Leviticus 23:31

Leviticus 23:31 in other versions

• King James Version (KJV)Ye shall do no manner of work: it shall be a statute for ever throughout your generations in all your dwellings.
• English Standard Version (ESV)You shall not do any work. It is a statute forever throughout your generations in all your dwelling places.
• New King James Version (NKJV)You shall do no manner of work; it shall be a statute forever throughout your generations in all your dwellings.
• New Living Translation (NLT)You must not do any work at all! This is a permanent law for you, and it must be observed from generation to generation wherever you live.

Context of Leviticus 23:31

29Those who do not deny themselves on that day must be cut off from their people. 30I will destroy from among their people anyone who does any work on that day. You shall do no work at all. This is to be a lasting ordinance for the generations to come, wherever you live. 32It is a day of sabbath rest for you, and you must deny yourselves. From the evening of the ninth day of the month until the following evening you are to observe your sabbath.” 33The Lord said to Moses,

Leviticus 23:31 word by word

כָּל־מְלָאכָ֖ה לֹ֣א תַעֲשׂ֑וּ חֻקַּ֤ת עוֹלָם֙ לְדֹרֹ֣תֵיכֶ֔ם בְּכֹ֖ל מֹֽשְׁבֹֽתֵיכֶֽם׃Read the interlinear

Words taken from the KJV.

• Ye shall doעָשָׂה‛âώâh · to make: doH6213
• no manner of workמְלָאכָהmelâ'kâh · workH4399
• a statuteחֻקָּהchûqqâh · statuteH2708
• for everעוֹלָם‛ôlâm ‛ôlâm · forever: enduringH5769
• throughout your generationsדּוֹרdôr dôr · generationH1755
• in all your dwellingsמוֹשָׁבmôshâb môshâb · seatH4186

Commentaries on Leviticus 23:31

• 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 23:31

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

In the dictionaries

• Atonement, Day of
• Celebrate
• Dwell
• Fast
• Festivals, Religious
• Riddance
• Atonement, Day of
• Criticism
• Ezekiel
• Feasts and Fasts

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