Leviticus 16:34
And this shall be an ordinance for ever, that you pray for the children of Israel, and for all their sins once in a year. He did therefore as the Lord had commanded Moses.
Douay-Rheims 1899
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Exodus 30:10And Aaron shall pray upon the horns thereof once a year, with the blood of that which was offered for sin, and shall make atonement upon it in your generations. It shall be most holy to the Lord.
Leviticus 3:17By a perpetual law for your generations, and in all your habitations: neither blood nor fat shall you eat at all.
Leviticus 23:31You shall do no work therefore on that day: it shall be an everlasting ordinance unto you in all your generations, and dwellings.
Numbers 29:7The tenth day also of this seventh month shall be holy and venerable unto you, and you shall afflict your souls: you shall do no servile work therein.
Hebrews 9:25Nor yet that he should offer himself often, as the high priest entereth into the holies, every year with the blood of others:
Hebrews 10:14For by one oblation he hath perfected for ever them that are sanctified.
Matthew Henry on Leviticus 16:30-34
29 And this shall be a statute for ever unto you: that in the seventh month, on the tenth day of the month, ye shall afflict your souls, and do no work at all, whether it be one of your own country, or a stranger that sojourneth among you: 30 For on that day shall the priest make an atonement for you, to cleanse you, that ye may be clean from all your sins before the Lord . 31 It shall be a sabbath of rest unto you, and ye shall afflict your souls, by a statute for ever. 32 And the priest, whom he shall anoint,… Read the whole commentary →