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Leviticus 23:31

23:30 And whatsoever soul it be that doeth any work in that same day, the same soul will I destroy from among his people.
Ye shall do no manner of work: it shall be a statute for ever throughout your generations in all your dwellings.

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You shall do no kind of work: it is a statute forever throughout your generations in all your dwellings.

Ye shall do no manner of work: it shall be a statute for ever throughout your generations in all your dwellings.

You shall do no manner of work: it shall be a statute for ever throughout your generations in all your dwellings.

23:32 It shall be unto you a sabbath of rest, and ye shall afflict your souls: in the ninth day of the month at even, from even unto even, shall ye celebrate your sabbath. celebrate: Heb. rest

What does Leviticus 23:31 mean?

Leviticus 23:31 is a verse in the book of Leviticus, in the Old Testament. In the original Hebrew, key words include עָשָׂה (ʻâsâh), מְלָאכָה (mᵉlâʼkâh), חֻקָּה (chuqqâh).

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Ye
shall
doעָשָׂהʻâsâh/aw-saw'/H6213to do or make, in the broadest sense and widest application
no
manner
of
work:מְלָאכָהmᵉlâʼkâh/mel-aw-kaw'/H4399properly, deputyship, i.e. ministry; generally, employment (never servile) or work (abstractly or concretely); also property (as the result of labor)
it
shall
be
a
statuteחֻקָּהchuqqâh/khook-kaw'/H2708{an enactment; hence, an appointment (of time, space, quantity, labor or usage)}
for
everעוֹלָםʻôwlâm/o-lawm'/H5769properly, concealed, i.e. the vanishing point; generally, time out of mind (past or future), i.e. (practically) eternity; frequentatively, adverbial (especially with prepositional prefix) always
throughout
your
generationsדּוֹרdôwr/dore/H1755properly, a revolution of time, i.e. an age or generation; also a dwelling
in
all
your
dwellings.מוֹשָׁבmôwshâb/mo-shawb'/H4186a seat; figuratively, a site; abstractly, a session; by extension an abode (the place or the time); by implication, population

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EthanimHumiliation and Self-AfflictionRestSabbathSeven

Verses like this

Other verses that share key original-language words with Leviticus 23:31.

Leviticus 23:14

And ye shall eat neither bread, nor parched corn, nor green ears, until the selfsame day that ye have brought an offering unto your God: it shall be a statute for ever throughout your generations in all your dwellings.

Exodus 12:14

And this day shall be unto you for a memorial; and ye shall keep it a feast to the LORD throughout your generations; ye shall keep it a feast by an ordinance for ever.

Exodus 12:17

And ye shall observe the feast of unleavened bread; for in this selfsame day have I brought your armies out of the land of Egypt: therefore shall ye observe this day in your generations by an ordinance for ever.

Exodus 27:21

In the tabernacle of the congregation without the vail, which is before the testimony, Aaron and his sons shall order it from evening to morning before the LORD: it shall be a statute for ever unto their generations on the behalf of the children of Israel.

Leviticus 23:21

And ye shall proclaim on the selfsame day, that it may be an holy convocation unto you: ye shall do no servile work therein: it shall be a statute for ever in all your dwellings throughout your generations.

Leviticus 3:17

It shall be a perpetual statute for your generations throughout all your dwellings, that ye eat neither fat nor blood.

Ecclesiastes 1:4

One generation passeth away, and another generation cometh: but the earth abideth for ever.

Exodus 28:43

And they shall be upon Aaron, and upon his sons, when they come in unto the tabernacle of the congregation, or when they come near unto the altar to minister in the holy place; that they bear not iniquity, and die: it shall be a statute for ever unto him and his seed after him.

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What does Leviticus 23:31 say?

Leviticus 23:31 (King James Version) reads: "Ye shall do no manner of work: it shall be a statute for ever throughout your generations in all your dwellings."

Is Leviticus 23:31 in the Old or New Testament?

Leviticus 23:31 is in the Old Testament of the Bible, in the book of Leviticus.

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