29:7 “‘On the tenth day of this seventh month you are to have a holy assembly. You must humble yourselves; 3 you must not do any work on it.
1 sn That is about two quarts.
2 sn That is about one quart.
3 tn Heb “afflict yourselves”; NAB “mortify yourselves”; NIV, NRSV “deny yourselves.”
sn The verb seems to mean “humble yourself.” There is no explanation given for it. In the days of the prophets fasting seems to be associated with it (see Isa 58:3-5), and possibly the symbolic wearing of ashes.