Leviticus 23:3 meaning and explanation

For six days work may be done, but the seventh day is a Sabbath of complete rest, a day of sacred assembly. You must not do any work; wherever you live, it is a Sabbath to the LORD.

Leviticus 23:3, Berean Standard Bible

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The LORD is speaking to Moses, giving Israel the calendar of his appointed feasts, and he begins with the Sabbath that stands before and beneath all the others. Six days are for ordinary work, but the seventh is a shabbat shabbaton, a Sabbath of complete rest, a day of sacred assembly.

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