Leviticus 16:30-32
Living Bible
29-30 “This is a permanent law: You must do no work on the twenty-fifth day of September,[a] but must spend the day in self-examination and humility. This applies whether you are born in the land or are a foreigner living among the people of Israel; for this is the day commemorating the atonement, cleansing you in the Lord’s eyes from all of your sins. 31 It is a Sabbath of solemn rest for you, and you shall spend the day in quiet humility;[b] this is a permanent law. 32 This ceremony, in later generations, shall be performed by the anointed High Priest, consecrated in place of his ancestor Aaron; he shall be the one to put on the holy linen garments,
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- Leviticus 16:29 on the twenty-fifth day of September (which was “on the tenth day of the seventh month” of the Hebrew calendar).
- Leviticus 16:31 in quiet humility, or “in fasting.”
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