Leviticus 23:27

23:26 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.

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“However on the tenth day of this seventh month is the day of atonement: it shall be a holy convocation to you, and you shall afflict yourselves; and you shall offer an offering made by fire to Yahweh.

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.

Also on the tenth day of this seventh month there shall be a day of atonement: it shall be an holy convocation to you; and you shall afflict your souls, and offer an offering made by fire to the LORD.

23:28 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.

What does Leviticus 23:27 mean?

Leviticus 23:27 is a verse in the book of Leviticus, in the Old Testament. In the original Hebrew, key words include אַךְ (ʼak), עָשׂוֹר (ʻâsôwr), שְׁבִיעִי (shᵉbîyʻîy).

Hebrew interlinear

Alsoאַךְʼak/ak/H389a particle of affirmation, surely; hence (by limitation) only

the

tenthעָשׂוֹרʻâsôwr/aw-sore'/H6218ten; by abbreviated form ten strings, and so a decachord

day

this

seventhשְׁבִיעִיshᵉbîyʻîy/sheb-ee-ee'/H7637seventh

monthחֹדֶשׁchôdesh/kho'-desh/H2320the new moon; by implication, a month

there

shall

dayיוֹםyôwm/yome/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 associated term), (often used adverb)

atonement:כִּפֻּרkippur/kip-poor'/H3725expiation (only in plural)

shall

holyקֹדֶשׁqôdesh/ko'-desh/H6944a sacred place or thing; rarely abstract, sanctity

convocationמִקְרָאmiqrâʼ/mik-raw'/H4744something called out, i.e. a public meeting (the act, the persons, or the place); also a rehearsal

unto

you;

and

shall

afflictעָנָהʻânâh/aw-naw'/H6031to depress literally or figuratively, transitive or intransitive (in various applications, as follows)

your

souls,נֶפֶשׁnephesh/neh'-fesh/H5315properly, a breathing creature, i.e. animal of (abstractly) vitality; used very widely in a literal, accommodated or figurative sense (bodily or mental)

and

offerקָרַבqârab/kaw-rab'/H7126to approach (causatively, bring near) for whatever purpose

offering

made

fireאִשָּׁהʼishshâh/ish-shaw'/H801properly, a burnt-offering; but occasionally of any sacrifice

unto

the

LORD.יְהֹוָהYᵉhôvâh/yeh-ho-vaw'/H3068Jehovah, Jewish national name of God

Topics

Ethanim Humiliation and Self-Affliction Impenitence Sabbath Seven

Verses like this

Other verses that share key original-language words with Leviticus 23:27.

Exodus 12:16

And in the first day there shall be an holy convocation, and in the seventh day there shall be an holy convocation to you; no manner of work shall be done in them, save that which every man must eat, that only may be done of you. man: Heb. soul

Leviticus 25:9

Then shalt thou cause the trumpet of the jubile to sound on the tenth day of the seventh month, in the day of atonement shall ye make the trumpet sound throughout all your land. of the jubile: Heb. loud of sound

Exodus 12:15

Seven days shall ye eat unleavened bread; even the first day ye shall put away leaven out of your houses: for whosoever eateth leavened bread from the first day until the seventh day, that soul shall be cut off from Israel.

Leviticus 16:29

And this shall be a statute for ever unto you: that in the seventh month, on the tenth day of the month, ye shall afflict your souls, and do no work at all, whether it be one of your own country, or a stranger that sojourneth among you:

Leviticus 23:24

Speak unto the children of Israel, saying, In the seventh month, in the first day of the month, shall ye have a sabbath, a memorial of blowing of trumpets, an holy convocation.

Numbers 29:7

And ye shall have on the tenth day of this seventh month an holy convocation; and ye shall afflict your souls: ye shall not do any work therein:

Exodus 12:3

Speak ye unto all the congregation of Israel, saying, In the tenth day of this month they shall take to them every man a lamb, according to the house of their fathers, a lamb for an house: lamb: or, kid

Exodus 13:4

This day came ye out in the month Abib.

Frequently asked questions

What does Leviticus 23:27 say?

Leviticus 23:27 (King James Version) reads: "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."

Is Leviticus 23:27 in the Old or New Testament?

Leviticus 23:27 is in the Old Testament of the Bible, in the book of Leviticus.

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