“And whatsoever soul it be that doeth any work in that same day, the same soul will I destroy from among his people.”
I will destroy anyone among you who does any work on that day. The divine first-person enforcement: I will destroy. The work prohibition on the Day of Atonement carries the divine enforcement — not only the community's cut off but the divine destruction — communicating the absolute nature of the Day of Atonement's rest. The Sabbath of Sabbaths rest that the Day of Atonement requires is enforced by the God whose presence the day's ceremony approaches.
COMMUNITY REFLECTIONS
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