Leviticus 16:29-30

The Pulpit Commentary - Leviticus 16:29-34

The Day of Atonement. In this summary we have the design of the statute. I. ATONEMENT WAS MADE FOR THE TABERNACLE . 1 . The work of Christ affects the material universe. 2 . The work of Christ influences the moral universe. II. ATONEMENT WAS MADE FOR THE PEOPLE . 1 . None were exempted from the need of it. 2 . It was a general expiations. III. THE DAY OF ATONEMENT WAS TO BE KEPT AS A SABBATH . 1 . In ... read more

Spence, H. D. M., etc.

The Pulpit Commentary - Leviticus 16:29-34

The Day of Atonement. This was a day second to none in importance. The rites then celebrated were the most awe-inspiring of all, and concerned the whole nation, which stood watching outside the sacred enclosure of the tabernacle. Not the slightest deviation from the established ritual was allowable; it was too significant and solemn in character to permit of alteration. I. It was A DAY OF UNIVERSAL ATONEMENT . The high priest made atonement for himself and the order of priests,... read more

Albert Barnes

Albert Barnes' Notes on the Whole Bible - Leviticus 16:29

Seventh month, on the tenth day - The month Ethanim or Tisri, as being the seventh in the Sacred year, has been called the sabbatical month. On the first day was celebrated the Feast of Trumpets Leviticus 23:24, the tenth day was the Day of Atonement, and on the fourteenth day the Feast of tabernacles commenced (Leviticus 23:24 note; Exodus 23:16).Afflict your souls - The old term for fasting; but its meaning evidently embraces, not only abstinence from food, but that penitence and humiliation... read more

Joseph Benson

Joseph Benson's Commentary of the Old and New Testaments - Leviticus 16:29

Leviticus 16:29. The seventh month Answering part to our September and part to our October; when they had gathered in all their fruits, and were most at leisure for God’s service. This time God chose for this and other feasts, herein graciously condescending to men’s necessities and conveniences. This fast began in the evening of the ninth day, and continued till the evening of the tenth. Your souls Yourselves, both your bodies, by abstinence from food and other delights; and your minds,... read more

Donald C. Fleming

Bridgeway Bible Commentary - Leviticus 16:23-34

Day of Atonement: other details (16:23-34)Until now the high priest was clothed in the plain white clothes of the ordinary priests (see v. 4). This may have been to emphasize to him the need for humility and the importance of purity in all his representative actions in the ritual of sin-cleansing. Now that atonement for sin had been made, he bathed himself, put on his normal high priestly clothes and offered burnt offerings of consecration, first for the priests, then for the people. All others... read more

E.W. Bullinger

E.W. Bullinger's Companion Bible Notes - Leviticus 16:29

afflict = fast. See Isaiah 58:3 , Isaiah 58:5 , Isaiah 58:10 . souls. Hebrew. nephesh. App-13 . do no work at all. Hebrew "no manner of work". This legal expression occurs five times ( App-10 ) in the Pentateuch, but is differently rendered. See Leviticus 23:3 , Leviticus 23:28 , Leviticus 23:31 .Numbers 29:7 . Work on the Sabbath day incurred stoning: on this day, excommunication. read more

James Burton Coffman

Coffman Commentaries on the Bible - Leviticus 16:29

"And it shall be a statute forever unto you: in the seventh month, on the tenth day of the month, ye shall afflict your souls, and shall do no manner of work, the home-born, or the stranger that sojourneth among you: for on this day shall atonement be made for you, to cleanse you; from all your sins shall ye be clean before Jehovah. It is a sabbath of solemn rest unto you, and ye shall afflict your souls; it is a statute forever. And the priest, who shall be anointed and who shall be... read more

Thomas Coke

Thomas Coke Commentary on the Holy Bible - Leviticus 16:29

Leviticus 16:29. This shall be a statute for ever unto you, &c.— For ever, i.e. while your state and polity shall last: In the seventh month, i.e. of the sacred year, answering to our September: On the tenth day of the month, or, as it is said in ch. Lev 23:32 the ninth day at even, because the Jewish day began at the even. This day was thought to be appointed rather than any other, because it is supposed that Adam fell upon it. (see Genesis 3:24.) Maimonides thinks that it was the day on... read more

Robert Jamieson; A. R. Fausset; David Brown

Commentary Critical and Explanatory on the Whole Bible - Leviticus 16:29

29-34. this shall be a statute for ever unto you, that in the seventh month ye shall afflict your souls—This day of annual expiation for all the sins, irreverences, and impurities of all classes in Israel during the previous year, was to be observed as a solemn fast, in which "they were to afflict their souls"; it was reckoned a sabbath, kept as a season of "holy convocation," or, assembling for religious purposes. All persons who performed any labor were subject to the penalty of death [Exodus... read more

Thomas Constable

Expository Notes of Dr. Thomas Constable - Leviticus 16:1-34

D. The Day of Atonement ch. 16The sacrifices and offerings that Moses described thus far in the Law were not sufficient to cleanse all the defilements of the people. Much sinfulness and uncleanness still needed removing. Therefore God appointed a yearly sacrifice that cleansed all the sins and impurities not covered by other means that the Israelites committed ignorantly (Hebrews 9:7). The sacrifice of the Day of Atonement was in this sense the most comprehensive of the Mosaic sacrifices.This... read more

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