Leviticus 23:28 “On this day you are not to do any work, for it is the Day of Atonement…”

Leviticus 23:28

On this day you are not to do any work, for it is the Day of Atonement, when atonement is made for you before the LORD your God.

Berean Standard Bible

Other translations

King James Version

And ye shall do no work in that same day: for it is a day of atonement, to make an atonement for you before the LORD your God.

World English Bible

You shall do no kind of work in that same day, for it is a day of atonement, to make atonement for you before the LORD your God.

American Standard Version

And ye shall do no manner of work in that same day; for it is a day of atonement, to make atonement for you before Jehovah your God.

Geneva Bible 1599

And ye shall doe no worke that same day: for it is a day of reconciliation, to make an atonement for you before the Lord your God.

Darby Translation

And ye shall do no manner of work on that same day; for it is a day of atonement, to make atonement for you before Jehovah your God.

Young's Literal Translation

and ye do no work in this self-same day, for it is a day of atonements, to make atonement for you, before Jehovah your God.

Bible in Basic English

And on that day you may do no sort of work, for it is a day of taking away sin, to make you clean before the Lord your God.

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Cross references

“And ye shall do no work in that same day: for it is a day of atonement, to make an atonement for you before the LORD your God.”

Leviticus 16:34 Zechariah 3:9 Isaiah 53:10 Daniel 9:24 Hebrews 9:12 Hebrews 9:26

Leviticus 16:34 · BSB

This is to be a permanent statute for you, to make atonement once a year for the Israelites because of all their sins.” And all this was done as the LORD had commanded Moses.

Zechariah 3:9 · BSB

See the stone I have set before Joshua; on that one stone are seven eyes. Behold, I will engrave on it an inscription, declares the LORD of Hosts, and I will remove the iniquity of this land in a single day.

Isaiah 53:10 · BSB

Yet it was the LORD’s will to crush Him and to cause Him to suffer; and when His soul is made a guilt offering, He will see His offspring, He will prolong His days, and the good pleasure of the LORD will prosper in His h…

Daniel 9:24 · BSB

Seventy weeks are decreed for your people and your holy city to stop their transgression, to put an end to sin, to make atonement for iniquity, to bring in everlasting righteousness, to seal up vision and prophecy, and t…

Hebrews 9:12 · BSB

He did not enter by the blood of goats and calves, but He entered the Most Holy Place once for all by His own blood, thus securing eternal redemption.

Hebrews 9:26 · BSB

Otherwise, Christ would have had to suffer repeatedly since the foundation of the world. But now He has appeared once for all at the end of the ages to do away with sin by the sacrifice of Himself.

Cross references adapted from OpenBible.info (CC BY 4.0) and the Treasury of Scripture Knowledge.

In context

27“The tenth day of this seventh month is the Day of Atonement. You shall hold a sacred assembly and humble yourselves, and present a food offering to the LORD.

29If anyone does not humble himself on this day, he must be cut off from his people.

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