“because on this day atonement will be made for you to cleanse you, and you will be clean from all your sins before the LORD.”
Leviticus 16:30 (BSB)
Context Reading
28The one who burns them must wash his clothes and bathe himself with water, and afterward he may reenter the camp. 29This is to be a permanent statute for you: On the tenth day of the seventh month, you shall humble yourselves and not do any work — whether the native or the foreigner who resides among you — 30because on this day atonement will be made for you to cleanse you, and you will be clean from all your sins before the LORD. 31It is a Sabbath of complete rest for you, that you may humble yourselves; it is a permanent statute. 32The priest who is anointed and ordained to succeed his father as high priest shall make atonement. He will put on the sacred linen garments