Bible Verses

You are not to do any work that day, for it is the Day of Atonement, on which the rite of atonement will be performed over you before the Lord your God.

 “The tenth day of this seventh month shall be the Day of Atonement. You are to hold a sacred assembly. You must fast and offer a burnt offering to the Lord.

Day of Atonement The Lord spoke to Moses, saying:

You must not do any work of a worker and offer a burnt offering to the Lord.”

 “Speak to the Israelites and say to them: The first day of the seventh month shall be a day of rest for you, a sacred assembly proclaimed with a trumpet call.

New Year The Lord spoke to Moses, saying:

When you gather the harvest in your country, you must not harvest to the edge of your field, and you must not collect the gleanings of the harvest. You should leave them for the poor and the stranger. I am the Lord your God.

This same day, you are to hold an assembly. This will be a sacred assembly for you; you shall do no work at all. This is a lasting law for your descendants wherever you live.

The priest shall present them before the Lord with the gesture of offering and the bread of the firstfruits. These, along with the two lambs, are holy things for the Lord and shall belong to the priest.

You are also to offer a goat as a sin offering and two one-year-old lambs as a peace offering.