King James Version
Leviticus 23:28 in the King James Version says “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 you...” — study this verse from Leviticus chapter 23 with commentary, cross-references, and original Hebrew word analysis.
“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.”
Leviticus 23:28 · KJV
And the LORD spake unto Moses, saying,
Also on the tenth day of this seventh month there shall be a day of atonement: it shall be an holy convocation unto you; and ye shall afflict your souls, and offer an offering made by fire unto the LORD.
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.
For whatsoever soul it be that shall not be afflicted in that same day, he shall be cut off from among his people.
And whatsoever soul it be that doeth any work in that same day, the same soul will I destroy from among his people.
KJV Study — Public Domain
properly, the whole; hence, all, any or every (in the singular only, but often in a plural sense)
“no work”
H4399properly, deputyship, i.e., ministry; generally, employment (never servile) or work (abstractly or concretely); also property (as the result of labor)
not (the simple or abs. negation); by implication, no; often used with other particles
“in that same”
H6106a bone (as strong); by extension, the body; figuratively, the substance, i.e., (as pron.) selfsame
“day”
H3117a day (as the warm hours), whether literal (from sunrise to sunset, or from one sunset to the next), or figurative (a space of time defined by an asso
(by implication) very widely used as a relative conjunction or adverb (as below); often largely modified by other particles annexed
“day”
H3117a day (as the warm hours), whether literal (from sunrise to sunset, or from one sunset to the next), or figurative (a space of time defined by an asso
he (she or it); only expressed when emphatic or without a verb; also (intensively) self, or (especially with the article) the same; sometimes (as demo
above, over, upon, or against (yet always in this last relation with a downward aspect) in a great variety of applications
“for you before”
H6440the face (as the part that turns); used in a great variety of applications (literally and figuratively); also (with prepositional prefix) as a preposi
“your God”
H430gods in the ordinary sense; but specifically used (in the plural thus, especially with the article) of the supreme god; occasionally applied by way of
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