, on the eighth day shall be an holy convocation unto you; as on the first day; See Gill on Lev 23:35 , and ye shall offer an offering made by fire unto the Lord; which was different from that on all the other days, being one bullock only, &c. Num 29:35 , it is a solemn assembly; of all the people, when they were gathered together before the Lord. Some render the word used a "restraint" or "detention", and interpret it of restraining or detaining them from servile work, as in the next clause; so Aben Ezra and Gersom; but this sense seems to make that clause unnecessary and is never used elsewhere where that is: ye shall do no servile work therein; as on the first day; See Gill on Lev 23:35 .