Leviticus 16:29

Treasury of Scripture Knowledge

Summary

And this shall be a statute for ever unto you: that in the seventh month, on the tenth day of the month, ye shall afflict your souls, and do no work at all, whether it be one of your own country, or a stranger that sojourneth among you:

In the seventh

Ezra 3:1

Shall afflict

Do no

Hebrews 4:10

Bible References

In the seventh

“The tenth day of this seventh month is the Day of Atonement. You are to hold a sacred assembly and practice self-denial;

you are to present a fire offering to the Lord.

“Once a year Aaron is to perform the purification rite on the horns of the altar. Throughout your generations he is to perform the purification rite for it once a year, with the blood of the sin offering for atonement. The altar is especially holy to the Lord.”

“You are to hold a sacred assembly on the tenth day of this seventh month and practice self-denial;

you must not do any work.

So all the men of Israel were assembled in the presence of King Solomon in the seventh month, the month of Ethanim, at the festival.

By the seventh month, the Israelites had settled in their towns, and the people gathered together in Jerusalem.

Shall afflict

Yet when they were sick,
my clothing was sackcloth;
I humbled myself with fasting,
and my prayer was genuine.

I mourned and fasted,
but it brought me insults.

“Why have we fasted, but You have not seen?
We have denied ourselves, but You haven’t noticed!”
“Look, you do as you please on the day of your fast,
and oppress all your workers.

I didn’t eat any rich food, no meat or wine entered my mouth, and I didn’t put any oil on my body until the three weeks were over.

If we were properly evaluating ourselves, we would not be judged,

For godly grief produces a repentance not to be regretted and leading to salvation, but worldly grief produces death.

Do no

“Work may be done for six days, but on the seventh day there must be a Sabbath of complete rest, a sacred assembly. You are not to do any work; it is a Sabbath to the Lord wherever you live.

You are to hold a sacred assembly on the first day and another sacred assembly on the seventh day. No work may be done on those days except for preparing what people need to eat—you may do only that.

but the seventh day is a Sabbath to the Lord your God. You must not do any work—you, your son or daughter, your male or female slave, your livestock, or the foreigner who is within your gates.

“If you keep from desecrating the Sabbath,
from doing whatever you want on My holy day;
if you call the Sabbath a delight,
and the holy day of the Lord honorable;
if you honor it, not going your own ways,
seeking your own pleasure, or talking too much;

For the person who has entered His rest has rested from his own works, just as God did from His.