Expiation, Jewish Day Of Annual
Expiation, Jewish Day Of Annual
(Lev 17:1-3 a, comp. 23:36, 39; Num 29:7-11), a solemn fast (Act 27:9; Philo Opp. 2:206, 296, 591; Josephus, Ant. 14:16, 4) and holy-day ( Lev 16:31; Lev 23:32), held from the evening of the 9th till that of the 10th day of the 5th month, Tisri, five days before the feast of Tabernacles. The modern Mohammedan fast called ‘Ramadan,” held during an entire (lunar) month has sometimes been referred to as having its analogies; likewise the fast of Isis among the ancient Egyptians (Herod. 4:186; comp. 2:40), and the Hindu fast-day “Sandrajonon,” etc. SEE FAST.