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29 “And this shall be a lasting statute[a] for you: in the seventh month, on the tenth of the month, you must deny yourselves and you must not do any work, whether the native or[b] the alien who is dwelling in your midst, 30 because on this day he shall make atonement for you to cleanse you; you must be clean from all your sins before[c] Yahweh. 31 It is a Sabbath of complete rest[d] for you, and you shall deny yourselves—it is a lasting statute.[e]

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Footnotes

  1. Leviticus 16:29 Literally “a statute of eternity” or “a statute of long duration”
  2. Leviticus 16:29 Or “and”
  3. Leviticus 16:30 Literally “to the faces of”
  4. Leviticus 16:31 Literally “a Sabbath of ‘Sabbathation.’” “Sabbathation” is not a real word, but it is devised as an attempt to convey the sounds of the related nouns in the Hebrew phrase
  5. Leviticus 16:31 Literally “a statute of eternity” or “a statute of long duration”