23:27 “The38 tenth day of this seventh month is the Day of Atonement.39 It is to be a holy assembly for you, and you must humble yourselves40 and present a gift to the Lord.
tnHeb “Surely the tenth day” or perhaps “Precisely the tenth day.” The Hebrew adverbial particle אַךְ (’akh) is left untranslated by most recent English versions; cf. however NASB “On exactly the tenth day.”
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sn See the description of this day and its regulations in Lev 16 and the notes there.
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tnHeb “you shall humble your souls.” See the note on Lev 16:29 above.