On the first day there is to be a sacred assembly; you must not do any regular work.
The first day of the feast is a sacred assembly, and regular work is forbidden. The festival begins with gathered holiness and rest.
It marks the opening day as a day set apart.
16The fourteenth day of the first month is the LORD’s Passover. 17On the fifteenth day of this month, there shall be a feast; for seven days unleavened bread is to be eaten. 18On the first day there is to be a sacred assembly; you must not do any regular work. 19Present to the LORD a food offering, a burnt offering of two young bulls, one ram, and seven male lambs a year old, all unblemished. 20The grain offering shall consist of fine flour mixed with oil; offer three-tenths of an ephah with each bull, two-tenths of an ephah with the ram, 21and a tenth of an ephah with each of the seven lambs. 22Include one male goat as a sin offering to make atonement for you. 23You are to present these in addition to the regular morning burnt offering. 24Offer the same food each day for seven days as a food offering, a pleasing aroma to the LORD. It is to be offered with its drink offering and the regular burnt offering. 25On the seventh day you shall hold a sacred assembly; you must not do any regular work.