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It shall be a statute forever to you: in the seventh month, on the tenth day of the month, you shall afflict your souls, and shall do no manner of work, the home-born, or the stranger who sojourns among you:
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True Repentance is Embodied
Commentators explain that to "afflict your souls" was not just an emotional state but a physical act. It involved fasting from food and drink, as well as abstaining from comforts like washing, anointing, and wearing shoes. This practice demonstrates that genuine repentance involves the whole person—body and soul—in humility and sorrow for sin before God.
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Leviticus
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18th Century
Presbyterian
Seventh month, on the tenth day - The month Ethanim or Tisri, being the seventh in the Sacred year, has been called the sabbatical month. On…
19th Century
Anglican
And this shall be a statute for ever. —Literally, a statute of eternity, that is, an everlasting ordinance. What…
Baptist
This shows what sacredness the Lord attached to the great day of atonement, and gives us more than a hint of the preciousness of our Lord's atoning…
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16th Century
Protestant
And this shall be a statute for ever. This day of public atonement is now finally mentioned in express terms. The affliction of souls, whi…
17th Century
Reformed Baptist
And [this] shall be a statute for ever to you. As long as the Aaronic priesthood was in being, and the Levitical dispensa…
Here are typified the two great gospel privileges: the remission of sin and access to God, both of which we owe to our Lord Jesus. Consider the exp…
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