Numbers 28:25

Hebrew (Westminster Leningrad Codex)

English Translation

On the seventh day you shall have a holy convocation: you shall do no servile work.

World English Bible · Public Domain

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מִקְרָא

miqrâʼ

H4744

“convocation of”

Noun, Common, Masculine, Singular, Construct

Appears 23× in the Hebrew Bible
First appears at Exodus 12:16

Full BDB Definition

Origin: from H7121

TWOT: 2063d

convocation, convoking, reading, a calling together - convocation, sacred assembly - convoking - reading

About this verse

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11: words
10: distinct lemmas
Pentateuch: section

Notable vocabulary

The rarest word here is מִקְרָא convocation H4744 — appearing just 23 times in the whole Hebrew Bible.

Shared distinctive vocabulary

מִקְרָא convocation H4744 occurs in 22 verses of the Hebrew Bible. Also found in:

Grammatical profile

2 verbs
6 nouns
1 adjective
1 preposition
1 particle

Verb forms

יִהְיֶ֣ה Qal · Imperfect
תַעֲשֽׂוּ Qal · Imperfect

Hebrew & Septuagint length

In English translation the verse runs 16 words from the Hebrew and 19 from the Septuagint (LXX English) — closely comparable.

A rough comparison of the two English renderings, which tokenize alike — not a word-level alignment.

Word counts can differ between the Hebrew and the Greek without any difference in meaning — e.g. the Hebrew direct-object marker אֵת has no separate Greek word, and Greek often adds the article ὁ.

In the original languages it is 11 Hebrew tokens and 16 Greek tokens — but the two are counted differently (Hebrew bundles its prefixes and suffixes into one token; the Greek is in lemma form), so that isn’t a like-for-like length.

Cross-references

Topical passages linked to Numbers 28:25 in the Treasury of Scripture Knowledge — connected by theme and wording, ordered by reader-vote popularity; previews shown in the World English Bible.

Leviticus 23:8 But you shall offer an offering made by fire to Yahweh seven days. In the seventh day is a holy convocation: you shall do no regular work.'"
Exodus 12:16 In the first day there shall be to you a holy convocation, and in the seventh day a holy convocation; no manner of work shall be done in them, except that which every man must eat, that only may be done by you.
Exodus 13:6 Seven days you shall eat unleavened bread, and in the seventh day shall be a feast to Yahweh.
Numbers 28:18 In the first day shall be a holy convocation: you shall do no servile work;
Leviticus 23:3 "'Six days shall work be done: but on the seventh day is a Sabbath of solemn rest, a holy convocation; you shall do no manner of work. It is a Sabbath to Yahweh in all your dwellings.
Leviticus 23:21 You shall make proclamation on the same day: 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.
Leviticus 23:25 You shall do no regular work; and you shall offer an offering made by fire to Yahweh.'"
Leviticus 23:35–36 On the first day shall be a holy convocation: you shall do no regular work.

Numbers 28:26 Also in the day of the first fruits, when you offer a new meal-offering to Yahweh in your [feast of] weeks, you shall have a holy convocation; you shall do no servile work;
Numbers 29:1 In the seventh month, on the first day of the month, you shall have a holy convocation; you shall do no servile work: it is a day of blowing of trumpets to you.
Numbers 29:12 On the fifteenth day of the seventh month you shall have a holy convocation; you shall do no servile work, and you shall keep a feast to Yahweh seven days:
Numbers 29:35 On the eighth day you shall have a solemn assembly: you shall do no servile work;

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Hebrew and Greek witnesses Masoretic Hebrew ↔ Greek Septuagint

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These are two independent witnesses, not word-aligned to each other, and the Septuagint is shown in lemma (dictionary) form.

Hebrew Numbers 28:25 Masoretic · Westminster Leningrad Codex

וּבַיּוֹם֙ הַשְּׁבִיעִ֔י מִקְרָא קֹ֖דֶשׁ יִהְיֶ֣ה לָכֶ֑ם כָּל מְלֶ֥אכֶת עֲבֹדָ֖ה לֹ֥א תַעֲשֽׂוּ

On the seventh day you shall have a holy convocation: you shall do no servile work.

World English Bible · Public Domain

Greek LXX Numbers 28:25 Septuagint · lemma form

καί ὁ ἡμέρα ὁ ἕβδομος κλητός ἅγιος εἰμί σύ πᾶς ἔργον λατρευτός οὐ ποιέω ἐν αὐτός

And the seventh day shall be to you a holy convocation; you⌃ shall do no servile work in it.

LXX2012 (modern English Septuagint) · Public Domain

Hebrew: Westminster Leningrad Codex (CC BY 4.0). Greek: Septuagint (public domain); English from LXX2012 (modern English Septuagint) (Public Domain). How the Septuagint differs from the Hebrew →

Targum (Aramaic paraphrase)

The Targum is the ancient Jewish Aramaic paraphrase of the Hebrew Scriptures — an interpretive translation, not the Hebrew text itself. Onkelos (literal) and Pseudo-Jonathan (expansive) render the Torah, and Jonathan the Prophets. Coverage is partial: where no permissively-licensed English translation exists for a verse, only the Aramaic is shown. This is verse-level text, not a word-by-word alignment to the Hebrew.

Targum Onkelos Torah (Genesis–Deuteronomy)

וּבְיוֹמָא שְׁבִיעָאָה מְעָרַע קַדִישׁ יְהֵי לְכוֹן כָּל עִיבִידַת פּוּלְחַן לָא תַעַבְדוּן

(no public-domain English translation for this verse)

Targum Onkelos — Aramaic: “Onkelos Genesis” (public domain); “Onkelos Exodus” (public domain); “Onkelos Leviticus” (public domain); “Onkelos Numbers” (public domain); “Onkelos Deuteronomy” (public domain). English: “Sefaria Community Translation” (CC0 1.0 (public-domain dedication)); “J.W. Etheridge. The Targums of Onkelos and Jonathan Ben Uzziel on the Pentateuch. London: Longmans, Green, 1862” (public domain). Text via Sefaria.
Targum Pseudo-Jonathan Torah (Genesis–Deuteronomy)

וּבְיוֹמָא שְׁבִיעָאָה מְאָרַע קַדִישׁ יְהֵי לְכוֹן כָּל עִיבִידַת פּוּלְחָנָא לָא תַעַבְדוּן

And on the seventh day you shall have a holy convocation; no servile work shall you do.

Targum Pseudo-Jonathan — Aramaic: “Targum Jonathan on Genesis” (public domain); “Targum Jonathan on Exodus” (public domain); “Targum Jonathan on Leviticus” (public domain); “Targum Jonathan on Numbers” (public domain); “Targum Jonathan on Deuteronomy” (public domain). English: “The Targum of Jonathan ben Uzziel, trans. J. W. Etheridge, London, 1862” (public domain). Text via Sefaria.

Commentary

Notes on Numbers 28:25 from classic Christian and Jewish commentators (each source and its license shown beneath its notes). The classic Christian expositions comment on the surrounding passage and are grouped to its opening verse, so a note may address several verses; the Jewish commentaries on the Tanakh (Rashi and others) are per-verse, so they appear only where the commentator wrote on this verse.

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John Gill's Exposition

Also in the day of the firstfruits,.... When the firstfruits of the wheat harvest were brought unto the Lord, which was the day of Pentecost, fifty days from the sheaf of the wave offering being brought:

when ye bring a new meat offering unto the Lord; that is, a meat offering made of the new corn, which were two wave loaves of two tenth deals of fine flour, baked with leaven, Lev 23:15.

after your weeks be out; the seven weeks from the passover to Pentecost, even seven complete sabbaths or weeks, Lev 23:15.

ye shall have an holy convocation, ye shall do no servile work; see Lev 23:21.

John Gill's Exposition of the Whole Bible (1746–1763) — public domain (CC PDM 1.0). Text via the HelloAO Bible API.

Whedon's Commentary on the Bible

Daniel D. Whedon

25. The seventh day — Lev_23:8, note. It is called in Exo_13:6, a feast to Jehovah.

Daniel D. Whedon (gen. ed.), Commentary on the Old and New Testaments (1874–1909) — public domain. Text from a community e-Sword module.

Lesson kit

Teaching starters — assembled from the data on this page, not authored interpretation. Every prompt links to the verse data it draws on. Edit before teaching.

Numbers, in the Pentateuch, opens this verse with 11 words (10 distinct Hebrew lemmas). Its most distinctive word is miqrâʼ (“convocation”). A historical commentator’s framing appears above. Read the whole chapter for the surrounding context.

Discussion questions

The word miqrâʼ carries the sense “convocation.” How does it shape the verse?
How does Exodus 12:16, which shares the word «convocation», read alongside this verse?
These translations render this verse differently. What is at stake in choosing one wording over another?
«יִהְיֶ֣ה» is a Qal Imperfect verb. How does that grammatical form shape the action described?
Compare how John Gill's Exposition and Whedon's Commentary on the Bible read this verse. Where do they agree or differ?

Things to notice

This verse counts 11 Hebrew ↔ 16 Greek words.
These translations choose different wording for 8 words in this verse.
10 distinct Hebrew lemmas span 11 words in this verse.