Leviticus 16:31

It is a special Sabbath for you, and you are to keep yourselves from pleasure; it is an order for ever.

Bible in Basic English

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 your sin will be taken away and you will be clean: you will be made free from all your sins before the Lord.

32And the man on whose head the holy oil has been put, and who has been marked out to be a priest in his father's place, will do what is necessary to take away sin, and will put on the linen clothing, even the holy robes:

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Cross References

Exodus 31:15Six days may work be done, but the seventh day is a Sabbath of complete rest, holy to the Lord; whoever does any work on the Sabbath day is to be put to death.

Leviticus 23:32Let this be a Sabbath of special rest to you, and keep yourselves from all pleasure; on the ninth day of the month at nightfall from evening to evening, let this Sabbath be kept.

Isaiah 58:3They say, Why have we kept ourselves from food, and you do not see it? why have we kept ourselves from pleasure, and you take no note of it? If, in the days when you keep from food, you take the chance to do your business, and get in your debts;

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 →

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