29 “This is to be a permanent statute(A) for you: In the seventh month, on the tenth day of the month you are to practice self-denial[a](B) and do no work,(C) both the native and the foreigner(D) who resides among you.

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Footnotes

  1. Leviticus 16:29 Traditionally, fasting, abstinence from sex, and refraining from personal grooming

29 “This is to be a lasting ordinance(A) for you: On the tenth day of the seventh month(B) you must deny yourselves[a](C) and not do any work(D)—whether native-born(E) or a foreigner residing among you—

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Footnotes

  1. Leviticus 16:29 Or must fast; also in verse 31

National Confession of Sin

On the twenty-fourth day of this month(A) the Israelites assembled; they were fasting, wearing sackcloth, and had put dust on their heads.(B)

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The Israelites Confess Their Sins

On the twenty-fourth day of the same month, the Israelites gathered together, fasting and wearing sackcloth and putting dust on their heads.(A)

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