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The Great Day of Forgiveness

(Numbers 29.7-11)

26 (A) The Lord God said to Moses:

27 The tenth day of the seventh month[a] is the Great Day of Forgiveness.[b] It is a solemn day of worship; everyone must go without eating to show sorrow for their sins, and sacrifices must be burned. 28 No one is to work on that day—it is the Great Day of Forgiveness, when sacrifices will be offered to me, so that I will forgive your sins. 29 I will destroy anyone who refuses to go without eating. 30-31 None of my people are ever to do any work on that day—not now or in the future. And I will wipe out those who do! 32 This is a time of complete rest just like the Sabbath, and everyone must go without eating from the evening of the ninth to the evening of the tenth.

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Footnotes

  1. 23.27 seventh month: See the note at 16.29.
  2. 23.27 Great Day of Forgiveness: See the note at 16.34.

The Day of Atonement(A)

26 The Lord said to Moses, 27 “The tenth day of this seventh month(B) is the Day of Atonement.(C) Hold a sacred assembly(D) and deny yourselves,[a] and present a food offering to the Lord. 28 Do not do any work(E) on that day, because it is the Day of Atonement, when atonement is made for you before the Lord your God. 29 Those who do not deny themselves on that day must be cut off from their people.(F) 30 I will destroy from among their people(G) anyone who does any work on that day. 31 You shall do no work at all. This is to be a lasting ordinance(H) for the generations to come, wherever you live. 32 It is a day of sabbath rest(I) for you, and you must deny yourselves. From the evening of the ninth day of the month until the following evening you are to observe your sabbath.”(J)

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Footnotes

  1. Leviticus 23:27 Or and fast; similarly in verses 29 and 32

The Sacrifices on the Great Day of Forgiveness

(Leviticus 23.26-32)

The Lord said:

(A) The tenth day of the seventh month[a] is the Great Day of Forgiveness.[b] On that day you must rest from all work and come together for worship. Show sorrow for your sins by going without food, and bring to the altar one young bull, one full-grown ram, and seven rams a year old that have nothing wrong with them. Then offer these as sacrifices to please me.[c] Three kilograms of your finest flour mixed with olive oil must be offered with the bull as a grain sacrifice. Two kilograms of flour mixed with oil must be offered with the ram, 10 and one kilogram of flour mixed with oil must be offered with each of the young rams. 11 A goat[d] must also be sacrificed for the sins of the people. You will offer these sacrifices in addition to the sacrifice to ask forgiveness and the regular daily sacrifices.[e]

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Footnotes

  1. 29.7 seventh month: See the note at 29.1.
  2. 29.7 Great Day of Forgiveness: Traditionally known as the Day of Atonement.
  3. 29.8 sacrifices to please me: See the note at 6.11.
  4. 29.11 goat: See the note at 7.12-83.
  5. 29.11 regular daily sacrifices: See 28.1-8.

The Day of Atonement(A)

“‘On the tenth day of this seventh month hold a sacred assembly. You must deny yourselves[a](B) and do no work.(C) Present as an aroma pleasing to the Lord a burnt offering of one young bull, one ram and seven male lambs a year old, all without defect.(D) With the bull offer a grain offering(E) of three-tenths of an ephah of the finest flour mixed with oil; with the ram, two-tenths;(F) 10 and with each of the seven lambs, one-tenth.(G) 11 Include one male goat(H) as a sin offering, in addition to the sin offering for atonement and the regular burnt offering(I) with its grain offering, and their drink offerings.(J)

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Footnotes

  1. Numbers 29:7 Or must fast