27 “The tenth day of this seventh month is the Day of Atonement.(A) You are to hold a sacred assembly and practice self-denial;[a](B) you are to present a fire offering to the Lord. 28 On this particular day you are not to do any work, for it is a Day of Atonement to make atonement for yourselves before the Lord your God. 29 If any person does not practice self-denial on this particular day, he must be cut off from his people. 30 I will destroy among his people anyone who does any work on this same day. 31 You are not to do any work. This is a permanent statute throughout your generations wherever you live. 32 It will be a Sabbath of complete rest for you, and you must practice self-denial. You are to observe your Sabbath from the evening of the ninth day of the month until the following evening.”

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Footnotes

  1. Leviticus 23:27 Traditionally, fasting, abstinence from sex, and refraining from personal grooming

Offerings for the Day of Atonement

“You are to hold a sacred assembly on the tenth day of this seventh month and practice self-denial;[a](A) you must not do any work.

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  1. Numbers 29:7 Traditionally, fasting, abstinence from sex, and refraining from personal grooming

13 Yet when they were sick,
my clothing was sackcloth;
I humbled myself with fasting,
and my prayer was genuine.[a](A)

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  1. Psalm 35:13 Lit prayer returned to my chest

“Why have we fasted, but You have not seen?(A)
We have denied ourselves, but You haven’t noticed!”[a]
“Look, you do as you please on the day of your fast,
and oppress all your workers.(B)

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  1. Isaiah 58:3 These are Israel’s words to God.

Will the fast I choose be like this:
A day for a person to deny himself,
to bow his head like a reed,
and to spread out sackcloth and ashes?(A)
Will you call this a fast
and a day acceptable to the Lord?

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12 “Don’t be afraid,(A) Daniel,” he said to me, “for from the first day that you purposed to understand and to humble yourself before your God,(B) your prayers were heard. I have come because of your prayers.(C)

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