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Leviticus 23:26-32

²⁶ And the LORD spake unto Moses, saying, ²⁷ Also on the tenth [day] of this seventh month [there shall be] a day of atonement: it shall be an holy convocation unto you; and ye shall afflict your souls, and offer an offering made by fire unto the LORD. ²⁸ 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. ²⁹ For whatsoever soul [it be] that shall not be afflicted in that same day, he shall be cut off from among his people. ³⁰ And whatsoever soul [it be] that doeth any work in that same day, the same soul will I destroy from among his people. ³¹ Ye shall do no manner of work: [it shall be] a statute for ever throughout your generations in all your dwellings. ³² It [shall be] unto you a sabbath of rest, and ye shall afflict your souls: in the ninth [day] of the month at even, from even unto even, shall ye celebrate your sabbath.

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KJV King James Version

²⁶ And the LORD spake unto Moses, saying, ²⁷ Also on the tenth [day] of this seventh month [there shall be] a day of atonement: it shall be an holy convocation unto you; and ye shall afflict your souls, and offer an offering made by fire unto the LORD. ²⁸ 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. ²⁹ For whatsoever soul [it be] that shall not be afflicted in that same day, he shall be cut off from among his people. ³⁰ And whatsoever soul [it be] that doeth any work in that same day, the same soul will I destroy from among his people. ³¹ Ye shall do no manner of work: [it shall be] a statute for ever throughout your generations in all your dwellings. ³² It [shall be] unto you a sabbath of rest, and ye shall afflict your souls: in the ninth [day] of the month at even, from even unto even, shall ye celebrate your sabbath.

BSB Berean Standard Bible

²⁶ Again the LORD said to Moses, 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. 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. ²⁹ If anyone does not humble himself on this day, he must be cut off from his people. ³⁰ I will destroy from among his people anyone who does any work on this day. ³¹ You are not to do any work at all. This is a permanent statute for the generations to come, wherever you live. ³² It will be a Sabbath of complete rest for you, and you shall humble yourselves. From the evening of the ninth day of the month until the following evening you are to keep your Sabbath.”

WEB World English Bible

²⁶ Yahweh spoke to Moses, saying, ²⁷ “However on the tenth day of this seventh month is the day of atonement: it shall be a holy convocation to you, and you shall afflict yourselves; and you shall offer an offering made by fire to Yahweh. ²⁸ You shall do no kind of work in that same day; for it is a day of atonement, to make atonement for you before Yahweh your God. ²⁹ For whoever it is who shall not deny himself in that same day; shall be cut off from his people. ³⁰ Whoever it is who does any kind of work in that same day, that person I will destroy from among his people. ³¹ You shall do no kind of work: it is a statute forever throughout your generations in all your dwellings. ³² It shall be a Sabbath of solemn rest for you, and you shall deny yourselves. In the ninth day of the month at evening, from evening to evening, you shall keep your Sabbath.”

ASV American Standard Version

²⁶ And Jehovah spake unto Moses, saying, ²⁷ Howbeit on the tenth day of this seventh month is the day of atonement: it shall be a holy convocation unto you, and ye shall afflict your souls; and ye shall offer an offering made by fire unto Jehovah. ²⁸ 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. ²⁹ For whatsoever soul it be that shall not be afflicted in that same day; he shall be cut off from his people. ³⁰ And whatsoever soul it be that doeth any manner of work in that same day, that soul will I destroy from among his people. ³¹ Ye shall do no manner of work: it is a statute for ever throughout your generations in all your dwellings. ³² It shall be unto you a sabbath of solemn rest, and ye shall afflict your souls: in the ninth day of the month at even, from even unto even, shall ye keep your sabbath.

YLT Young’s Literal Translation

²⁶ And Jehovah speaketh unto Moses, saying, ²⁷ ‘Only—on the tenth of this seventh month is a day of atonements; ye have a holy convocation, and ye have humbled yourselves, and have brought near a fire-offering to Jehovah; ²⁸ 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. ²⁹ ‘For any person who is not humbled in this self-same day hath even been cut off from his people; ³⁰ and any person who doth any work in this self-same day I have even destroyed that person from the midst of his people; ³¹ ye do no work—a statute age-during to your generations in all your dwellings. ³² It is a sabbath of rest to you, and ye have humbled yourselves in the ninth of the month at even; from evening till evening ye do keep your sabbath.’

Surrounding context — Leviticus 23

23 And the LORD spake unto Moses, saying,

24 Speak unto the children of Israel, saying, In the seventh month, in the first [day] of the month, shall ye have a sabbath, a memorial of blowing of trumpets, an holy convocation.

25 Ye shall do no servile work [therein]: but ye shall offer an offering made by fire unto the LORD.

26 And the LORD spake unto Moses, saying,

27 Also on the tenth [day] of this seventh month [there shall be] a day of atonement: it shall be an holy convocation unto you; and ye shall afflict your souls, and offer an offering made by fire unto the LORD.

28 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.

29 For whatsoever soul [it be] that shall not be afflicted in that same day, he shall be cut off from among his people.

30 And whatsoever soul [it be] that doeth any work in that same day, the same soul will I destroy from among his people.

31 Ye shall do no manner of work: [it shall be] a statute for ever throughout your generations in all your dwellings.

32 It [shall be] unto you a sabbath of rest, and ye shall afflict your souls: in the ninth [day] of the month at even, from even unto even, shall ye celebrate your sabbath.

33 And the LORD spake unto Moses, saying,

34 Speak unto the children of Israel, saying, The fifteenth day of this seventh month [shall be] the feast of tabernacles [for] seven days unto the LORD.

35 On the first day [shall be] an holy convocation: ye shall do no servile work [therein].

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