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Leviticus 23:28 - Meaning and Application
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Translation: World English Bible — Catholic Edition
" You shall do no kind of work in that same day, for it is a day of atonement, to make atonement for you before the LORD your God. "
Leviticus 23:28
Verse in Context
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26 The LORD spoke to Moses, saying,
27 “However on the tenth day of this seventh month is the day of atonement. It shall be a holy convocation to you. You shall afflict yourselves and you shall offer an offering made by fire to the LORD.
28 You shall do no kind of work in that same day, for it is a day of atonement, to make atonement for you before the LORD your God.
29 For whoever it is who shall not deny himself in that same day shall be cut off from his people.
30 Whoever does any kind of work in that same day, I will destroy that person from among his people.
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Leviticus 23:1
"The LORD spoke to Moses, saying,"
Leviticus 23:2
"“Speak to the children of Israel, and tell them, ‘The set feasts of the LORD, which you shall proclaim to be holy convocations, even these are my set feasts."
Leviticus 23:3
"“‘Six days shall work be done, but on the seventh day is a Sabbath of solemn rest, a holy convocation; you shall do no kind of work. It is a Sabbath to the LORD in all your dwellings."
Leviticus 23:4
"“‘These are the set feasts of the LORD, even holy convocations, which you shall proclaim in their appointed season."
Leviticus 23:5
"In the first month, on the fourteenth day of the month in the evening, is the LORD’s Passover."
Leviticus 23:6
"On the fifteenth day of the same month is the feast of unleavened bread to the LORD. Seven days you shall eat unleavened bread."
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