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25 You must not do any regular work, but[a] you must present a gift to the Lord.’”

The Day of Atonement

26 The Lord spoke to Moses: 27 “The[b] tenth day of this seventh month is the Day of Atonement.[c] It is to be a holy assembly for you, and you must humble yourselves[d] and present a gift to the Lord.

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Footnotes

  1. Leviticus 23:25 tn Heb “and.” The Hebrew conjunction ו (vav, “and”) can be considered to have adversative force here (cf. KJV, NASB, NIV).
  2. Leviticus 23:27 tn Heb “Surely the tenth day” or perhaps “Precisely the tenth day.” The Hebrew adverbial particle אַךְ (ʾakh) is left untranslated by most recent English versions; cf. however NASB “On exactly the tenth day.”
  3. Leviticus 23:27 sn See the description of this day and its regulations in Lev 16 and the notes there.
  4. Leviticus 23:27 tn Heb “you shall humble your souls.” See the note on Lev 16:29 above.