Leviticus 23:28

Easy To Read Version

You must not do any work on that day. Why? Because it is the Day of Atonement. On that day, {the priests will go} before the Lord and do the ceremony that makes you pure. [409]

Cross References

Isaiah 53:10

The Lord decided to crush him. The Lord decided that he must suffer, so the Servant gave himself to be the one to die. But he will live a new life for a long, long time. He will see his people. He will complete the things the Lord wants him to do.

Daniel 9:24

“God has allowed 70 weeks {\cf2\super [105]} for your people and your holy city, Daniel. The 70 weeks {\cf2\super [106]} are ordered for these reasons: to stop doing bad things, to stop sinning, to make people pure, to bring the goodness that continues forever, to put a seal {\cf2\super [107]} on visions {\cf2\super [108]} and prophets, and to dedicate a very holy place.

Leviticus 16:30

Why? Because on this day, the priest will make you pure [298] and wash away your sins. Then you will be clean [299] to the Lord.

Leviticus 16:33

He must make the Most Holy Place, [302] the Meeting Tent, [303] and the altar [304] pure. And he must make the priests and all the people {of Israel} pure.

Leviticus 16:34

That law for making the people of Israel pure will continue forever. You will do those things one time every year. Why? Because of the sins of the people of Israel.”

Leviticus 23:27

“The Day of Atonement [407] will be on the tenth day of the seventh month. There will be a holy meeting. You must not eat food [408] and you must bring an offering by fire to the Lord.

Zechariah 3:9

Look, I put a special stone\par in front of Joshua.\par There are seven sides {\cf2\super [5]} on that stone.\par I will carve a special message on\par on that special stone.\par That will show that in one day,\par I will remove the guilt from this land.”\par

Hebrews 10:10

Jesus Christ did the things God wanted him to do. And because of that, we are made holy through the sacrifice {\cf2\super [126]} of Christ’s body. Christ made that sacrifice one time—enough for all time.

Hebrews 10:14

With one sacrifice Christ made his people perfect forever. Those people are the ones who are being made holy. {\cf2\super [129]}

Hebrews 9:12

Christ entered the Most Holy Place {\cf2\super [105]} only one time—enough for all time. Christ entered the Most Holy Place by using his own blood (death), not the blood of goats or young bulls. Christ entered there and got for us freedom forever.

Hebrews 9:26

If Christ had offered himself many times, then he would have needed to suffer many times since the time the world was made. But Christ came \{and offered himself\} only once. And that once is enough for all time. Christ came at a time when the world is nearing an end. Christ came to take away all sin by offering himself as a sacrifice. {\cf2\super [118]}

1 John 2:2

Jesus is the way our sins are taken away. And Jesus is the way that all people can have their sins taken away, too.

1 John 4:10

True love is God’s love for us, not our love for God. God sent his Son to be the way that God takes away our sins.

1 John 5:6

And loving means living the way he commanded us to live. And God’s command is this: that you live a life of love. You heard this command from the beginning.