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Leviticus 23:32

Leviticus 23:32
It shall be unto you a sabbath of rest, and ye shall afflict your souls: in the ninth day of the month at even, from even unto even, shall ye celebrate your sabbath.

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Baptist theologian, 1697–1771

Gill's Exposition

It shall be unto you a sabbath of rest,.... See Gill on Lev 16:31; and this is thought by some (q) to be the sabbath spoken of in Isa 58:13,

and ye shall afflict your souls; in the ninth day of the…

Nonconformist minister, 1662–1714

Matthew Henry

Leviticus 23:23-32

Here is, I. The institution of the feast of trumpets, on the first day of the seventh month, Lev 23:24, Lev 23:25. That which was now the seventh month had been reckoned the first month, and the year…

Academic commentary, 1882–1921

Cambridge Bible

from even unto even i.e. from sunset to sunset, according to the Jewish mode of reckoning the day.