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. 30 Atonement will be made for you on this day to cleanse you,(E) and you will be clean from all your sins before the Lord. 31 It is a Sabbath(F) of complete rest for you,(G) and you must practice self-denial; it is a permanent statute.

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Footnotes

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

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.

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  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

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