An Annual Atonement
29 "This shall be a permanent statute for you: in the seventh month, on the tenth day of the month, you shall humble 16:29 Lit your soulsyourselves and not do any work, whether the native, or the stranger who resides among you; 30 for it is on this day that 16:30 Lit he shall make atonementatonement shall be made for you to cleanse you; you will be clean from all your sins before the Lord. 31 It is to be a Sabbath of solemn rest for you, so that you may humble 16:31 Lit your soulsyourselves; it is a permanent statute.