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 spoke to Moses, 27“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. Don’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. 30I will kill those who do any work 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 16:34“This permanent law tells you how to make peace with the Lord once a year for all the sins the Israelites committed.” Aaron did as the Lord had commanded Moses.
• Isaiah 53:10Yet, it was the Lord’s will to crush him with suffering. When the Lord has made his life a sacrifice for our wrongdoings, he will see his descendants for many days. The will of the Lord will succeed through him.
• Daniel 9:24“Seventy sets of seven time periods have been assigned for your people and your holy city. These time periods will serve to bring an end to rebellion, to stop sin, to forgive wrongs, to usher in everlasting righteousness, to put a seal on a prophet’s vision, and to anoint the Most Holy One.
• Zechariah 3:9“Look at the stone I have set in front of Joshua. That one stone has seven eyes. I am engraving an inscription on it,” declares the Lord of Armies. “I will remove this land’s sin in a single day.
• Romans 5:10If the death of his Son restored our relationship with God while we were still his enemies, we are even more certain that, because of this restored relationship, the life of his Son will save us.
• Hebrews 9:12He used his own blood, not the blood of goats and bulls, for the sacrifice. He went into the most holy place and offered this sacrifice once and for all to free us forever.
• Hebrews 10:10We have been set apart as holy because Jesus Christ did what God wanted him to do by sacrificing his body once and for all.
• 1 John 2:2He is the payment for our sins, and not only for our sins, but also for the sins of the whole world.
• 1 John 4:10This is love: not that we have loved God, but that he loved us and sent his Son to be the payment for our sins.
• 1 John 5:6This Son of God is Jesus Christ, who came by water and blood. He didn’t come with water only, but with water and with blood. The Spirit is the one who verifies this, because the Spirit is the truth.

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