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You shall do no manner of work: it is a statute forever throughout your generations in all your dwellings.
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A Command Worth Repeating
Commentators like Charles Ellicott and John Gill point out that the command to do no work is repeated in this verse. This repetition serves to impress upon the people the profound sanctity of the Day of Atonement, highlighting how strictly God required this day of rest and repentance to be observed.
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Leviticus
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19th Century
Anglican
Ye shall do no manner of work. —Owing to the great sanctity of the day, the command to abstain from all work is repeated …
17th Century
Reformed Baptist
You shall do no manner of work Which is repeated, that it might be observed, and to show how strictly God required t…
Presbyterian
The blowing of trumpets represented the preaching of the gospel, by which people are called to repent of sin, and to accept the salvation of Christ…
