Matthew Poole and continuators on Leviticus 16:29

29 And this shall be a statute for ever unto you: that * in the seventh moneth , on the tenth day of the month, ye shall afflict your souls , and do no work at all, whether it be one of your own countrey, or a stranger that sojourneth among you.

See on Exod. 12. 14.

Answering part to our September and part to our October; when they had gathered in all their fruits, and were most at leasure for Gods service: This time God chose for this and other feasts, herein graciously condescending to mens necessities and conveniencies, being contented with that time which men could best spare.

Obj. It was on the ninth day, Lev. 23. 32. Ans. It began in the evening of the ninth day and continued till the evening of the tenth day, as is there sufficiently implyed.

i. e. your selves, as the word soul is frequently used, both your bodies by abstinence from food and other delights, and your minds by anguish and grief for former sins, which though bitter, yet is voluntary in all true penitents, who are therefore here said not to be afflicted, but to afflict themselves, or to be active in the work.

Marginal references: chap. 23. 27. [illegible: 1 word] 29. 7.