Leviticus 16:31

It is a Sabbath of solemn rest to you, and ye shall afflict your souls. It is a statute forever.

A Conservative Version

In The King James Version

It shall be a sabbath of rest unto you, and ye shall afflict your souls, by a statute for ever.

In Context

30For on this day atonement shall be made for you, to cleanse you. Ye shall be clean from all your sins before LORD.

32And the priest, who shall be anointed and who shall be consecrated to be priest in his father's stead, shall make the atonement. And he shall put on the linen garments, even the holy garments,

Read all of Leviticus 16

Cross References

Exodus 31:15Six days shall work be done, but on the seventh day is a Sabbath of solemn rest, holy to LORD. Whoever does any work on the Sabbath day, he shall surely be put to death.

Leviticus 23:32It shall be to you a Sabbath of solemn rest, and ye shall afflict your souls. In the ninth day of the month at evening, from evening to evening, ye shall keep your Sabbath.

Isaiah 58:3Why have we fasted, [they say], and thou see not? We have afflicted our soul, and thou take no knowledge. Behold, in the day of your fast ye find pleasure, and exact from all your laborers.

Matthew Henry on Leviticus 16:30-34

29 And this shall be a statute for ever unto you: that in the seventh month, on the tenth day of the month, ye shall afflict your souls, and do no work at all, whether it be one of your own country, or a stranger that sojourneth among you: 30 For on that day shall the priest make an atonement for you, to cleanse you, that ye may be clean from all your sins before the Lord . 31 It shall be a sabbath of rest unto you, and ye shall afflict your souls, by a statute for ever. 32 And the priest, whom he shall anoint,… Read the whole commentary →

This Verse In Other Editions

Study Leviticus 16:31