World English Bible
"It is a Sabbath of solemn rest to you, and you shall afflict your souls; it is a statute forever."
— Leviticus 16:31, World English Bible
“It shall be a sabbath of rest unto you, and ye shall afflict your souls, by a statute for ever.”
“It is a sabbath of solemn rest unto you, and ye shall afflict your souls; it is a statute for ever. ”
“It is to be a Sabbath of complete rest for you, and you must humble yourselves. It is a perpetual statute.”
“For it is a sabbath of rest: and you shall afflict your souls by a perpetual religion.”
“It is a special Sabbath for you, and you are to keep yourselves from pleasure; it is an order for ever.”
“It shall be a sabbath of rest unto you, and ye shall afflict your souls, by a statute for ever.”
He who burns them shall wash his clothes, and bathe his flesh in water, and afterward he shall come into the camp.
"It shall be a statute to you forever: in the seventh month, on the tenth day of the month, you shall afflict your souls, and shall do no kind of work, the native-born, or the stranger who lives as a foreigner among you:
for on this day shall atonement be made for you, to cleanse you; from all your sins you shall be clean before Yahweh.
It is a Sabbath of solemn rest to you, and you shall afflict your souls; it is a statute forever.
The priest, who is anointed and who is consecrated to be priest in his father's place, shall make the atonement, and shall put on the linen garments, even the holy garments.
Then he shall make atonement for the Holy Sanctuary; and he shall make atonement for the Tent of Meeting and for the altar; and he shall make atonement for the priests and for all the people of the assembly.
"This shall be an everlasting statute for you, to make atonement for the children of Israel once in the year because of all their sins." It was done as Yahweh commanded Moses.