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.” ¹ 

“‘On the tenth day of this seventh month you are to have a holy assembly. You must humble yourselves; ¹  you must not do any work on it.

“These people have denied what the Lord says. ¹  They have said, ‘That is not so! ²  No harm will come to us. We will not experience war and famine. ³ 

The people of the land have practiced extortion and committed robbery. They have wronged the poor and needy; they have oppressed the foreigner who lives among them and denied them justice. ¹ 

Instead he will say, ‘I am no prophet – indeed, I am a farmer, for a man has made me his indentured servant since my youth.’ ¹ 

The king of Israel summoned all the leaders ¹  of the land and said, “Notice how this man is looking for trouble. ²  Indeed, he demanded my wives, sons, silver, and gold, and I did not resist him.”

What he did was evil in the Lord’s sight, so the Lord ¹  killed him too.

Indeed, ¹  any person who does not behave with humility on this particular day will be cut off from his people. ² 

For he knows no satisfaction in his appetite; ¹  he does not let anything he desires ²  escape. ³ 

“If I have disregarded the right of my male servants or my female servants when they disputed ¹  with me,

If I have refused to give the poor what they desired, ¹  or caused the eyes of the widow to fail,

For Job says, ‘I am innocent, ¹  but God turns away my right.

The same day Sadducees ¹  (who say there is no resurrection) ²  came to him and asked him, ³ 

Sadducees ¹  (who say there is no resurrection) ²  also came to him and asked him, ³ 

They are from the world; therefore they speak from the world’s perspective and the world listens to them.

“This is to be a perpetual statute for you. ¹  In the seventh month, on the tenth day of the month, you must humble yourselves ²  and do no work of any kind, ³  both the native citizen and the foreigner who resides ⁴  in your midst,

I did not restrain myself from getting whatever I wanted; ¹  I did not deny myself anything that would bring me pleasure. ²  So all my accomplishments gave me joy; ³  this was my reward for all my effort. ⁴ 

They trample ¹  on the dirt-covered heads of the poor; ²  they push the destitute away. ³  A man and his father go to the same girl; ⁴  in this way they show disrespect ⁵  for my moral purity. ⁶ 

Jacob became furious ¹  with Rachel and exclaimed, “Am I in the place of God, who has kept you from having children?” ² 

So now, go back where you came from! ¹  I said that I would greatly honor you; but now the Lord has stood in the way of your honor.”