Leviticus 16:29

And this shall be a chukkat olam (eternal decree) unto you: that in the Chodesh HaShevi'i, on the tenth day of the chodesh, ye shall afflict your nefashot, and do no melachah at all, whether it be ezrach (native) or the ger that sojourneth among you:

Orthodox Jewish Bible

In The King James Version

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:

In Context

28And he that burneth them shall immerse his garments, and immerse his basar in mayim, and afterward he shall come into the machaneh.

30For on that day shall the kohen make kapporah for you, to make you tahor, that ye may be tahor from all your chattot before Hashem.

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Cross References

Exodus 12:16And in the yom harishon there shall be a mikra kodesh, and in the yom hashevi'i there shall be a mikra kodesh to you; no manner of melachah shall be done in them, except that which every nefesh must eat, + 12:16 i.e., activity necessary for the preparation of food that only may be done of you.

Exodus 30:10And Aharon shall make kapporah upon the karenot of it once in a year with the dahm of the chattat hakippurim; once in the year shall he make kapporah upon it throughout your dorot; it is kodesh kodashim unto Hashem. + 30:10 See Lv 16 on this 1 [KI TISA]

Leviticus 23:7In the Yom HaRishon ye shall have a mikra kodesh; ye shall do no melekhet avodah therein.

Leviticus 23:27Also on the tenth day of this seventh month there shall be Yom Kippurim; it shall be a mikra kodesh unto you; and ye shall afflict your nefashot, and offer an offering made by eish unto Hashem.

Leviticus 23:36Shivat yamim ye shall offer an offering made by eish unto Hashem; on the eighth day shall be a mikra kodesh unto you; and ye shall offer an offering made by eish unto Hashem; it is an atzeret (assembly); and ye shall do no melekhet avodah therein.

Numbers 29:7And ye shall have on the tenth day (i.e, Yom Kippur) of this seventh month + 29:7 i.e., Tishri a mikra kodesh (holy convocation); and ye shall afflict your nefashot; ye shall not do any melachah therein;

Matthew Henry on Leviticus 16:21-29

20 And when he hath made an end of reconciling the holy place, and the tabernacle of the congregation, and the altar, he shall bring the live goat: 21 And Aaron shall lay both his hands upon the head of the live goat, and confess over him all the iniquities of the children of Israel, and all their transgressions in all their sins, putting them upon the head of the goat, and shall send him away by the hand of a fit man into the wilderness: 22 And the goat shall bear upon him all their iniquities unto a land not… Read the whole commentary →

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