Leviticus 16:31
Hebrew Bible
30 for on this day atonement is to be made for you to cleanse you from all your sins; you must be clean before the Lord. 31 It is to be a Sabbath of complete rest for you, and you must humble yourselves. It is a perpetual statute. 32 “The priest who is anointed and ordained to act as high priest in place of his father is to make atonement. He is to put on the linen garments, the holy garments,
Date: 5th Century B.C.E. (Final composition) (based on scholarly estimates)
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Onkelos Leviticus 16:31
Targum
30 For on that day he shall make atonement for you, to cleanse you from all your sins, that you may be cleansed from all your sins before the Lord. 31 A Sabbath of Sabbaths it shall be to you, and you shall humble your souls. It is an everlasting statute. 32 And the priest whom he shall anoint, and who shall offer his oblation, to minister instead of his father, shall make the atonement, and dress himself with the vestments of fine linen, even the consecrated vestments.
Date: 100-200 C.E. (based on scholarly estimates)
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Notes and References
"... This apparent redundancy is found in two forms: Shabbat Shabbaton, as here and in Exodus 31:15, or Shabbaton Shabbat, as in Exodus 16:23. The precise meaning of this phrase is obscure. It could mean a double rest for the body and mind or the most significant day of rest, even more important than the weekly Sabbath (Ibn Ezra). Both interpretations are difficult. In regard to the first, why is only Yom Kippur a double rest? Doesn’t one obtain a double rest on the weekly Sabbath? In respect to the second, is it true that the Bible considers Yom Kippur more significant than the weekly Sabbath? A third and fourth interpretation are also possible: it means nothing more than “this is a rest day upon which one should rest” or “the requirement to rest on the Day of Atonement and the Sabbath are more rigorous than other festivals when cooking is allowed under certain circumstances ..."
Drazin, Israel, and Stanley M. Wagner
Onkelos on the Torah, Leviticus: Understanding the Bible Text
(p. 128) Gefen, 2006
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