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Leviticus 16:31
“It is a Sabbath of solemn rest to you, and you shall afflict your souls; it is a statute forever.”
Verse in context — Leviticus 16
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, the native-born, or the stranger who lives as a foreigner among you:
for on this day shall atonement be made for you, to cleanse you; from all your sins you shall be clean before Yahweh.
It is a Sabbath of solemn rest to you, and you shall afflict your souls; it is a statute forever.
The priest, who is anointed and who is consecrated to be priest in his father's place, shall make the atonement, and shall put on the linen garments, even the holy garments.
Then he shall make atonement for the Holy Sanctuary; and he shall make atonement for the Tent of Meeting and for the altar; and he shall make atonement for the priests and for all the people of the assembly.
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