If anyone does not humble himself on this day, he must be cut off from his people.
Parallel translations
- WEB For whoever it is who shall not deny himself in that same day; shall be cut off from his people.
- KJV For whatsoever soul it be that shall not be afflicted in that same day, he shall be cut off from among his people.
- NKJV For any person who is not afflicted in soul on that same day shall be cut off from his people.
- NASB If there is any person who does not humble himself on this very day, he shall be cut off from his people.
- NLT All who do not deny themselves that day will be cut off from God’s people.
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Anyone who does not humble himself on that day will be cut off from his people.
Overview
Refusing to observe the day in repentance brought the severe penalty of being cut off from the covenant community. Atonement was not optional; to spurn it was to spurn God's provided way of mercy. This warns that there is no standing with God for those who reject His appointed means of atonement, ultimately found in Christ (Hebrews 10:26-29).
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Cross-references · 7
- Gen 17:14But if any male is not circumcised, he will be cut off from his people; he has broken My covenant.”
- Lev 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.
- Lev 23:32It 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.”
- Num 5:2“Command the Israelites to send away from the camp anyone with a skin disease, anyone who has a bodily discharge, and anyone who is defiled by a dead body.
- Jer 31:9They will come with weeping, and by their supplication I will lead them; I will make them walk beside streams of waters, on a level path where they will not stumble. For I am Israel’s Father, and Ephraim is My firstborn.”
- Isa 22:12On that day the Lord GOD of Hosts called for weeping and wailing, for shaven heads and the wearing of sackcloth.
- Ezek 7:16The survivors will escape and live in the mountains, moaning like doves of the valley, each for his own iniquity.
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