100 Bible Verses About High Holy Days

Bible verses about High Holy Days

Delve into the heart of the High Holy Days through the timeless wisdom of scripture. Understanding these sacred observances, as revealed in the Bible, offers profound insight into God's redemptive plan and His enduring covenant with humanity. Explore verses that illuminate the significance of repentance, atonement, and renewal, enriching your spiritual journey and deepening your connection with the divine. Let the scriptures guide you as you reflect on the past, embrace the present, and anticipate the future with hope and reverence, finding renewed purpose in His unwavering love.

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Numbers 18:5 (KJV)

And ye shall keep the charge of the sanctuary, and the charge of the altar: that there be no wrath any more upon the children of Israel.

Holy Days: Biblical Verses & Meaning

And he took all the fat that was upon the inwards, and the caul above the liver, and the two kidneys, and their fat, and Moses burned it upon the altar.

Leviticus 8:16KJV

So was ended all the work that king Solomon made for the house of the Lord. And Solomon brought in the things which David his father had dedicated; even the silver, and the gold, and the vessels, did he put among the treasures of the house of the Lord.

1 Kings 7:51KJV

And if the whole congregation of Israel sin through ignorance, and the thing be hid from the eyes of the assembly, and they have done somewhat against any of the commandments of the Lord concerning things which should not be done, and are guilty;

Leviticus 4:13KJV

And Moses rose up and went unto Dathan and Abiram; and the elders of Israel followed him.

Numbers 16:25KJV

The sons of Levi, the chief of the fathers, were written in the book of the chronicles, even until the days of Johanan the son of Eliashib.

Nehemiah 12:23KJV

And he sent messengers throughout all Manasseh; who also was gathered after him: and he sent messengers unto Asher, and unto Zebulun, and unto Naphtali; and they came up to meet them.

Judges 6:35KJV

And they made the plate of the holy crown of pure gold, and wrote upon it a writing, like to the engravings of a signet, HOLINESS TO THE LORD.

Exodus 39:30KJV

And nets of checker work, and wreaths of chain work, for the chapiters which were upon the top of the pillars; seven for the one chapiter, and seven for the other chapiter.

1 Kings 7:17KJV

And the Amorites, which dwelt in that mountain, came out against you, and chased you, as bees do, and destroyed you in Seir, even unto Hormah.

Deuteronomy 1:44KJV

So they went near, and carried them in their coats out of the camp; as Moses had said.

Leviticus 10:5KJV

That your generations may know that I made the children of Israel to dwell in booths, when I brought them out of the land of Egypt: I am the Lord your God.

Leviticus 23:43KJV

For the tabernacle of the Lord, which Moses made in the wilderness, and the altar of the burnt offering, were at that season in the high place at Gibeon.

1 Chronicles 21:29KJV

And Moses called Mishael and Elzaphan, the sons of Uzziel the uncle of Aaron, and said unto them, Come near, carry your brethren from before the sanctuary out of the camp.

Leviticus 10:4KJV

And it came to pass after these things, that it was told Abraham, saying, Behold, Milcah, she hath also born children unto thy brother Nahor;

Genesis 22:20KJV

So the Levites stilled all the people, saying, Hold your peace, for the day is holy; neither be ye grieved.

Nehemiah 8:11KJV

And Jacob journeyed to Succoth, and built him an house, and made booths for his cattle: therefore the name of the place is called Succoth.

Genesis 33:17KJV

He made the pillars thereof of silver, the bottom thereof of gold, the covering of it of purple, the midst thereof being paved with love, for the daughters of Jerusalem.

Song of Solomon 3:10KJV

Speak unto the children of Israel, and say unto them, I am the Lord your God.

Leviticus 18:2KJV

And Moses said unto the congregation, This is the thing which the Lord commanded to be done.

Leviticus 8:5KJV

All the days of his separation shall he eat nothing that is made of the vine tree, from the kernels even to the husk.

Numbers 6:4KJV

Six days thou shalt eat unleavened bread: and on the seventh day shall be a solemn assembly to the Lord thy God: thou shalt do no work therein.

Deuteronomy 16:8KJV

And the Lord spake unto Moses, saying,

Numbers 34:16KJV

And the other lamb thou shalt offer at even, and shalt do thereto according to the meat offering of the morning, and according to the drink offering thereof, for a sweet savour, an offering made by fire unto the Lord.

Exodus 29:41KJV

And they that found him gathering sticks brought him unto Moses and Aaron, and unto all the congregation.

Numbers 15:33KJV

Also on the tenth day of this seventh month there shall be a day of atonement: it shall be an holy convocation unto you; and ye shall afflict your souls, and offer an offering made by fire unto the Lord.

Leviticus 23:27KJV

For this was a statute for Israel, and a law of the God of Jacob.

Psalms 81:4KJV

And he brought the bullock for the sin offering: and Aaron and his sons laid their hands upon the head of the bullock for the sin offering.

Leviticus 8:14KJV

And ye shall keep the charge of the sanctuary, and the charge of the altar: that there be no wrath any more upon the children of Israel.

Numbers 18:5KJV

Both male and female shall ye put out, without the camp shall ye put them; that they defile not their camps, in the midst whereof I dwell.

Numbers 5:3KJV

And ere the lamp of God went out in the temple of the Lord, where the ark of God was, and Samuel was laid down to sleep;

1 Samuel 3:3KJV

And the children of Israel did so, and gathered, some more, some less.

Exodus 16:17KJV

And Eleazar the priest shall take of her blood with his finger, and sprinkle of her blood directly before the tabernacle of the congregation seven times:

Numbers 19:4KJV

And he shall sprinkle of the blood of the sin offering upon the side of the altar; and the rest of the blood shall be wrung out at the bottom of the altar: it is a sin offering.

Leviticus 5:9KJV

And the priest shall dip his right finger in the oil that is in his left hand, and shall sprinkle of the oil with his finger seven times before the Lord:

Leviticus 14:16KJV

And these are the generations of Isaac, Abraham’s son: Abraham begat Isaac:

Genesis 25:19KJV

And one kid of the goats for a sin offering; beside the continual burnt offering, his meat offering, and his drink offering.

Numbers 29:25KJV

And what saddle soever he rideth upon that hath the issue shall be unclean.

Leviticus 15:9KJV

And he sent Eliakim, who was over the household, and Shebna the scribe, and the elders of the priests covered with sackcloth, unto Isaiah the prophet the son of Amoz.

Isaiah 37:2KJV

And the priest shall put on his linen garment, and his linen breeches shall he put upon his flesh, and take up the ashes which the fire hath consumed with the burnt offering on the altar, and he shall put them beside the altar.

Leviticus 6:10KJV

And Azariah the chief priest of the house of Zadok answered him, and said, Since the people began to bring the offerings into the house of the Lord, we have had enough to eat, and have left plenty: for the Lord hath blessed his people; and that which is left is this great store.

2 Chronicles 31:10KJV

And thou shalt overlay it with pure gold, the top thereof, and the sides thereof round about, and the horns thereof; and thou shalt make unto it a crown of gold round about.

Exodus 30:3KJV

To be a memorial unto the children of Israel, that no stranger, which is not of the seed of Aaron, come near to offer incense before the Lord; that he be not as Korah, and as his company: as the Lord said to him by the hand of Moses.

Numbers 16:40KJV

Stand in the gate of the Lord’s house, and proclaim there this word, and say, Hear the word of the Lord, all ye of Judah, that enter in at these gates to worship the Lord.

Jeremiah 7:2KJV

And the priests’ custom with the people was, that, when any man offered sacrifice, the priest’s servant came, while the flesh was in seething, with a fleshhook of three teeth in his hand;

1 Samuel 2:13KJV

And the Lord spake unto Moses, saying,

Leviticus 23:1KJV

And these be the names of the sons of Gershom; Libni, and Shimei.

1 Chronicles 6:17KJV

One young bullock, one ram, one lamb of the first year, for a burnt offering:

Numbers 7:21KJV

And there I will meet with thee, and I will commune with thee from above the mercy seat, from between the two cherubims which are upon the ark of the testimony, of all things which I will give thee in commandment unto the children of Israel.

Exodus 25:22KJV

Nevertheless these ye shall not eat of them that chew the cud, or of them that divide the cloven hoof; as the camel, and the hare, and the coney: for they chew the cud, but divide not the hoof; therefore they are unclean unto you.

Deuteronomy 14:7KJV

Whatsoever shall touch the flesh thereof shall be holy: and when there is sprinkled of the blood thereof upon any garment, thou shalt wash that whereon it was sprinkled in the holy place.

Leviticus 6:27KJV

And the sons of Merari by their families; Mahli, and Mushi. These are the families of the Levites according to the house of their fathers.

Numbers 3:20KJV

Bring no more vain oblations; incense is an abomination unto me; the new moons and sabbaths, the calling of assemblies, I cannot away with; it is iniquity, even the solemn meeting.

Isaiah 1:13KJV

Thou hast not brought me the small cattle of thy burnt offerings; neither hast thou honoured me with thy sacrifices. I have not caused thee to serve with an offering, nor wearied thee with incense.

Isaiah 43:23KJV

And the priest shall wave them for a wave offering before the Lord: this is holy for the priest, with the wave breast and heave shoulder: and after that the Nazarite may drink wine.

Numbers 6:20KJV

Thou shalt not eat it; thou shalt pour it upon the earth as water.

Deuteronomy 12:24KJV

Moreover I will appoint a place for my people Israel, and will plant them, that they may dwell in a place of their own, and move no more; neither shall the children of wickedness afflict them any more, as beforetime,

2 Samuel 7:10KJV

And ye shall offer a burnt offering for a sweet savour unto the Lord; one young bullock, one ram, and seven lambs of the first year without blemish:

Numbers 29:2KJV

Neither shall ye profane my holy name; but I will be hallowed among the children of Israel: I am the Lord which hallow you,

Leviticus 22:32KJV

Of Bilgah, Shammua; of Shemaiah, Jehonathan;

Nehemiah 12:18KJV

And all the men of Israel assembled themselves unto king Solomon at the feast in the month Ethanim, which is the seventh month.

1 Kings 8:2KJV

And Bethuel begat Rebekah: these eight Milcah did bear to Nahor, Abraham’s brother.

Genesis 22:23KJV

One golden spoon of ten shekels, full of incense:

Numbers 7:56KJV

And he shall pluck away his crop with his feathers, and cast it beside the altar on the east part, by the place of the ashes:

Leviticus 1:16KJV

And if his offering for a sacrifice of peace offering unto the Lord be of the flock; male or female, he shall offer it without blemish.

Leviticus 3:6KJV

So David would not remove the ark of the Lord unto him into the city of David: but David carried it aside into the house of Obed–edom the Gittite.

2 Samuel 6:10KJV

And one goat for a sin offering; beside the continual burnt offering, his meat offering, and his drink offering.

Numbers 29:31KJV

But the bullock, and his hide, his flesh, and his dung, he burnt with fire without the camp; as the Lord commanded Moses.

Leviticus 8:17KJV

And he laid his hands upon him, and gave him a charge, as the Lord commanded by the hand of Moses.

Numbers 27:23KJV

And to make thee high above all nations which he hath made, in praise, and in name, and in honour; and that thou mayest be an holy people unto the Lord thy God, as he hath spoken.

Deuteronomy 26:19KJV

In the place where they kill the burnt offering shall they kill the trespass offering: and the blood thereof shall he sprinkle round about upon the altar.

Leviticus 7:2KJV

And both the singers and the porters kept the ward of their God, and the ward of the purification, according to the commandment of David, and of Solomon his son.

Nehemiah 12:45KJV

And Solomon determined to build an house for the name of the Lord, and an house for his kingdom.

2 Chronicles 2:1KJV

At the mouth of two witnesses, or three witnesses, shall he that is worthy of death be put to death; but at the mouth of one witness he shall not be put to death.

Deuteronomy 17:6KJV

The rich shall not give more, and the poor shall not give less than half a shekel, when they give an offering unto the Lord, to make an atonement for your souls.

Exodus 30:15KJV

And the prince of the tribe of the children of Asher, Ahihud the son of Shelomi.

Numbers 34:27KJV

And Jephthah vowed a vow unto the Lord, and said, If thou shalt without fail deliver the children of Ammon into mine hands,

Judges 11:30KJV

And one kid of the goats, to make an atonement for you.

Numbers 28:30KJV

And remember that thou wast a servant in the land of Egypt, and that the Lord thy God brought thee out thence through a mighty hand and by a stretched out arm: therefore the Lord thy God commanded thee to keep the sabbath day.

Deuteronomy 5:15KJV

And Moses said unto the children of Gad and to the children of Reuben, Shall your brethren go to war, and shall ye sit here?

Numbers 32:6KJV

And the priest shall sprinkle with his right finger some of the oil that is in his left hand seven times before the Lord:

Leviticus 14:27KJV

And these are the children of Dishon; Hemdan, and Eshban, and Ithran, and Cheran.

Genesis 36:26KJV

And the house which king Solomon built for the Lord, the length thereof was threescore cubits, and the breadth thereof twenty cubits, and the height thereof thirty cubits.

1 Kings 6:2KJV

And the priest shall pour of the oil into the palm of his own left hand:

Leviticus 14:26KJV

Cursed be he that lieth with his mother in law. And all the people shall say, Amen.

Deuteronomy 27:23KJV

And on the day that the tabernacle was reared up the cloud covered the tabernacle, namely, the tent of the testimony: and at even there was upon the tabernacle as it were the appearance of fire, until the morning.

Numbers 9:15KJV

And Obed begat Jesse, and Jesse begat David.

Ruth 4:22KJV

And the Lord spake unto Moses, saying,

Exodus 25:1KJV

And the children of Israel said, Who is there among all the tribes of Israel that came not up with the congregation unto the Lord? For they had made a great oath concerning him that came not up to the Lord to Mizpeh, saying, He shall surely be put to death.

Judges 21:5KJV

And thou shalt write them upon the posts of thy house, and on thy gates.

Deuteronomy 6:9KJV

And Moses commanded them, saying, At the end of every seven years, in the solemnity of the year of release, in the feast of tabernacles,

Deuteronomy 31:10KJV

And he shall put his hand upon the head of the burnt offering; and it shall be accepted for him to make atonement for him.

Leviticus 1:4KJV

Make thee two trumpets of silver; of a whole piece shalt thou make them: that thou mayest use them for the calling of the assembly, and for the journeying of the camps.

Numbers 10:2KJV

And all the congregation of the children of Israel departed from the presence of Moses.

Exodus 35:20KJV

Thus did all the children of Israel; as the Lord commanded Moses and Aaron, so did they.

Exodus 12:50KJV

And he made the laver of brass, and the foot of it of brass, of the lookingglasses of the women assembling, which assembled at the door of the tabernacle of the congregation.

Exodus 38:8KJV

And the servant put his hand under the thigh of Abraham his master, and sware to him concerning that matter.

Genesis 24:9KJV

And ye shall wash your clothes on the seventh day, and ye shall be clean, and afterward ye shall come into the camp.

Numbers 31:24KJV

He shall be shaven, but the scall shall he not shave; and the priest shall shut up him that hath the scall seven days more:

Leviticus 13:33KJV

Behold, I build an house to the name of the Lord my God, to dedicate it to him, and to burn before him sweet incense, and for the continual shewbread, and for the burnt offerings morning and evening, on the sabbaths, and on the new moons, and on the solemn feasts of the Lord our God. This is an ordinance for ever to Israel.

2 Chronicles 2:4KJV

And he overlaid the cherubims with gold.

1 Kings 6:28KJV

The Bible verses explored here illuminate the profound spiritual significance of the High Holy Days. From Leviticus' detailed instructions for atonement to the prophetic calls for repentance and renewal in Isaiah, these scriptures underscore God's desire for a reconciled relationship with humanity. They emphasize themes of solemnity, sacrifice, and the promise of forgiveness. Reflecting on these verses, we are challenged to examine our own lives, to acknowledge our shortcomings, and to seek genuine transformation. Whether through fasting, prayer, or acts of service, the High Holy Days offer a yearly opportunity to realign our hearts with God's will and to embrace the hope of a brighter, more righteous future. May we diligently apply these ancient teachings to our modern lives, striving for personal and communal holiness.