Leviticus 23:26-32

International Children’s Bible

The Day of Cleansing

²⁶ The Lord said to Moses, ²⁷ “The Day of Cleansing will be on the tenth day of the seventh month. There will be a holy meeting. You will give up eating and bring an offering made by fire to the Lord. ²⁸ Do not do any work on that day. This is because it is the Day of Cleansing. On that day the priests will go before the Lord. They will perform the acts to make you clean from sin so you will belong to the Lord.

²⁹ “If anyone refuses to give up food on this day, he must be separated from his people. ³⁰ If anyone works on this day, I will destroy him from among his people. ³¹ You must not do any work at all. This law will continue for people from now on wherever you live. ³² It will be a special day of rest for you. And you must not eat. You will start this special day of rest on the evening after the ninth day of the month. It will continue from that evening until the next evening.”