Leviticus 23:3

“Six days shall work be done, etc.] Or may be done by men, any sort of lawful work and honest labour, for the sustenance of themselves and families: but the seventh day [is] the sabbath of rest; from all bodily labour and work of any kind; typical of rest by Christ and in him: an holy convocation; when the people were called to holy exercises, to pray and praise, and hear the word, and offer sacrifice: ye shall do no work [therein]; not any at all, (see <023115>Exodus 31:15) (<023502>Exodus 35:2,3); it [is] the sabbath of the Lord in all your dwellings: other feasts were kept in the sanctuary, in the tabernacle or temple, or where they were; but this was not only observed there and in their…”

“Six days shall work be done: but the seventh day is the sabbath of rest--(See on Exo 20:8). The Sabbath has the precedence given to it, and it was to be "a holy convocation," observed by families "in their dwellings"; where practicable, by the people repairing to the door of the tabernacle; at later periods, by meeting in the schools of the prophets, and in synagogues.”

“The seventh day had been consecrated as the Sabbath of Yahweh, figuring His own rest; it was the acknowledged sign of the covenant between God and His people. See the Exodus 20:1-11 notes. As such it properly held its place at the head of the days of holy convocation. return to 'Top of Page'”

“Ye shall do no work therein - So it runs in the general for the sabbath day, and for the day of expiation, Lev 23:28, excluding all works about earthly employments whether of profit or of pleasure; but upon other feast days he forbids only servile works, as Lev 23:7, Lev 23:21, Lev 23:36, for surely this manifest difference in the expressions used by the wife God must needs imply a difference in the things. In all your dwellings - Other feasts, were to be kept before the Lord in Jerusalem only, whither all the males were to come for that end; but the sabbath was to be kept in all places, both in synagogues, and in their private houses. Leviticus 23:4”

“Lev 19:3; Exo 16:23, Exo 16:29, Exo 20:8-11, Exo 23:12, Exo 31:15, Exo 34:21, Exo 35:2, Exo 35:3; Deu 5:13; Isa 56:2, Isa 56:6, Isa 58:13; Luk 13:14, Luk 23:56; Act 15:21; Rev 1:10 Leviticus 23:4”

“At the head of these moadim stood the Sabbath, as the day which God had already sanctified as a day of rest for His people, by His own rest on the seventh creation-day ( Gen 2:3, cf. Exo 20:8-11). On שׁבּתון שׁבּת, see at Exo 31:15 and Exo 16:33. As a weekly returning day of rest, the observance of which had its foundation in the creative work of God, the Sabbath was distinguished from the yearly feasts, in which Israel commemorated the facts connected with its elevation into a people of God, and which were generally called "feasts of Jehovah" in the stricter sense, and as such were distinguished from the Sabbath ( Lev 23:37, Lev 23:38; Isa 1:13-14; Ch1 23:31; Ch2 31:3; Neh 10:34). This…”