Deuteronomy 16:8
What does Deuteronomy 16:8 mean?
A plain-English look at Deuteronomy 16:8 in WEB alongside six other public-domain English translations, with cross-references and chapter context.
Parallel translations
WEB
World English Bible · 2000Six 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.
KJV
King James Version · 1611Six 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.
ASV
American Standard Version · 1901Six 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.
BBE
Bible in Basic English · 1949For six days let your food be unleavened bread; and on the seventh day there is to be a holy meeting to the Lord your God; no work is to be done.
YLT
Young's Literal Translation · 1862six days thou dost eat unleavened things, and on the seventh day <FI>is<Fi> a restraint to Jehovah thy God; thou dost do no work.
DRA
Douay-Rheims (Challoner) · 1752Six days shalt thou eat unleavened bread: and on the seventh day, because it is the assembly of the Lord thy God, thou shalt do no work.
DBY
Darby Bible · 1890Six days thou shalt eat unleavened bread, and on the seventh day is a solemn assembly to Jehovah thyGod; thou shalt do no work.
Context
v.7And thou shalt roast and eat it in the place which Jehovah thy God shall choose: and thou shalt turn in the morning, and go unto thy tents.
v.8This passage
v.9Seven weeks shalt thou number unto thee: from the time thou beginnest to put the sickle to the standing grain shalt thou begin to number seven weeks.
Cross references
Related passages from across Scripture, drawn from the Treasury of Scripture Knowledge.
- Leviticus 23:6
And on the fifteenth day of the same month is the feast of unleavened bread unto Jehovah: seven days ye shall eat unleavened bread.
- Exodus 13:6
Seven days thou shalt eat unleavened bread, and in the seventh day shall be a feast to Jehovah.
- Leviticus 23:36
Seven days ye shall offer an offering made by fire unto Jehovah: on the eighth day shall be a holy convocation unto you; and ye shall offer an offering made by fire unto Jehovah: it is a solemn assembly; ye shall do no servile work.
- Numbers 28:17
And on the fifteenth day of this month shall be a feast: seven days shall unleavened bread be eaten.
- Exodus 12:15
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.
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