Leviticus 16:29

And this shall be to you for an everlasting statute: in the seventh month, on the tenth day of the month, you shall afflict (humble) your souls, and do no work, whether the native-born or the stranger that dwelleth among you.

Targum Onkelos

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 who burned them must wash his clothes, and bathe his flesh with water, and may then enter into the camp.

30For on that day he shall make atonement for you, to cleanse you from all your sins, that you may be cleansed from all your sins before the Lord.

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Cross References

Exodus 12:16And on the first day there shall be an holy congregation, and on the seventh day an holy congregation shall there be to you. Every kind of work may not be done in them; save what pertains to the eating of every soul, that only may be done by you.

Exodus 30:10And Aharon shall atone upon its horns once in the year with the blood of the sin offering of the atonement, once in the year shall he atone upon it, unto your generations. It is holy of holiness before the Lord.

Leviticus 23:7In the first day you shall have a holy convocation; no laborious work shall you do;

Leviticus 23:27But on the tenth day of this seventh month shall be the Day of Atonement ( Yoma de Kippuraia, the Day of Expiations); a holy convocation you shall have, and afflict (or humble) your souls and offer the oblation before the Lord.

Leviticus 23:36Seven days you shall offer oblations before the Lord; on the eighth day you shall have a holy convocation, and offer an oblation before the Lord. You shall be gathered together; no work of labour may you do.

Numbers 29:7And on the tenth of this seventh month you shall have a holy convocation, and afflict your souls; you shall do no labour,

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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