Leviticus 23:26-32
New English Translation
The Day of Atonement
26 The Lord spoke to Moses: 27 “The[a] tenth day of this seventh month is the Day of Atonement.[b] It is to be a holy assembly for you, and you must humble yourselves[c] and present a gift to the Lord. 28 You must not do any work on this particular day,[d] because it is a day of atonement to make atonement for yourselves[e] before the Lord your God. 29 Indeed,[f] any person who does not behave with humility on this particular day will be cut off from his people.[g] 30 As for any person[h] who does any work on this particular day, I will exterminate[i] that person from the midst of his people[j]— 31 you must not do any work! This is a perpetual statute throughout your generations[k] in all the places where you live. 32 It is a Sabbath of complete rest for you, and you must humble yourselves on the ninth day of the month in the evening, from evening until evening you must observe your Sabbath.”[l]
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- Leviticus 23:27 tn Heb “Surely the tenth day” or perhaps “Precisely the tenth day.” The Hebrew adverbial particle אַךְ (ʾakh) is left untranslated by most recent English versions; cf. however NASB “On exactly the tenth day.”
- Leviticus 23:27 sn See the description of this day and its regulations in Lev 16 and the notes there.
- Leviticus 23:27 tn Heb “you shall humble your souls.” See the note on Lev 16:29 above.
- Leviticus 23:28 tn Heb “in the bone of this day.”
- Leviticus 23:28 tn Heb “on you [plural]”; cf. NASB, NRSV “on your behalf.”
- Leviticus 23:29 tn The particular כִּי (ki) is taken in an asseverative sense here (“Indeed,” see the NJPS translation).
- Leviticus 23:29 tn Heb “it [i.e., that person; literally “soul,” feminine] shall be cut off from its peoples [plural]”; NLT “from the community.”
- Leviticus 23:30 tn Heb “And any person.”
- Leviticus 23:30 tn See HALOT 3 s.v. I אבד hif. Cf. KJV, NASB, NIV, NRSV, NLT “destroy”; CEV “wipe out.”
- Leviticus 23:30 tn Heb “its people” (“its” is feminine to agree with “person,” literally “soul,” which is feminine in Hebrew; cf. v. 29).
- Leviticus 23:31 tn Heb “for your generations.”
- Leviticus 23:32 tn Heb “you shall rest your Sabbath.”
Leviticus 23:26-32
English Standard Version
The Day of Atonement
26 And the Lord spoke to Moses, saying, 27 “Now (A)on the tenth day of this seventh month is the Day of Atonement. It shall be for you a time of holy convocation, and you shall afflict yourselves[a] and present a food offering to the Lord. 28 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. 29 For whoever is not afflicted[b] on that very day (B)shall be cut off from his people. 30 And whoever does any work on that very day, that person I will destroy from among his people. 31 You shall not do any work. It is a statute forever throughout your generations in all your dwelling places. 32 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.”
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- Leviticus 23:27 Or shall fast; also verse 32
- Leviticus 23:29 Or is not fasting
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