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 shall bear on itself all their iniquities to a solitary land; and he shall release the goat in the wilderness. 23“Then Aaron shall come into the tent of meeting and take off the linen garments which he put on when he went into the holy place, and shall leave them there. He shall bathe his body with water in a holy place and put on his clothes, and come forth and offer his burnt offering and the burnt offering of the people and make atonement for himself and for the people. 25Then he shall offer up in smoke the fat of the sin offering on the altar. 26The one who released the goat as the scapegoat shall wash his clothes and bathe his body with water; then afterward he shall come into 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

• He shall batheרָחַץrâchats · to wash: washH7364
• bodyבָּשָׂרbâώâr · fleshH1320
• with waterמַיmayim · waterH4325
• in a holyקָדוֹשׁqâdôsh qâdôsh · holyH6918
• placeמָקוֹםmâqôm mâqôm meqômâh meqômâh · placeH4725
• and putלָבֵשׁlâbash lâbêsh · to clotheH3847
• his clothesבֶּ֫גֶדbeged · garmentH899
• and comeיָצָאyâtsâ' · to come out: comeH3318
• forthיָצָאyâtsâ' · to come out: comeH3318
• and offerעָשָׂה‛âώâh · to make: offerH6213
• his burntעֹלָה‛ôlâh ‛ôlâh · burnt offeringH5930
• and the burntעֹלָה‛ôlâh ‛ôlâh · burnt offeringH5930
• of the peopleעַם‛am · peopleH5971
• and makeכִּפֶּרkâphar · to atoneH3722
• atonementכִּפֶּרkâphar · to atoneH3722

Cross-references for Leviticus 16:24

• Leviticus 16:4He shall put on the holy linen tunic, and the linen undergarments shall be next to his body, and he shall be girded with the linen sash and attired with the linen turban (these are holy garments). Then he shall bathe his body in water and put them on.
• Leviticus 8:6Then Moses had Aaron and his sons come near and washed them with water.
• Leviticus 14:9It will be on the seventh day that he shall shave off all his hair: he shall shave his head and his beard and his eyebrows, even all his hair. He shall then wash his clothes and bathe his body in water and be clean.
• Leviticus 22:6a person who touches any such shall be unclean until evening, and shall not eat of the holy gifts unless he has bathed his body in water.
• Exodus 29:4Then you shall bring Aaron and his sons to the doorway of the tent of meeting and wash them with water.
• Hebrews 9:10since they relate only to food and drink and various washings, regulations for the body imposed until a time of reformation.
• Hebrews 10:19Therefore, brethren, since we have confidence to enter the holy place by the blood of Jesus,
• Revelation 1:5and from Jesus Christ, the faithful witness, the firstborn of the dead, and the ruler of the kings of the earth. To Him who loves us and released us from our sins by His blood--
• Leviticus 8:7He put the tunic on him and girded him with the sash, and clothed him with the robe and put the ephod on him; and he girded him with the artistic band of the ephod, with which he tied it to him.
• Exodus 28:4These are the garments which they shall make: a breastpiece and an ephod and a robe and a tunic of checkered work, a turban and a sash, and they shall make holy garments for Aaron your brother and his sons, that he may minister as priest to Me.
• Exodus 29:5You shall take the garments, and put on Aaron the tunic and the robe of the ephod and the ephod and the breastpiece, and gird him with the skillfully woven band of the ephod;
• Leviticus 16:3Aaron shall enter the holy place with this: with a bull for a sin offering and a ram for a burnt offering.
• Leviticus 16:17When he goes in to make atonement in the holy place, no one shall be in the tent of meeting until he comes out, that he may make atonement for himself and for his household and for all the assembly of Israel.

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