16 You are to hold a sacred assembly(A) on the first day and another sacred assembly on the seventh day. No work may be done on those days except for preparing what people need to eat—you may do only that.

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16 On the first day hold a sacred assembly, and another one on the seventh day. Do no work(A) at all on these days, except to prepare food for everyone to eat; that is all you may do.

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“Work may be done for six days, but on the seventh day there must be a Sabbath of complete rest,(A) a sacred assembly. You are not to do any work; it is a Sabbath(B) to the Lord wherever you live.

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The Sabbath

“‘There are six days when you may work,(A) but the seventh day is a day of sabbath rest,(B) a day of sacred assembly. You are not to do any work;(C) wherever you live, it is a sabbath to the Lord.

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28 On this particular day you are not to do any work, for it is a Day of Atonement to make atonement for yourselves before the Lord your God.

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28 Do not do any work(A) on that day, because it is the Day of Atonement, when atonement is made for you before the Lord your God.

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31 You are not to do any work. This is a permanent statute throughout your generations wherever you live.

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31 You shall do no work at all. This is to be a lasting ordinance(A) for the generations to come, wherever you live.

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Offerings for the Day of Atonement

“You are to hold a sacred assembly on the tenth day of this seventh month and practice self-denial;[a](A) you must not do any work.

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Footnotes

  1. Numbers 29:7 Traditionally, fasting, abstinence from sex, and refraining from personal grooming

The Day of Atonement(A)

“‘On the tenth day of this seventh month hold a sacred assembly. You must deny yourselves[a](B) and do no work.(C)

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Footnotes

  1. Numbers 29:7 Or must fast

22 You must not carry a load out of your houses on the Sabbath day or do any work,(A) but you must consecrate the Sabbath day, just as I commanded your ancestors.(B)

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22 Do not bring a load out of your houses or do any work on the Sabbath, but keep the Sabbath day holy, as I commanded your ancestors.(A)

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