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Leviticus 16:31

Rest and sabbath

29 And this shall be a statute for ever unto you: that in the seventh month, on the tenth day of the month, ye shall afflict your souls, and do no work at all, whether it be one of your own country, or a stranger that sojourneth among you:

30 For on that day shall the priest make an atonement for you, to cleanse you, that ye may be clean from all your sins before the LORD.

It shall be a sabbath of rest unto you, and ye shall afflict your souls, by a statute for ever.

32 And the priest, whom he shall anoint, and whom he shall consecrate to minister in the priest’s office in his father’s stead, shall make the atonement, and shall put on the linen clothes, even the holy garments:

33 And he shall make an atonement for the holy sanctuary, and he shall make an atonement for the tabernacle of the congregation, and for the altar, and he shall make an atonement for the priests, and for all the people of the congregation.

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This was said to Israel at a particular time, so it is wise to read it together with the surrounding text. Do read the surrounding verses too, because the context often says more than a single verse.

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BSB
It is a Sabbath of complete rest for you, that you may humble yourselves; it is a permanent statute.
KJV
It shall be a sabbath of rest unto you, and ye shall afflict your souls, by a statute for ever.
WEB
It is a Sabbath of solemn rest to you, and you shall afflict your souls. It is a statute forever.
ASV
It is a sabbath of solemn rest unto you, and ye shall afflict your souls; it is a statute for ever.
DARBY
A sabbath of rest shall it be unto you, and ye shall afflict your souls: [it is] an everlasting statute.
BLB
It [is] a Sabbath of complete rest for you⁺, and you⁺ shall afflict your⁺ souls; [it is] an everlasting statute.
ÅB
En høyhellig sabbat skal det være for dere, og da skal dere faste - det skal være en evig lov.
OTB
Det skal være en sabbat med høytidelig hvile, og dere skal ydmyke dere; det er en evig forskrift.
B1930
En høihellig sabbat skal det være for eder, og da skal I faste - det skal være en evig lov.

Study notes (Tyndale)

Original text and word study

Cross references

  • Leviticus 23:32

    It shall be unto you a sabbath of rest, and ye shall afflict your souls: in the ninth day of the month at even, from even unto even, shall ye celebrate your sabbath.

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  • Isaiah 58:5

    Is it such a fast that I have chosen? a day for a man to afflict his soul? is it to bow down his head as a bulrush, and to spread sackcloth and ashes under him? wilt thou call this a fast, and an acceptable day to the LORD?

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  • Leviticus 25:4

    But in the seventh year shall be a sabbath of rest unto the land, a sabbath for the LORD: thou shalt neither sow thy field, nor prune thy vineyard.

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  • Exodus 31:15

    Six days may work be done; but in the seventh is the sabbath of rest, holy to the LORD: whosoever doeth any work in the sabbath day, he shall surely be put to death.

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  • Exodus 35:2

    Six days shall work be done, but on the seventh day there shall be to you an holy day, a sabbath of rest to the LORD: whosoever doeth work therein shall be put to death.

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  • Isaiah 58:3

    Wherefore have we fasted, say they, and thou seest not? wherefore have we afflicted our soul, and thou takest no knowledge? Behold, in the day of your fast ye find pleasure, and exact all your labours.

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