Leviticus 23:26-32

The Day of Atonement

26 Then Yahweh spoke to Moses, saying,

27 "Surely the Day of Atonement [is] on the tenth [day] of the seventh month; it shall be a holy assembly for you, and you shall deny yourselves, and you shall present an offering made by fire to Yahweh.

28 And you must not do {any regular work} on {this very same day}, because it [is] the Day of Atonement to make atonement for you {before} Yahweh your God.

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."

Leviticus 23:26-32 Meaning and Commentary

INTRODUCTION TO LEVITICUS 23

In this chapter an account is given of the several holy days, times, and seasons, appointed by God, under the general names of feasts and holy convocations; and first of the sabbath, Le 23:1-4; then of the passover and feast of unleavened bread, Le 23:5-8; to which is annexed the sheaf of the firstfruits, Le 23:9-14; after that of the feast of weeks or pentecost, Le 23:15-22; and of the feast of trumpets, Le 23:23-25; and of the day of atonement, Le 23:26-32; and of the feast of tabernacles, Le 23:33-44.

Footnotes

• [a]. Or "And"
• [b]. Literally "all work of labor"
• [c]. Literally "the exactly of this day"
• [d]. Literally "to the faces of"
• [e]. Literally "the exactly of this day"
• [f]. Or "and"
• [g]. Or "And"
• [h]. Literally "the exactly of this day"
• [i]. Literally "a statute of eternity" or "a statute of long duration"
• [j]. Literally "a Sabbath of 'Sabbathation.'" "Sabbathation" is not a real word, but it is devised as an attempt to convey the sounds of the related nouns in the Hebrew phrase
• [k]. Supplied from the immediate context within this verse