Leviticus 18:30

18:30 You must obey my charge to not practice any of the abominable statutes ¹  that have been done before you, so that you do not ²  defile yourselves by them. I am the Lord your God.’”

Leviticus 23:27

23:27 “The ³  tenth day of this seventh month is the Day of Atonement. ⁴  It is to be a holy assembly for you, and you must humble yourselves ⁵  and present a gift to the Lord.

Leviticus 23:32

23:32 It is a Sabbath of complete rest for you, and you must humble yourselves on the ninth day of the month in the evening, from evening until evening you must observe your Sabbath.” ⁶ 

Leviticus 23:40

23:40 On the first day you must take for yourselves branches from majestic trees ⁷  – palm branches, branches of leafy trees, and willows of the brook – and you must rejoice before the Lord your God for seven days.

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¹ tn Heb “to not do from the statutes of the detestable acts.”

² tn Heb “and you will not.” The Hebrew conjunction ו (vav, “and”) can be considered to have resultative force here.

³ tn Heb “Surely the tenth day” or perhaps “Precisely the tenth day.” The Hebrew adverbial particle אַךְ (’akh) is left untranslated by most recent English versions; cf. however NASB “On exactly the tenth day.”

⁴ sn See the description of this day and its regulations in Lev 16 and the notes there.

⁵ tn Heb “you shall humble your souls.” See the note on Lev 16:29 above.

⁶ tn Heb “you shall rest your Sabbath.”

⁷ tn Heb “fruit of majestic trees,” but the following terms and verses define what is meant by this expression. For extensive remarks on the celebration of this festival in history and tradition see B. A. Levine, Leviticus (JPSTC), 163; J. E. Hartley, Leviticus (WBC), 389-90; and P. J. Budd, Leviticus (NCBC), 328-29.