Day Of Atonement

Question 1

“Also on the tenth day of this seventh month there shall be a day of atonement: It shall be a holy convocation unto you; and ye shall afflict your souls, and offer and offering made by fire unto the Lord.”

Answer 1

Leviticus 23:27

Question 2

“It shall be unto you a sabbath of rest, and ye shall afflict your souls: in the ninth day of the month at even, from even unto even, shall ye celebrate you sabbath.”

Answer 2

Leviticus 23:32

Question 3

“Wherefore have we fasted, say they, and thou seest not? Wherefore have we afflicted our soul, and thou takest no knowledge? Behold, in the day of your fast ye find pleasure, and exact all your labours.
Behold, ye fast to strife and debate, and to smite with the fist of wickedness: ye shall not fast as ye do this day, to make your voice to be heard on high.”

Answer 3

Isaiah 58:3-4

Question 4

“So the people of Nineveh believed God, and proclaimed a fast, and put on sackcloth, from the greatest of them even to the least of them.
For word came unto the king of Nineveh, and he arose from his throne, and he laid his robe from him, and covered him with sackcloth, and sat in ashes.
And he caused it to be proclaimed and published throughout Nineveh by the decree of the king and his nobles, saying, let neither man nor beast, herd nor flock, taste any thing: let them not feed, nor drink water:”

Answer 4

Jonah 3:5-7

Question 5

“Now when much time was spent, and when sailing was now dangerous, because the fast was now already past, Paul admonished them,”

Answer 5

Acts 27:9