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John Gill's Exposition on Leviticus 23:25

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Exposition of the Old and New Testament
John Gill (1697–1771) · 18th-century historical commentary
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Ye shall do no servile work [therein], etc.] Only such as was necessary for dressing food, but not any manual work, such as servants were employed in on other days, as agriculture or any mechanic business: but ye shall offer an offering made by fire unto the Lord; a burnt offering, and what that was may be seen in (<042901>Numbers 29:1-6).
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