Leviticus 16:24

Leviticus 16:24 in other versions

• King James Version (KJV)And he shall wash his flesh with water in the holy place, and put on his garments, and come forth, and offer his burnt offering, and the burnt offering of the people, and make an atonement for himself, and for the people.
• New International Version (NIV)He shall bathe himself with water in the sanctuary area and put on his regular garments. Then he shall come out and sacrifice the burnt offering for himself and the burnt offering for the people, to make atonement for himself and for the people.
• English Standard Version (ESV)And he shall bathe his body in water in a holy place and put on his garments and come out and offer his burnt offering and the burnt offering of the people and make atonement for himself and for the people.
• New King James Version (NKJV)And he shall wash his body with water in a holy place, put on his garments, come out and offer his burnt offering and the burnt offering of the people, and make atonement for himself and for the people.

Context of Leviticus 16:24

22The goat will carry all the sins of the people into the desert. The man must send it away into the desert. 23Aaron must go into the Tent of Meeting. He must take off his special linen clothes. The holy clothes must stay in the Tent of Meeting. He must wash his body in a holy place. He must put on his own clothes. He must leave the holy place. Then he must sacrifice the burnt offerings. They will make atonement for himself and for the people. 25And he must also burn the fat from the sin offering on the altar. 26The person who sent the goat away must wash his clothes and his body. He can return to the camp.

Leviticus 16:24 word by word

וְרָחַ֨ץ אֶת־בְּשָׂר֤וֹ בַמַּ֙יִם֙ בְּמָק֣וֹם קָד֔וֹשׁ וְלָבַ֖שׁ אֶת־בְּגָדָ֑יו וְיָצָ֗א וְעָשָׂ֤ה אֶת־עֹֽלָתוֹ֙ וְאֶת־עֹלַ֣ת הָעָ֔ם וְכִפֶּ֥ר בַּעֲד֖וֹ וּבְעַ֥ד הָעָֽם׃Read the interlinear

Words taken from the KJV.

• And he shall washרָחַץrâchats · to wash: washH7364
• his fleshבָּשָׂרbâώâr · fleshH1320
• with waterמַיmayim · waterH4325
• in the holyקָדוֹשׁqâdôsh qâdôsh · holyH6918
• placeמָקוֹםmâqôm mâqôm meqômâh meqômâh · placeH4725
• and put onלָבֵשׁlâbash lâbêsh · to clotheH3847
• his garmentsבֶּ֫גֶדbeged · garmentH899
• and come forthיָצָאyâtsâ' · to come out: comeH3318
• and offerעָשָׂה‛âώâh · to make: offerH6213
• his burnt offeringעֹלָה‛ôlâh ‛ôlâh · burnt offeringH5930
• of the peopleעַם‛am · peopleH5971
• and make an atonementכִּפֶּרkâphar · to atoneH3722

Cross-references for Leviticus 16:24

• Leviticus 16:4He must wash his body before he puts on his special clothes. He must wear his linen robe and linen clothes next to his body. They are holy. He must tie a linen belt round his body. He must put the linen hat on his head. These clothes are holy.
• Leviticus 8:6Moses washed Aaron and his sons with water.
• Leviticus 14:9On day seven, he must cut all the hair off his head and his face. He must wash his clothes and his body with water.
• Leviticus 22:6The son of Aaron who touches any of these things will be unclean until evening. He must not eat any of the holy gifts until he washes his body.
• Exodus 29:4Then bring Aaron and his sons to the entrance of the Tent of Meeting. Use water to wash them there and make them clean.
• Hebrews 9:10The old rules taught people about different kinds of food and drink. They taught about how people should wash in special ways. Those rules were about people's bodies. They had authority only until the time when God would make things new and better.
• Hebrews 10:19So then, Christian friends, we see that Jesus died as a sacrifice on our behalf. Because of that, we may go into God's Most Holy Place. We are not afraid to do that.
• Revelation 1:5Jesus Christ will also help you. He always speaks a true message. He is the first person who became alive again after death. He rules the kings of the earth. Jesus loves us and he died for us. That is how he made us free. Because of Jesus, God will not punish us for the bad things that we have done.
• Leviticus 8:7Moses put a shirt on Aaron and he tied a belt round Aaron. He put a robe and an ephod on him. He tied the ephod with its special belt.
• Exodus 28:4These are the clothes that they must make: a breastpiece, an ephod, a robe, a long shirt, a linen hat, and a long belt of cloth. They must make these special clothes for your brother Aaron and for his sons. Then Aaron and his sons will serve me as my priests.
• Exodus 29:5Then take the special clothes. Dress Aaron in the shirt, the robe, the ephod and the breastpiece. Tie the ephod on him with its special belt.
• Leviticus 16:3This is how Aaron must go into the Most Holy Place. He must bring a young bull for a sin offering. He must also bring a male sheep for a burnt offering.
• Leviticus 16:17Aaron must give the offerings to God. He must give them for his family and he must give them for his servants. He must give them for all the people. Nobody can go into the Tent of Meeting while Aaron is in the Most Holy Place. He must be alone when he goes in. And he must be alone until he comes out. He must be alone when he gives the offerings to God. Those offerings make atonement for himself, for his family and for all Israel's people.

Commentaries on Leviticus 16:24

• Barnes’ Notes on the Bible · v. 11-25Verses 11-25 It is important, in reference to the meaning of the day of atonement, to observe the order of the rites as they are described in these verses. Leviticus 16:12 A censer - See Exodus 25:38 note. The altar before the Lord - i. e. the altar of burnt-offering on which the fire was always burning. Leviticus 16:14 The high priest must have come out from the most holy place to fetch the blood, leaving the censer smoking within, and then have entered…Read the comment
• Matthew Henry Concise Commentary · v. 15-34Verses 15-34 Here are typified the two great gospel privileges, of the remission of sin, and access to God, both of which we owe to our Lord Jesus. See the expiation of guilt. Christ is both the Maker and the Matter of the atonement; for he is the Priest, the High Priest, that makes reconciliation for the sins of the people. And as Christ is the High Priest, so he is the Sacrifice with which atonement is made; for he is all in all in our reconciliation to…Read the comment
• Tyndale Open Study Notes · v. 23-24For this ceremony, the high priest had to wear special clothing used only for this purpose (Leviticus 16:4). When the ceremony ended, he had to leave the garments in the Most Holy Place. Many scholars believe that bathing and changing clothes were necessary because handling the sin offering caused ceremonial uncleanness.Read the comment
• Jamieson–Fausset–Brown Commentary · v. 23-2823-28. Aaron shall come into the tabernacle of the congregation, and shall put off the linen garments--On the dismissal of the scapegoat, the high priest prepared for the important parts of the service which still remained; and for the performance of these he laid aside his plain linen clothes, and, having bathed himself in water, he assumed his pontifical dress. Thus gorgeously attired, he went to present the burnt offerings which were prescribed for…Read the comment

Topics related to Leviticus 16:24

• Ablution
• Atonement
• Church
• Offerings
• Priest
• Purification
• Scapegoat

In the dictionaries

• Burnt offering
• Holy place
• Attire
• Coat
• High priest
• Scapegoat
• Ablution
• Atonement, Day of
• Azazel
• Canon of the Old Testament

Commentaries on Leviticus 16

• Adam Clarke Bible Commentary
• Barnes’ Notes on the Bible
• Matthew Henry Concise Commentary
• Tyndale Open Study Notes
• Jamieson–Fausset–Brown Commentary
• Rashi on Tanakh
• Calvin’s Commentaries
• Keil & Delitzsch Commentary
• John Wesley’s Notes
• Darby Translation Notes
• Geneva Bible Translation Notes
• Kingcomments
• Matthew Henry’s Complete Commentary
• Matthew Henry’s Modern English Commentary
• Scofield Reference Notes, 1917 Edition
• Seventh-day Adventist Bible Commentary
• EGW Writings