Reference

Leviticus 23:27

Atonement ProcessDay of Atonement (Judgment Phase)
“Also on the tenth day of this seventh month there shall be a day of atonement: it shall be an holy convocation unto you; and ye shall afflict your souls, and offer an offering made by fire unto the Lord.”
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Ye shall do no servile work therein: but ye shall offer an offering made by fire unto the Lord.

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And the Lord spake unto Moses, saying,

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

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And ye shall do no work in that same day: for it is a day of atonement, to make an atonement for you before the Lord your God.

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For whatsoever soul it be that shall not be afflicted in that same day, he shall be cut off from among his people.

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Day of Atonement (Judgment Phase)

The verse explicitly states "a day of atonement" and mentions an "offering made by fire," but it does not explicitly describe sanctuary cleansing, the scapegoat ritual, or directly link these actions to a "final judgment and the removal of sin."

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Cross-References

Numbers 29:7Thematic

“And ye shall have on the tenth day of this seventh month an holy convocation; and ye shall afflict your souls: ye shall not do any work therein:”

Exodus 30:10Thematic

“And Aaron shall make an atonement upon the horns of it once in a year with the blood of the sin offering of atonements: once in the year shall he make atonement upon it throughout your generations: it is most holy unto the Lord.”

Acts 27:9Thematic

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

Isaiah 58:5Thematic

“Is it such a fast that I have chosen? a day for a man to afflict his soul? is it to bow down his head as a bulrush, and to spread sackcloth and ashes under him? wilt thou call this a fast, and an acceptable day to the Lord?”

Leviticus 16:15Thematic

“Then shall he kill the goat of the sin offering, that is for the people, and bring his blood within the vail, and do with that blood as he did with the blood of the bullock, and sprinkle it upon the mercy seat, and before the mercy seat:”

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Thematic Connections

Atonement ProcessDay of Atonement (Judgment Phase)

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