Leviticus 23:36

23:36 For seven days you must present a gift to the Lord. On the eighth day there is to be a holy assembly for you, and you must present a gift to the Lord. It is a solemn assembly day; ¹  you must not do any regular work.

Leviticus 23:2

23:2 “Speak to the Israelites and tell them, ‘These are the Lord’s appointed times which you must proclaim as holy assemblies – my appointed times: ² 

Leviticus 7:9

7:9 Every grain offering which is baked in the oven or ³  made in the pan ⁴  or on the griddle belongs to the priest who presented it.

Nehemiah 8:18

8:18 Ezra ⁵  read in the book of the law of God day by day, from the first day to the last. ⁶  They observed the festival for seven days, and on the eighth day they held an assembly ⁷  as was required. ⁸ 

Joel 1:14

1:14 Announce a holy fast; ⁹ 

proclaim a sacred assembly.

Gather the elders and ¹⁰  all the inhabitants of the land

to the temple of the Lord your God,

and cry out to the Lord.

¹ tn The Hebrew term עֲצֶרֶת (’atseret) “solemn assembly [day]” derives from a root associated with restraint or closure. It could refer either to the last day as “closing assembly” day of the festival (e.g., NIV) or a special day of restraint expressed in a “solemn assembly” (e.g., NRSV); cf. NLT “a solemn closing assembly.”

² tn Heb “these are them, my appointed times.”

³ tn Heb “and” rather than “or” (cf. also the next “or”).

⁴ tn Heb “and all made in the pan”; cf. KJV “fryingpan”; NAB “deep-fried in a pot.”

⁵ tn Heb “He”; the referent (Ezra) has been specified in the translation for clarity.

⁶ tn Heb “the last day.”

⁷ tn Heb “on the eighth day an assembly.” The words “they held” have been supplied in the translation for clarity.

⁸ tn Heb “according to the judgment.”

⁹ tn Heb “consecrate a fast” (so NASB).

¹⁰ tc The conjunction “and” does not appear in MT or LXX, but does appear in some Qumran texts (4QXII^c and 4QXII^g).