God’s Word Translation
Leviticus 16:31
31This is the most important worship festival there is for you. You will humble yourselves. It is a permanent law.
Leviticus 16:31 in other versions
- King James Version (KJV)It shall be a sabbath of rest unto you, and ye shall afflict your souls, by a statute for ever.
- New International Version (NIV)It is a day of sabbath rest, and you must deny yourselves; it is a lasting ordinance.
- English Standard Version (ESV)It is a Sabbath of solemn rest to you, and you shall afflict yourselves; it is a statute forever.
- New King James Version (NKJV)It is a sabbath of solemn rest for you, and you shall afflict your souls. It is a statute forever.
Context of Leviticus 16:31
29“This will be a permanent law for you: On the tenth day of the seventh month both native Israelites and foreigners must humble themselves. They must do no work. 30On this day Aaron will make peace with the Lord to make you clean. Then you will be clean from all your sins in the Lord’s presence. This is the most important worship festival there is for you. You will humble yourselves. It is a permanent law. 32The priest who is anointed and ordained to serve as chief priest in his father’s place will pay for sins. He will put on the holy linen clothes 33and will make peace with the Lord at the holy place, the tent of meeting, and the altar. He will make peace with the Lord for the priests and all the worshipers.
Read all of Leviticus 16Leviticus 16:31 word by word
שַׁבַּ֨ת שַׁבָּת֥וֹן הִיא֙ לָכֶ֔ם וְעִנִּיתֶ֖ם אֶת־נַפְשֹׁתֵיכֶ֑ם חֻקַּ֖ת עוֹלָֽם׃Read the interlinear
Words taken from the KJV.
Cross-references for Leviticus 16:31
- Leviticus 23:32It is a day of rest, a day when you don’t work. Humble yourselves starting on the evening of the ninth day of the month. From that evening to the next, observe the day of rest as a holy day.”
- Leviticus 25:4However, the seventh year will be a festival year for the land. It will be a year to honor the Lord. Don’t plant crops in your fields or prune your vineyards.
- Exodus 31:15You may work for six days, but the seventh day is a day of rest—a holy day, a day when you don’t work. It is holy to the Lord. Whoever works on that day must be put to death.
- Exodus 35:2You may work for six days, but the seventh day is a holy day of rest, a day when you don’t work. It is dedicated to the Lord. Whoever does any work on this day should be put to death.
Commentaries on Leviticus 16:31
- Matthew Henry Concise Commentary · v. 15-34Verses 15-34 Here are typified the two great gospel privileges, of the remission of sin, and access to God, both of which we owe to our Lord Jesus. See the expiation of guilt. Christ is both the Maker and the Matter of the atonement; for he is the Priest, the High Priest, that makes reconciliation for the sins of the people. And as Christ is the High Priest, so he is the Sacrifice with which atonement is made; for he is all in all in our reconciliation to…Read the comment
- Tyndale Open Study Notes · v. 31The Israelites considered the day of atonement to be a Sabbath day. No one in the camp, whether Israelite or foreigner, could work (see Leviticus 19:30).Read the comment
- Jamieson–Fausset–Brown Commentary · v. 29-3429-34. this shall be a statute for ever unto you, that in the seventh month ye shall afflict your souls--This day of annual expiation for all the sins, irreverences, and impurities of all classes in Israel during the previous year, was to be observed as a solemn fast, in which "they were to afflict their souls"; it was reckoned a sabbath, kept as a season of "holy convocation," or, assembling for religious purposes. All persons who performed any labor…Read the comment
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Commentaries on Leviticus 16
- 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
- Seventh-day Adventist Bible Commentary
- EGW Writings
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