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The Day of Atonement

Leviticus 23:28

In 11 translations

BSB
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.
KJV
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.
WEB
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.
ASV
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.
LSV
and you do no work in this very day, for it is a day of atonements, to make atonement for you, before your God YHWH.
YLT
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.
DBY
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.Elohim
DRC
You shall do no servile work in the time of this day: because it is a day of propitiation, that the Lord your God may be merciful unto you.
GNV
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.
JPS
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 the LORD your God.
LXXE
Ye shall do no work on this self-same day: for this is a day of atonement for you, to make atonement for you before the Lord your God.

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Original-language editions

WLC
וְכָל־מְלָאכָה֙ לֹ֣א תַעֲשׂ֔וּ בְּעֶ֖צֶם הַיּ֣וֹם הַזֶּ֑ה כִּ֣י י֤וֹם כִּפֻּרִים֙ ה֔וּא לְכַפֵּ֣ר עֲלֵיכֶ֔ם לִפְנֵ֖י יְהוָ֥ה אֱלֹהֵיכֶֽם׃
LXX-Br
Πᾶν ἔργον οὐ ποιήσετε ἐν αὐτῇ τῇ ἡμέρᾳ ταύτῃ· ἔστι γὰρ ἡμέρα ἐξιλασμοῦ αὕτη ὑμῖν, ἐξιλάσασθαι περὶ ὑμῶν ἔναντι Κυρίου τοῦ Θεοῦ ὑμῶν.

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  • Leviticus 16:34This 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 3:9See 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.
  • Romans 5:10–11For if, when we were enemies of God, we were reconciled to Him through the death of His Son, how much more, having been reconciled, shall we be saved through His life! Not only that, but we also rejoice in God through…
  • Hebrews 9:26Otherwise, 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.
  • Hebrews 10:10And by that will, we have been sanctified through the sacrifice of the body of Jesus Christ once for all.
  • 1 John 5:6This is the One who came by water and blood, Jesus Christ—not by water alone, but by water and blood. And it is the Spirit who testifies to this, because the Spirit is the truth.
  • Daniel 9:24Seventy 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…
  • Isaiah 53:10Yet 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…
  • 1 John 4:10And love consists in this: not that we loved God, but that He loved us and sent His Son as the atoning sacrifice for our sins.
  • Hebrews 9:12He 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 10:14because by a single offering He has made perfect for all time those who are being sanctified.
  • 1 John 2:2He Himself is the atoning sacrifice for our sins, and not only for ours but also for the sins of the whole world.

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