Positive Commandment #93 of 613
Rest from prohibited labor on the Day of Atonement
Commandment #93 — a positive obligation from Leviticus 23:32, classified under Appointed Times in the 613 commandments of the Torah.
Scripture
“"It is to be a sabbath of complete rest to you, and you shall humble your souls; on the ninth of the month at evening, from evening until evening you shall keep your sabbath."”
— Leviticus 23:32
Hebrew
שַׁבַּת שַׁבָּתוֹן הוּא לָכֶם וְעִנִּיתֶם אֶת־נַפְשֹׁתֵיכֶם בְּתִשְׁעָה לַחֹדֶשׁ בָּעֶרֶב מֵעֶרֶב עַד־עֶרֶב תִּשְׁבְּתוּ שַׁבַּתְּכֶם׃ פ
Greek (Septuagint)
σάββατα σαββάτων ἔσται ὑμῖν καὶ ταπεινώσετε τὰς ψυχὰς ὑμῶν ἀπὸ ἐνάτης τοῦ μηνὸς ἀπὸ ἑσπέρας ἕως ἑσπέρας σαββατιεῖτε τὰ σάββατα ὑμῶν
Classification
- Type
- Positive (Thou Shalt)
- Category
- Appointed Times
- Book
- leviticus
- Chapter
- 23
Scholarly References
- Parashah
- Emor
- Sefer HaChinuch
- #317
- Mishneh Torah
- TimesRest on the Tenth of Tishri
Related Commandments in “Appointed Times”
#87: Rest on the seventh day Sabbath
Exodus 23:12
#88: Do not do prohibited labor on the seventh day Sabbath
Exodus 20:10
#89: The court must not inflict punishment on the Sabbath
Exodus 35:3
#90: Do not walk outside the city boundary on the Sabbath
Exodus 16:29
#91: Sanctify the Sabbath (in speech) from beginning to end
Exodus 20:8
#92: Do not do prohibited labor on the Day of Atonement
Leviticus 23:32
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