What was the first responsibility of the covenant community?
Leviticus 16:29 (ESV)
29“And it shall be a statute to you forever that in the seventh month, on the tenth day of the month, you shall afflict yourselves and shall do no work, either the native or the stranger who sojourns among you.
The people are reminded that the Day of Atonement is for all future generations. It was to be an annual ceremony.
29 “And it shall be a statute to you forever that in the seventh month, on the tenth day of the month, you shall afflict yourselves and shall do no work, either the native or the stranger who sojourns among you.