Leviticus 23:28

Leviticus 23:28 in other versions

• King James Version (KJV)And ye shall do no work in that same day: for it is a day of atonement, to make an atonement for you before the Lord your God.
• New International Version (NIV)Do not do any work on that day, because it is the Day of Atonement, when atonement is made for you before the Lord your God.
• English Standard Version (ESV)And you shall not do any work on that very day, for it is a Day of Atonement, to make atonement for you before the Lord your God.
• New King James Version (NKJV)And you shall do no work on that same day, for it is the Day of Atonement, to make atonement for you before the Lord your God.

Context of Leviticus 23:28

26The Lord said to Moses, 27‘The tenth day of the seventh month is the Day of Atonement. On that day, the people must come together. They must not eat any food. They must make an offering of food to the Lord. They must not do any work. It is a holy day. On this special day, the leader of the priests must come near to the Lord. He will make atonement for the sins of the people. 29You must punish any person who eats any food on that day. Send them away from my people. 30I will kill any person who works on that day.

Leviticus 23:28 word by word

וְכָל־מְלָאכָה֙ לֹ֣א תַעֲשׂ֔וּ בְּעֶ֖צֶם הַיּ֣וֹם הַזֶּ֑ה כִּ֣י י֤וֹם כִּפֻּרִים֙ ה֔וּא לְכַפֵּ֣ר עֲלֵיכֶ֔ם לִפְנֵ֖י יְהוָ֥ה אֱלֹהֵיכֶֽם׃Read the interlinear

Words taken from the KJV.

• And ye shall doעָשָׂה‛âώâh · to make: doH6213
• no workמְלָאכָהmelâ'kâh · workH4399
• in that sameעֶ֫צֶם‛etsem · bone: sameH6106
• dayיוֹםyôm · dayH3117
• of atonementכִּפֻּרִיםkippûr · atonementH3725
• to make an atonementכִּפֶּרkâphar · to atoneH3722
• for you beforeפָּנֶהpânîym · face: beforeH6440
• the Lordיְהֹוָהyehôvâh · LORDH3068
• your Godאֱלֹהִים'ĕlôhîym · GodH430

Cross-references for Leviticus 23:28

• Leviticus 16:34He will make atonement for all the Israelites' sins once every year. This rule is for now and for all time.’ The people did everything in the way that the Lord had commanded Moses.
• Isaiah 53:10But it was the Lord who chose to hurt his servant. He caused his servant to receive much pain. His servant died to remove people's guilt. As a result, God will bless him with many descendants, and he will have a long life. What the Lord wants will happen, because of what his servant does.
• Daniel 9:24God has decided the time of punishment for your people and your holy city. It will continue for 70 weeks. That will finish the punishment for their sins. The people will no longer turn against God. They will have paid the price for their sins. God will cause them to live for ever in a way that is right. God will show that the visions and messages of the prophets are true. The Most Holy Place will belong to God again.
• Zechariah 3:9See the stone that I have put in front of Joshua! It is a stone with seven sides and I will cut words in the stone”, says the Lord Almighty. “I will remove the sin of this country's people in one day.”
• Romans 5:10While we were still God's enemies, God's Son died on our behalf. As a result, we became God's friends. So, now that we are God's friends, his Son will certainly save us. Christ will save us because he is alive again.
• Hebrews 9:12Christ went into the Most Holy Place on our behalf. He did this once, for all time. He did not take with him the blood of goats or young cows when he went in there. Instead, he took the blood of his own death to offer to God. In that way, he made us free from sin for ever.
• Hebrews 10:10Jesus Christ was ready to do what God wanted. He offered his own body to God once, for all time. Because of Christ's sacrifice, God has made us clean so that we belong to him.
• 1 John 2:2Jesus died as a sacrifice to take the punishment for our sin. Then God could forgive us. Jesus did that not only for us. He did it for all people in the world, so that God could forgive them for their sins.
• 1 John 4:10This shows what love is: It is not that we have loved God, but that he loved us. He loved us so much that he sent his Son to save us from sin. He sent Jesus to die as a sacrifice, to take the punishment for our sins.
• 1 John 5:6Jesus Christ is the man that God sent into the world. John baptized Jesus in water. When Jesus died, his blood poured out. God showed that Jesus is his Son with the water and with the blood. It was not only with the water of Jesus' baptism. It was also with the blood of his death. God's Holy Spirit also shows us that Jesus is God's Son. The Holy Spirit always says what is true.

Commentaries on Leviticus 23:28

• Adam Clarke Bible Commentary · v. 28A day of atonement - See the note on Leviticus 16:2, etc., where this subject is largely explained.Read the comment
• Matthew Henry Concise Commentary · v. 23-32Verses 23-32 the blowing of trumpets represented the preaching of the gospel, by which men are called to repent of sin, and to accept the salvation of Christ, which was signified by the day of atonement. Also it invited to rejoice in God, and become strangers and pilgrims on earth, which was denoted by the feast of Tabernacles, observed in the same month. At the beginning of the year, they were called by this sound of trumpet to shake off spiritual…Read the comment
• Jamieson–Fausset–Brown Commentary · v. 27-3227-32. there shall be a day of atonement ... and ye shall afflict your souls--an unusual festival, at which the sins of the whole year were expiated. (See Le 16:29-34). It is here only stated that the severest penalty was incurred by the violation of this day.Read the comment

Topics related to Leviticus 23:28

• Atonement
• Ethanim
• Humiliation and Self-Affliction
• Impenitence
• Offerings
• Rest
• Sabbath
• Sanitation
• Seven

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Commentaries on Leviticus 23

• Adam Clarke Bible Commentary
• Barnes’ Notes on the Bible
• Matthew Henry Concise Commentary
• Tyndale Open Study Notes
• Jamieson–Fausset–Brown Commentary
• Rashi on Tanakh
• Calvin’s Commentaries
• Keil & Delitzsch Commentary
• John Wesley’s Notes
• Darby Translation Notes
• Geneva Bible Translation Notes
• Kingcomments
• Matthew Henry’s Complete Commentary
• Matthew Henry’s Modern English Commentary
• Scofield Reference Notes, 1917 Edition
• Original Douay–Rheims Annotations
• Seventh-day Adventist Bible Commentary
• EGW Writings