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Leviticus 16:30

Leviticus 16:30
For on that day shall the priest make an atonement for you, to cleanse you, that ye may be clean from all your sins before the LORD.

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Baptist theologian, 1697–1771

Gill's Exposition

It shall be a sabbath of rest unto you,.... From all servile work, as before observed; typical of a cessation from the performance of sinful works, at least from a sinful course of life, and from a…

Nonconformist minister, 1662–1714

Matthew Henry

Leviticus 16:29-34

I. We have here some additional directions in reference to this great solemnity, particularly,

1. The day appointed for this solemnity. It must be observed yearly on the tenth day of the seventh…

Academic commentary, 1882–1921

Cambridge Bible

Leviticus 16:29-34

Statute of yearly atonement(29 34)

On the annual Day of Atonement the people are to practise self-denial and to abstain from work. According to Benzinger this section forms an original and…