Bible verse
You are not to do any work at all. This is a permanent statute for the generations to come, wherever you live.
Leviticus 23:31 · BSB
The verses around it, from Leviticus 23.
27 “The tenth day of this seventh month is the Day of Atonement. You shall hold a sacred assembly and humble yourselves, and present an offering made by fire to the LORD.
28 On this day you are not to do any work, for it is the Day of Atonement, when atonement is made for you before the LORD your God.
29 If anyone does not humble himself on this day, he must be cut off from his people.
30 I will destroy from among his people anyone who does any work on this day.
31 You are not to do any work at all. This is a permanent statute for the generations to come, wherever you live.
32 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.”
33 And the LORD said to Moses,
34 “Speak to the Israelites and say, ‘On the fifteenth day of the seventh month the Feast of Tabernacles to the LORD begins, and it continues for seven days.
35 On the first day there shall be a sacred assembly. You must not do any regular work.
KJV
Ye shall do no manner of work: [it shall be] a statute for ever throughout your generations in all your dwellings.
ASV
Ye shall do no manner of work: it is a statute for ever throughout your generations in all your dwellings.
ERV
Ye shall do no manner of work: it is a statute for ever throughout your generations in all your dwellings.
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