KJV King James Version
And ye shall have on the tenth [day] of this seventh month an holy convocation; and ye shall afflict your souls: ye shall not do any work [therein]:
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Numbers 29:7
And ye shall have on the tenth [day] of this seventh month an holy convocation; and ye shall afflict your souls: ye shall not do any work [therein]:
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BSB Berean Standard Bible
On the tenth day of this seventh month, you are to hold a sacred assembly, and you shall humble yourselves; you must not do any work.
WEB World English Bible
“‘On the tenth day of this seventh month you shall have a holy convocation; and you shall afflict your souls: you shall do no kind of work;
ASV American Standard Version
And on the tenth day of this seventh month ye shall have a holy convocation; and ye shall afflict your souls: ye shall do no manner of work;
YLT Young’s Literal Translation
‘And on the tenth of this seventh month a holy convocation ye have, and ye have humbled your souls; ye do no work;
Surrounding context — Numbers 29
4 And one tenth deal for one lamb, throughout the seven lambs:
5 And one kid of the goats [for] a sin offering, to make an atonement for you:
6 Beside the burnt offering of the month, and his meat offering, and the daily burnt offering, and his meat offering, and their drink offerings, according unto their manner, for a sweet savour, a sacrifice made by fire unto the LORD.
7 And ye shall have on the tenth [day] of this seventh month an holy convocation; and ye shall afflict your souls: ye shall not do any work [therein]:
8 But ye shall offer a burnt offering unto the LORD [for] a sweet savour; one young bullock, one ram, [and] seven lambs of the first year; they shall be unto you without blemish:
9 And their meat offering [shall be of] flour mingled with oil, three tenth deals to a bullock, [and] two tenth deals to one ram,
10 A several tenth deal for one lamb, throughout the seven lambs:
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These Hebrew/Greek tokens are linked by Strong's number. Click one for its lexicon definition and other occurrences.
וּבֶעָשׂוֹר֩H6218 · a.s.vortenלַחֹ֨דֶשׁH2320 · cho.deshmonthהַשְּׁבִיעִ֜יH7637 · she.vi.iseventhהַזֶּ֗הH2088 · zehthisמִֽקְרָא־H4744 · miq.raassemblyקֹ֙דֶשׁ֙H6944 · qo.deshholinessיִהְיֶ֣הH1961 · ha.yahto beלָכֶ֔םH9036 · khemyouוְעִנִּיתֶ֖םH6031 · a.nahbe occupiedאֶת־H853 · et[Obj.]נַפְשֹׁתֵיכֶ֑םH5315 · ne.pheshsoulכָּל־H3605 · kolallמְלָאכָ֖הH4399 · me.la.khahworkלֹ֥אH3808 · lonotתַעֲשֽׂוּ׃H6213 · a.sahto make: do
Cross-references
Matthew 5:4Blessed [are] they that mourn: for they shall be comforted.Leviticus 16:29-31And [this] shall be a statute for ever unto you: [that] in the seventh month, on the tenth [day] of the month, ye shall afflict your souls, and do no work at all, [whether it be] one of your own country, or a stranger that sojourneth among you:Zechariah 12:10And I will pour upon the house of David, and upon the inhabitants of Jerusalem, the spirit of grace and of supplications: and they shall look upon me whom they have pierced, and they shall mourn for him, as one mourneth for [his] only [son], and shall be in bitterness for him, as one that is in bitterness for [his] firstborn.Romans 6:6Knowing this, that our old man is crucified with [him], that the body of sin might be destroyed, that henceforth we should not serve sin.James 4:8-10Draw nigh to God, and he will draw nigh to you. Cleanse [your] hands, [ye] sinners; and purify [your] hearts, [ye] double minded.Isaiah 22:12And in that day did the Lord GOD of hosts call to weeping, and to mourning, and to baldness, and to girding with sackcloth:2 Corinthians 7:9-11Now I rejoice, not that ye were made sorry, but that ye sorrowed to repentance: for ye were made sorry after a godly manner, that ye might receive damage by us in nothing.Psalm 126:5-6They that sow in tears shall reap in joy.Leviticus 23:26-32And the LORD spake unto Moses, saying,Ezra 8:21Then I proclaimed a fast there, at the river of Ahava, that we might afflict ourselves before our God, to seek of him a right way for us, and for our little ones, and for all our substance.Isaiah 58:3-5Wherefore have we fasted, [say they], and thou seest not? [wherefore] have we afflicted our soul, and thou takest no knowledge? Behold, in the day of your fast ye find pleasure, and exact all your labours.Luke 13:5I tell you, Nay: but, except ye repent, ye shall all likewise perish.Luke 13:3I tell you, Nay: but, except ye repent, ye shall all likewise perish.1 Corinthians 9:27But I keep under my body, and bring [it] into subjection: lest that by any means, when I have preached to others, I myself should be a castaway.Psalm 35:13But as for me, when they were sick, my clothing [was] sackcloth: I humbled my soul with fasting; and my prayer returned into mine own bosom.Acts 27:9Now when much time was spent, and when sailing was now dangerous, because the fast was now already past, Paul admonished [them],Zechariah 7:3[And] to speak unto the priests which [were] in the house of the LORD of hosts, and to the prophets, saying, Should I weep in the fifth month, separating myself, as I have done these so many years?
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