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].

Six {H8337} days {H3117} thou shalt eat {H398} unleavened bread {H4682}: and on the seventh {H7637} day {H3117} shall be a solemn assembly {H6116} to the LORD {H3068} thy God {H430}: thou shalt do {H6213} no work {H4399} therein.

For six days you are to eat matzah; on the seventh day there is to be a festive assembly for ADONAI your God; do not do any kind of work.

For 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.

Six 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.

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Cross-References

  • Exodus 13:6 (2 votes)

    Seven days thou shalt eat unleavened bread, and in the seventh day [shall be] a feast to the LORD.

  • Exodus 13:8 (2 votes)

    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.

  • Leviticus 23:36 (2 votes)

    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].

  • Numbers 28:17 (2 votes)

    And in the fifteenth day of this month [is] the feast: seven days shall unleavened bread be eaten.

  • Numbers 28:19 (2 votes)

    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:

  • Exodus 12:15 (2 votes)

    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.

  • Exodus 12:16 (2 votes)

    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.