Exegetical and Hermeneutical Commentary of Leviticus 23:35
On the first day [shall be] a holy convocation: ye shall do no servile work [therein].
On the first day [shall be] an holy convocation,…. When they should be called together to holy exercises, to prayer, praising, and reading the law; and at this present time they observe this day, by rising early in the morning and going to the synagogue, where they sing and pray much; and everyone takes a bundle of branches of palm tree, olive, c. in the right hand, and a pome citron in the left, and says, blessed be thou, O Lord our God, the Lord of the world, who has sanctified us by thy precepts, and hath commanded us to carry the palm tree bundle then they shake it, and give a great shout, according to
Ps 96:12; all which they frequently repeat on this day, as well as bring out the book of the law, attended with various ceremonies, and read some passages in it t:
ye shall do no servile work [therein]; as on the first and seventh days of unleavened bread, the day of Pentecost, and of the blowing of trumpets; but what was necessary for preparing and dressing food might be done.
t Buxtorf. ut supra. (Synagog. Jud. c. 21. p. 447.)
Fuente: John Gill’s Exposition of the Entire Bible
(35) on the first day shall be an holy convocation.At daybreak of this day one of the priests, accompanied by a jubilant procession and a band of music, went with a golden pitcher to the pool of Siloam, and having filled it with water, returned with it to the Temple in time to join his brother-priests in the morning sacrifices. He entered from the south through the water-gate, when he was welcomed by three blasts of the trumpets. He then ascended the steps of the altar with another priest, who carried a pitcher of wine for the drink offering. The two priests turned to the left of the altar, where two silver basins were fixed with holes at the bottom, and simultaneously poured into their respective basins the water and the wine in such a manner that both were emptied at the same time upon the base of the altar. This ceremony of drawing the water was repeated every morning during the seven days of the festival. Another jubilant multitude, who went outside Jerusalem at the same time to gather willows, now returned. With great rejoicings and amidst blasts of trumpets they carried the willows into the Temple, and placed them at the altar in such a manner that their tops overhung and formed a kind of canopy.
Ye shall do no servile work therein.For the difference between servile and necessary work see Lev. 23:7.
Fuente: Ellicott’s Commentary for English Readers (Old and New Testaments)
Moses here finisheth his commission, in relation to these feasts, somewhat like the apostle in after ages. 1Co 15:3 .
Fuente: Hawker’s Poor Man’s Commentary (Old and New Testaments)
servile = laborious.
Fuente: Companion Bible Notes, Appendices and Graphics
Lev 23:7, Lev 23:8, Lev 23:24, Lev 23:25
Reciprocal: Exo 12:16 – first day Num 28:25 – ye shall do Neh 10:31 – on the holy day