10/02/2026
The book of Jubilees provides the history of how and why YAHUAH ordained His Day of Atonement Feast on the 10th day of the 7th month on His 364 day-year calendar!
Jubilees 34:12-20
“And the sons of Jacob slaughtered a kid, and dipped the coat of Joseph in the blood, and sent the coat to Jacob their father on the tenth of the seventh month. And Jacob mourned all that night, for they had brought it to him in the evening, and he became feverish with mourning for his death, and he said: “An evil beast hath devoured Joseph”, and all the members of his house mourned with him that day, and they were grieving and mourning with him all that day. And his sons and his daughter rose up to comfort him, but he refused to be comforted for his son. And on that day Bilhah heard that Joseph had perished, and she died mourning him, and she was living in Qafratef, and Dinah also, his daughter, died after Joseph had perished. And there came these three mournings upon Israel in one month. And they buried Bilhah over against the tomb of Rachel, and Dinah also, his daughter, they buried there. And he, Jacob, mourned for Joseph one year, and did not cease, for he said “Let me go down to the grave mourning for my son”. For this reason it is ordained for the children of Israel that they should afflict themselves on the tenth of the seventh month − on the day that the news which made him weep for Joseph came to Jacob his father − that they should make atonement for themselves thereon with a young goat on the tenth of the seventh month, once a year, for their sins; for they had grieved the affection of their father regarding Joseph his son. And this day has been ordained that they should grieve thereon for their sins, and for all their transgressions and for all their errors, so that they might cleanse themselves on that day once a year.”
Leviticus 23:26-32
“And YAHUAH spoke to Moses, saying: “Also the tenth day of this seventh month shall be the Day of Atonement. It shall be a holy convocation for you; you shall afflict your souls, and offer an offering made by fire to YAHUAH. And you shall do no work on that same day, for it is the Day of Atonement, to make atonement for you before YAHUAH your Elohiym. For any person who is not afflicted in soul on that same day shall be cut off from his people. And any person who does any work on that same day, that person I will destroy from among his people. You shall do no manner of work; it shall be a statute forever throughout your generations in all your dwellings. It shall be to you a Sabbath of solemn rest, and you shall afflict your souls; on the ninth day of the month at evening, from evening to evening, you shall celebrate your Sabbath.””