Leviticus 23:26-32
The Day of Atonement
26 The Lord spoke to Moses: 27“The ▼▼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.”
tenth day of this seventh month is the Day of Atonement. ▼ It is to be a holy assembly for you, and you must humble yourselves ▼ and present a gift to the Lord. 28You must not do any work on this particular day, ▼▼tn Heb “in the bone of this day.”
because it is a day of atonement to make atonement for yourselves ▼▼tn Heb “on you [plural]”; cf. NASB, NRSV “on your behalf.”
before the Lord your God. 29Indeed, ▼▼tn The particular כִּי (ki) is taken in an asseverative sense here (“Indeed,” see the NJPS translation).
any person who does not behave with humility on this particular day will be cut off from his people. ▼▼tn Heb “it [i.e., that person; literally “soul,” feminine] shall be cut off from its peoples [plural]”; NLT “from the community.”
30As for any person ▼▼tn Heb “And any person.”
who does any work on this particular day, I will exterminate ▼▼tn See HALOT 3 s.v. I אבד hif. Cf. KJV, NASB, NIV, NRSV, NLT “destroy”; CEV “wipe out.”
that person from the midst of his people ▼ — 31you must not do any work! This is a perpetual statute throughout your generations ▼▼tn Heb “for your generations.”
in all the places where you live. 32It 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.” ▼▼tn Heb “you shall rest your Sabbath.”
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