seventh day had been consecrated as the Sabbath of Yahweh, figuring His own rest; it was the acknowledged sign of the covenant between God and His people. See the Exodus 20:1-11 notes. As suc...
Leviticus 23:3 - Arthur Peake's Commentary on the Bible

The Sabbath, which is to be kept holy, i.e. unprofaned by any kind of work for individual profit, and marked by a religious gathering, apparently at a synagogue. The term set feast (RV) means an...
Leviticus 23:3 - Bullinger's Companion Bible Notes

sabbath of rest. See note on Exodus 16:23 .
Leviticus 23:3 - Clarke's commentary and critical notes on the Bible

Six days shall work be done: but the seventh day is the sabbath of rest, an holy convocation; ye shall do no work therein : it is the sabbath of the LORD in all your dwellings. The seventh day i...
Leviticus 23:3 - Coke's Commentary on the Holy Bible

The sabbath of the Lord in all your dwellings— The Sabbath is first briefly mentioned, as being the first and chief of these solemn meetings; at all times and in all places religiously to be obse...
Leviticus 23:3 - Commentary Critical and Explanatory on the Whole Bible

Six days shall work be done: but the seventh day is the sabbath of rest, an holy convocation; ye shall do no work therein: it is the sabbath of the LORD in all your dwellings. The seventh day...
Leviticus 23:3 - Dummelow's Commentary on the Bible

The Sacred Seasons These are the Sabbath ( Leviticus 23:3 ), Passover and Unleavened Bread ( Leviticus 23:5-14 ), Feast of Weeks, or Pentecost ( Leviticus 23:15-22 ), Feast of Trumpets ( Leviticus...
Leviticus 23:3 - Ellicott's Commentary On The Whole Bible

Six days shall work be done. — Recurring every week, and being the most important as well as the oldest of all festivals, the sabbath introduces the holy seasons. Hence, during the second Temple it...
Leviticus 23:3 - Expositor's Bible Commentary (Nicoll)

THE WEEKLY SABBATH Leviticus 23:1-3 "And the Lord spake unto Moses, saying, Speak unto the children of Israel, and say unto them, The set feasts of the Lord, which ye shall proclaim to be holy...
Leviticus 23:3 - Frederick Brotherton Meyer's Commentary

Sabbath, Passover and First-Fruits Leviticus 23:1-14 The year of Israel's national life was marked out by high and blessed convocations, which preserved its unity, kept the people in mind of th...
Leviticus 23:3 - G. Campbell Morgan's Exposition on the Whole Bible

The feasts of Jehovah were national l signs and symbols. These were now dealt with. The foremost place was given to the Sabbath. Its constant recurrence, governed not by the natural order, but by the...
Leviticus 23:3 - Hawker's Poor Man's Commentary

The first feast mentioned in its place, is that of the sabbath, which, as it is the most ancient, so is it the most universal. JESUS hath given his sanction to it throughout his blessed gospel; for h...
Leviticus 23:3 - John Gill's Exposition of the Entire Bible

Six days shall work be done ,.... Or may be done by men, any sort of lawful work and honest labour, for the sustenance of themselves and families: but the seventh day [is] the sabbath of rest ; fr...
Leviticus 23:3 - John Trapp Complete Commentary

Six days shall work be done: but the seventh day [is] the sabbath of rest, an holy convocation; ye shall do no work [therein]: it [is] the sabbath of the LORD in all your dwellings. Ver. 3. Ye s...
Leviticus 23:3 - Joseph Benson’s Commentary on the Old and New Testaments

The seventh day is first named as a holy convocation A day to be kept holy by every Israelite, in all places wheresoever they dwelt, as well as while they lived in the wilderness; and as a day of...
Leviticus 23:3 - L. M. Grant's Commentary on the Bible

THE SET TIMES OF THE LORD (vv. 1-43) The times of special observance in Israel are called “feasts” in most translations, yet all were not feasts for Israel, as per the day of atonement (vv. 26-32)...
Leviticus 23:3 - Matthew Henry's Whole Bible Commentary

Sundry Feasts. B. C. 1490. 1 And the L ORD spake unto Moses, saying, 2 Speak unto the...
Leviticus 23:3 - Matthew Poole's English Annotations on the Holy Bible

No work ; so it runs in the general for the sabbath day, and for the day of expiation, Leviticus 23:28 , excluding all works about earthly occasions or employments, whether of profit or pleasure...
Leviticus 23:3 - Peter Pett's Commentary on the Bible

Introduction With Regard To The Feasts And The Sabbath ( Leviticus 23:1-3 ). Leviticus 23:1 ‘And Yahweh spoke to Moses, saying,' Once more it is stressed that we have the words of Moses as g...
Leviticus 23:3 - Preacher's Complete Homiletical Commentary

Israel’s Holy Festivals SUGGESTIVE READINGS Leviticus 23:2 .—Concerning the feasts of the Lord. Religion has its joy seasons, its festive aspects. Israel’s sacred feasts symbolised the festivals...
Leviticus 23:3 - Sutcliffe's Commentary on the Old and New Testaments

Leviticus 23:3 . Convocation. מקרא, mickra is rendered ecclesia, or church, seventy times, and synagogue thirty seven times. In the next phrase it is changed for the word dwellings, for th...
Leviticus 23:3 - The Biblical Illustrator

These are My feasts. The holy festivals I. Commentators generally on this part of Hebrew law have remarked upon the social, political, and commercial benefits resulting to the Jewish people fro...
Leviticus 23:3 - The Complete Pulpit Commentary

PART IV . HOLY DAYS AND SEASONS : WEEKLY , MONTHLY , ANNUAL , SEPTENNIAL , AND EVERY HALF - CENTURY . EXPOSITION THIS Part consists of Leviticus 23:1-3 , and Leviticus 25...
Leviticus 23:3 - The Popular Commentary by Paul E. Kretzmann

The Sabbath
Leviticus 23:3 - Treasury of Scripture Knowledge

Acts 15:21 ; Deuteronomy 5:13 ; Exodus 16:23 ; Exodus 16:29 ; Exodus 20:8-11 ; Exodus 23:12 ; Exodus 31:15 ; Exodus 34:21 ; Exodus 35:2 ; Exodus 35:3 ; Isaiah 56:2 ; Isaiah 56:6 ; Isaiah...
Leviticus 23:3 - Wesley's Explanatory Notes

Ye shall do no work therein — So it runs in the general for the sabbath day, and for the day of expiation, Leviticus 23:28 , excluding all works about earthly employments whether of profit or of p...

Leviticus 23:3 - Albert Barnes' Notes on the Bible

Leviticus 23:3 - Arthur Peake's Commentary on the Bible

Leviticus 23:3 - Bullinger's Companion Bible Notes

Leviticus 23:3 - Clarke's commentary and critical notes on the Bible

Leviticus 23:3 - Coke's Commentary on the Holy Bible

Leviticus 23:3 - Commentary Critical and Explanatory on the Whole Bible

Leviticus 23:3 - Dummelow's Commentary on the Bible

Leviticus 23:3 - Ellicott's Commentary On The Whole Bible

Leviticus 23:3 - Expositor's Bible Commentary (Nicoll)

Leviticus 23:3 - Frederick Brotherton Meyer's Commentary

Leviticus 23:3 - G. Campbell Morgan's Exposition on the Whole Bible

Leviticus 23:3 - Hawker's Poor Man's Commentary

Leviticus 23:3 - John Gill's Exposition of the Entire Bible

Leviticus 23:3 - John Trapp Complete Commentary

Leviticus 23:3 - Joseph Benson’s Commentary on the Old and New Testaments

Leviticus 23:3 - L. M. Grant's Commentary on the Bible

Leviticus 23:3 - Matthew Henry's Whole Bible Commentary

Leviticus 23:3 - Matthew Poole's English Annotations on the Holy Bible

Leviticus 23:3 - Peter Pett's Commentary on the Bible

Leviticus 23:3 - Preacher's Complete Homiletical Commentary

Leviticus 23:3 - Sutcliffe's Commentary on the Old and New Testaments

Leviticus 23:3 - The Biblical Illustrator

Leviticus 23:3 - The Complete Pulpit Commentary

Leviticus 23:3 - The Popular Commentary by Paul E. Kretzmann

Leviticus 23:3 - Treasury of Scripture Knowledge

Leviticus 23:3 - Wesley's Explanatory Notes