Leviticus 16:29

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—

Berean Standard Bible

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Study note

Setting — God addresses Israel through Moses following the completion of the high priest’s atonement ritual, establishing a recurring observance tied to the tenth day of the seventh month.

The words — תְּעַנּ֣וּ (te.'a.Nu) means “you will afflict” or humble yourselves, and עוֹלָ֑ם (o.Lam) denotes perpetuity or a permanent statute.

The thread — The commandment appears in Numbers 29:7 as a sacred assembly instruction, is questioned in Isaiah 58:3 regarding the efficacy of self-humiliation, and echoes the Sabbath work prohibition in Exodus 20:10.

Why it lands — The text commands native and foreign residents alike to abstain from labor and practice self-affliction on a fixed date, preceding the promise of cleansing from sin in the following verse.

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The Hebrew words

וְהָיְתָ֥הve./ha.ye.Tahand/ it will becomeלָכֶ֖םla./Khemfor <the>/ youלְחֻקַּ֣תle./chu.Kat<into>/ a statute of עוֹלָ֑םo.Lamperpetuity בַּחֹ֣דֶשׁba./Cho.deshin the/ month הַ֠שְּׁבִיעִיHa./she.vi.'i<the>/ seventh בֶּֽעָשׂ֨וֹרbe./'a.Soron the/ ten לַחֹ֜דֶשׁla./Cho.deshof the/ month תְּעַנּ֣וּte.'a.Nuyou will afflict אֶת־'et-<obj.>נַפְשֹֽׁתֵיכֶ֗םnaf.sho.tei./Khemselves/ your וְכָל־ve./kholand/ any מְלָאכָה֙me.la.Khahwork לֹ֣אlo'not תַעֲשׂ֔וּta.'a.Suyou will do הָֽאֶזְרָ֔חha./'ez.Rachthe/ native-born וְהַגֵּ֖רve./ha./Gerand/ the/ sojourner הַגָּ֥רha./Garwho/ sojourns בְּתוֹכְכֶֽם׃be./tokh./Khemin/ midst of/ you

King James Version

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:

Cross-references

Numbers 29:7 On the tenth day of this seventh month, you are to hold a sacred assembly, and you shall humble yourselves; you must not do any work.
Isaiah 58:3 “Why have we fasted, and You have not seen? Why have we humbled ourselves, and You have not noticed?” “Behold, on the day of your fast, you do as you please, and you oppress all your workers.
Exodus 20:10 but the seventh day is a Sabbath to the LORD your God, on which you must not do any work—neither you, nor your son or daughter, nor your manservant or maidservant or livestock, nor the foreigner within your gates.
Leviticus 23:7 On the first day you are to hold a sacred assembly; you are not to do any regular work.
Leviticus 23:21 On that same day you are to proclaim a sacred assembly, and you must not do any regular work. This is to be a permanent statute wherever you live for the generations to come.
Leviticus 23:27 “The tenth day of this seventh month is the Day of Atonement. You shall hold a sacred assembly and humble yourselves, and present a food offering to the LORD.
Leviticus 23:36 For seven days you are to present a food offering to the LORD. On the eighth day you are to hold a sacred assembly and present a food offering to the LORD. It is a solemn assembly; you must not do any regular work.
Psalms 35:13 Yet when they were ill, I put on sackcloth; I humbled myself with fasting, but my prayers returned unanswered.
Isaiah 58:5 Is this the fast I have chosen: a day for a man to deny himself, to bow his head like a reed, and to spread out sackcloth and ashes? Will you call this a fast and a day acceptable to the LORD?
Daniel 10:12 “Do not be afraid, Daniel,” he said, “for from the first day that you purposed to understand and to humble yourself before your God, your words were heard, and I have come in response to them.