An Annual Atonement

29 This shall be a permanent statute for you: (A)in the seventh month, on the tenth day of the month, you shall humble your souls and not (B)do any work, whether the native, or the alien who sojourns among you;

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29 If there is any [a]person who will not humble himself on this same day, (A)he shall be cut off from his people.

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Footnotes

  1. Leviticus 23:29 Lit soul

‘Why have we (A)fasted and You do not see?
Why have we humbled ourselves and You do not [a]notice?’
Behold, on the (B)day of your fast you find your desire,
And drive hard all your workers.

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Footnotes

  1. Isaiah 58:3 Lit know

“Is it a fast like this which I choose, a day for a man to humble himself?
Is it for bowing [a]one’s head like a reed
And for spreading out (A)sackcloth and ashes as a bed?
Will you call this a fast, even an (B)acceptable day to the Lord?

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  1. Isaiah 58:5 Lit his