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Numbers 29:7

5 Include one male goat as a sin offering to make atonement for you.

6 These are in addition to the monthly and daily burnt offerings with their prescribed grain offerings and drink offerings. They are a pleasing aroma, an offering made by fire to the LORD.

On the tenth day of this seventh month, you are to hold a sacred assembly, and you shall humble yourselves; you must not do any work.

8 Present as a pleasing aroma to the LORD a burnt offering of one young bull, one ram, and seven male lambs a year old, all unblemished,

9 together with their grain offerings of fine flour mixed with oil—three-tenths of an ephah with the bull, two-tenths of an ephah with the ram,

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This was said to Israel at a particular time, so it is wise to read it together with the surrounding text. Do read the surrounding verses too, because the context often says more than a single verse.

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BSB
On the tenth day of this seventh month, you are to hold a sacred assembly, and you shall humble yourselves; you must not do any work.
KJV
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:
WEB
“‘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;
ASV
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;
DARBY
And on the tenth of this seventh month ye shall have a holy convocation; and ye shall afflict your souls; no manner of work shall ye do.
BLB
And on the tenth of this seventh month, you⁺ shall have a holy convocation, and you⁺ shall afflict your⁺ souls; you⁺ shall not do any work.
ÅB
Den tiende dag i den samme syvende måned skal dere holde en hellig sammenkomst; da skal dere faste. Dere skal ikke gjøre noen arbeidsgjerning.
OTB
‘På den tiende dagen i denne sjuende måneden skal dere holde en hellig samling og ydmyke dere; gjør ikke noe arbeid.
B1930
Den tiende dag i den samme syvende måned skal I holde en hellig sammenkomst; da skal I faste. I skal ikke gjøre nogen arbeidsgjerning.

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Cross references

  • Matthew 5:4

    Blessed are those who mourn, for they will be comforted.

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  • Leviticus 16:29–31

    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—

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  • James 4:8–10

    Draw near to God, and He will draw near to you. Cleanse your hands, you sinners, and purify your hearts, you double-minded.

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  • Romans 6:6

    We know that our old self was crucified with Him so that the body of sin might be rendered powerless, that we should no longer be slaves to sin.

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  • Zechariah 12:10

    Then I will pour out on the house of David and on the people of Jerusalem a spirit of grace and prayer, and they will look on Me, the One they have pierced. They will mourn for Him as one mourns for an only child, and grieve bitterly for Him as one grieves for a firstborn son.

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  • Isaiah 58:3–5

    “Why have we fasted, and You have not seen? Why have we humbled ourselves, and You have not noticed?” “Behold, on the day of your fast, you do as you please, and you oppress all your workers.

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  • Leviticus 23:26–32

    Again the LORD said to Moses,

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  • Psalms 126:5–6

    Those who sow in tears will reap with shouts of joy.

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