⁹ We had lost a lot of time. The weather was becoming dangerous for sea travel because it was so late in the fall,^[a] and Paul spoke to the ship’s officers about it.

Offerings for the Day of Atonement

⁷ “Ten days later, on the tenth day of the same month,^[a] you must call another holy assembly. On that day, the Day of Atonement, the people must go without food and must do no ordinary work.

²⁷ “Be careful to celebrate the Day of Atonement on the tenth day of that same month—nine days after the Festival of Trumpets.^[a] You must observe it as an official day for holy assembly, a day to deny yourselves^[b] and present special gifts to the Lord. ²⁸ Do no work during that entire day because it is the Day of Atonement, when offerings of purification are made for you, making you right with^[c] the Lord your God. ²⁹ All who do not deny themselves that day will be cut off from God’s people.

²⁹ “On the tenth day of the appointed month in early autumn,^[a] you must deny yourselves.^[b] Neither native-born Israelites nor foreigners living among you may do any kind of work. This is a permanent law for you. ³⁰ On that day offerings of purification will be made for you,^[c] and you will be purified in the Lord’s presence from all your sins. ³¹ It will be a Sabbath day of complete rest for you, and you must deny yourselves. This is a permanent law for you.