Scriptures for the Day of Atonement
Scriptures for the Day of Atonement. I looked up all these scriptures for my own use, to buttress my own thoughts and prayers on this day of atonement. Others may find it useful too, so here it is… Leviticus 16 - instructions for Yom Kippur. (the whole chapter) Leviticus 16:29-32 An Annual Atonement - 29 “This shall be a permanent statute**. (הוקה עולם, a law forever) for you: in the **seventh month, on the tenth day of the month, *you shall humble your souls and not do any work, whether the native, or the alien who sojourns among you; 30 for it is on this day that atonement 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, that you may humble your souls; it is a permanent statute. 32 So ***the priest who is anointed and ordained to serve as priest in his father’s place shall make atonement: he shall thus put on the linen garments, the h...