²⁹ “And this shall be a perpetual statute for you: ^(A)in the seventh month, on the tenth day of the month, you shall humble your souls and not ^(B)do any work, whether the native or the sojourner who sojourns among you; ³⁰ for it is on this day that ^[a]atonement shall be made for you to ^(C)cleanse you; you will be clean from all your sins before Yahweh. ³¹ It is to be a sabbath of solemn rest for you, that you may ^(D)humble your souls; it is a perpetual statute. ³² So the priest who is anointed and ^[b]ordained to minister as a priest in his father’s place shall make atonement: he shall thus put on ^(E)the linen garments, the holy garments, ³³ and make atonement for the holy sanctuary, and he shall make atonement for the tent of meeting and for the altar. He shall also make atonement for ^(F)the priests and for all the people of the assembly. ³⁴ Now you shall have this as a ^(G)perpetual statute, to ^(H)make atonement for the sons of Israel for all their sins once every year.” And just as Yahweh had commanded Moses, so he did.

The Day of Atonement

²⁶ And Yahweh spoke to Moses, saying, ²⁷ “On exactly ^(A)the tenth day of this seventh month is ^(B)the day of atonement; it shall be a holy convocation for you, and you shall humble your souls and bring an offering by fire near to Yahweh. ²⁸ And you shall not do any work on this same day, for it is a ^(C)day of atonement, ^(D)to make atonement on your behalf before Yahweh your God. ²⁹ If there is any ^[a]person who will not humble himself on this same day, ^(E)he shall be cut off from his people. ³⁰ And as for any person who does any work on this same day, that person I will cause to perish from among his people. ³¹ You shall do no work at all. It is to be a perpetual statute throughout your generations in all your places of habitation. ³² It is to be a sabbath of complete rest to you, and you shall humble your souls; on the ninth of the month at evening, from evening until evening you shall keep your sabbath.”