Bamidbar 29:7

7 And ye shall have on the tenth day (i.e, Yom Kippur) of this seventh month (i.e., Tishri) a mikra kodesh (holy convocation); and ye shall afflict your nefashot; ye shall not do any melakhah therein;

Bamidbar 29:7 Meaning and Commentary

Numbers 29:7

And ye shall have on the tenth day of the seventh month an holy
convocation
The month Tisri, as before; so the Targum of Jonathan:

and ye shall afflict your souls;
or persons; their bodies by fasting, and their souls by repentance and humiliation; for this was a grand fast, as it is called ( Acts 27:9 ) ,

ye shall not do any work [therein];
see ( Leviticus 23:28 ) .

Bamidbar 29:7 In-Context

5 And one male of the goats for a chattat to make kapporah for you;

6 In addition to the olat hachodesh and its minchah, and the olat hatamid and its minchah, and their nesakim, according to the mishpatim, for a reach hannichoach, a fire-offering unto Hashem.

7 And ye shall have on the tenth day (i.e, Yom Kippur) of this seventh month (i.e., Tishri) a mikra kodesh (holy convocation); and ye shall afflict your nefashot; ye shall not do any melakhah therein;

8 But ye shall offer an olah (burnt offering) unto Hashem for a reach hannichoach; one young bull, one ram, and shivah kevasim of the first year; they shall be unto you temimim (unblemished ones);

9 And their minchah shall be of fine flour mixed with shemen, three tenths-ephah for the bull, and two tenthsephah for the one ayil (ram),