Leviticus 16:29 - Forerunner Commentary

Leviticus 16:29

27 ^aThe bull for the sin offering and the goat for the sin offering, whose blood was brought in to make atonement in the Holy Place, shall be carried outside the camp. And they shall burn in the fire their skins, their flesh, and their offal.

28 Then he who burns them shall wash his clothes and bathe his body in water, and afterward he may come into the camp.

29 “This shall be a statute forever for you: ^aIn the seventh month, on the tenth day of the month, you shall¹ afflict your souls, and do no work at all, whether a native of your own country or a stranger who² dwells among you.

30 For on that day the priest shall make¹ atonement for you, to ^acleanse you, that you may be clean from all your sins before the Lord.

31 ^aIt is a sabbath of solemn rest for you, and you shall afflict your souls. It is a statute forever.

32 ^aAnd the priest, who is anointed and ^bconsecrated to minister as priest in his father’s place, shall make atonement, and put on the linen clothes, the holy garments;

33 then he shall make atonement for² the Holy Sanctuary, and he shall make atonement for the tabernacle of meeting and for the altar, and he shall make atonement for the priests and for all the people of the assembly.

34 ^aThis shall be an everlasting statute for you, to make atonement for the children of Israel, for all their sins, ^bonce a year.” And he did as the Lord commanded Moses.

Verse Comparison: Leviticus 16:29

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American Standard Version
And it shall be a statute for ever unto you: in the seventh month, on the tenth day of the month, ye shall afflict your souls, and shall do no manner of work, the home-born, or the stranger that sojourneth among you:

Amplified® Bible
It shall be a statute to you forever that in the seventh month [nearly October] on the tenth day of the month you shall afflict yourselves [by fasting with penitence and humiliation] and do no work at all, either the native-born or the stranger who dwells temporarily among you.

Contemporary English Version
On the tenth day of the seventh month of each year, you must go without eating to show sorrow for your sins, and no one, including foreigners who live among you, is allowed to work.

Darby English Version
And this shall be an everlasting statute unto you. In the seventh month, on the tenth of the month, ye shall afflict your souls, and do no work at all, the home-born, and the stranger that sojourneth among you;

Good News Bible
The following regulations are to be observed for all time to come. On the tenth day of the seventh month the Israelites and the foreigners living among them must fast and must not do any work.

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:

New American Standard Bible
"{This} shall be a permanent statute for you: in the seventh month, on the tenth day of the month, you shall humble your souls and not do any work, whether the native, or the alien who sojourns among you;

New International Version
"This is to be a lasting ordinance for you: On the tenth day of the seventh month you must deny yourselves and not do any work—whether native-born or an alien living among you-

New King James Version
"This shall be a statute forever for you: In the seventh month, on the tenth day of the month, you shall afflict your souls, and do no work at all, whether a native of your own country or a stranger who dwells among you.

N.A.S.B. in E-Prime
"You shall keep this as a permanent statute for you: in the seventh month, on the tenth day of the month, you shall humble your souls and not do any work, whether the native, or the alien who sojourns among you;

Revised Standard Version
"And it shall be a statute to you for ever that in the seventh month, on the tenth day of the month, you shall afflict yourselves, and shall do no work, either the native or the stranger who sojourns among you;

Young's Literal Translation
`And it hath been to you for a statute age-during, in the seventh month, in the tenth of the month, ye humble yourselves, and do no work -- the native, and the sojourner who is sojourning in your midst;

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