Revised Literal Translation

Leviticus 16:29-34

29And thisshall be a statuteלְחֻקַּ֣תle.chu.KatH2708for everעוֹלָ֑םo.LamH5769unto you: thatin the seventhהַ֠שְּׁבִיעִיHa.she.vi.'iH7637monthבַּחֹ֣דֶשׁba.Cho.deshH2320,on the tenthבֶּֽעָשׂ֨וֹרbe.'a.SorH6218dayof the monthלַחֹ֜דֶשׁla.Cho.deshH2320,ye shall afflictתְּעַנּ֣וּte.'a.NuH6031your soulsנַפְשֹֽׁתֵיכֶ֗םnaf.sho.tei.KhemH5315,and doתַעֲשׂ֔וּta.'a.SuH6213no workמְלָאכָה֙me.la.KhahH4399at all, whether it beone of your own countryהָֽאֶזְרָ֔חha.'ez.RachH249,or a strangerוְהַגֵּ֖רve.ha.GerH1616that sojournethהַגָּ֥רha.GarH1481amongבְּתוֹכְכֶֽם׃be.tokh.KhemH8432you:

30For on that dayבַיּ֥וֹםvai.YomH3117shall the priestmake an atonementיְכַפֵּ֥רye.kha.PerH3722for you, to cleanseלְטַהֵ֣רle.ta.HerH2891you, thatye may be cleanתִּטְהָֽרוּ׃tit.Ha.ruH2891from all your sinsחַטֹּ֣אתֵיכֶ֔םcha.To.tei.KhemH2403beforeלִפְנֵ֥יlif.NeiH6440Yhwhיְהוָ֖הYah.wehH3068.

31It shall bea sabbathשַׁבַּ֨תsha.BatH7676of restשַׁבָּת֥וֹןsha.ba.TonH7677unto you, and ye shall afflictוְעִנִּיתֶ֖םve.'i.ni.TemH6031your soulsנַפְשֹׁתֵיכֶ֑םnaf.sho.tei.KhemH5315,by a statuteחֻקַּ֖תchu.KatH2708for everעוֹלָֽם׃o.LamH5769.

32And the priestהַכֹּהֵ֜ןha.ko.HenH3548,whom he shall anointיִמְשַׁ֣חyim.ShachH4886,and whom he shall consecrateיְמַלֵּא֙ יָד֔וֹye.ma.Le' ya.DoH3027 H4390to minister in the priest’s officeלְכַהֵ֖ןle.kha.HenH3547in his father’sאָבִ֑יו'a.VivH1stead, shall make the atonementוְכִפֶּ֨רve.khi.PerH3722,and shall put onוְלָבַ֛שׁve.la.VashH3847the linenהַבָּ֖דha.BadH906clothesבִּגְדֵ֥יbig.DeiH899, eventhe holyהַקֹּֽדֶשׁ׃ha.Ko.deshH6944garmentsבִּגְדֵ֥יbig.DeiH899:

33And he shall make an atonementוְכִפֶּר֙ve.khi.PerH3722for the holyהַקֹּ֔דֶשׁha.Ko.deshH6944sanctuaryמִקְדַּ֣שׁmik.DashH4720,and he shall make an atonementיְכַפֵּ֑רye.kha.PerH3722for the tabernacleאֹ֧הֶל'O.helH168of the congregationמוֹעֵ֛דmo.'EdH4150,and for the altarהַמִּזְבֵּ֖חַha.miz.Be.achH4196,and he shall make an atonementיְכַפֵּֽר׃ye.kha.PerH3722for the priestsהַכֹּהֲנִ֛יםha.ko.ha.NimH3548,and for all the peopleעַ֥ם'amH5971of the congregationהַקָּהָ֖לha.ka.HalH6951.

34And this shall be an everlastingעוֹלָ֗םo.LamH5769statuteלְחֻקַּ֣תle.chu.KatH2708unto you, to make an atonementלְכַפֵּ֞רle.kha.PerH3722for the childrenבְּנֵ֤יbe.NeiH1121of Israelיִשְׂרָאֵל֙Yis.ra.'ElH3478for all their sinsחַטֹּאתָ֔םcha.to.TamH2403onceאַחַ֖ת'a.ChatH259a yearבַּשָּׁנָ֑הba.sha.NahH8141.And he didוַיַּ֕עַשׂvai.Ya.'asH6213as Yhwhיְהוָ֖הYah.wehH3068commandedצִוָּ֥הtzi.VahH6680Mosesמֹשֶֽׁה׃ פmo.ShehH4872.

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