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.

Deuteronomy 16:8

16:8 You must eat bread made without yeast for six days. The seventh day you are to hold an assembly for the Lord your God; you must not do any work on that day. ² 

Nehemiah 8:18

8:18 Ezra ³  read in the book of the law of God day by day, from the first day to the last. ⁴  They observed the festival for seven days, and on the eighth day they held an assembly ⁵  as was required. ⁶ 

Joel 1:14

1:14 Announce a holy fast; ⁷ 

proclaim a sacred assembly.

Gather the elders and ⁸  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 The words “on that day” are not in the Hebrew text; they are supplied in the translation for clarification (cf. TEV, NLT).

³ tn Heb “He”; the referent (Ezra) has been specified in the translation for clarity.

⁴ tn Heb “the last day.”

⁵ tn Heb “on the eighth day an assembly.” The words “they held” have been supplied in the translation for clarity.

⁶ tn Heb “according to the judgment.”

⁷ tn Heb “consecrate a fast” (so NASB).

⁸ tc The conjunction “and” does not appear in MT or LXX, but does appear in some Qumran texts (4QXII^c and 4QXII^g).