Leviticus 16:29-31

The Day of Atonement

29 "And it shall be a statute to you forever that h in the seventh month, on the tenth day of the month, you shall i afflict yourselves 1 and shall do no work, either j the native or the stranger who sojourns among you. 30 For on this day shall atonement be made for you k to cleanse you. You shall be clean before the Lord from all your sins. 31 l It is a Sabbath of solemn rest to you, and you shall i afflict yourselves; it is a statute forever.

  1. Cross References
    Leviticus 23:27
    Now on the tenth day of this seventh month is the Day of Atonement. It shall be for you a time of holy convocation, and you shall afflict yourselves and present a food offering to the Lord.
    Numbers 29:7
    On the tenth day of this seventh month you shall have a holy convocation and afflict yourselves. You shall do no work.
  2. Cross References
    Leviticus 23:32
    It shall be to you a Sabbath of solemn rest, and you shall afflict yourselves. On the ninth day of the month beginning at evening, from evening to evening shall you keep your Sabbath.
    Psalms 35:13
    But I, when they were sick - I wore sackcloth; I afflicted myself with fasting; I prayed with head bowed on my chest.
    Isaiah 58:3
    Why have we fasted, and you see it not? Why have we humbled ourselves, and you take no knowledge of it?' Behold, in the day of your fast you seek your own pleasure, and oppress all your workers.
    Isaiah 58:5
    Is such the fast that I choose, a day for a person to humble himself? Is it to bow down his head like a reed, and to spread sackcloth and ashes under him? Will you call this a fast, and a day acceptable to the Lord ?
    Daniel 10:12
    Then he said to me, "Fear not, Daniel, for from the first day that you set your heart to understand and humbled yourself before your God, your words have been heard, and I have come because of your words.
  3. Cross References
    Leviticus 17:15
    And every person who eats what dies of itself or what is torn by beasts, whether he is a native or a sojourner, shall wash his clothes and bathe himself in water and be unclean until the evening; then he shall be clean.
    Leviticus 18:26
    But you shall keep my statutes and my rules and do none of these abominations, either the native or the stranger who sojourns among you
    Leviticus 19:34
    You shall treat the stranger who sojourns with you as the native among you, and you shall love him as yourself, for you were strangers in the land of Egypt: I am the Lord your God.
    Exodus 12:49
    There shall be one law for the native and for the stranger who sojourns among you.
  4. Cross References
    Psalms 51:2
    Wash me thoroughly from my iniquity, and cleanse me from my sin!
    Jeremiah 33:8
    I will cleanse them from all the guilt of their sin against me, and I will forgive all the guilt of their sin and rebellion against me.
    Hebrews 10:1 - 2
    For since the law has but a shadow of the good things to come instead of the true form of these realities, it can never, by the same sacrifices that are continually offered every year, make perfect those who draw near.
    1 John 1:7
    But if we walk in the light, as he is in the light, we have fellowship with one another, and the blood of Jesus his Son cleanses us from all sin.
    1 John 1:9
    If we confess our sins, he is faithful and just to forgive us our sins and to cleanse us from all unrighteousness.
  5. Cross References
    Leviticus 23:32
    It shall be to you a Sabbath of solemn rest, and you shall afflict yourselves. On the ninth day of the month beginning at evening, from evening to evening shall you keep your Sabbath.
  6. Cross References
    Leviticus 16:29
    And it shall be a statute to you forever that in the seventh month, on the tenth day of the month, you shall afflict yourselves and shall do no work, either the native or the stranger who sojourns among you.
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