31It is a sabbath of rest, and you must deny yourselves; it is a lasting ordinance.


In Context

28 The man who burns them must wash his clothes and bathe himself with water; afterward he may come into the camp.

29 "This is to be a lasting ordinance for you: On the tenth day of the seventh month you must deny yourselves and not do any work-whether native-born or an alien living among you-

30 because on this day atonement will be made for you, to cleanse you. Then, before the Lord , you will be clean from all your sins.

31 It is a sabbath of rest, and you must deny yourselves; it is a lasting ordinance.

32 The priest who is anointed and ordained to succeed his father as high priest is to make atonement. He is to put on the sacred linen garments

33 and make atonement for the Most Holy Place, for the Tent of Meeting and the altar, and for the priests and all the people of the community.

Leviticus 16:31 in Other Translations

The King James Version of the Holy Bible

16:31It [shall be] a sabbath of rest unto you, and ye shall afflict your souls, by a statute for ever.

The Douay-Rheims Version of the Holy Bible

16:31For it is a sabbath of rest, and you shall afflict your souls by a perpetual religion.

The American Standard Version of the Holy Bible

16:31It is a sabbath of solemn rest unto you, and ye shall afflict your souls; it is a statute for ever.

The Darby Bible Translation of the Holy Bible

16:31A sabbath of rest shall it be unto you, and ye shall afflict your souls: it is an everlasting statute.

The English Revised Version of the Holy Bible

16:31It is a sabbath of solemn rest unto you, and ye shall afflict your souls; it is a statute for ever.

The Webster Bible Translation of the Holy Bible

16:31It shall be a sabbath of rest to you, and ye shall afflict your souls by a statute for ever.

The World English Bible Translation of the Holy Bible

16:31It is a Sabbath of solemn rest to you, and you shall afflict your souls; it is a statute forever.

The Young's Literal Translation of the Holy Bible

16:31it is to you a sabbath of rest, and ye have humbled yourselves — a statute age-during.

The American King James Version of the Holy Bible

16:31It shall be a sabbath of rest to you, and you shall afflict your souls, by a statute for ever.