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.

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,

¹² Then he said to me, ^(A)“Fear not, Daniel, for from the first day that you ^(B)set your heart to understand and ^(C)humbled yourself before your God, ^(D)your words have been heard, ^(E)and I have come because of your words.

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.

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.”

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.