Subject: [ETI Informal All 1AD.05.04.05] Only the First and Eighth Days of Tabernacles are Sabbaths
From: "James Robertson @ JAR&A" <[email-masked]>
To: "Lists @ ETI Min" <[email-masked]>
Date: Wed, 20 Apr 2005 19:42:09 +0200

Greetings

Further to the previous email, i note that Leviticus 23:34-36 states:

"34 Speak unto the children of Israel, saying, The fifteenth day of this seventh month shall be the feast of tabernacles for seven days unto Yah the eternally self existing {the LORD}.
35 On the first day shall be an holy convocation: ye shall do no servile work therein.
36 Seven days ye shall offer an offering made by fire unto Yah the eternally self existing {the LORD}: on the eighth day shall be an holy convocation unto you; and ye shall offer an offering made by fire unto Yah the eternally self existing {the LORD} it is a solemn assembly; and ye shall do no servile work therein. (KJV, names adjusted)

It appears that only the first and eighth days are Sabbaths.

However, as with the feast of unleavened bread there is a requirement for the males to appear before Yah the eternally self existing and Zechariah 14:19 states:

"19 This shall be the punishment of Egypt, and the punishment of all nations that come not up to keep the feast of tabernacles." (KJV)

It seems to me that if one is away from home to observe the feast one is not able to work.

I would value comment on whether it is acceptable to undertake secular work during the remaining days of both the Feast of Unleavened Bread and the Feast of Tabernacles.

Warm regards and blessings

James Robertson