Exodus 12:16

Contemporary English Version (Anglicised) 2012

Meet together for worship on the first and seventh days of the festival. The only work you are allowed to do on either of these two days is that of preparing the bread.

Cross References

Exodus 16:23

he told them that the LORD had said, “Tomorrow is the Sabbath, a sacred day of rest in honour of me. So gather all you want to bake or boil, and make sure you save enough for tomorrow.”

Exodus 16:29

Remember that I was the one who gave you the Sabbath. That's why on the sixth day I provide enough bread for two days. Everyone is to stay at home and rest on the Sabbath.”

Exodus 16:5

But on the sixth day of each week they must gather and cook twice as much.”

Exodus 20:10

but the seventh day of each week belongs to me, your God. No one is to work on that day—not you, your children, your slaves, your animals, or the foreigners who live in your towns.

Exodus 34:18

Don't fail to observe the Festival of Thin Bread in the month of Abib. Obey me and eat bread without yeast for seven days during Abib, because that is the month you left Egypt.

Isaiah 1:13

Your sacrifices are worthless, and incense is disgusting. I can't stand the evil you do on your New Moon Festivals or on your Sabbaths and other times of worship.

Leviticus 23:21

This is a day of celebration and worship, a time of rest from your work. You and your descendants must obey this law.

Leviticus 23:27

The tenth day of the seventh month is the Great Day of Forgiveness. It is a solemn day of worship; everyone must go without eating to show sorrow for their sins, and sacrifices must be burnt.

Leviticus 23:35

No one is to do any work on the first day of the festival—it is a time when everyone must come together for worship.

Numbers 28:18

On the first day of this festival, you must rest from your work and come together for worship.

Numbers 28:25

Then on the last day of the festival, you must once again rest from work and come together for worship.

Numbers 28:26

On the first day of the Harvest Festival, you must rest from your work, come together for worship, and bring a sacrifice of new grain.

Numbers 29:1

On the first day of the seventh month, you must rest from your work and come together to celebrate at the sound of the trumpets.

Numbers 29:12

Beginning on the fifteenth day of the seventh month and continuing for seven days, everyone must celebrate the Festival of Shelters in honour of me.

John 19:31

The next day would be both a Sabbath and the Passover. It was a special day for the Jewish people, and they did not want the bodies to stay on the crosses during that day. So they asked Pilate to break the men's legs and take their bodies down.

Deuteronomy 16:8

Eat thin bread for the next six days. Then on the seventh day, don't do any work. Instead, come together and worship the LORD.