Leviticus 16:31
“It shall be a Sabbath of rest vnto you, and ye shall afflict your soules by a statute for euer.”
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Leviticus 16:31 Context
29¶ And this shall be a statute for euer vnto you: that in the seuenth moneth, on the tenth day of the moneth, ye shall afflict your soules, & doe no worke at all, whether it bee one of your owne countrey, or a stranger that soiourneth among you. 30For on that day shal the Priest make an atonement for you, to cleanse you, that yee may bee cleane from all your sinnes before the Lord. 31It shall be a Sabbath of rest vnto you, and ye shall afflict your soules by a statute for euer. 32And the Priest whom he shall anoynt, and whom he shall consecrate to minister in the Priests office in his fathers stead, shall make the atonement, and shal put on the linnen clothes, euen the holy garments. 33And he shall make an atonement for the holy Sanctuary, and hee shall make an atonement for the Tabernacle of the Congregation, and for the Altar: and he shall make an atonement for the Priests, and for all the people of the Congregation.
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It [shall be] a sabbath of rest unto you, and ye shall afflict your souls, by a statute for ever.
- King James Version
"It is to be a sabbath of solemn rest for you, that you may humble your souls; it is a permanent statute.
- New American Standard Version (1995)