And any person who does any work on that same day, that person I will destroy from among his people.
Parallel translations
- WEB Whoever it is who does any kind of work in that same day, that person I will destroy from among his people.
- KJV And whatsoever soul it be that doeth any work in that same day, the same soul will I destroy from among his people.
- BSB I will destroy from among his people anyone who does any work on this day.
- NASB As for any person who does any work on this very day, that person I will eliminate from among his people.
- NLT And I will destroy anyone among you who does any work on that day.
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Anyone who works on that day, Yahweh will destroy from among his people.
Overview
Working on the Day of Atonement, rather than resting in humble dependence, brought divine judgment. The gravity of the penalty underscores how seriously God regards His provision for sin. It magnifies the grace of the gospel, where God Himself bore the judgment in Christ so that those who trust Him are spared.
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Cross-references · 7
- Lev 20:3I also will set my face against that person, and will cut him off from among his people because he has given of his offspring to Molech, to defile my sanctuary, and to profane my holy name.
- Lev 20:5–6then I will set my face against that man, and against his family, and will cut him off, and all who play the prostitute after him, to play the prostitute with Molech, from among their people.
- Zeph 2:5Woe to the inhabitants of the sea coast, the nation of the Cherethites! Yahweh’s word is against you, Canaan, the land of the Philistines. I will destroy you, that there will be no inhabitant.
- 1 Cor 3:17If anyone destroys God’s temple, God will destroy him; for God’s temple is holy, which you are.
- Gen 17:14The uncircumcised male who is not circumcised in the flesh of his foreskin, that soul shall be cut off from his people. He has broken my covenant.”
- Ezek 14:9“‘“If the prophet is deceived and speaks a word, I, Yahweh, have deceived that prophet, and I will stretch out my hand on him, and will destroy him from among my people Israel.
- Jer 15:7I have winnowed them with a fan in the gates of the land; I have bereaved them of children. I have destroyed my people. They didn’t return from their ways.
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