Leviticus 23:26-28

New Living Translation

The Day of Atonement

²⁶Then the Lord said to Moses, ²⁷“Be careful to celebrate the Day of Atonement on the tenth day of that same month—nine days after the Festival of Trumpets.^[a] You must observe it as an official day for holy assembly, a day to deny yourselves^[b] and present special gifts to the Lord. ²⁸Do no work during that entire day because it is the Day of Atonement, when offerings of purification are made for you, making you right with^[c] the Lord your God.

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Footnotes

23:27a Hebrew on the tenth day of the seventh month; see 23:24 and the note there. This day in the ancient Hebrew lunar calendar occurred in September or October. It is celebrated today as Yom Kippur.
23:27b Or to fast; similarly in 23:29, 32.
23:28 Or when atonement is made for you before.