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28 You must not do any work on this particular day,[a] because it is a day of atonement to make atonement for yourselves[b] before the Lord your God.

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  1. Leviticus 23:28 tn Heb “in the bone of this day.”
  2. Leviticus 23:28 tn Heb “on you [plural]”; cf. NASB, NRSV “on your behalf.”

30 As for any person[a] who does any work on this particular day, I will exterminate[b] that person from the midst of his people[c]

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  1. Leviticus 23:30 tn Heb “And any person.”
  2. Leviticus 23:30 tn See HALOT 3 s.v. I אבד hif. Cf. KJV, NASB, NIV, NRSV, NLT “destroy”; CEV “wipe out.”
  3. Leviticus 23:30 tn Heb “its people” (“its” is feminine to agree with “person,” literally “soul,” which is feminine in Hebrew; cf. v. 29).

31 you must not do any work! This is a perpetual statute throughout your generations[a] in all the places where you live.

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  1. Leviticus 23:31 tn Heb “for your generations.”