Leviticus 16:29
“"On the days of your solemn feasts you shall mortify yourselves." Why did he say this? Because fasts and vigils and holy mortifications afflict bodies that are humbled, but they purify hearts that have been defiled. They may take strength away from limbs, but they add a bright sheen to conscience. Sins of pleasure are…”
Source: Septuagint
29And this shall be a perpetual statute for you; in the seventh month, on the tenth day of the month, ye shall humble your souls, and shall do no work, the native and the stranger who abides among you.
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27And the calf for the sin offering, and the goat for the sin offering, whose blood was brought in to make atonement in the holy place, they shall carry forth out of the camp, and burn them with fire, even their skins and their flesh and their dung.
28And he that burns them shall wash his garments, and bathe his body in water, and afterward he shall enter into the camp.
— Leviticus 16:29 —
30For in this day he shall make an atonement for you, to cleanse you from all your sins before the Lord, and ye shall be purged.
31This shall be to you a most holy Sabbath, a rest, and ye shall humble your souls; it is a perpetual ordinance.