Leviticus 16:31 — Meaning and Application

King James Version

“It {shall be} a sabbath of rest unto you, and ye shall afflict your souls, by a statute for ever.”

Leviticus 16:31

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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:

For on that day shall {the priest} make an atonement for you, to cleanse you, {that} ye may be clean from all your sins before the LORD.

It {shall be} a sabbath of rest unto you, and ye shall afflict your souls, by a statute for ever.

And the priest, whom he shall anoint, and whom he shall consecrate to minister in the priest's office in his father's stead, shall make the atonement, and shall put on the linen clothes, {even} the holy garments: {consecrate: Heb. fill his hand}

And he shall make an atonement for the holy sanctuary, and he shall make an atonement for the tabernacle of the congregation, and for the altar, and he shall make an atonement for the priests, and for all the people of the congregation.

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Leviticus 16:1

"And the LORD spake unto Moses after the death of the two sons of Aaron, when they offered before the LORD, and died;"

Leviticus 16:2

"And the LORD said unto Moses, Speak unto Aaron thy brother, that he come not at all times into the holy {place} within the vail before the mercy seat, which {is} upon the ark; that he die not: for I will appear in the cloud upon the mercy seat."

Leviticus 16:3

"Thus shall Aaron come into the holy {place}: with a young bullock for a sin offering, and a ram for a burnt offering."

Leviticus 16:4

"He shall put on the holy linen coat, and he shall have the linen breeches upon his flesh, and shall be girded with a linen girdle, and with the linen mitre shall he be attired: these {are} holy garments; therefore shall he wash his flesh in water, and {so} put them on."

Leviticus 16:5

"And he shall take of the congregation of the children of Israel two kids of the goats for a sin offering, and one ram for a burnt offering."

Leviticus 16:6

"And Aaron shall offer his bullock of the sin offering, which {is} for himself, and make an atonement for himself, and for his house."

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