And I shall call a fast there, upon the river Ahava, to humble ourselves before our God, to seek from him a straight way for us and for our little ones, and for all our substance.
Numbers 29:7 - Julia E. Smith Translation 1876 And in the tenth to this seventh month a holy calling shall be to you: ye afflicted your souls: all work ye shall not do. Tuilleadh leaganachaKing James Version (Oxford) 1769 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: Amplified Bible - Classic Edition And you shall have on the tenth day of this seventh month a holy [summoned] assembly; [it is the great Day of Atonement, a day of humiliation] and you shall humble and abase yourselves; you shall not do any work in it. American Standard Version (1901) 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; Common English Bible The tenth day of this seventh month will be a holy occasion for you. You will deny yourselves and not do any work. Catholic Public Domain Version Likewise, the tenth day of this seventh month shall be for you holy and venerable, and you shall afflict your souls. You shall do no servile work in it. Douay-Rheims version of The Bible - 1752 version The tenth day also of this seventh month shall be holy and venerable unto you: and you shall afflict your souls. You shall do no servile work therein. |
And I shall call a fast there, upon the river Ahava, to humble ourselves before our God, to seek from him a straight way for us and for our little ones, and for all our substance.
And I, in their being sick, my clothing sackcloth: I humbled my soul in fasting, and my prayer shall be turned back upon my bosom.
And the Lord Jehovah of armies in that day will call to weeping and to wailing, and to baldness and to girding with sackcloth:
And I poured out upon the house of David and upon the inhabitants of Jerusalem the spirit of grace and supplications: and they looked to me whom they pierced, and they mourned for him as mourning for the only begotten, and being embittered for him as being embittered for the first-born.
To speak to the priests which were to the house of Jehovah of armies, and to the prophets, saying, Should I weep in the fifth month, separating myself according as I did, how many the years?
No, I say to you: but except ye should change the mind, ye shall all likewise perish.
And a suitable time having intervened, and sailing being already dangerous, for the fast had already passed by, Paul advised,
Knowing this, that our old man was crucified together, that the body of sin might be left inactive, for us no more to serve sin.
But I give my body a blow under the eyes, and reduce to bondage: lest having proclaimed to others, I myself be rejected.