Leviticus 23:27

Leviticus 23:27 in other versions

• King James Version (KJV)Also on the tenth day of this seventh month there shall be a day of atonement: it shall be an holy convocation unto you; and ye shall afflict your souls, and offer an offering made by fire unto the Lord.
• New International Version (NIV)“The tenth day of this seventh month is the Day of Atonement. Hold a sacred assembly and deny yourselves, and present a food offering to the Lord.
• English Standard Version (ESV)"Now on the tenth day of this seventh month is the Day of Atonement. It shall be for you a time of holy convocation, and you shall afflict yourselves and present a food offering to the Lord.
• New King James Version (NKJV)“Also the tenth day of this seventh month shall be the Day of Atonement. It shall be a holy convocation for you; you shall afflict your souls, and offer an offering made by fire to the Lord.

Context of Leviticus 23:27

25Don’t do any regular work. Bring a sacrifice by fire to the Lord.” 26The Lord spoke to Moses, “In addition, the tenth day of this seventh month is a special day for the payment for sins. There will be a holy assembly. Humble yourselves, and bring the Lord a sacrifice by fire. 28Don’t do any work that day. It is a special day for the payment for sins. It is a time when you make peace with the Lord your God. 29Those who do not humble themselves on that day will be excluded from the people.

Leviticus 23:27 word by word

אַ֡ךְ בֶּעָשׂ֣וֹר לַחֹדֶשׁ֩ הַשְּׁבִיעִ֨י הַזֶּ֜ה י֧וֹם הַכִּפֻּרִ֣ים ה֗וּא מִֽקְרָא־קֹ֙דֶשׁ֙ יִהְיֶ֣ה לָכֶ֔ם וְעִנִּיתֶ֖ם אֶת־נַפְשֹׁתֵיכֶ֑ם וְהִקְרַבְתֶּ֥ם אִשֶּׁ֖ה לַיהוָֽה׃Read the interlinear

Words taken from the KJV.

• Alsoאַךְ'ak · surelyH389
• on the tenthעָשׂוֹר‛âώôr ‛âώôr · tenH6218
• of this seventhשְׁבִיעִיshebîy‛îy shebi‛îy · seventhH7637
• monthחֹ֫דֶשׁchôdesh · monthH2320
• a dayיוֹםyôm · dayH3117
• of atonementכִּפֻּרִיםkippûr · atonementH3725
• it shall be an holyקֹ֫דֶשׁqôdesh · holinessH6944
• convocationמִקְרָאmiqrâ' · assemblyH4744
• unto you; and ye shall afflictעָנָה‛ânâh · to afflictH6031
• your soulsנֶ֫פֶשׁnephesh · soul: myselfH5315
• and offerקָרַבqârab · to present: bringH7126
• an offering made by fireאִשֶּׁה'ishshâh · food offeringH801
• unto the Lordיְהֹוָהyehôvâh · LORDH3068

Cross-references for Leviticus 23:27

• Leviticus 16:29“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.
• Leviticus 25:9On the tenth day of the seventh month, the special day for the payment for sin, sound rams’ horns throughout the country.
• Numbers 29:7“On the tenth day of the seventh month you must have a holy assembly. You must humble yourselves. You must not do any work.
• Leviticus 16:31This is the most important worship festival there is for you. You will humble yourselves. It is a permanent law.
• Ezra 8:21Then I announced a fast there at the Ahava River so that we might humble ourselves in the presence of our God to ask him for a safe journey for ourselves, for our little ones, and for all our goods.
• Psalms 35:13But when they were sick, I wore sackcloth. I humbled myself with fasting. When my prayer returned unanswered,
• Isaiah 58:5Is this the kind of fasting I have chosen? Should people humble themselves for ⌞only⌟ a day? Is fasting just bowing your head like a cattail and making your bed from sackcloth and ashes? Is this what you call fasting? Is this an acceptable day to the Lord?
• Daniel 10:2During those days I, Daniel, mourned for three whole weeks.
• Zechariah 12:10“I will pour out the Spirit of blessing and mercy on David’s family and on those who live in Jerusalem. They will look at me, whom they have stabbed. Then they will mourn for him as one mourns for an only son, and they will cry bitterly for him as one cries for a firstborn son.
• Acts 2:37When the people heard this, they were deeply upset. They asked Peter and the other apostles, “Brothers, what should we do?”
• 2 Corinthians 7:10In fact, to be distressed in a godly way causes people to change the way they think and act and leads them to be saved. No one can regret that. But the distress that the world causes brings only death.
• James 4:9Be miserable, mourn, and cry. Turn your laughter into mourning and your joy into gloom.
• Leviticus 16:11“Aaron will bring the bull. He will then slaughter it as his own offering for sin. By doing this he will make peace with the Lord for himself and his family.

Commentaries on Leviticus 23:27

• Barnes’ Notes on the Bible · v. 27Also - Surely. On the special rites of the day, the tenth of Tisri, that is from the evening of the ninth day of the month to that of the tenth Leviticus 23:32, see Leviticus 16.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
• Tyndale Open Study Notes · v. 27The Day of Atonement was the most serious and holy day in the Israelite calendar and the only day of fasting (chapter Leviticus 16). The high priest atoned for the people's collective sin. This gave the theological basis (the main teaching and reason) for the greater atonement made by Jesus Christ (Hebrews 9:11–12).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 23:27

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

In the dictionaries

• Day of Atonement
• Atonement, Day of
• Celebrate
• Convocation
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• Fast
• Festivals, Religious
• Mourn
• Riddance
• Atonement, Day of

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