And ye shall do no work in that same day: for it is a day of atonement, to make an atonement for you before the Lord your God.
KJV
Parallel translations
4 additional translations▾
Parallel translations
4 additional translationsAnd ye shall do no manner of work in that same day; for it is a day of atonement, to make atonement for you before Jehovah your God.
On this day you are not to do any work, for it is the Day of Atonement, when atonement is made for you before the LORD your God.
and ye do no work in this self-same day, for it is a day of atonements, to make atonement for you, before Jehovah your God.
And ye shall do no manner of work on that same day; for it is a day of atonement, to make atonement for you before Jehovah yourGod.
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)