21. Make an announcement that there will be a holy assembly on that same day. Don’t do any regular work. It is a permanent law for generations to come wherever you live.
22. “When you harvest the grain in your land, don’t harvest the grain in the corners of your fields or gather what is left after you’re finished. Leave it for poor people and foreigners. I am the Lord your God.”
23. The Lord spoke to Moses,
24. “Tell the Israelites: On the first day of the seventh month hold a worship festival. It will be a memorial day, a holy assembly announced by the blowing of rams’ horns.
25. Don’t do any regular work. Bring a sacrifice by fire to the Lord.”
26. The Lord spoke to Moses,
27. “In addition, the tenth day of this seventh month is a special day for the payment for sins. There will be a holy assembly. Humble yourselves, and bring the Lord a sacrifice by fire.
28. Don’t do any work that day. It is a special day for the payment for sins. It is a time when you make peace with the Lord your God.