Leviticus 16:31

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 Living Translation (NLT)It will be a Sabbath day of complete rest for you, and you must deny yourselves. This is a permanent law for you.

Context of Leviticus 16:31

29“This shall be a statute forever for you: In the seventh month, on the tenth day of the month, you shall afflict your souls, and do no work at all, whether a native of your own country or a stranger who dwells among you. 30For on that day the priest shall make atonement for you, to cleanse you, that you may be clean from all your sins before the Lord. It is a sabbath of solemn rest for you, and you shall afflict your souls. It is a statute forever. 32And the priest, who is anointed and consecrated to minister as priest in his father’s place, shall make atonement, and put on the linen clothes, the holy garments; 33then he shall make atonement for the Holy Sanctuary, and he shall make atonement for the tabernacle of meeting and for the altar, and he shall make atonement for the priests and for all the people of the assembly.

Leviticus 16:31 word by word

שַׁבַּ֨ת שַׁבָּת֥וֹן הִיא֙ לָכֶ֔ם וְעִנִּיתֶ֖ם אֶת־נַפְשֹׁתֵיכֶ֑ם חֻקַּ֖ת עוֹלָֽם׃Read the interlinear

Words taken from the KJV.

• a sabbathשַׁבָּתshabbâth · SabbathH7676
• of restשַׁבָּתוֹןshabbâthôn · sabbath observanceH7677
• unto you, and ye shall afflictעָנָה‛ânâh · to afflictH6031
• your soulsנֶ֫פֶשׁnephesh · soul: myselfH5315
• by a statuteחֻקָּהchûqqâh · statuteH2708
• for everעוֹלָם‛ôlâm ‛ôlâm · forever: enduringH5769

Cross-references for Leviticus 16:31

• Leviticus 23:32It 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.”
• Leviticus 25:4but in the seventh year there shall be a sabbath of solemn rest for the land, a sabbath to the Lord. You shall neither sow your field nor prune your vineyard.
• Exodus 31:15Work shall be done for six days, but the seventh is the Sabbath of rest, holy to the Lord. Whoever does any work on the Sabbath day, he shall surely be put to death.
• Exodus 35:2Work shall be done for six days, but the seventh day shall be a holy day for you, a Sabbath of rest to the Lord. Whoever does any work on it shall 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

Topics related to Leviticus 16:31

• Atonement
• Humiliation and Self-Affliction
• Sabbath
• Scapegoat

In the dictionaries

• Attire
• Burnt offering
• Coat
• High priest
• Atonement, Day of
• Azazel
• Clean
• Cleanse
• Exodus, the Book of
• Ezekiel

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