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¶ 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:

And this shall be a statute {H2708} for ever {H5769} unto you: that in the seventh {H7637} month {H2320}, on the tenth {H6218} day of the month {H2320}, ye shall afflict {H6031} your souls {H5315}, and do {H6213} no work {H4399} at all, whether it be one of your own country {H249}, or a stranger {H1616} that sojourneth {H1481} among {H8432} you:

"It is to be a permanent regulation for you that on the tenth day of the seventh month you are to deny yourselves and not do any kind of work, both the citizen and the foreigner living with you.

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—

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:

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Cross-References

  • Numbers 29:7 (5 votes)

    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]:

  • Isaiah 58:3 (5 votes)

    ¶ 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.

  • Leviticus 23:7 (4 votes)

    In the first day ye shall have an holy convocation: ye shall do no servile work therein.

  • Leviticus 23:8 (4 votes)

    But ye shall offer an offering made by fire unto the LORD seven days: in the seventh day [is] an holy convocation: ye shall do no servile work [therein].

  • Leviticus 23:21 (4 votes)

    And ye shall proclaim on the selfsame day, [that] it may be an holy convocation unto you: ye shall do no servile work [therein: it shall be] a statute for ever in all your dwellings throughout your generations.

  • Exodus 20:10 (4 votes)

    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:

  • Psalms 35:13 (4 votes)

    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.