Leviticus 23:31

31 You are not to do any work. This is a permanent statute throughout your generations wherever you live.

Leviticus 23:31 Meaning and Commentary

Leviticus 23:31

Ye shall do no manner of work
Which is repeated, that it might be observed, and to show how strictly God required this day should be kept, and how careful men should be of breaking the command in this respect, and how much he should resent it if they did:

[it shall be] a statute for ever, throughout your generations, in all
your dwellings;
unto the coming of the Messiah, who, by the atoning sacrifice of himself, would answer to this law, and put an end to it.

Leviticus 23:31 In-Context

29 If any person does not practice self-denial on this particular day, he must be cut off from his people.

30 I will destroy among his people anyone who does any work on this same day.

31 You are not to do any work. This is a permanent statute throughout your generations wherever you live.

32 It will be a Sabbath of complete rest for you, and you must practice self-denial. You are to observe your Sabbath from the evening of the ninth [day] of the month until the [following] evening."

33 The Lord spoke to Moses: