Leviticus 23:30

I will destroy from among his people anyone who does any work on this day.

Berean Standard Bible

Study note

Setting — Yahweh speaks to Moses and the Israelites while establishing the calendar of appointed feasts, specifically defining the boundary for the seventh-month Sabbath.

The words — מְלָאכָה (me.la.Khah) translates literally as "work" or "labor," and בְּעֶצֶם הַיּוֹם (be.'etsem hai.yom) means "on the very substance of the day," stressing an uncompromising prohibition.

The thread — The consequence of being cut off from the people appears in Leviticus 20:3 and 20:5 for idolatry, and in Genesis 17:14 for failure in circumcision.

Why it lands — The text states that anyone performing labor on the designated day will be destroyed by God, and it requires immediate compliance with the Sabbath restriction without exception.

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The Hebrew words

וְכָל־ve./kholand/ every הַנֶּ֗פֶשׁha./Ne.fesh<the>/ person אֲשֶׁ֤ר'a.Sherwho תַּעֲשֶׂה֙ta.'a.Sehit will do כָּל־kol-any מְלָאכָ֔הme.la.Khahwork בְּעֶ֖צֶםbe./'E.tzemon/ [the] substance of הַיּ֣וֹםhai./Yomthe/ day הַזֶּ֑הha./Zeh<the>/ this וְהַֽאֲבַדְתִּ֛יve./ha.'a.vad.Tiand/ I will destroy אֶת־'et-<obj.>הַנֶּ֥פֶשׁha./Ne.feshthe/ person הַהִ֖ואha./Hiv'<the>/ that מִקֶּ֥רֶבmi./Ke.revfrom/ among עַמָּֽהּ׃'a.Ma/hpeople/ its

King James Version

And whatsoever soul it be that doeth any work in that same day, the same soul will I destroy from among his people.

Cross-references

Leviticus 20:3 And I will set My face against that man and cut him off from his people, because by giving his offspring to Molech, he has defiled My sanctuary and profaned My holy name.
Leviticus 20:5 then I will set My face against that man and his family and cut off from among their people both him and all who follow him in prostituting themselves with Molech.
Genesis 17:14 But if any male is not circumcised, he will be cut off from his people; he has broken My covenant.”
Jeremiah 15:7 I will scatter them with a winnowing fork at the gates of the land. I will bereave and destroy My people who have not turned from their ways.
Ezekiel 14:9 But if the prophet is enticed to speak a message, then it was I the LORD who enticed him, and I will stretch out My hand against him and destroy him from among My people Israel.
Zephaniah 2:5 Woe to the dwellers of the seacoast, O nation of the Cherethites! The word of the LORD is against you, O Canaan, land of the Philistines: “I will destroy you, and no one will be left.”
1 Corinthians 3:17 If anyone destroys God’s temple, God will destroy him; for God’s temple is holy, and you are that temple.