It shall be a sabbath of rest unto you, and ye shall afflict your souls, by a statute for ever.
KJV
Parallel translations
4 additional translations▾
Parallel translations
4 additional translationsASV
It is a sabbath of solemn rest unto you, and ye shall afflict your souls; it is a statute for ever.
WEB
It is a Sabbath of complete rest for you, that you may humble yourselves; it is a permanent statute.
YLT
it is to you a sabbath of rest, and ye have humbled yourselves--a statute age-during.
DBT
A sabbath of rest shall it be unto you, and ye shall afflict your souls: [it is] an everlasting statute.
About this book
Old Testament▾
About this book
Old TestamentLeviticus — A holy people before a holy God. Five offerings, a priesthood, a purity code — and at the centre, a single day that carries the sins of a year to a cleansed Most Holy Place.
- Author
- Moses — receives these laws at Sinai; the repeated formula is ‘the LORD spake unto Moses, saying’
- Date
- Composed during Israel's year at Sinai (15th–13th century BC)