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28 And whoever does this must take a bath and change clothes before coming back into camp.

The Lord told Moses to say to the people:

29 (A) On the tenth day of the seventh month[a] 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. 30 This is the day on which the sacrifice for the forgiveness of your sins will be made in my presence,

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  1. 16.29 seventh month: Tishri (also called Ethanim), the seventh month of the Hebrew calendar, from about mid-September to mid-October.

28 The man who burns them must wash his clothes and bathe himself with water; afterward he may come into the camp.(A)

29 “This is to be a lasting ordinance(B) for you: On the tenth day of the seventh month(C) you must deny yourselves[a](D) and not do any work(E)—whether native-born(F) or a foreigner residing among you— 30 because on this day atonement will be made(G) for you, to cleanse you. Then, before the Lord, you will be clean from all your sins.(H)

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  1. Leviticus 16:29 Or must fast; also in verse 31