Leviticus 16:29 meaning and explanation
This is to be a permanent statute for you: On the tenth day of the seventh month, you shall humble yourselves and not do any work—whether the native or the foreigner who resides among you—
Leviticus 16:29, Berean Standard Bible
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The LORD gives this instruction to Moses for the whole community of Israel as part of the Day of Atonement. On the tenth day of the seventh month, everyone must humble themselves, a phrase the Hebrew verb anah expresses as afflicting or denying oneself, and tradition understood it as fasting.
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