In the Torah given through Mosheh (Moses) from Genesis (Be'reishiyt) to Deuteronomy (De'variym) which days in which we are commanded to not work are not specifically called either Shabbat, Shabbat Shabbatown, or in which we are told to have a Shabbatown?

Answer From The Annual Reading Schedule - Week 28 Notes For Leviticus: In Exodus 12:16, Leviticus 23:7-8, Numbers 28:18, Numbers 28:25, and Deuteronomy 16:8 we're commanded to not work on the 1st and 7th Days of the Feast of Unleavened Bread. In Leviticus 23:21 and Numbers 28:26 we're commanded to not work on the day of the Feast of Weeks (known also as Shavu'ot or Pentecost). However, in the Torah given through Mosheh (Moses), the 1st and 7th Days of the Feast of Unleavened Bread and the Feast of Weeks (known also as Shavu'ot or Pentecost) are not specifically called Shabbat, Shabbat Shabbatown, nor are we told to have a Shabbatown (in the Hebrew) on these days. None of these three words are used in the Hebrew of the Torah given through Mosheh to describe the 1st or 7th Days of the Feast of Unleavened bread or Feast of Weeks.

However, as one side note, in Luke 23:54 and John 19:31 in the Greek, the 1st day of the Feast of Unleavened Bread is called Sabbath.

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