5 Bible Verses about Afflicting Your Soul

Call a holy assembly on the tenth day of the seventh month. Humble yourselves do no work.

The following regulations are to be observed for a long lasting time to come. On the tenth day of the seventh month the Israelites and the foreigners living among them must fast and must not do any work.

That day is to be a very holy day, one on which they fast and do no work at all. These regulations are to be observed for a long lasting time to come.

The tenth day of this seventh month is a special day for the payment for sins. There will be a holy assembly. Humble yourselves, and bring Jehovah a sacrifice by fire.

It is a day of worship (sabbath), a day when you do not work. Humble yourselves starting on the evening of the ninth day of the month. From that evening to the next, observe the day of worship.