For whatsoever soul it be that shall not be afflicted in that same day, he shall be cut off from among 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.
- BSB If anyone does not humble himself on this day, he must be cut off from 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 17:14And the uncircumcised man child whose flesh of his foreskin is not circumcised, that soul shall be cut off from his people; he hath broken my covenant.
- Lev 23:27Also on the tenth day of this seventh month there shall be a day of atonement: it shall be an holy convocation unto you; and ye shall afflict your souls, and offer an offering made by fire unto the LORD.
- Lev 23:32It 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.
- Num 5:2Command the children of Israel, that they put out of the camp every leper, and every one that hath an issue, and whosoever is defiled by the dead:
- Jer 31:9They shall come with weeping, and with supplications will I lead them: I will cause them to walk by the rivers of waters in a straight way, wherein they shall not stumble: for I am a father to Israel, and Ephraim is my firstborn.
- Isa 22:12And in that day did the Lord GOD of hosts call to weeping, and to mourning, and to baldness, and to girding with sackcloth:
- Ezek 7:16But they that escape of them shall escape, and shall be on the mountains like doves of the valleys, all of them mourning, every one for his iniquity.
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