Exodus 12:16 meaning and explanation
On the first day you are to hold a sacred assembly, and another on the seventh day. You must not do any work on those days, except to prepare the meals—that is all you may do.
Exodus 12:16, Berean Standard Bible
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These instructions come from God to Moses and Aaron in Egypt, as Israel prepares to leave after the tenth plague. Verses 15 and 17 set the seven day Feast of Unleavened Bread, and verse 16 marks its first and seventh days with a sacred assembly, a gathering for worship.
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