23:3 “‘Six days work may be done, but on the seventh day there must be a Sabbath of complete rest,1 a holy assembly. You must not do any work; it is a Sabbath to the Lord in all the places where you live.
[23:3]1tn This is a superlative expression, emphasizing the full and all inclusive rest of the Sabbath and certain festival times throughout the chapter (see B. A. Levine, Leviticus [JPSTC], 155). Cf. ASV “a sabbath of solemn rest.”
