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The Book of Leviticus, Chapter 23, Verse 21

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And the priest shall wave them with the bread of the firstfruits [for] a wave offering before the LORD, with the two lambs: they shall be holy to the LORD for the priest.
King James Version
And ye shall proclaim on the selfsame day, [that] it may be an holy convocation unto you: ye shall do no servile work [therein: it shall be] a statute for ever in all your dwellings throughout your generations.
American Standard Version
And ye shall make proclamation on the selfsame day; there shall be a holy convocation unto you; ye shall do no servile work: it is a statute for ever in all your dwellings throughout your generations.
New English Translation
“‘On this very day you must proclaim an assembly; it is to be a holy assembly for you. You must not do any regular work. This is a perpetual statute in all the places where you live throughout your generations.
World English Bible
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.
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And when ye reap the harvest of your land, thou shalt not make clean riddance of the corners of thy field when thou reapest, neither shalt thou gather any gleaning of thy harvest: thou shalt leave them unto the poor, and to the stranger: I [am] the LORD your God.
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And the LORD spake unto Moses, saying,
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Speak unto the children of Israel, saying, In the seventh month, in the first [day] of the month, shall ye have a sabbath, a memorial of blowing of trumpets, an holy convocation.
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Ye shall do no servile work [therein]: but ye shall offer an offering made by fire unto the LORD.
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And the LORD spake unto Moses, saying,
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Also on the tenth [day] of this seventh month [there shall be] a day of atonement: it shall be an holy convocation unto you; and ye shall afflict your souls, and offer an offering made by fire unto the LORD.
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And ye shall do no work in that same day: for it [is] a day of atonement, to make an atonement for you before the LORD your God.
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For whatsoever soul [it be] that shall not be afflicted in that same day, he shall be cut off from among his people.
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And whatsoever soul [it be] that doeth any work in that same day, the same soul will I destroy from among his people.
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Ye shall do no manner of work: [it shall be] a statute for ever throughout your generations in all your dwellings.