Leviticus 23 · Verse 28

Leviticus 23:28

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.
Leviticus 23:28, King James Version

Leviticus 23:28 in other translations

BSBOn 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.
WEBYou shall do no kind of work in that same day, for it is a day of atonement, to make atonement for you before the LORD your God.
ASVAnd 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.
YLTand 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.
DARBYAnd 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.
BBEAnd on that day you may do no sort of work, for it is a day of taking away sin, to make you clean before the Lord your God.
WebsterAnd 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.

What does Leviticus 23:28 mean?

Jamieson-Fausset-Brown on Leviticus 23:27-32

27-32. there shall be a day of atonement ... and ye shall afflict your souls--an unusual festival, at which the sins of the whole year were expiated. (See Le 16:29-34). It is here only stated that the severest penalty was incurred by the violation of this day.

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Adam Clarke's Commentary
Verse 28 A day of atonement - See the note on Lev 16:2, etc., where this subject is largely explained.

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Matthew Henry's Concise Commentary on Leviticus 23:23-32

the blowing of trumpets represented the preaching of the gospel, by which men are called to repent of sin, and to accept the salvation of Christ, which was signified by the day of atonement. Also it invited to rejoice in God, and become strangers and pilgrims on earth, which was denoted by the feast of Tabernacles, observed in the same month. At the beginning of the year, they were called by this sound of trumpet to…

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Leviticus 23:28 in the original Hebrew

Word-by-word with transliteration, English gloss and Strong's number. Tap a number for the full definition and every place the word is used.

וְכָל\־ve.kholand anyH3605
מְלָאכָה֙me.la.KhahworkH4399
לֹ֣אlo'notH3808
תַעֲשׂ֔וּta.'a.Suyou will doH6213
בְּעֶ֖צֶםbe.'E.tzemon [the] substance ofH6106
הַיּ֣וֹםhai.Yomthe dayH3117
הַזֶּ֑הha.Zeh<the> thisH2088
כִּ֣יkiforH3588
י֤וֹםYom[is] a day ofH3117
כִּפֻּרִים֙ki.pu.Rimatonement<s>H3725
ה֔וּאHu'itH1931
לְכַפֵּ֣רle.kha.Perto make atonementH3722
עֲלֵיכֶ֔ם'a.lei.Khemon <the> yourselvesH5921
לִפְנֵ֖יlif.Nei<to> beforeH6440
יְהוָ֥הYah.wehYahwehH3068
אֱלֹהֵיכֶֽם\׃'e.lo.hei.KhemGod yourH430

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Cross references for Leviticus 23:28

  • Zechariah 3:9

    For behold the stone that I have laid before Joshua; upon one stone shall be seven eyes: behold, I will engrave the graving thereof, saith the Lord of hosts, and I will remove the iniquity of that land in one day.

  • Leviticus 16:34

    And this shall be an everlasting statute unto you, to make an atonement for the children of Israel for all their sins once a year. And he did as the Lord commanded Moses.

  • Romans 5:10-11

    For if, when we were enemies, we were reconciled to God by the death of his Son, much more, being reconciled, we shall be saved by his life. And not only so, but we also joy in God through our Lord Jesus Christ, by whom we have now received the atonement.

  • Hebrews 10:14

    For by one offering he hath perfected for ever them that are sanctified.

  • Hebrews 9:26

    For then must he often have suffered since the foundation of the world: but now once in the end of the world hath he appeared to put away sin by the sacrifice of himself.

  • 1 John 2:2

    And he is the propitiation for our sins: and not for ours only, but also for the sins of the whole world.

  • Isaiah 53:10

    Yet it pleased the Lord to bruise him; he hath put him to grief: when thou shalt make his soul an offering for sin, he shall see his seed, he shall prolong his days, and the pleasure of the Lord shall prosper in his hand.

  • Hebrews 9:12

    Neither by the blood of goats and calves, but by his own blood he entered in once into the holy place, having obtained eternal redemption for us.

  • 1 John 5:6

    This is he that came by water and blood, even Jesus Christ; not by water only, but by water and blood. And it is the Spirit that beareth witness, because the Spirit is truth.

  • Hebrews 10:10

    By the which will we are sanctified through the offering of the body of Jesus Christ once for all.

  • Daniel 9:24

    Seventy weeks are determined upon thy people and upon thy holy city, to finish the transgression, and to make an end of sins, and to make reconciliation for iniquity, and to bring in everlasting righteousness, and to seal up the vision and prophecy, and to anoint the most Holy.

  • 1 John 4:10

    Herein is love, not that we loved God, but that he loved us, and sent his Son to be the propitiation for our sins.

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Treasury of Scripture Knowledge
16:34; Isa 53:10; Da 9:24; Zec 3:9; Ro 5:10,11; Heb 9:12,26
Heb 10:10,14; 1Jo 2:2; 4:10; 5:6

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Context

  • Leviticus 23:27

    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.

  • Leviticus 23:28

    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.

  • Leviticus 23:29

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

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Leviticus 23:28 in other languages

Spanish
Reina-Valera 1909
Ninguna obra haréis en este mismo día; porque es día de expiaciones, para reconciliaros delante de Jehová vuestro Dios.
French
Bible J.N. Darby 1885
Et ce même jour vous ne ferez aucune œuvre, car c’est un jour de propitiation, pour faire propitiation pour vous, devant l’ Éternel, votre Dieu.
German
Elberfelder 1871
Und keinerlei Arbeit sollt ihr tun an diesem selbigen Tage; denn es ist der Versöhnungstag, um Sühnung für euch zu tun vor Jehova, eurem Gott.
Latin
Clementine Vulgate
Omne opus servile non facietis in tempore diei hujus: quia dies propitiationis est, ut propitietur vobis Dominus Deus vester.