“ ‘On the tenth day of this seventh month you shall have a holy convocation. You shall afflict your souls. You shall do no kind of work;
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“ ‘On the tenth day of this seventh month you shall have a holy convocation. You shall afflict your souls. You shall do no kind of work;
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And ye shall have on the tenth day of this seventh month an holy convocation; and ye shall afflict your souls: ye shall not do any work therein:
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And on the tenth day of this seventh month ye shall have a holy convocation; and ye shall afflict your souls; ye shall do no manner of work;
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- Leviticus 16:29-31 “It shall be a statute to you forever: in the seventh month, on the tenth day of the month, you shall afflict your souls, and shall do no kind of work, whether native-born or a stranger who lives as a foreigner among you; for on this day shall atonement be made for you, to cleanse you. You shall be clean from all your sins before Yahweh. It is a Sabbath of solemn rest to you, and you shall afflict your souls. It is a statute forever.
- Matthew 5:4 Blessed are those who mourn, for they shall be comforted.
- Zechariah 12:10 I will pour on David’s house, and on the inhabitants of Jerusalem, the spirit of grace and of supplication; and they will look to me whom they have pierced; and they shall mourn for him, as one mourns for his only son, and will grieve bitterly for him, as one grieves for his firstborn.
- Romans 6:6 knowing this, that our old man was crucified with him, that the body of sin might be done away with, so that we would no longer be in bondage to sin.
- James 4:8-10 Draw near to God, and he will draw near to you. Cleanse your hands, you sinners. Purify your hearts, you double-minded. Lament, mourn, and weep. Let your laughter be turned to mourning, and your joy to gloom. Humble yourselves in the sight of the Lord, and he will exalt you.
- Leviticus 23:26-32 Yahweh spoke to Moses, saying, “However on the tenth day of this seventh month is the day of atonement. It shall be a holy convocation to you. You shall afflict yourselves and you shall offer an offering made by fire to Yahweh. You shall do no kind of work in that same day, for it is a day of atonement, to make atonement for you before Yahweh your God. For whoever it is who shall not deny himself in that same day shall be cut off from his people. Whoever does any kind of work in that same day, I will destroy that person from among his people. You shall do no kind of work: it is a statute forever throughout your generations in all your dwellings. It shall be a Sabbath of solemn rest for you, and you shall deny yourselves. In the ninth day of the month at evening, from evening to evening, you shall keep your Sabbath.”
- Ezra 8:21 Then I proclaimed a fast there, at the river Ahava, that we might humble ourselves before our God, to seek from him a straight way for us, and for our little ones, and for all our possessions.
- Psalms 126:5-6 Those who sow in tears will reap in joy. He who goes out weeping, carrying seed for sowing, will certainly come again with joy, carrying his sheaves.
- Isaiah 22:12 In that day, the Lord, Yahweh of Armies, called to weeping, to mourning, to baldness, and to dressing in sackcloth;
- Isaiah 58:3-5 ‘Why have we fasted,’ they say, ‘and you don’t see? Why have we afflicted our soul, and you don’t notice?’ “Behold, in the day of your fast you find pleasure, and oppress all your laborers. Behold, you fast for strife and contention, and to strike with the fist of wickedness. You don’t fast today so as to make your voice to be heard on high. Is this the fast that I have chosen? A day for a man to humble his soul? Is it to bow down his head like a reed, and to spread sackcloth and ashes under himself? Will you call this a fast, and an acceptable day to Yahweh?
- 2 Corinthians 7:9-11 I now rejoice, not that you were grieved, but that you were grieved to repentance. For you were grieved in a godly way, that you might suffer loss by us in nothing. For godly sorrow produces repentance to salvation, which brings no regret. But the sorrow of the world produces death. For behold, this same thing, that you were grieved in a godly way, what earnest care it worked in you. Yes, what defense, indignation, fear, longing, zeal, and vengeance! In everything you demonstrated yourselves to be pure in the matter.
- Psalms 35:13 But as for me, when they were sick, my clothing was sackcloth. I afflicted my soul with fasting. My prayer returned into my own bosom.
- Luke 13:3 I tell you, no, but unless you repent, you will all perish in the same way.
- Luke 13:5 I tell you, no, but, unless you repent, you will all perish in the same way.”
- 1 Corinthians 9:27 but I beat my body and bring it into submission, lest by any means, after I have preached to others, I myself should be rejected.
- Zechariah 7:3 and to speak to the priests of the house of Yahweh of Armies, and to the prophets, saying, “Should I weep in the fifth month, separating myself, as I have done these so many years?”
- Acts 27:9 When much time had passed and the voyage was now dangerous, because the Fast had now already gone by, Paul admonished them
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Geneva Bible translators 1599 · Public Domain Which is the feast of reconciliation.
Which is the feast of reconciliation.
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John Trapp 1656 · Public Domain Num 29:7 And ye shall have on the tenth…
Num 29:7 And ye shall have on the tenth [day] of this seventh month an holy convocation; and ye shall afflict your souls: ye shall not do any work [therein]:
Ver. 7. And ye shall have.] See Lev 16:19, {See Trapp on "Lev 16:19"}
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Matthew Poole 1685 · Public Domain Your souls, i.e. yourselves, by fasting and abstinence from…
Your souls, i.e. yourselves, by fasting and abstinence from all delightful things, and by compunction and bitter sorrow for your sins, and the judgments of God either deserved by you, or inflicted upon you for your sins. See Lev 16:29,30; 23:27.
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John Gill 1763 · Public Domain But ye shall offer a burnt offering unto the…
But ye shall offer a burnt offering unto the Lord,.... Which is the same as ordered to be offered on the first day, Num 29:2. Aben Ezra is of opinion that the ram here is different from those in Lev 16:3.
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num 29:9And their meat offering,.... Which was of the same quantity of flour and oil, for a bullock, a ram, and a lamb, as for the meat offering on the first day of the month.
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John Wesley 1765 · Public Domain Afflict your souls - Yourselves, by fasting and abstinence…
Afflict your souls - Yourselves, by fasting and abstinence from all delightful things, and by compunction for your sins, and the judgments of God, either deserved by you or inflicted upon you.
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Adam Clarke 1810 · Public Domain Verse 7. On the tenth day] See Clarke on…
Verse 7. On the tenth day] See Clarke on Le 16:29; and "Le 23:24".
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Joseph Benson 1811 · Public Domain Num 29:7. And — on the tenth day —…
Num 29:7. And — on the tenth day — a holy convocation — On this day was offered annually their seventh national sacrifice. It was the great day of atonement, a day of special humiliation, fasting, and prayer; concerning the particular ceremonies whereof, see on Lev 16:29; and Lev 23:27. Afflict your souls — Yourselves, by abstinence from all delightful things, and by compunction for your sins, and the judgments of God, either deserved by you, or inflicted upon you.
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Albert Barnes 1834 · Public Domain The offering on the great Day of Atonement was…
The offering on the great Day of Atonement was the same with that just specified. The great ceremonies of the day are described in Lev. 16.
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Haydock's Catholic Bible Commentary 1859 · Public Domain Tenth. The feast of expiation, on which see Leviticus…
Tenth. The feast of expiation, on which see Leviticus xvi. 29., and xxiii. 24, where we have also explained what relates to the feast of tabernacles, ver. 34.
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Robert Jamieson, A. R. Fausset & David Brown 1871 · Public Domain ye shall have on the tenth day of this…
ye shall have on the tenth day of this seventh month an holy convocation--This was the great day of atonement. Its institution, together with the observance to which that day was devoted, was described (Lev 16:29-30). But additional offerings seem to be noticed, namely, the large animal sacrifice for a general expiation, which was a sweet savor unto the Lord, and the sin offering to atone for the sins that mingled with that day's services. The prescriptions in this passage appear supplementary to the former statement in Leviticus.
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Daniel D. Whedon 1874 · Public Domain OFFERINGS ON THE DAY OF ATONEMENT, Num_29:7-11.
OFFERINGS ON THE DAY OF ATONEMENT, Num_29:7-11.
7-11. On this day the sacrifices were the same as on the day of new moon of the seventh month, in addition to the sin offering peculiar to the yom kippur, the day of atonement, which is minutely described in Leviticus 16 and Lev_23:26-32, notes. This atonement was a lively figure of reconciliation to God by the death of Christ.
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Ye shall afflict your souls — This betokens repentance and humiliation for sins, and prefigures our fellowship in the afflictions of Christ. Rom_6:3-4; Rom_6:6.
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The Cambridge Bible for Schools and Colleges 1878 · Public Domain 7. ye shall afflict your souls] An expression which…
7. ye shall afflict your souls] An expression which denoted fasting; cf. Num_30:13, Psa_35:13, Isa_58:3; Isa_58:5. Here it is the great annual fast, still strictly observed by orthodox Jews, on the Day of Atonement; cf. Lev_16:29; Lev_23:27-29; Lev_23:32.
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Ellicott's Commentary for English Readers 1878 · Public Domain (7) The tenth day of this seventh month .…
(7) The tenth day of this seventh month . . . —The law respecting the observance of the great Day of Atonement is contained in Leviticus 16 and Lev_23:26-32. The sacrifices prescribed in Num_29:8-11, which are the same as those prescribed for the first day of the seventh month, were to be offered in addition to the sin offerings of atonement prescribed in Leviticus 16 and to the daily burnt offerings. (See Notes on Leviticus 16; Lev_23:26-32.)
And ye shall afflict your souls.—See Lev_16:29. This affliction or humiliation appears to have included in it fasting (comp. Act_27:9), although the word which denotes fasting is not employed, nor is there any express injunction respecting fasting in the Pentateuch.
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The Pulpit Commentary 1880 · Public Domain On the tenth day. The great day of atonement.…
On the tenth day. The great day of atonement. (Lev_16:29 Lev_23:27 sq. )
HOMILIES BY E.S. PROUT Vers. 7, 12. A solemn fast and a joyous feast.
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Lessons may be drawn from the dates and the order of these two annual solemnities, viz.,
(1) the day of atonement, on the tenth day of the seventh month;
(2) the feast of tabernacles, on the fifteenth day of the same month.
I God"s order is first an atonement; secondly, a festival. The expiation of the nation"s sins on the most solemn day of the year was God"s preparation for the most joyous season of the year. (cf. Lev_25:9 the trumpet of Jubilee was sounded on the day of atonement) The world"s great atonement must precede the world"s feast of tabernacles. The feast of tabernacles was
1. A commemoration of the nation"s low estate during its life in the wilderness. The booths ordered probably lest they should, in their prosperity, forget the lowliness of their past condition. (Deu_8:2-18)
2. A thanksgiving for harvest blessings. ("feast of ingathering," Exo_23:16) We too may "keep the feast" (1Co_5:8) of the Christian life as
(1) A grateful commemoration of the low estate out of which God called us. (Illustrate from Deu_26:1-11; cf. Psa_40:1-3 Eph_2:4-7)
(2) A joyous feast of ingathering of spiritual harvest, of blessings for ourselves and others through the atonement of Christ. (Eph_1:3, 7-13 1Pe_1:3-5)
II The knowledge of personal reconciliation with God prepares for the joys of life. Each Israelite who was penitently confiding in God"s mercy could appropriate the blessings of the day of atonement. (cf. Rom_5:1, 11 Gal_2:20) (Illustrate from 2Ch_29:27) An accepted sacrifice brings songs to the offerer"s lips. Humiliation precedes exaltation in Christ (Php_2:7-11) and in Christians. (Luk_1:52Jo Luk_16:20 Jam_4:10) Those who "sow in tears" of genuine humiliation and "afflicting of the soul" on the tenth day shall "reap in joy" on the fifteenth. Many seek to reverse this order; e.g., Isa_22:12, Isa_22:13.
III Days of rejoicing are yet to be days of sacrifice. More sacrifices were offered at the feast of tabernacles than at either of the other great festivals. So the joys of life and the greater joys of salvation are to be the occasion of the more entire dedication of ourselves to God, and of cheerful service to others. P. (Neh_8:9-12 Heb_13:10-16)
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Paul E. Kretzmann 1924 · Public Domain On the day of Atonement
On the day of Atonement
v. 7. And ye shall have on the tenth day of this seventh month, on the great Day of Atonement, an holy convocation, for this was the most solemn day in the entire year, a day of deep humiliation and fasting: and ye shall afflict your souls. Ye shall not do any work therein,
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v. 8. but ye shall offer a burnt offering unto the Lord for a sweet savor: one young bullock, one ram, and seven lambs of the first year; they shall be unto you without blemish;
v. 9. and their meat offering shall be of flour mingled with oil, three-tenth deals to a bullock, and two-tenth deals to one ram,
v. 10. a several tenth deal for one lamb, throughout the seven lambs;
v. 11. one kid of the goats for a sin-offering; beside the sin-offering of atonement, the special yearly sacrifice, Leviticus 16, and the continual burnt offering, and the meat-offering of it, and their drink-offerings, as they were brought daily. Cf Lev 23:26-32.
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Yahweh continues telling Moses what the people must do.
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the tenth day of the seventh month
"day 10 of month 7" The word "month" refers to those in the Hebrew calendar. (See: Hebrew Months and Ordinal Numbers)
have a holy assembly to honor Yahweh
"gather together to worship and honor Yahweh." The phrase "a holy assembly" means the people gather together to worship Yahweh. Worshiping Yahweh is a holy event.
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Tyndale Open Study Notes 2022 · CC BY-SA 4.0 29:7-11 The Day of Atonement was a solemn occasion,…
29:7-11 The Day of Atonement was a solemn occasion, a day of fasting (see also Lev 16; 23:26-32; Rom 3:23-25; Heb 9:7-12, 23-28).
29:7 Ten days later, on the tenth day of the same month: It is celebrated today as Yom Kippur (from Hebrew yom hakkippurim, Lev 23:27).
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