Exegetical and Hermeneutical Commentary of Leviticus 23:31
Ye shall do no manner of work: [it shall be] a statute forever throughout your generations in all your dwellings.
Ye shall do no manner of work,…. Which is repeated, that it might be observed, and to show how strictly God required this day should be kept, and how careful men should be of breaking the command in this respect, and how much he should resent it if they did:
[it shall be] a statute for ever, throughout your generations, in all your dwellings; unto the coming of the Messiah, who, by the atoning sacrifice of himself, would answer to this law, and put an end to it.
Fuente: John Gill’s Exposition of the Entire Bible
(31) Ye shall do no manner of work.Owing to the great sanctity of the day, the command to abstain from all work is repeated after the enactment of the penalty, in order to impress it more effectually upon the people.
A statute for ever. . . See Lev. 3:17; Lev. 7:23-25.
Fuente: Ellicott’s Commentary for English Readers (Old and New Testaments)
work. Some codices, with Samaritan Pentateuch, Syriac, and “Vulgate, add “therefore”.
Fuente: Companion Bible Notes, Appendices and Graphics
Reciprocal: Lev 16:34 – an everlasting
Fuente: The Treasury of Scripture Knowledge
Lev 23:31. Of tabernacles Of tents, or booths, or arbours. This feast was appointed to remind them of that time when they had no other dwellings in the wilderness, and to stir them up to bless God, as well for the gracious protection then afforded them, as for the more commodious habitations now given them; and to excite them to gratitude for all the fruits of the year newly ended, which were now completely brought in.