Leviticus 16:31 - Forerunner Commentary

Leviticus 16:31

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 16:31

<< Leviticus 16:30

Leviticus 16:32 >>

American Standard Version
It is a sabbath of solemn rest unto you, and ye shall afflict your souls; it is a statute for ever.

Amplified® Bible
It is a sabbath of [solemn] rest to you, and you shall afflict yourselves [by fasting with penitence and humiliation]; it is a statute forever.

Contemporary English Version
and from now on, it must be celebrated each year. Go without eating and make this a day of complete rest just like the Sabbath.

Darby English Version
A sabbath of rest shall it be unto you, and ye shall afflict your souls: [it is] an everlasting statute.

Good News Bible
That day is to be a very holy day, one on which they fast and do no work at all. These regulations are to be observed for all time to come.

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

New American Standard Bible
"It is to be a sabbath of solemn rest for you, that you may humble your souls; it is a permanent statute.

New International Version
It is a sabbath of rest, and you must deny yourselves; it is a lasting ordinance.

New King James Version
It is a sabbath of solemn rest for you, and you shall afflict your souls. It is a statute forever.

N.A.S.B. in E-Prime
" You shall regard it as a sabbath of solemn rest for you, that you may humble your souls; you shall keep this as a permanent statute.

Revised Standard Version
It is a sabbath of solemn rest to you, and you shall afflict yourselves; it is a statute for ever.

Young's Literal Translation
it `is' to you a sabbath of rest, and ye have humbled yourselves -- a statute age-during.

New English Translation
It is to be a Sabbath of complete rest for you, and you must humble yourselves.¹ It is a perpetual statute.²

<< Leviticus 16:30

Leviticus 16:32 >>