Leviticus 23:31

31 You must not do any work; [it is] a {lasting statute} throughout your generations in all your dwellings.

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 [there is] any person who does not deny [himself] on {this very same day}, then he shall be cut off from his people.

30 As for any person who does any work on {this very same day}, I will exterminate that person from the midst of his people.

31 You must not do any work; [it is] a {lasting statute} throughout your generations in all your dwellings.

32 It [is] {a Sabbath of complete rest} for you, and you shall deny yourselves on the ninth [day] of the month in the evening--from evening to evening you must observe your [extraordinary] Sabbath."

33 Then Yahweh spoke to Moses, saying,

Footnotes

• [a]. Literally "a statute of eternity" or "a statute of long duration"