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Leviticus 16:29-31
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Leviticus 16:29-31
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29 “This law will always continue for you: On the tenth day of the seventh month, you must not eat food.[a] You must not do any work. None of the travelers or foreigners living in your land can do any work either. 30 Because on this day, the priest will do this to make you pure and wash away your sins. Then you will be clean to the Lord. 31 You must humble yourselves[b] because this day is a very important day of rest for you. This law will continue forever.
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- Leviticus 16:29 not eat food Literally, “humble yourselves.”
- Leviticus 16:31 humble yourselves This also means that the people were not supposed to eat any food on this day.
Leviticus 16:29-31
New International Version
Leviticus 16:29-31
New International Version
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— 30 because on this day atonement will be made(F) for you, to cleanse you. Then, before the Lord, you will be clean from all your sins.(G) 31 It is a day of sabbath rest, and you must deny yourselves;(H) it is a lasting ordinance.(I)
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- Leviticus 16:29 Or must fast; also in verse 31
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