Leviticus 16:29
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29 “And it shall be a statute to you forever that (A)in the seventh month, on the tenth day of the month, you shall (B)afflict yourselves[a] and shall do no work, either (C)the native or the stranger who sojourns among you.
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- Leviticus 16:29 Or shall fast; also verse 31
Isaiah 58:3
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3 (A)‘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,[a]
(B)and oppress all your workers.
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- Isaiah 58:3 Or pursue your own business
Numbers 29:7
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Offerings for the Day of Atonement
7 (A)“On the tenth day of this seventh month you shall have a holy convocation and (B)afflict yourselves.[a] You shall do no work,
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- Numbers 29:7 Or and fast
Isaiah 58:5
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5 (A)Is such the fast that I choose,
(B)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?
Psalm 35:13
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13 But I, (A)when they were sick—
I (B)wore sackcloth;
I (C)afflicted myself with fasting;
I prayed (D)with head bowed[a] on my chest.
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- Psalm 35:13 Or my prayer shall turn back
Leviticus 23:36
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36 For seven days you shall present food offerings to the Lord. (A)On the eighth day you shall hold a holy convocation and present a food offering to the Lord. It is a (B)solemn assembly; you shall not do any ordinary work.
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Leviticus 23:27-32
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27 “Now (A)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[a] and present a food offering to the Lord. 28 And you shall not do any work on that very day, for it is a Day of Atonement, to make atonement for you before the Lord your God. 29 For whoever is not afflicted[b] on that very day (B)shall be cut off from his people. 30 And whoever does any work on that very day, that person I will destroy from among his people. 31 You shall not do any work. It is a statute forever throughout your generations in all your dwelling places. 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.”
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- Leviticus 23:27 Or shall fast; also verse 32
- Leviticus 23:29 Or is not fasting
Leviticus 23:21
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21 And you shall make a proclamation on the same day. You shall hold a holy convocation. You shall not do any ordinary work. It is a statute forever in all your dwelling places throughout your generations.
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Leviticus 23:7-8
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7 (A)On the first day you shall have a holy convocation; you shall not do any ordinary work. 8 But you shall present a food offering to the Lord for seven days. On the seventh day is a holy convocation; you shall not do any ordinary work.”
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Exodus 20:10
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10 but the (A)seventh day is a Sabbath to the Lord your God. On it you shall not do any work, you, or your son, or your daughter, your male servant, or your female servant, or your livestock, or the (B)sojourner who is within your gates.
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Hebrews 4:10
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10 for whoever has entered God's rest has also (A)rested from his works as God did from his.
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1 Corinthians 11:31
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31 (A)But if we judged[a] ourselves truly, we would not be judged.
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- 1 Corinthians 11:31 Or discerned
Daniel 10:3
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3 I ate no delicacies, no meat or wine entered my mouth, nor did I (A)anoint myself at all, for (B)the full three weeks.
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Isaiah 58:13
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13 (A)“If you turn back your foot from the Sabbath,
from doing your pleasure[a] on my holy day,
and call the Sabbath a delight
and the holy day of the Lord honorable;
if you honor it, not going your own ways,
or seeking (B)your own pleasure,[b] or talking idly;[c]
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- Isaiah 58:13 Or business
- Isaiah 58:13 Or pursuing your own business
- Isaiah 58:13 Hebrew or speaking a word
Psalm 69:10
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10 When I wept and humbled[a] my soul with fasting,
it became my reproach.
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- Psalm 69:10 Hebrew lacks and humbled
Ezra 3:1
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Rebuilding the Altar
3 (A)When the seventh month came, and the children of Israel were in the towns, the people gathered as one man to Jerusalem.
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1 Kings 8:2
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2 And all the men of Israel assembled to King Solomon at (A)the feast in the month Ethanim, which is the seventh month.
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Leviticus 23:3
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The Sabbath
3 (A)“Six days shall work be done, but on the seventh day is a Sabbath of solemn rest, a holy convocation. You shall do no work. It is a Sabbath to the Lord in all your dwelling places.
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Exodus 30:10
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10 (A)Aaron shall make atonement on its horns once a year. With the blood of the (B)sin offering of atonement he shall make atonement for it once in the year throughout your generations. It is most holy to the Lord.”
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Exodus 12:16
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16 On the first day you shall hold a (A)holy assembly, and on the seventh day a holy assembly. No work shall be done on those days. But what everyone needs to eat, that alone may be prepared by you.
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2 Corinthians 7:10-11
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10 For (A)godly grief produces a repentance that leads to salvation without regret, whereas (B)worldly grief produces death. 11 For see what earnestness this godly grief has produced in you, but also what eagerness to clear yourselves, what indignation, what fear, what longing, (C)what zeal, what punishment! At every point you have proved yourselves innocent in the matter.
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