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Leviticus 23:32

Contemporary English Version (Anglicised) 2012

This is a time of complete rest just like the Sabbath, and everyone must go without eating from the evening of the ninth to the evening of the tenth.

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I ordered the gates of Jerusalem to be closed on the eve of the Sabbath and not to be opened until after the Sabbath had ended. Then I put some of my own men in charge of the gates to make certain that nothing was brought in on the Sabbath.

When they were sick, I wore sackcloth and went without food. I truly prayed for them,

The way to please you is to feel sorrow deep in our hearts. This is the kind of sacrifice you won't refuse.

Our holy God lives for ever in the highest heavens, and this is what he says: Though I live high above in the holy place, I am here to help those who are humble and depend only on me.

especially in Jerusalem. He sent me to give them flowers in place of their sorrow, olive oil in place of tears, and joyous praise in place of broken hearts. They will be called “Trees of Justice”, planted by the LORD to honour his name.

On the tenth day of the seventh month of each year, you must go without eating to show sorrow for your sins, and no one, including foreigners who live among you, is allowed to work.

and from now on, it must be celebrated each year. Go without eating and make this a day of complete rest just like the Sabbath.

The tenth day of the seventh month is the Great Day of Forgiveness. It is a solemn day of worship; everyone must go without eating to show sorrow for their sins, and sacrifices must be burnt.

God blesses those people who grieve. They will find comfort!

If we carefully judge ourselves, we won't be punished.

We should do our best to enter that place of rest, so that none of us will disobey and miss going there, as they did.

Only people who have faith will enter the place of rest. It is just as the Scriptures say, “God became angry and told the people, ‘You will never enter my place of rest!’ ” God said this, even though everything has been ready from the time of creation.




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