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Leviticus 23:27-32

“However on the tenth day of this seventh month is the day of atonement. It shall be a holy convocation to you. You shall afflict yourselves and you shall offer an offering made by fire to Yahweh. You shall do no kind of work in that same day, for it is a day of atonement, to make atonement for you before Yahweh your God. For whoever it is who shall not deny himself in that same day shall be cut off from his people. Whoever does any kind of work in that same day, I will destroy that person from among his people. You shall do no kind of work: it is a statute forever throughout your generations in all your dwellings. 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.”

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Yahweh spoke to Moses, saying, “However on the tenth day of this seventh month is the day of atonement. It shall be a holy convocation to you. You shall afflict yourselves and you shall offer an offering made by fire to Yahweh. You shall do no kind of work in that same day, for it is a day of atonement, to make atonement for you before Yahweh your God. For whoever it is who shall not deny himself in that same day shall be cut off from his people. Whoever does any kind of work in that same day, I will destroy that person from among his people. You shall do no kind of work: it is a statute forever throughout your generations in all your dwellings. 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.”

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  • WEB World English Bible

    “However on the tenth day of this seventh month is the day of atonement. It shall be a holy convocation to you. You shall afflict yourselves and you shall offer an offering made by fire to Yahweh.

    You shall do no kind of work in that same day, for it is a day of atonement, to make atonement for you before Yahweh your God.

    For whoever it is who shall not deny himself in that same day shall be cut off from his people.

    Whoever does any kind of work in that same day, I will destroy that person from among his people.

    You shall do no kind of work: it is a statute forever throughout your generations in all your dwellings.

    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.”

  • KJV King James Version

    Also on the tenth day of this seventh month there shall be a day of atonement: it shall be an holy convocation unto you; and ye shall afflict your souls, and offer an offering made by fire unto the LORD.

    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.

    For whatsoever soul it be that shall not be afflicted in that same day, he shall be cut off from among his people.

    And whatsoever soul it be that doeth any work in that same day, the same soul will I destroy from among his people.

    Ye shall do no manner of work: it shall be a statute for ever throughout your generations in all your dwellings.

    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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  • JPS JPS Tanakh (1917)

    Howbeit on the tenth day of this seventh month is the day of atonement; there shall be a holy convocation unto you, and ye shall afflict your souls; and ye shall bring an offering made by fire unto the LORD.

    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 the LORD your God.

    For whatsoever soul it be that shall not be afflicted in that same day, he shall be cut off from his people.

    And whatsoever soul it be that doeth any manner of work in that same day, that soul will I destroy from among his people.

    Ye shall do no manner of work; it is a statute for ever throughout your generations in all your dwellings.

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

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  • Exodus 30:10 (v27) Aaron shall make atonement on its horns once in the year; with the blood of the sin offering of atonement once in the year he shall make…
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  • Leviticus 16:15 (v27) “Then he shall kill the goat of the sin offering that is for the people, and bring his blood within the veil, and do with his blood as he…
  • Numbers 29:7-11 (v27) “ ‘On the tenth day of this seventh month you shall have a holy convocation. You shall afflict your souls. You shall do no kind of work;…
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  • Isaiah 22:12 (v29) In that day, the Lord, Yahweh of Armies, called to weeping, to mourning, to baldness, and to dressing in sackcloth;
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  • 1 Corinthians 3:17 (v30) If anyone destroys God’s temple, God will destroy him; for God’s temple is holy, which you are.
  • 1 Corinthians 11:31 (v32) For if we discerned ourselves, we wouldn’t be judged.
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  • Hebrews 4:11 (v32) Let’s therefore give diligence to enter into that rest, lest anyone fall after the same example of disobedience.
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  • Hebrews 10:10 (v28) by which will we have been sanctified through the offering of the body of Jesus Christ once for all.
  • Hebrews 10:14 (v28) For by one offering he has perfected forever those who are being sanctified.
  • 1 John 2:2 (v28) And he is the atoning sacrifice for our sins, and not for ours only, but also for the whole world.
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Geneva Bible translators 1599 · Public Domain On vv27, 32 By fasting and prayer.

By fasting and prayer.

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John Trapp 1656 · Public Domain On v27 Lev 23:27 Also on the tenth [day] of this…
Matthew Poole 1685 · Public Domain On vv27, 29, 32 Ye shall afflict your souls, with fasting, and bitter…
John Gill 1763 · Public Domain On vv27–32 Also on the tenth day of this seventh month,....…
John Wesley 1765 · Public Domain On vv27, 28, 32 Afflict your souls - With fasting, and bitter repentance…
Adam Clarke 1810 · Public Domain On v28 Verse 28. A day of atonement] See Clarke on…
Joseph Benson 1811 · Public Domain On vv27, 29, 31, 32 Lev 23:27. Afflict your souls — With fasting and…
Albert Barnes 1834 · Public Domain On v27 Also - Surely. On the special rites of the…
Haydock's Catholic Bible Commentary 1859 · Public Domain On vv27, 28, 29, 32
Robert Jamieson, A. R. Fausset & David Brown 1871 · Public Domain On v27 there shall be a day of atonement . .…
Daniel D. Whedon 1874 · Public Domain On v29 29. He shall be cut off — He shall…
The Cambridge Bible for Schools and Colleges 1878 · Public Domain On v32 32. from even unto even] i.e. from sunset to…
Ellicott's Commentary for English Readers 1878 · Public Domain On vv27–32 (27) Also on the tenth.—See Lev_16:29.
C. I. Scofield 1917 · Public Domain On v27 The day of Atonement, Lev 23:26-32. The day is…
unfoldingWord translationNotes 2017 · CC BY-SA 4.0 On vv28, 30 Connecting Statement:
Tyndale Open Study Notes 2022 · CC BY-SA 4.0 On vv27, 29 23:27 The Day of Atonement was the most solemn…
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