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This is to be a lasting ordinance for the generations to come, wherever you live.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/nlt/leviticus/23.htm">New Living Translation</a></span><br />You must not do any work at all! This is a permanent law for you, and it must be observed from generation to generation wherever you live.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/esv/leviticus/23.htm">English Standard Version</a></span><br />You shall not do any work. It is a statute forever throughout your generations in all your dwelling places.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/bsb/leviticus/23.htm">Berean Standard Bible</a></span><br />You are not to do any work at all. This is a permanent statute for the generations to come, wherever you live.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/kjv/leviticus/23.htm">King James Bible</a></span><br />Ye shall do no manner of work: <i>it shall be</i> a statute for ever throughout your generations in all your dwellings.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/nkjv/leviticus/23.htm">New King James Version</a></span><br />You shall do no manner of work; <i>it shall be</i> a statute forever throughout your generations in all your dwellings.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/nasb_/leviticus/23.htm">New American Standard Bible</a></span><br />You shall not do any work. It is to be a permanent statute throughout your generations in all your dwelling places.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/nasb/leviticus/23.htm">NASB 1995</a></span><br />&#8220You shall do no work at all. It is to be a perpetual statute throughout your generations in all your dwelling places.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/nasb77/leviticus/23.htm">NASB 1977 </a></span><br />“You shall do no work at all. It is to be a perpetual statute throughout your generations in all your dwelling places.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/lsb/leviticus/23.htm">Legacy Standard Bible </a></span><br />You shall do no work at all. It is to be a perpetual statute throughout your generations in all your <i>places of</i> habitation.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/amp/leviticus/23.htm">Amplified Bible</a></span><br />You shall do no work at all [on that day]. It is a permanent statute throughout your generations wherever you may be.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/csb/leviticus/23.htm">Christian Standard Bible</a></span><br />You are not to do any work. This is a permanent statute throughout your generations wherever you live.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/hcsb/leviticus/23.htm">Holman Christian Standard Bible</a></span><br />You are not to do any work. This is a permanent statute throughout your generations wherever you live. <span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/asv/leviticus/23.htm">American Standard Version</a></span><br />Ye shall do no manner of work: it is a statute for ever throughout your generations in all your dwellings.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/erv/leviticus/23.htm">English Revised Version</a></span><br />Ye shall do no manner of work: it is a statute for ever throughout your generations in all your dwellings.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/gwt/leviticus/23.htm">GOD'S WORD® Translation</a></span><br />Don't do any work. It is a permanent law for generations to come wherever you live.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/gnt/leviticus/23.htm">Good News Translation</a></span><br />This regulation applies to all your descendants, no matter where they live. <span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/isv/leviticus/23.htm">International Standard Version</a></span><br />You are not to do any work. This is to be an eternal ordinance throughout your generations, wherever you live. <span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/msb/leviticus/23.htm">Majority Standard Bible</a></span><br />You are not to do any work at all. This is a permanent statute for the generations to come, wherever you live.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/net/leviticus/23.htm">NET Bible</a></span><br />You must not do any work. This is a perpetual statute throughout your generations in all the places where you live.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/nheb/leviticus/23.htm">New Heart English Bible</a></span><br />You shall do no manner of work: it is a statute forever throughout your generations in all your dwellings.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/wbt/leviticus/23.htm">Webster's Bible Translation</a></span><br />Ye shall do no manner of work. It shall be a statute for ever throughout your generations in all your dwellings.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/web/leviticus/23.htm">World English Bible</a></span><br />You shall do no kind of work: it is a statute forever throughout your generations in all your dwellings. <div class="vheading2"><b>Literal Translations</b></div><span class="versiontext"><a href="/lsv/leviticus/23.htm">Literal Standard Version</a></span><br />you do no work—a continuous statute throughout your generations in all your dwellings.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/ylt/leviticus/23.htm">Young's Literal Translation</a></span><br /> ye do no work -- a statute age-during to your generations in all your dwellings.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/slt/leviticus/23.htm">Smith's Literal Translation</a></span><br />Any work ye shall not do: a law forever to your generations in all your dwellings.<div class="vheading2"><b>Catholic Translations</b></div><span class="versiontext"><a href="/drb/leviticus/23.htm">Douay-Rheims Bible</a></span><br />You shall do no work therefore on that day: it shall be an everlasting ordinance unto you in all your generations, and dwellings. <span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/cpdv/leviticus/23.htm">Catholic Public Domain Version</a></span><br />Therefore, you shall do no work on that day. This shall be an everlasting ordinance for you in all your generations and dwelling places.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/nabre/leviticus/23.htm">New American Bible</a></span><br />You shall do no work; this is a perpetual statute throughout your generations wherever you dwell;<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/nrsvce/leviticus/23.htm">New Revised Standard Version</a></span><br />You shall do no work: it is a statute forever throughout your generations in all your settlements.<div class="vheading2"><b>Translations from Aramaic</b></div><span class="versiontext"><a href="/lamsa/leviticus/23.htm">Lamsa Bible</a></span><br />You shall do no manner of work; it shall be a statute for ever throughout your generations in all your dwellings.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/hpbt/leviticus/23.htm">Peshitta Holy Bible Translated</a></span><br />And you shall do no work: the Written Law to eternity for your generations in every house of your dwelling.<div class="vheading2"><b>OT Translations</b></div><span class="versiontext"><a href="/jps/leviticus/23.htm">JPS Tanakh 1917</a></span><br />Ye shall do no manner of work; it is a statute for ever throughout your generations in all your dwellings.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/sep/leviticus/23.htm">Brenton Septuagint Translation</a></span><br />Ye shall do no manner of work: it is a perpetual statute throughout your generations in all your habitations.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/parallel/leviticus/23-31.htm">Additional Translations ...</a></span></div></div></div><div id="centbox"><div class="padcent"><a name="audio" id="audio"></a><div class="vheadingv"><b>Audio Bible</b></div><iframe width="100%" src="https://www.youtube.com/embed/NWs_V1RyMFo?start=6287" title="YouTube video player" frameborder="0" allow="accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture; web-share" allowfullscreen></iframe><span class="p"><br /><br /><br /></span><div class="vheadingv"><b>Context</b></div><span class="hdg"><a href="/bsb/leviticus/23.htm">The Day of Atonement</a></span><br>…<span class="reftext">30</span>I will destroy from among his people anyone who does any work on this day. <span class="reftext">31</span><span class="highl"><a href="/hebrew/3808.htm" title="3808: lō (Adv-NegPrt) -- Not. Or lowi; or loh; a primitive particle; not; by implication, no; often used with other particles.">You are not</a> <a href="/hebrew/6213.htm" title="6213: ṯa·‘ă·śū (V-Qal-Imperf-2mp) -- To do, make. A primitive root; to do or make, in the broadest sense and widest application.">to do</a> <a href="/hebrew/3605.htm" title="3605: kāl- (N-msc) -- The whole, all. Or kowl; from kalal; properly, the whole; hence, all, any or every.">any</a> <a href="/hebrew/4399.htm" title="4399: mə·lā·ḵāh (N-fs) -- From the same as mal'ak; properly, deputyship, i.e. Ministry; generally, employment or work; also property.">work at all.</a> <a href="/hebrew/5769.htm" title="5769: ‘ō·w·lām (N-ms) -- Long duration, antiquity, futurity. ">This is a permanent</a> <a href="/hebrew/2708.htm" title="2708: ḥuq·qaṯ (N-fsc) -- Something prescribed, an enactment, statute. Feminine of choq, and meaning substantially the same.">statute</a> <a href="/hebrew/1755.htm" title="1755: lə·ḏō·rō·ṯê·ḵem (Prep-l:: N-mpc:: 2mp) -- Period, generation, dwelling. Or dor; from duwr; properly, a revolution of time, i.e. An age or generation; also a dwelling.">for the generations to come,</a> <a href="/hebrew/3605.htm" title="3605: bə·ḵōl (Prep-b:: N-msc) -- The whole, all. Or kowl; from kalal; properly, the whole; hence, all, any or every.">wherever</a> <a href="/hebrew/4186.htm" title="4186: mō·šə·ḇō·ṯê·ḵem (N-mpc:: 2mp) -- Or moshab; from yashab; a seat; figuratively, a site; abstractly, a session; by extension an abode; by implication, population.">you live.</a> </span><span class="reftext">32</span>It will be a Sabbath of complete rest for you, and you shall humble yourselves. From the evening of the ninth day of the month until the following evening you are to keep your Sabbath.”…<div class="cred"><a href="//berean.bible">Berean Standard Bible</a> · <a href="//berean.bible/downloads.htm">Download</a></div><span class="p"><br /><br /></span><a name="crossref" id="crossref"></a><div class="vheading">Cross References</div><div id="crf"><span class="crossverse"><a href="/exodus/31-14.htm">Exodus 31:14-15</a></span><br />Keep the Sabbath, for it is holy to you. Anyone who profanes it must surely be put to death. Whoever does any work on that day must be cut off from among his people. / For six days work may be done, but the seventh day is a Sabbath of complete rest, holy to the LORD. Whoever does any work on the Sabbath day must surely be put to death.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/numbers/29-7.htm">Numbers 29:7</a></span><br />On the tenth day of this seventh month, you are to hold a sacred assembly, and you shall humble yourselves; you must not do any work.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/isaiah/58-13.htm">Isaiah 58:13</a></span><br />If you turn your foot from breaking the Sabbath, from doing as you please on My holy day, if you call the Sabbath a delight, and the LORD’s holy day honorable, if you honor it by not going your own way or seeking your own pleasure or speaking idle words,<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/nehemiah/13-15.htm">Nehemiah 13:15-22</a></span><br />In those days I saw people in Judah treading winepresses on the Sabbath and bringing in grain and loading it on donkeys, along with wine, grapes, and figs. All kinds of goods were being brought into Jerusalem on the Sabbath day. So I warned them against selling food on that day. / Additionally, men of Tyre who lived there were importing fish and all kinds of merchandise and selling them on the Sabbath to the people of Judah in Jerusalem. / Then I rebuked the nobles of Judah and asked, “What is this evil you are doing—profaning the Sabbath day? ...<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/ezekiel/20-12.htm">Ezekiel 20:12-13</a></span><br />I also gave them My Sabbaths as a sign between us, so that they would know that I am the LORD who sanctifies them. / Yet the house of Israel rebelled against Me in the wilderness. They did not follow My statutes and they rejected My ordinances—though the man who does these things will live by them—and they utterly profaned My Sabbaths. Then I resolved to pour out My wrath upon them and put an end to them in the wilderness.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/jeremiah/17-21.htm">Jeremiah 17:21-27</a></span><br />This is what the LORD says: Take heed for yourselves; do not carry a load or bring it through the gates of Jerusalem on the Sabbath day. / You must not carry a load out of your houses or do any work on the Sabbath day, but you must keep the Sabbath day holy, just as I commanded your forefathers. / Yet they would not listen or incline their ear, but they stiffened their necks and would not listen or receive My discipline. ...<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/numbers/15-30.htm">Numbers 15:30-31</a></span><br />But the person who sins defiantly, whether a native or foreigner, blasphemes the LORD. That person shall be cut off from among his people. / He shall certainly be cut off, because he has despised the word of the LORD and broken His commandment; his guilt remains on him.”<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/exodus/35-2.htm">Exodus 35:2</a></span><br />For six days work may be done, but the seventh day shall be your holy day, a Sabbath of complete rest to the LORD. Whoever does any work on that day must be put to death.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/deuteronomy/5-12.htm">Deuteronomy 5:12-15</a></span><br />Observe the Sabbath day by keeping it holy, as the LORD your God has commanded you. / Six days you shall labor and do all your work, / but the seventh day is a Sabbath to the LORD your God, on which you must not do any work—neither you, nor your son or daughter, nor your manservant or maidservant, nor your ox or donkey or any of your livestock, nor the foreigner within your gates, so that your manservant and maidservant may rest as you do. ...<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/2_chronicles/36-21.htm">2 Chronicles 36:21</a></span><br />So the land enjoyed its Sabbath rest all the days of the desolation, until seventy years were completed, in fulfillment of the word of the LORD spoken through Jeremiah.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/matthew/12-8.htm">Matthew 12:8</a></span><br />For the Son of Man is Lord of the Sabbath.”<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/mark/2-27.htm">Mark 2:27-28</a></span><br />Then Jesus declared, “The Sabbath was made for man, not man for the Sabbath. / Therefore, the Son of Man is Lord even of the Sabbath.”<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/luke/6-5.htm">Luke 6:5</a></span><br />Then Jesus declared, “The Son of Man is Lord of the Sabbath.”<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/hebrews/4-9.htm">Hebrews 4:9-10</a></span><br />There remains, then, a Sabbath rest for the people of God. / For whoever enters God’s rest also rests from his own work, just as God did from His.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/colossians/2-16.htm">Colossians 2:16-17</a></span><br />Therefore let no one judge you by what you eat or drink, or with regard to a feast, a New Moon, or a Sabbath. / These are a shadow of the things to come, but the body that casts it belongs to Christ.</div><span class="p"><br /><br /></span><a name="tsk" id="tsk"><div class="vheading">Treasury of Scripture</div><p class="tsk2">You shall do no manner of work: it shall be a statute for ever throughout your generations in all your dwellings.</p><div class="vheading">Jump to Previous</div><a href="/leviticus/23-21.htm">Age-During</a> <a href="/leviticus/23-21.htm">Dwelling</a> <a href="/leviticus/23-21.htm">Dwellings</a> <a href="/leviticus/23-21.htm">Everlasting</a> <a href="/leviticus/23-21.htm">Forever</a> <a href="/leviticus/23-21.htm">Generations</a> <a href="/leviticus/16-34.htm">Lasting</a> <a href="/leviticus/23-30.htm">Manner</a> <a href="/leviticus/22-19.htm">Order</a> <a href="/leviticus/23-21.htm">Ordinance</a> <a href="/leviticus/23-21.htm">Perpetual</a> <a href="/leviticus/23-21.htm">Places</a> <a href="/leviticus/23-30.htm">Sort</a> <a 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class="reftext">1. </span><span class="outlinetext"><a href="/leviticus/23-1.htm">The feasts of the Lord</a></span><br><span class="reftext">3. </span><span class="outlinetext"><a href="/leviticus/23-3.htm">the Sabbath</a></span><br><span class="reftext">4. </span><span class="outlinetext"><a href="/leviticus/23-4.htm">The Passover</a></span><br><span class="reftext">9. </span><span class="outlinetext"><a href="/leviticus/23-9.htm">The sheaf of firstfruits</a></span><br><span class="reftext">15. </span><span class="outlinetext"><a href="/leviticus/23-15.htm">The feast of Pentecost</a></span><br><span class="reftext">22. </span><span class="outlinetext"><a href="/leviticus/23-22.htm">Gleanings to be left for the poor</a></span><br><span class="reftext">23. </span><span class="outlinetext"><a href="/leviticus/23-23.htm">The feast of trumpets</a></span><br><span class="reftext">26. </span><span class="outlinetext"><a href="/leviticus/23-26.htm">The day of atonement</a></span><br><span class="reftext">33. </span><span class="outlinetext"><a href="/leviticus/23-33.htm">The feast of tabernacles</a></span><br></div></div><div id="mdd"><div align="center"><div class="bot2"><table align="center" width="100%"><tr><td><div align="center"> <script id="3d27ed63fc4348d5b062c4527ae09445"> (new Image()).src = 'https://capi.connatix.com/tr/si?token=51ce25d5-1a8c-424a-8695-4bd48c750f35&cid=3a9f82d0-4344-4f8d-ac0c-e1a0eb43a405'; </script> <script id="b817b7107f1d4a7997da1b3c33457e03"> (new Image()).src = 'https://capi.connatix.com/tr/si?token=cb0edd8b-b416-47eb-8c6d-3cc96561f7e8&cid=3a9f82d0-4344-4f8d-ac0c-e1a0eb43a405'; </script><br /><br />  <div id='div-gpt-ad-1529103594582-2'> </div><br /><br />  <div id='div-gpt-ad-1529103594582-0' style='max-width: 300px;'> </div><br /><br />  <div id='div-gpt-ad-1529103594582-3'> </div><br /><br />  <div id='div-gpt-ad-1529103594582-1' style='max-width: 300px;'> </div><br /><br />  <div align="center" id='div-gpt-ad-1531425649696-0'> </div><br /><br /> <ins class="adsbygoogle" style="display:inline-block;width:200px;height:200px" data-ad-client="ca-pub-3753401421161123" data-ad-slot="3592799687"></ins> <script> (adsbygoogle = window.adsbygoogle || []).push({}); </script> <br /><br /> </div> </td></tr></table></div></div></div><div id="combox"><div class="padcom"><a name="study" id="study"></a><div class="vheading"><table width="100%"><tr><td width="99%" valign="top"><a href="/study/leviticus/23.htm">Study Bible</a></td><td width="1%" valign="top"><a href="/study/leviticus/" title="Book Summary and Study">Book ◦</a> <a href="/study/chapters/leviticus/23.htm" title="Chapter summary and Study">Chapter </a></tr></table></div><b>You are not to do any work at all.</b><br>This command emphasizes the complete cessation of labor, reflecting the holiness and solemnity of the day. In the context of <a href="/leviticus/23.htm">Leviticus 23</a>, this instruction pertains to the Day of Atonement, a day set apart for repentance and reconciliation with God. The prohibition against work underscores the need for the Israelites to focus entirely on spiritual matters, setting aside daily tasks to seek atonement and forgiveness. This mirrors the Sabbath principle, where rest is a sign of trust in God's provision and sovereignty. Theologically, it points to the rest found in Christ, who provides ultimate atonement and reconciliation with God, as seen in <a href="/hebrews/4-9.htm">Hebrews 4:9-10</a>.<p><b>This is a permanent statute for the generations to come,</b><br>The phrase "permanent statute" indicates the enduring nature of this command, meant to be observed by all future generations of Israelites. It highlights the importance of the Day of Atonement in the religious life of Israel, serving as a continual reminder of their covenant relationship with God. Historically, this observance was central to the Jewish calendar, reinforcing communal identity and spiritual renewal. The concept of a "permanent statute" also foreshadows the eternal nature of Christ's atoning work, which fulfills and transcends the Old Testament sacrificial system, as discussed in <a href="/hebrews/9-12.htm">Hebrews 9:12</a>.<p><b>wherever you live.</b><br>This phrase extends the command beyond the geographical boundaries of Israel, indicating its applicability to the Jewish diaspora. It underscores the universality of God's laws for His people, regardless of their location. This aspect of the command ensured that the observance of the Day of Atonement remained a unifying practice for Jews scattered across different regions. In a broader theological sense, it reflects the inclusive nature of God's covenant, which, through Christ, extends to all nations and peoples, as seen in the Great Commission (<a href="/matthew/28-19.htm">Matthew 28:19-20</a>).<div class="vheading2">Persons / Places / Events</div>1. <b><a href="/topical/m/moses.htm">Moses</a></b><br>- The prophet and leader of the Israelites who received the laws from God, including the instructions in Leviticus.<br><br>2. <b><a href="/topical/i/israelites.htm">Israelites</a></b><br>- The chosen people of God to whom the laws in Leviticus were given, including the command to observe the Sabbath and other holy days.<br><br>3. <b><a href="/topical/s/sabbath.htm">Sabbath</a></b><br>- A day of rest instituted by God, which is a central theme in <a href="/bsb/leviticus/23.htm">Leviticus 23</a>, emphasizing rest and worship.<br><br>4. <b><a href="/topical/f/feasts_of_the_lord.htm">Feasts of the Lord</a></b><br>- The context of <a href="/bsb/leviticus/23.htm">Leviticus 23</a>, which outlines various appointed feasts and holy days for the Israelites.<br><br>5. <b><a href="/topical/p/promised_land.htm">Promised Land</a></b><br>- The land of Canaan, where the Israelites were to observe these statutes as a sign of their covenant with God.<div class="vheading2">Teaching Points</div><b><a href="/topical/t/the_importance_of_rest.htm">The Importance of Rest</a></b><br>God commands rest as a necessary part of life, reflecting His own rest after creation. This teaches us the value of taking time to cease from our labors and focus on spiritual renewal.<br><br><b><a href="/topical/a/a_perpetual_statute.htm">A Perpetual Statute</a></b><br>The command in <a href="/leviticus/23-31.htm">Leviticus 23:31</a> is described as a "permanent statute," indicating its ongoing relevance. While the specific observance may differ, the principle of setting aside time for God remains vital.<br><br><b><a href="/topical/h/holiness_in_everyday_life.htm">Holiness in Everyday Life</a></b><br>Observing the Sabbath and other holy days is a reminder to integrate holiness into our daily routines, setting apart time for God amidst our regular activities.<br><br><b><a href="/topical/c/community_and_worship.htm">Community and Worship</a></b><br>The communal aspect of these observances fosters unity and shared worship among believers, encouraging us to gather together in fellowship and praise.<br><br><b><a href="/topical/s/spiritual_rest_in_christ.htm">Spiritual Rest in Christ</a></b><br>While the physical rest is important, the ultimate rest is found in Jesus Christ, who offers us peace and rest from the burdens of sin and striving.<div class="vheading2">Lists and Questions</div><a href="/top10/lessons_from_leviticus_23.htm">Top 10 Lessons from Leviticus 23</a><span class="p"><br /><br /></span><a href="/q/what_is_yom_kippur.htm">What is Yom Kippur?</a><span class="p"><br /><br /></span><a href="/q/how_reconcile_god's_land_with_israel's_claim.htm">If the land truly belongs to God (Lev 25:23), how do we reconcile this with later claims of permanent territorial inheritance for Israel?</a><span class="p"><br /><br /></span><a href="/q/does_leviticus_3_17_conflict_with_science.htm">Does the strict prohibition against consuming blood (Leviticus 3:17) conflict with scientific findings and modern dietary practices?</a><span class="p"><br /><br /></span><a href="/q/how_does_god's_love_align_with_ot_punishments.htm">Psalm 86:5 - How can a God said to be 'abounding in steadfast love' align with the severity of punishments described elsewhere in the Old Testament?</a><a name="commentary" id="commentary"></a><div class="vheading2"><a href="/commentaries/ellicott/leviticus/23.htm">Ellicott's Commentary for English Readers</a></div>(31) <span class= "bld">Ye shall do no manner of work.</span>--Owing to the great sanctity of the day, the command to abstain from all work is repeated after the enactment of the penalty, in order to impress it more effectually upon the people.<p><span class= "bld">A statute for ever. . . </span>--See <a href="/leviticus/3-17.htm" title="It shall be a perpetual statute for your generations throughout all your dwellings, that you eat neither fat nor blood.">Leviticus 3:17</a>; <a href="/context/leviticus/7-23.htm" title="Speak to the children of Israel, saying, You shall eat no manner of fat, of ox, or of sheep, or of goat.">Leviticus 7:23-25</a>.<p><span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/commentaries/leviticus/23-31.htm">Parallel Commentaries ...</a></span><span class="p"><br /><br /><br /></span><a name="lexicon" id="lexicon"></a><div class="vheading">Hebrew</div><span class="word">You are not</span><br /><span class="heb">לֹ֣א</span> <span class="translit">(lō)</span><br /><span class="parse">Adverb - Negative particle<br /></span><span class="str"><a href="/hebrew/strongs_3808.htm">Strong's 3808: </a> </span><span class="str2">Not, no</span><br /><br /><span class="word">to do</span><br /><span class="heb">תַעֲשׂ֑וּ</span> <span class="translit">(ṯa·‘ă·śū)</span><br /><span class="parse">Verb - Qal - Imperfect - second person masculine plural<br /></span><span class="str"><a href="/hebrew/strongs_6213.htm">Strong's 6213: </a> </span><span class="str2">To do, make</span><br /><br /><span class="word">any</span><br /><span class="heb">כָּל־</span> <span class="translit">(kāl-)</span><br /><span class="parse">Noun - masculine singular construct<br /></span><span class="str"><a href="/hebrew/strongs_3605.htm">Strong's 3605: </a> </span><span class="str2">The whole, all, any, every</span><br /><br /><span class="word">work {at all}.</span><br /><span class="heb">מְלָאכָ֖ה</span> <span class="translit">(mə·lā·ḵāh)</span><br /><span class="parse">Noun - feminine singular<br /></span><span class="str"><a href="/hebrew/strongs_4399.htm">Strong's 4399: </a> </span><span class="str2">Deputyship, ministry, employment, work, property</span><br /><br /><span class="word">This is a permanent</span><br /><span class="heb">עוֹלָם֙</span> <span class="translit">(‘ō·w·lām)</span><br /><span class="parse">Noun - masculine singular<br /></span><span class="str"><a href="/hebrew/strongs_5769.htm">Strong's 5769: </a> </span><span class="str2">Concealed, eternity, frequentatively, always</span><br /><br /><span class="word">statute</span><br /><span class="heb">חֻקַּ֤ת</span> <span class="translit">(ḥuq·qaṯ)</span><br /><span class="parse">Noun - feminine singular construct<br /></span><span class="str"><a href="/hebrew/strongs_2708.htm">Strong's 2708: </a> </span><span class="str2">Something prescribed, an enactment, statute</span><br /><br /><span class="word">for the generations to come,</span><br /><span class="heb">לְדֹרֹ֣תֵיכֶ֔ם</span> <span class="translit">(lə·ḏō·rō·ṯê·ḵem)</span><br /><span class="parse">Preposition-l | Noun - masculine plural construct | second person masculine plural<br /></span><span class="str"><a href="/hebrew/strongs_1755.htm">Strong's 1755: </a> </span><span class="str2">A revolution of time, an age, generation, a dwelling</span><br /><br /><span class="word">wherever</span><br /><span class="heb">בְּכֹ֖ל</span> <span class="translit">(bə·ḵōl)</span><br /><span class="parse">Preposition-b | Noun - masculine singular construct<br /></span><span class="str"><a href="/hebrew/strongs_3605.htm">Strong's 3605: </a> </span><span class="str2">The whole, all, any, every</span><br /><br /><span class="word">you live.</span><br /><span class="heb">מֹֽשְׁבֹֽתֵיכֶֽם׃</span> <span class="translit">(mō·šə·ḇō·ṯê·ḵem)</span><br /><span class="parse">Noun - masculine plural construct | second person masculine plural<br /></span><span class="str"><a href="/hebrew/strongs_4186.htm">Strong's 4186: </a> </span><span class="str2">A seat, assembly, dwelling place, dwelling, dwellers</span><br /><span class="p"><br /><br /></span><div class="vheading">Links</div><a href="/niv/leviticus/23-31.htm">Leviticus 23:31 NIV</a><br /><a href="/nlt/leviticus/23-31.htm">Leviticus 23:31 NLT</a><br /><a href="/esv/leviticus/23-31.htm">Leviticus 23:31 ESV</a><br /><a href="/nasb/leviticus/23-31.htm">Leviticus 23:31 NASB</a><br /><a href="/kjv/leviticus/23-31.htm">Leviticus 23:31 KJV</a><span class="p"><br /><br /></span><a href="//bibleapps.com/leviticus/23-31.htm">Leviticus 23:31 BibleApps.com</a><br /><a href="//bibliaparalela.com/leviticus/23-31.htm">Leviticus 23:31 Biblia Paralela</a><br /><a href="//holybible.com.cn/leviticus/23-31.htm">Leviticus 23:31 Chinese Bible</a><br /><a href="//saintebible.com/leviticus/23-31.htm">Leviticus 23:31 French Bible</a><br /><a href="/catholic/leviticus/23-31.htm">Leviticus 23:31 Catholic Bible</a><span class="p"><br /><br /></span><a href="/leviticus/23-31.htm">OT Law: Leviticus 23:31 You shall do no manner of work: (Le Lv Lev.) </a></div></div></td></tr></table></div><div id="left"><a href="/leviticus/23-30.htm" onmouseover='lft.src="/leftgif.png"' onmouseout='lft.src="/left.png"' title="Leviticus 23:30"><img src="/left.png" name="lft" border="0" alt="Leviticus 23:30" /></a></div><div id="right"><a href="/leviticus/23-32.htm" onmouseover='rght.src="/rightgif.png"' onmouseout='rght.src="/right.png"' title="Leviticus 23:32"><img src="/right.png" name="rght" border="0" alt="Leviticus 23:32" /></a></div><div id="botleft"><a href="#" onmouseover='botleft.src="/botleftgif.png"' onmouseout='botleft.src="/botleft.png"' title="Top of Page"><img src="/botleft.png" name="botleft" border="0" alt="Top of Page" /></a></div><div id="botright"><a href="#" onmouseover='botright.src="/botrightgif.png"' onmouseout='botright.src="/botright.png"' title="Top of Page"><img src="/botright.png" name="botright" border="0" alt="Top of Page" /></a></div><div id="bot"><iframe width="100%" height="1500" scrolling="no" src="/botmenubhnew2.htm" frameborder="0"></iframe></div></td></tr></table></div></body></html>