Leviticus 16:29

New International Version

²⁹“This is to be a lasting ordinance^(A) for you: On the tenth day of the seventh month^(B) you must deny yourselves^[a]^(C) and not do any work^(D)—whether native-born^(E) or a foreigner residing among you—

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Footnotes

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

Leviticus 16:29 in all English translations

Leviticus 23:29

New International Version

²⁹Those who do not deny themselves on that day must be cut off from their people.^(A)

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Isaiah 58:3

New International Version

³‘Why have we fasted,’^(A) they say,
‘and you have not seen it?
Why have we humbled^(B) ourselves,
and you have not noticed?’^(C)

“Yet on the day of your fasting, you do as you please^(D)
and exploit all your workers.

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Isaiah 58:5

New International Version

⁵Is this the kind of fast^(A) I have chosen,
    only a day for people to humble^(B) themselves?
Is it only for bowing one’s head like a reed^(C)
    and for lying in sackcloth and ashes?^(D)
Is that what you call a fast,
    a day acceptable to the Lord?