Leviticus 16:29
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29 “This shall be a statute to you forever: In the seventh month, on the tenth day of the month, you shall humble yourselves[a] and shall do no work, neither the native-born nor the alien who resides among you.(A)
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- 16.29 Or shall fast
Isaiah 58:3
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3 “Why do we fast, but you do not see?
Why humble ourselves, but you do not notice?”
Look, you serve your own interest on your fast day
and oppress all your workers.(A)
Numbers 29:7
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Offerings on the Day of Atonement
7 “On the tenth day of this seventh month you shall have a holy convocation and humble yourselves;[a] you shall do no work.(A)
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- 29.7 Or fast
Daniel 10:12
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12 He said to me, “Do not fear, Daniel, for from the first day that you set your mind to gain understanding and to humble yourself before your God, your words have been heard, and I have come because of your words.(A)
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Isaiah 58:5
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5 Is such the fast that I choose,
a day to humble oneself?
Is it to bow down the head like a bulrush
and to lie in sackcloth and ashes?
Will you call this a fast,
a day acceptable to the Lord?(A)
Psalm 35:13
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13 But as for me, when they were sick,
I wore sackcloth;
I afflicted myself with fasting.
I prayed with head bowed[a] on my bosom,(A)
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- 35.13 Or My prayer turned back
Leviticus 23:36
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36 Seven days you shall present the Lord’s offerings by fire;[a] on the eighth day you shall observe a holy convocation and present the Lord’s offerings by fire;[b] it is a solemn assembly; you shall not work at your occupations.(A)
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Leviticus 23:27-32
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27 “Now, the tenth day of this seventh month is the Day of Atonement; it shall be a holy convocation for you: you shall humble yourselves[a] and present the Lord’s offering by fire,[b](A) 28 and you shall do no work during that entire day, for it is a Day of Atonement, to make atonement on your behalf before the Lord your God. 29 For those who do not humble themselves[c] during that entire day shall be cut off from the people.(B) 30 And anyone who does any work during that entire day, such a one I will destroy from the midst of the people.(C) 31 You shall do no work. This is a statute forever throughout your generations in all your settlements. 32 It shall be to you a Sabbath of complete rest, and you shall humble yourselves;[d] on the ninth day of the month at evening, from evening to evening you shall keep your Sabbath.”
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Leviticus 23:21
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21 On that same day you shall make proclamation; you shall hold a holy convocation; you shall not work at your occupations. This is a statute forever in all your settlements throughout your generations.(A)
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Leviticus 23:7-8
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7 On the first day you shall have a holy convocation; you shall not work at your occupations.(A) 8 For seven days you shall present the Lord’s offerings by fire;[a] on the seventh day there shall be a holy convocation: you shall not work at your occupations.”
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- 23.8 Or the Lord’s gifts
Exodus 20:10
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10 But the seventh day is a Sabbath to the Lord your God; you shall not do any work—you, your son or your daughter, your male or female slave, your livestock, or the alien resident in your towns.
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Hebrews 4:10
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10 for those who enter God’s[a] rest also rest from their labors as God did from his.
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- 4.10 Gk his
1 Corinthians 11:31
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31 But if we judged ourselves, we would not be judged.(A)
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Daniel 10:3
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3 I had eaten no rich food, no meat or wine had entered my mouth, and I had not anointed myself at all, for the full three weeks.
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Isaiah 58:13
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13 If you refrain from trampling the Sabbath,
from pursuing your own interests on my holy day;
if you call the Sabbath a delight
and the holy day of the Lord honorable;
if you honor it, not going your own ways,
serving your own interests or pursuing your own affairs;(A)
Psalm 69:10
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- 69.10 Gk Syr: Heb I wept, with fasting my soul, or I made my soul mourn with fasting
Ezra 3:1
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Worship Restored at Jerusalem
3 When the seventh month came and the Israelites were in their[a] towns, the people gathered together as one in Jerusalem.(A)
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- 3.1 Heb mss Gk Syr Vg: MT the
1 Kings 8:2
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2 All the people of Israel assembled to King Solomon at the festival in the month Ethanim, which is the seventh month.(A)
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Leviticus 23:3
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The Sabbath, Passover, and Unleavened Bread
3 “Six days shall work be done, but the seventh day is a Sabbath of complete rest, a holy convocation; you shall do no work: it is a Sabbath to the Lord throughout your settlements.(A)
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Exodus 30:10
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10 Once a year Aaron shall perform the rite of atonement on its horns. Throughout your generations he shall perform the atonement for it once a year with the blood of the atoning purification offering. It is most holy to the Lord.”(A)
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Exodus 12:16
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16 On the first day you shall hold a solemn assembly and on the seventh day a solemn assembly; no work shall be done on those days; only what everyone must eat, that alone may be prepared by you.(A)
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2 Corinthians 7:10-11
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10 For godly grief produces a repentance that leads to salvation and brings no regret, but worldly grief produces death.(A) 11 For see what earnestness this godly grief has produced in you, what eagerness to clear yourselves, what indignation, what alarm, what longing, what zeal, what punishment! At every point you have proved yourselves guiltless in the matter.
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