Verse (Click for Chapter) New International Version “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 a foreigner residing among you— New Living Translation “On the tenth day of the appointed month in early autumn, you must deny yourselves. Neither native-born Israelites nor foreigners living among you may do any kind of work. This is a permanent law for you. English Standard Version “And it shall be a statute to you forever that in the seventh month, on the tenth day of the month, you shall afflict yourselves and shall do no work, either the native or the stranger who sojourns among you. Berean Standard Bible This is to be a permanent statute for you: On the tenth day of the seventh month, you shall humble yourselves and not do any work—whether the native or the foreigner who resides among you— Berean Literal Bible And it shall be an everlasting statute for you⁺: In the seventh month on the tenth of the month you⁺ shall afflict your⁺ souls, and you⁺ shall not do any work—the native and the sojourner who is sojourning in your⁺ midst. King James Bible And 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: New King James Version “This shall be a statute forever for you: In the seventh month, on the tenth day of the month, you shall afflict your souls, and do no work at all, whether a native of your own country or a stranger who dwells among you. New American Standard Bible “This shall be a permanent statute for you: in the seventh month, on the tenth day of the month, you shall humble yourselves and not do any work, whether the native, or the stranger who resides among you; NASB 1995 “This shall be a permanent statute for you: in the seventh month, on the tenth day of the month, you shall humble your souls and not do any work, whether the native, or the alien who sojourns among you; NASB 1977 “And this shall be a permanent statute for you: in the seventh month, on the tenth day of the month, you shall humble your souls, and not do any work, whether the native, or the alien who sojourns among you; Legacy Standard Bible “And this shall be a perpetual statute for you: in the seventh month, on the tenth day of the month, you shall humble your souls and not do any work, whether the native or the sojourner who sojourns among you; Amplified Bible “This shall be a permanent statute for you: in the seventh month (nearly October) on the tenth day of the month you shall humble yourselves [by fasting] and not do any work, whether the native-born or the stranger who lives temporarily among you; Berean Annotated Bible This is to be a permanent statute for you⁺: On the tenth day of the seventh month, you⁺ shall humble yourselves (afflict your souls) and not do any work—whether the native or the foreigner who resides among you⁺— Christian Standard Bible “This is to be a permanent statute for you: In the seventh month, on the tenth day of the month you are to practice self-denial and do no work, both the native and the alien who resides among you. Holman Christian Standard Bible This is to be a permanent statute for you: In the seventh month, on the tenth day of the month you are to practice self-denial and do no work, both the native and the foreigner who resides among you. American Standard Version And it shall be a statute for ever unto you: in the seventh month, on the tenth day of the month, ye shall afflict your souls, and shall do no manner of work, the home-born, or the stranger that sojourneth among you: Contemporary English Version On the tenth day of the seventh month of each year, you must go without eating to show sorrow for your sins, and no one, including foreigners who live among you, is allowed to work. English Revised Version And it shall be a statute for ever unto you: in the seventh month, on the tenth day of the month, ye shall afflict your souls, and shall do no manner of work, the homeborn, or the stranger that sojourneth among you: GOD'S WORD® Translation "This will be a permanent law for you: On the tenth day of the seventh month both native Israelites and foreigners must humble themselves. They must do no work. Good News Translation The following regulations are to be observed for all time to come. On the tenth day of the seventh month the Israelites and the foreigners living among them must fast and must not do any work. International Standard Version "This is to be a perpetual statute for you: On the tenth day of the seventh month, you (including both the native born and the resident alien) are to humble yourselves by not doing any work, NET Bible "This is to be a perpetual statute for you. In the seventh month, on the tenth day of the month, you must humble yourselves and do no work of any kind, both the native citizen and the foreigner who resides in your midst, New Heart English Bible "It shall be a statute to you forever: in the seventh month, on the tenth day of the month, you shall humble your souls, and shall do no manner of work, both the native and the foreigner who sojourns in your midst: Webster's Bible Translation And this shall be a statute for ever to 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: Majority Text Translations Majority Standard BibleThis is to be a permanent statute for you: On the tenth day of the seventh month, you shall humble yourselves and not do any work—whether the native or the foreigner who resides among you— World English Bible “It shall be a statute to you forever: in the seventh month, on the tenth day of the month, you shall afflict your souls, and shall do no kind of work, whether native-born or a stranger who lives as a foreigner among you; Literal Translations Literal Standard VersionAnd it has been for a continuous statute to you, in the seventh month, on the tenth of the month, you humble yourselves, and do no work—the native and the sojourner who is sojourning in your midst; Berean Literal Bible And it shall be an everlasting statute for you⁺: In the seventh month on the tenth of the month you⁺ shall afflict your⁺ souls, and you⁺ shall not do any work—the native and the sojourner who is sojourning in your⁺ midst. Young's Literal Translation 'And it hath been to you for a statute age-during, in the seventh month, in the tenth of the month, ye humble yourselves, and do no work -- the native, and the sojourner who is sojourning in your midst; Smith's Literal Translation And it was to you for a law forever: in the seventh month, in the tenth of the month ye shall humble your souls, and all work ye shall not do, the native and the stranger sojourning in the midst of you. Catholic Translations Douay-Rheims BibleAnd this shall be to you an everlasting ordinance: The seventh month, the tenth day of the month, you shall afflict your souls, and shall do no work, whether it be one of your own country, or a stranger that sojourneth among you. Catholic Public Domain Version And this shall be to you an everlasting ordinance. In the seventh month, on the tenth day of the month, you shall afflict your souls, and you shall do no work, neither someone native born, nor the newcomer who sojourns among you. New American Bible This shall be an everlasting statute for you: on the tenth day of the seventh month every one of you, whether a native or a resident alien, shall humble yourselves and shall do no work. New Revised Standard Version This shall be a statute to you forever: In the seventh month, on the tenth day of the month, you shall deny yourselves, and shall do no work, neither the citizen nor the alien who resides among you. Translations from Aramaic Lamsa BibleAnd this shall be a statute for ever to you: that in the seventh month, on the tenth day of the month, you shall humble yourselves and do no work at all, both you and the proselytes who sojourn among you; Peshitta Holy Bible Translated And the Written Law will be yours to eternity; in the seventh month on the tenth of the month, humble your souls and you will do no work, you and those who are converted to me who dwell among you: OT Translations JPS Tanakh 1917And it shall be a statute for ever unto you: in the seventh month, on the tenth day of the month, ye shall afflict your souls, and shall do no manner of work, the home-born, or the stranger that sojourneth among you. Brenton Septuagint Translation And this shall be a perpetual statute for you; in the seventh month, on the tenth day of the month, ye shall humble your souls, and shall do no work, the native and the stranger who abides among you. Additional Translations ... Audio Bible Context The Day of Atonement29This is to be a permanent statute for you: On the tenth day of the seventh month, you shall humble yourselves and not do any work— whether the native or the foreigner who resides among you— 30because on this day atonement will be made for you to cleanse you, and you will be clean from all your sins before the LORD.… Cross References This is to be a permanent statute for you: Leviticus 23:31 You are not to do any work at all. This is a permanent statute for the generations to come, wherever you live. Exodus 12:17 So you are to keep the Feast of Unleavened Bread, for on this very day I brought your divisions out of the land of Egypt. You must keep this day as a permanent statute for the generations to come. Exodus 12:14 And this day will be a memorial for you, and you are to celebrate it as a feast to the LORD, as a permanent statute for the generations to come. On the tenth day of the seventh month, Leviticus 25:9 Then you are to sound the horn far and wide on the tenth day of the seventh month, the Day of Atonement. You shall sound it throughout your land. Leviticus 23:27 “The tenth day of this seventh month is the Day of Atonement. You shall hold a sacred assembly and humble yourselves, and present a food offering to the LORD. Numbers 29:7 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. you shall humble yourselves Leviticus 23:29 If anyone does not humble himself on this day, he must be cut off from his people. Leviticus 23:32 It will be a Sabbath of complete rest for you, and you shall humble yourselves. From the evening of the ninth day of the month until the following evening you are to keep your Sabbath.” Ezra 8:21 And there by the Ahava Canal I proclaimed a fast, so that we might humble ourselves before our God and ask Him for a safe journey for us and our children, with all our possessions. and not do any work— Leviticus 23:28 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. Leviticus 23:30 I will destroy from among his people anyone who does any work on this day. Exodus 20:10 but the seventh day is a Sabbath to the LORD your God, on which you must not do any work—neither you, nor your son or daughter, nor your manservant or maidservant or livestock, nor the foreigner within your gates. whether the native or the foreigner who resides among you— Exodus 12:49 The same law shall apply to both the native and the foreigner who resides among you.” Leviticus 24:22 You are to have the same standard of law for the foreign resident and the native; for I am the LORD your God.’” Numbers 15:15-16 The assembly is to have the same statute both for you and for the foreign resident; it is a permanent statute for the generations to come. You and the foreigner shall be the same before the LORD. / The same law and the same ordinance will apply both to you and to the foreigner residing with you.” Hebrews 9:7 But only the high priest entered the second room, and then only once a year, and never without blood, which he offered for himself and for the sins the people had committed in ignorance. Treasury of Scripture And this shall be a statute for ever to you: that in the seventh month, on the tenth day of the month, you shall afflict your souls, and do no work at all, whether it be one of your own country, or a stranger that sojournes among you: in the seventh Leviticus 23:27-32 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… Exodus 30:10 And Aaron shall make an atonement upon the horns of it once in a year with the blood of the sin offering of atonements: once in the year shall he make atonement upon it throughout your generations: it is most holy unto the LORD. 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: shall afflict Psalm 35:13 But 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. Psalm 69:10 When I wept, and chastened my soul with fasting, that was to my reproach. Isaiah 58:3,5 Wherefore 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… do no Leviticus 23:3,7,8,21,28,36 Six days shall work be done: but the seventh day is the sabbath of rest, an holy convocation; ye shall do no work therein: it is the sabbath of the LORD in all your dwellings… Exodus 12:16 And in the first day there shall be an holy convocation, and in the seventh day there shall be an holy convocation to you; no manner of work shall be done in them, save that which every man must eat, that only may be done of you. Exodus 20:10 But the seventh day is the sabbath of the LORD thy God: in it thou shalt not do any work, thou, nor thy son, nor thy daughter, thy manservant, nor thy maidservant, nor thy cattle, nor thy stranger that is within thy gates: Jump to Previous Afflict Alien Birth Country Either Everlasting Foreigner Forever Home-Born Humble Israelites Lasting Manner Month Native Native-Born Order Ordinance Permanent Pleasure Seventh Sojourneth Sort Souls Statute Stranger Tenth Whether Work YourselvesJump to Next Afflict Alien Birth Country Either Everlasting Foreigner Forever Home-Born Humble Israelites Lasting Manner Month Native Native-Born Order Ordinance Permanent Pleasure Seventh Sojourneth Sort Souls Statute Stranger Tenth Whether Work YourselvesLeviticus 16 1. how the high priest must enter into the holy place11. The sin offering for himself 15. The sin offering for the people 20. The scapegoat 29. The yearly feast of the expiations This is to be a permanent statute for you: This phrase establishes the enduring nature of the command, indicating its importance and unchanging requirement for the Israelites. It reflects the covenantal relationship between God and His people, emphasizing obedience and continuity in worship practices. The term "permanent statute" suggests a divine ordinance meant to be observed throughout generations, highlighting the timelessness of God's laws. On the tenth day of the seventh month: you shall humble yourselves: and not do any work— whether the native or the foreigner who resides among you— Persons / Places / Events 1. The IsraelitesThe primary audience of the Levitical laws, including the Day of Atonement, which is the context of this verse. 2. The Day of Atonement (Yom Kippur) A significant annual event in the Jewish calendar, dedicated to atonement and repentance. 3. The Tenth Day of the Seventh Month Known as Tishri in the Hebrew calendar, this day is set apart for the Day of Atonement. 4. Native and Foreigner The statute applies to both Israelites and non-Israelites living among them, emphasizing inclusivity in worship and repentance. 5. Moses The mediator of God's laws to the Israelites, including the instructions for the Day of Atonement. Teaching Points Humility Before GodThe command to "humble yourselves" (Hebrew: 'anah) signifies a deep, personal reflection and repentance. This humility is essential for a right relationship with God. Rest as a Form of Worship The prohibition of work underscores the importance of rest and reflection. It is a reminder that our worth is not in our labor but in our identity as God's people. Inclusivity in Worship The inclusion of both natives and foreigners highlights God's desire for all people to come to Him in repentance and faith. It challenges us to be inclusive in our communities of faith. Atonement and Repentance The Day of Atonement points to the need for atonement and the seriousness of sin. It foreshadows the ultimate atonement made by Christ, encouraging us to live in the light of His sacrifice. Perpetual Statute The term "permanent statute" (Hebrew: 'chuqat olam) indicates the enduring nature of this command, reminding us of the timeless principles of repentance and humility. Bible Study Questions and Answers 1. What is the meaning of Leviticus 16:29?2. How does Leviticus 16:29 emphasize the importance of humility and repentance today? 3. Why is fasting significant in Leviticus 16:29, and how can we practice it? 4. How does Leviticus 16:29 connect to Jesus' atonement for our sins? 5. What role does self-denial play in our spiritual growth according to Leviticus 16:29? 6. How can we incorporate the principles of Leviticus 16:29 into our daily lives? 7. What is the significance of the Day of Atonement in Leviticus 16:29 for Christians today? 8. How does Leviticus 16:29 relate to the concept of fasting and self-denial? 9. Why is the Day of Atonement considered a lasting ordinance in Leviticus 16:29? 10. What are the top 10 Lessons from Leviticus 16? 11. What is Yom Kippur? 12. What does the Bible say about fasting? 13. Mark 2:18–22 – Why does Jesus’ stance on fasting differ so greatly from Jewish customs, and does this contradict Old Testament laws? 14. What defines a lasting ordinance? What Does Leviticus 16:29 Mean This is to be a permanent statute for youGod isn’t offering a suggestion here—He is laying down a rule meant to stand for every generation. Much like the rainbow covenant with Noah (Genesis 9:12-13) and the Passover ordinance (Exodus 12:14), the Day of Atonement is designed to remind Israel continually of His holiness and their need for cleansing. That permanence underlines how seriously the Lord takes sin and atonement, themes later fulfilled in Christ’s once-for-all sacrifice (Hebrews 10:1-14). On the tenth day of the seventh month The seventh month (Tishri) already held deep spiritual weight with the Feast of Trumpets (Leviticus 23:24) and the Feast of Tabernacles (Leviticus 23:34). Slotting the Day of Atonement right between them turned this whole month into a season of reflection, repentance, and celebration. Galatians 4:4 reminds us that God always acts “in the fullness of time,” and this divinely appointed date shows His perfect timing for dealing with sin before leading His people into rejoicing. You shall humble yourselves “Humble” (or “afflict”) points to fasting and heartfelt repentance. Isaiah 58:3-7 connects true fasting with turning from sin and showing mercy to others, while Psalm 35:13 illustrates David’s practice of humbling himself with fasting. In other words, the outward act is meant to spark an inward surrender. This heart posture anticipates James 4:10, “Humble yourselves before the Lord, and He will exalt you.” • It isn’t about earning forgiveness; it’s about admitting we can’t. • Humility opens the door for God’s mercy to flow unhindered (1 Peter 5:6-7). And not do any work Rest on this day mirrors the weekly Sabbath (Exodus 20:8-11) but carries an intensified focus on atonement. Ceasing from labor makes room to watch the high priest perform his one yearly entrance behind the veil (Leviticus 16:2-3). Hebrews 4:9-10 uses this imagery to describe the believer’s spiritual rest in Christ, the ultimate High Priest. Work stops so grace can speak. Whether the native or the foreigner who resides among you God’s call reaches everyone inside the camp. Numbers 15:15-16 makes the same point: “The assembly is to have the same statute for both you and the foreigner living among you.” From Rahab (Joshua 6:25) to Ruth (Ruth 1:16-17), Scripture shows that outsiders who trust the Lord are welcomed under the same mercy. Ephesians 2:13-19 later announces that Christ broke down the wall of separation, making both Jew and Gentile “one new man.” summary Leviticus 16:29 sets the Day of Atonement as an unchanging, God-given appointment: every year, on the exact date, all people in the community must stop working and humble themselves. The verse highlights God’s consistent standards, His perfect timing, the necessity of heartfelt repentance, the rest He provides, and His inclusive grace. In all these details we see the foreshadowing of Jesus, whose finished work fulfills this permanent statute and offers lasting atonement to every humble heart. (29) And this shall be a statute for ever.--Literally, a statute of eternity, that is, an everlasting ordinance. That which is contained in Leviticus 16:29-30 is binding upon the Israelites as long as they exist, and is to be observed by them annually.In the seventh month, on the tenth day.--This month, which is called Tishri, corresponds to September, and is the month of great festivals. On the first is the Feast of Trumpets (see Leviticus 23:24), on the tenth the Day of Atonement, and on the fourteenth begins the Feast of Tabernacles which lasts eight days. Ye shall afflict your souls.--From Isaiah 58:3; Isaiah 58:5; Isaiah 58:10 it is evident that by the phrase "to afflict the soul" is meant fasting. This is expressed by the fuller form, "to afflict the soul with fasting." in Psalm 35:13, where the Authorised Version inconsistently translates it, "humbled my soul." This is the only public fast ordained in the Mosaic Law; and the authorities during the second Temple defined more minutely in what this fasting consists. According to the canon law it consists not only in abstaining from eating and drinking, but from washing, anointing, wearing of shoes or sandals, and the marriage-bed, as they were the outward signs of joy. (Comp. Ecclesiastes 9:10.) If any one presumptuously ate as much as a date with a kernel, or drank as much as fills one cheek, he violated the Law, and incurred the penalty of excision. If he did it unintentionally he had to bring a sin offering. The fast lasted from evening to evening, and is rigorously kept by Jews to this day. Exception was and still is made in the case of pregnant women, invalids, and children. This is the fast which the Apostle refers to in Acts 27:9. The marginal note on this passage, viz., "the fast was on the tenth day of the seventh month" (Leviticus 23:27; Leviticus 23:29), is not to be found in the first edition of the Authorised Version. It was introduced by Bishop Lloyd in the Bible published in London, 1701, fol., who took it from the Geneva Version (Geneva, 1560), and it was adopted in the Oxford 4to edition, 1703. When Christ admonishes his followers, "When thou fastest, anoint thine head, and wash thy face" (Matthew 6:17), He refers to the canonical law about fasting here given. . . . Verses 29-31. - The ceremonies of the Day of Atonement are not appointed for once only, but they are to be of annual observance. This shall be a statute for ever unto you, as long as the nation should exist, that in the seventh month, on the tenth day of the month, ye shall afflict your souls, and do no work at all. The seventh is the sacred month, in which the first, the tenth, the fifteenth, and following days are appointed as holy seasons. The Day of Atonement is the single fast of the Jewish Church occurring once a year only. On it all the members of that Church were to afflict their souls, on pain of death (Leviticus 23:29). The fast began on the evening of the ninth day, and ended on the evening of the tenth, when it was succeeded by general feasting. During the whole of the twenty-four hours no work at all was to be done. In this respect the Day of Atonement was put on a level with the sabbath, whereas on the annual festivals only "servile work" was forbidden (see Leviticus 23:7, 21, 25, 35). On this day, therefore, as on the weekly sabbath, it was not permitted to collect manna (Exodus 16:26), or to plough or reap (Exodus 34:21), or to light a fire (Exodus 35:3), or to gather wood (Numbers 15:32-36), or to carry corn or fruit (Nehemiah 13:15), or to sell food or other goods (Nehemiah 13:16), or to bear burdens (Jeremiah 17:22, 23), or to set out grain for sale (Amos 8:5). And these regulations applied to strangers that sojourned among them as well as to themselves. It was a sabbath of rest; literally, a sabbath of sabbatism. The purpose of the abstinence from food and labour was to bring the soul of each individual into harmony with the solemn rites of purification publicly performed not by themselves, but by the high priest.Parallel Commentaries ... Hebrew This is to beוְהָיְתָ֥ה (wə·hā·yə·ṯāh) Conjunctive waw | Verb - Qal - Conjunctive perfect - third person feminine singular Strong's 1961: To fall out, come to pass, become, be a permanent עוֹלָ֑ם (‘ō·w·lām) Noun - masculine singular Strong's 5769: Concealed, eternity, frequentatively, always statute for you: לְחֻקַּ֣ת (lə·ḥuq·qaṯ) Preposition-l | Noun - feminine singular construct Strong's 2708: Something prescribed, an enactment, statute On the tenth בֶּֽעָשׂ֨וֹר (be·‘ā·śō·wr) Preposition-b, Article | Noun - masculine singular Strong's 6218: Ten, by abbreviated form ten strings, a decachord day לַחֹ֜דֶשׁ (la·ḥō·ḏeš) Preposition-l, Article | Noun - masculine singular Strong's 2320: The new moon, a month of the seventh הַ֠שְּׁבִיעִי (haš·šə·ḇî·‘î) Article | Number - ordinal masculine singular Strong's 7637: Seventh (an ordinal number) month, בַּחֹ֣דֶשׁ (ba·ḥō·ḏeš) Preposition-b, Article | Noun - masculine singular Strong's 2320: The new moon, a month you shall humble תְּעַנּ֣וּ (tə·‘an·nū) Verb - Piel - Imperfect - second person masculine plural Strong's 6031: To be bowed down or afflicted your souls נַפְשֹֽׁתֵיכֶ֗ם (nap̄·šō·ṯê·ḵem) Noun - feminine plural construct | second person masculine plural Strong's 5315: A soul, living being, life, self, person, desire, passion, appetite, emotion and not do תַעֲשׂ֔וּ (ṯa·‘ă·śū) Verb - Qal - Imperfect - second person masculine plural Strong's 6213: To do, make any וְכָל־ (wə·ḵāl) Conjunctive waw | Noun - masculine singular construct Strong's 3605: The whole, all, any, every work— מְלָאכָה֙ (mə·lā·ḵāh) Noun - feminine singular Strong's 4399: Deputyship, ministry, employment, work, property whether the native הָֽאֶזְרָ֔ח (hā·’ez·rāḥ) Article | Noun - masculine singular Strong's 249: A spontaneous growth, native or the foreigner וְהַגֵּ֖ר (wə·hag·gêr) Conjunctive waw, Article | Noun - masculine singular Strong's 1616: A guest, a foreigner who resides הַגָּ֥ר (hag·gār) Article | Verb - Qal - Participle - masculine singular Strong's 1481: To turn aside from the road, sojourn, to shrink, fear, to gather for, hostility among you— בְּתוֹכְכֶֽם׃ (bə·ṯō·wḵ·ḵem) Preposition-b | Noun - masculine singular construct | second person masculine plural Strong's 8432: A bisection, the centre Links Leviticus 16:29 NIVLeviticus 16:29 NLT Leviticus 16:29 ESV Leviticus 16:29 NASB Leviticus 16:29 KJV Leviticus 16:29 BibleApps.com Leviticus 16:29 Biblia Paralela Leviticus 16:29 Chinese Bible Leviticus 16:29 French Bible Leviticus 16:29 Catholic Bible OT Law: Leviticus 16:29 It shall be a statute to you (Le Lv Lev.) |
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