Leviticus 23:32

Leviticus 23:32 in other versions

• King James Version (KJV)It shall be unto you a sabbath of rest, and ye shall afflict your souls: in the ninth day of the month at even, from even unto even, shall ye celebrate your sabbath.
• English Standard Version (ESV)It shall be to you a Sabbath of solemn rest, and you shall afflict yourselves. On the ninth day of the month beginning at evening, from evening to evening shall you keep your Sabbath."
• New King James Version (NKJV)It shall be to you a sabbath of solemn rest, and you shall afflict your souls; on the ninth day of the month at evening, from evening to evening, you shall celebrate your sabbath.”
• New Living Translation (NLT)This will be a Sabbath day of complete rest for you, and on that day you must deny yourselves. This day of rest will begin at sundown on the ninth day of the month and extend until sundown on the tenth day.”

Context of Leviticus 23:32

30I will destroy from among their people anyone who does any work on that day. 31You shall do no work at all. This is to be a lasting ordinance for the generations to come, wherever you live. It 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, 34“Say to the Israelites: ‘On the fifteenth day of the seventh month the Lord’s Festival of Tabernacles begins, and it lasts for seven days.

Leviticus 23:32 word by word

שַׁבַּ֨ת שַׁבָּת֥וֹן הוּא֙ לָכֶ֔ם וְעִנִּיתֶ֖ם אֶת־נַפְשֹׁתֵיכֶ֑ם בְּתִשְׁעָ֤ה לַחֹ֙דֶשׁ֙ בָּעֶ֔רֶב מֵעֶ֣רֶב עַד־עֶ֔רֶב תִּשְׁבְּת֖וּ שַׁבַּתְּכֶֽם׃ פRead the interlinear

Words taken from the KJV.

• unto you a sabbathשַׁבָּתshabbâth · SabbathH7676
• of restשַׁבָּתוֹןshabbâthôn · sabbath observanceH7677
• and ye shall afflictעָנָה‛ânâh · to afflictH6031
• your soulsנֶ֫פֶשׁnephesh · soul: myselfH5315
• in the ninthתֵּ֫שַׁעtêsha‛ tish‛âh · nineH8672
• of the monthחֹ֫דֶשׁchôdesh · monthH2320
• at evenעֶ֫רֶב‛ereb · eveningH6153
• shall ye celebrateשָׁבַתshâbath · to keepH7673

Cross-references for Leviticus 23:32

• Leviticus 16:31It is a day of sabbath rest, and you must deny yourselves; it is a lasting ordinance.
• Matthew 11:28“Come to me, all you who are weary and burdened, and I will give you rest.
• Hebrews 4:3Now we who have believed enter that rest, just as God has said, “So I declared on oath in my anger, ‘They shall never enter my rest.’ ” And yet his works have been finished since the creation of the world.
• Leviticus 23:27“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.
• Psalms 25:13They will spend their days in prosperity, and their descendants will inherit the land.
• Psalms 51:17My sacrifice, O God, is a broken spirit; a broken and contrite heart you, God, will not despise.
• Psalms 69:10When I weep and fast, I must endure scorn;
• Psalms 126:5Those who sow with tears will reap with songs of joy.
• Isaiah 57:15For this is what the high and exalted One says— he who lives forever, whose name is holy: “I live in a high and holy place, but also with the one who is contrite and lowly in spirit, to revive the spirit of the lowly and to revive the heart of the contrite.
• Isaiah 58:3‘Why have we fasted,’ they say, ‘and you have not seen it? Why have we humbled ourselves, and you have not noticed?’ “Yet on the day of your fasting, you do as you please and exploit all your workers.
• Isaiah 61:3and provide for those who grieve in Zion— to bestow on them a crown of beauty instead of ashes, the oil of joy instead of mourning, and a garment of praise instead of a spirit of despair. They will be called oaks of righteousness, a planting of the Lord for the display of his splendor.
• Matthew 5:4Blessed are those who mourn, for they will be comforted.
• 1 Corinthians 11:31But if we were more discerning with regard to ourselves, we would not come under such judgment.

Commentaries on Leviticus 23:32

• 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 23:32

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

In the dictionaries

• Atonement, Day of
• Celebrate
• Day
• Dwell
• Fast
• Festivals, Religious
• Riddance
• Atonement, Day of
• Criticism
• Day and Night

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