Lev 23:26-32 | NETfull | STEP | The Lord spoke to Moses:

Leviticus 23:26-32

The Day of Atonement

26 The Lord spoke to Moses: 27 “The ^{▼▼ Heb “Surely the tenth day” or perhaps “Precisely the tenth day.” The Hebrew adverbial particle אַךְ (’akh) is left untranslated by most recent English versions; cf. however NASB “On exactly the tenth day.”} tenth day of this seventh month is the Day of Atonement. ^{▼▼ See the description of this day and its regulations in Lev 16 and the notes there.} It is to be a holy assembly for you, and you must humble yourselves ^{▼▼ Heb “you shall humble your souls.” See the note on Lev 16:29 above.} and present a gift to the Lord. 28 You must not do any work on this particular day, ^{▼▼ Heb “in the bone of this day.”} because it is a day of atonement to make atonement for yourselves ^{▼▼ Heb “on you [plural]”; cf. NASB, NRSV “on your behalf.”} before the Lord your God. 29 Indeed, ^{▼▼ The particular כִּי (ki) is taken in an asseverative sense here (“Indeed,” see the NJPS translation).} any person who does not behave with humility on this particular day will be cut off from his people. ^{▼▼ Heb “it [i.e., that person; literally “soul,” feminine] shall be cut off from its peoples [plural]”; NLT “from the community.”} 30 As for any person ^{▼▼ Heb “And any person.”} who does any work on this particular day, I will exterminate ^{▼▼ See HALOT 3 s.v. I אבד hif. Cf. KJV, NASB, NIV, NRSV, NLT “destroy”; CEV “wipe out.”} that person from the midst of his people! ^{▼▼ Heb “its people” (“its” is feminine to agree with “person,” literally “soul,” which is feminine in Hebrew; cf. v. 29).} 31 You must not do any work. This is a perpetual statute throughout your generations ^{▼▼ Heb “for your generations.”} in all the places where you live. 32 It is a Sabbath of complete rest for you, and you must humble yourselves on the ninth day of the month in the evening, from evening until evening you must observe your Sabbath.” ^{▼▼ Heb “you shall rest your Sabbath.”}