It is a Sabbath of solemn rest to you, and you shall afflict your souls. It is a statute forever.
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It is a Sabbath of solemn rest to you, and you shall afflict your souls. It is a statute forever.
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It shall be a sabbath of rest unto you, and ye shall afflict your souls, by a statute for ever.
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It is a sabbath of solemn rest unto you, and ye shall afflict your souls; it is a statute for ever.
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Passages linked to Leviticus 16:31 in the Treasury of Scripture Knowledge, ordered by reader-vote popularity; verse text shown in World English Bible.
- Leviticus 23:32 It shall be a Sabbath of solemn rest for you, and you shall deny yourselves. In the ninth day of the month at evening, from evening to evening, you shall keep your Sabbath.”
- Isaiah 58:5 Is this the fast that I have chosen? A day for a man to humble his soul? Is it to bow down his head like a reed, and to spread sackcloth and ashes under himself? Will you call this a fast, and an acceptable day to Yahweh?
- Exodus 31:15 Six days shall work be done, but on the seventh day is a Sabbath of solemn rest, holy to Yahweh. Whoever does any work on the Sabbath day shall surely be put to death.
- Exodus 35:2 ‘Six days shall work be done, but on the seventh day there shall be a holy day for you, a Sabbath of solemn rest to Yahweh: whoever does any work in it shall be put to death.
- Leviticus 25:4 but in the seventh year there shall be a Sabbath of solemn rest for the land, a Sabbath to Yahweh. You shall not sow your field or prune your vineyard.
- Isaiah 58:3 ‘Why have we fasted,’ they say, ‘and you don’t see? Why have we afflicted our soul, and you don’t notice?’ “Behold, in the day of your fast you find pleasure, and oppress all your laborers.
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Geneva Bible translators 1599 · Public Domain Or a rest which ye shall keep most diligently.
Or a rest which ye shall keep most diligently.
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John Trapp 1656 · Public Domain Lev 16:31 It [shall be] a sabbath of rest…
Lev 16:31 It [shall be] a sabbath of rest unto you, and ye shall afflict your souls, by a statute for ever.
Ver. 31. It shall be a Sabbath of rest.] An exact and careful rest, such as is described in Isa 58:13, which place of the prophet some understand of this day of atonement, and yearly fast, spoken of in the beginning of that chapter.
John Trapp, A Commentary or Exposition upon All the Books of the Old and New Testament (1647–1656) — public domain. Text from a community e-Sword module.
Matthew Poole 1685 · Public Domain A sabbath of rest; observed as a sabbath day…
A sabbath of rest; observed as a sabbath day by cessation from all worldly and servile works, and diligent attendance upon God’s worship and service.
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John Gill 1763 · Public Domain And the priest whom he shall anoint,.... Whom God…
And the priest whom he shall anoint,.... Whom God shall anoint, or shall be anointed, that shall succeed in the high priesthood, as Aaron's sons did, the eldest of them, and none but such were anointed:
and whom he shall consecrate; or fill his hands, by putting the sacrifices into them; See Gill on Exo 28:41 andSee Gill on Exo 29:9, Exo 29:24; by which, and by anointing him, and clothing him with the priestly garments, he was consecrated and installed into his office, in order
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to minister in the priest's office, in his father's stead: a son of an high priest was always preferred to any other, and to him it of right belonged to succeed his father in his office: and such an one, thus consecrated,
shall make the atonement; on this day of atonement; not a common priest, but the high priest only; so Jarchi observes, this expiation of the day of atonement was not right but by an high priest; for the whole section is said concerning Aaron, and therefore it must needs be said of an high priest that comes after him, that should be as he was:
and shall put on the linen clothes, even the holy garments: that is, on the day of atonement; in which clothes all the service peculiar to that day, as it was done by Aaron, so it was to be done by all his successors.
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John Wesley 1765 · Public Domain A sabbath - Observed as a sabbath-day from all…
A sabbath - Observed as a sabbath-day from all servile works, and diligent attendance upon God's worship.
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Joseph Benson 1811 · Public Domain Lev 16:31. A sabbath — Observed as a sabbath…
Lev 16:31. A sabbath — Observed as a sabbath day, by cessation from all servile works, and in diligent attendance upon God’s worship.
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Haydock's Catholic Bible Commentary 1859 · Public Domain Of rest. Hebrew, "of sabbaths;" that is, a day…
CHAPTER XVI.
Of rest. Hebrew, "of sabbaths;" that is, a day of most perfect rest; so that even meat is not allowed to be dressed on it, as it is on other festivals, chap. xxiii. 27. (Calmet) --- Religion. Fasting is therefore an act of religion. (Du Hamel)
George Leo Haydock (1774–1849), Haydock's Catholic Family Bible and Commentary, 1859 edition — public domain. Excludes Psalms (Douay-Rheims chapter numbering differs from Protestant) and Deuterocanonical books (Catholic canon only).
Daniel D. Whedon 1874 · Public Domain 31. A sabbath of rest — This sabbath (shabbathon)…
31. A sabbath of rest — This sabbath (shabbathon) was a decalogue Sabbath only when the day of atonement fell on the seventh day of the week. See Lev_23:24, note, with concluding note (2) to the same.
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The Cambridge Bible for Schools and Colleges 1878 · Public Domain 31. a sabbath of solemn rest] Heb. shabbath shabbâthôn,…
31. a sabbath of solemn rest] Heb. shabbath shabbâthôn, here and Lev_23:32 of the Day of Atonement; Exo_31:15; Exo_35:2; Lev_23:3 of the sabbath; Lev_25:4 of the sabbatical year. Shabbâthôn is used of the first day of the seventh month, Lev_23:24, and of the first and eighth days of Tabernacles, Lev_23:39. In Exo_16:23 the order of the two Heb. words is inverted, with ref. to an ordinary sabbath, ‘a solemn rest, a holy sabbath.’
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Ellicott's Commentary for English Readers 1878 · Public Domain (31) It shall be a Sabbath of rest unto…
(31) It shall be a Sabbath of rest unto you.—Literally, a resting day of solemn resting, a Sabbath of Sabbaths, i.e., a day of complete and perfect rest. This phrase, which occurs six times in the Bible, is only applied to weekly Sabbaths (Exo_16:23; Exo_31:15; Exo_35:2; Lev_23:3), the Day of Atonement (Lev_16:31; Lev_23:32), and to the Sabbatical year, or the year of Jubilee (Lev_25:4), but not to the other festivals.
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The Pulpit Commentary 1880 · Public Domain "A sabbath of rest.
"A sabbath of rest.
"Ye shall afflict your souls." The true penitence is the true peace. The" sabbath" represents the joyful acceptance of the creature, and his entrance into the Divine satisfaction. The Lord rested, and he invites man to rest with him. Sin is the only obstacle to that reconciliation and fellowship which blends man"s sabbath with God"s sabbath. "Once a year" the Jews celebrated this restoration, to us a statute of daily life every day a sabbath. R.
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Tyndale Open Study Notes 2022 · CC BY-SA 4.0 16:31 The Day of Atonement was regarded as a…
16:31 The Day of Atonement was regarded as a Sabbath day. No one in the camp, Israelite or foreigner, was permitted to work (see 19:30).
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