Exodus 12:16 — Bible Verse (KJV)
“And in the first day there shall be an holy convocation, and in the seventh day there shall be an holy convocation to you; no manner of work shall be done in them, save that which every man must eat, that only may be done of you.”
Exodus 12:16 — King James Version (KJV), 1611
Exodus 12:16 in 6 Bible Translations
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Exodus 12:16 WEB — World English Bible (2000)
“In the first day there shall be to you a holy convocation, and in the seventh day a holy convocation; no kind of work shall be done in them, except that which every man must eat, only that may be done by you.”
Exodus 12:16 — World English Bible
Exodus 12:16 ASV — American Standard Version (1901)
“And in the first day there shall be to you a holy convocation, and in the seventh day a holy convocation; no manner of work shall be done in them, save that which every man must eat, that only may be done by you. ”
Exodus 12:16 — American Standard Version
Exodus 12:16 YLT — Young's Literal Translation (1862)
“`And in the first day <FI>is<Fi> a holy convocation, and in the seventh day ye have a holy convocation; any work is not done in them, only that which is eaten by any person--it alone is done by you,”
Exodus 12:16 — Young's Literal Translation
Exodus 12:16 DBY — Darby Translation (1890)
“And on the first day ye shall have a holy convocation, and on the seventh day a holy convocation: no manner of work shall be done on them, save what is eaten by every person — that only shall be done by you. ”
Exodus 12:16 — Darby Translation
Exodus 12:16 GEN — Geneva Bible (1599)
“And in the first day shalbe an holie assemblie: also in the seuenth day shalbe an holy assemblie vnto you: no worke shalbe done in them, saue about that which euery man must eate: that onely may ye do.”
Exodus 12:16 — Geneva Bible
Exodus 12:16 in Context — Exodus 12
14 And this day shall be unto you for a memorial; and ye shall keep it a feast to the Lord throughout your generations; ye shall keep it a feast by an ordinance for ever.
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.
16 And in the first day there shall be an holy convocation, and in the seventh day there shall be an holy convocation to you; no manner of work shall be done in them, save that which every man must eat, that only may be done of you.
17 And ye shall observe the feast of unleavened bread; for in this selfsame day have I brought your armies out of the land of Egypt: therefore shall ye observe this day in your generations by an ordinance for ever.
18 In the first month, on the fourteenth day of the month at even, ye shall eat unleavened bread, until the one and twentieth day of the month at even.
What Does Exodus 12:16 Mean?
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