Leviticus 23:28
26 Again the LORD said to Moses,
27 “The tenth day of this seventh month is the Day of Atonement. You shall hold a sacred assembly and humble yourselves, and present an offering made by fire to the LORD.
On this day you are not to do any work, for it is the Day of Atonement, when atonement is made for you before the LORD your God.
29 If anyone does not humble himself on this day, he must be cut off from his people.
30 I will destroy from among his people anyone who does any work on this day.
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
- On this day you are not to do any work, for it is the Day of Atonement, when atonement is made for you before the LORD your God.
- KJV
- And ye shall do no work in that same day: for it is a day of atonement, to make an atonement for you before the LORD your God.
- WEB
- You shall do no kind of work in that same day, for it is a day of atonement, to make atonement for you before the LORD your God.
- ASV
- And ye shall do no manner of work in that same day; for it is a day of atonement, to make atonement for you before Jehovah your God.
- DARBY
- And ye shall do no manner of work on that same day; for it is a day of atonement, to make atonement for you before Jehovah your God.
- BLB
- And you⁺ shall not do any work on this same day. For it [is] the Day of Atonement, to make atonement upon you⁺ before the face of YHWH your⁺ God.
- ÅB
- Den dag skal dere ikke gjøre noe arbeid; for det er en sonings-dag; da skal det gjøres soning for dere for Herrens, deres Guds åsyn.
- OTB
- Dere skal ikke gjøre noe arbeid på den dagen, for det er soningsdagen, for å gjøre soning for dere for Herrens, deres Guds, åsyn.
- B1930
- Den dag skal I ikke gjøre noget arbeid; for det er en sonings-dag; da skal det gjøres soning for eder for Herrens, eders Guds åsyn.
Study notes (Tyndale)
Original text and word study
Cross references
Zechariah 3:9
See the stone I have set before Joshua; on that one stone are seven eyes. Behold, I will engrave on it an inscription, declares the LORD of Hosts, and I will remove the iniquity of this land in a single day.
Read in contextLeviticus 16:34
This is to be a permanent statute for you, to make atonement once a year for the Israelites because of all their sins.” And all this was done as the LORD had commanded Moses.
Read in contextRomans 5:10–11
For if, when we were enemies of God, we were reconciled to Him through the death of His Son, how much more, having been reconciled, shall we be saved through His life!
Read in contextHebrews 10:14
because by a single offering He has made perfect for all time those who are being sanctified.
Read in contextHebrews 9:26
Otherwise, Christ would have had to suffer repeatedly since the foundation of the world. But now He has appeared once for all at the end of the ages to do away with sin by the sacrifice of Himself.
Read in context1 John 2:2
He Himself is the atoning sacrifice for our sins, and not only for ours but also for the sins of the whole world.
Read in contextIsaiah 53:10
Yet it was the LORD’s will to crush Him and to cause Him to suffer; and when His soul is made a guilt offering, He will see His offspring, He will prolong His days, and the good pleasure of the LORD will prosper in His hand.
Read in contextHebrews 9:12
He did not enter by the blood of goats and calves, but He entered the Most Holy Place once for all by His own blood, thus securing eternal redemption.
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