jSee 2 Chr. 20:3
Leviticus 16:29
29“And it shall be a statute to you forever that ain the seventh month, on the tenth day of the month, you shall bafflict yourselves ▼▼Or shall fast; also verse 31
and shall do no work, either dthe native or the stranger who sojourns among you. Leviticus 23:27
27“Now eon the tenth day of this seventh month is the Day of Atonement. It shall be for you a time of holy convocation, and you shall afflict yourselves ▼▼Or shall fast; also verse 32
and present a food offering to the Lord. Leviticus 23:32
32It shall be to you a Sabbath of solemn rest, and you shall afflict yourselves. On the ninth day of the month beginning at evening, from evening to evening shall you keep your Sabbath.”Numbers 29:7
Offerings for the Day of Atonement
7 g“On the tenth day of this seventh month you shall have a holy convocation and hafflict yourselves. ▼▼Or and fast
You shall do no work, Ezra 8:21
Fasting and Prayer for Protection
21 jThen I proclaimed a fast there, at the river kAhava, that we might humble ourselves before our God, lto seek from him a safe journey for ourselves, our children, and all our goods.Psalms 35:13
13But I, mwhen they were sick—I nwore sackcloth;
I oafflicted myself with fasting;
I prayed pwith head bowed ▼
▼Or my prayer shall turn back
on my chest.Isaiah 58:5
5 rIs such the fast that I choose,sa day for a person to humble himself?
Is it to bow down his head like a reed,
and to spread sackcloth and ashes under him?
Will you call this a fast,
and a day acceptable to the Lord?
1 Corinthians 7:5
5 tDo not deprive one another, except perhaps by agreement for a limited time, that you may devote yourselves to prayer; but then come together again, uso that Satan may not tempt you because of your lack of self-control.
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