And you shall proclaim on the same day, that it may be a holy convocation unto you: you shall do no regular work on it: it shall be a statute forever in all your dwellings throughout your generations.
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George Leo Haydock
AD 1849
Most holy. Hebrew, "a holy convocation. "(Haydock)
It is generally supposed that it had an octave, though the Scripture says nothing of it.