morning until midday. And Nehemiah, Ezra, and the Levites told the people that the day was holy to the Lord their God; they should neither mourn nor weep; but they should go their way, eat the fat, drink the sweet, and send portions to those who had nothing. Psalm likely refers to Rosh Hashanah when it enjoins, "Blow the horn at the new moon, at the full moon of our feast day. For it is a statute for Israel, an ordinance of the God of Jacob." Yom Kippur refers to the Festival of Yom Kippur. In the Hebrew Bible, Yom Kippur is called: the Day of Atonement (, Yom HaKippurim) or a Day of Atonement (, Yom Kippurim); a Sabbath of solemn rest (, Shabbat Shabbaton); and a holy convocation (, ). Much as Yom Kippur, on the 10th of the month of Tishrei, precedes the Festival of Sukkot, on the 15th of the month of Tishrei, speaks of a period starting on the 10th of the month of Nisan preparatory to the Festival of Passover, on the 15th of the month of Nisan. and and present similar injunctions to observe Yom Kippur. and and set the Holy Day on the tenth day of the seventh month (Tishrei). and and instruct that "you shall afflict your souls." makes clear that a full day is intended: "you shall afflict your souls; in the ninth day of the month at evening, from evening to evening." And threatens that whoever "shall not be afflicted in that same day, he shall be cut off from his people." and and command that you "shall do no manner of work." Similarly, and call it a "Sabbath of solemn rest." And in , God threatens that whoever "does any manner of work in that same day, that soul will I destroy from among his people." , , and , and describe the purpose of the day to make atonement for the people. Similarly, speaks of the purpose "to cleanse you from all your sins," and speaks of making atonement for the most holy place, the tent of meeting, the altar; and the priests. instructs that the commandment applies both to "the home-born" and to "the stranger who sojourns among you." and and command offerings to God. And and institute the observance as "a statute forever." sets out detailed procedures for the priest's atonement ritual. instructs that after