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New American Standard Bible 2020

Leviticus 16:2-24

2The Lord said to Moses:

“Tell your brother Aaron that he shall not enter 1at 2any time into the Holy Place inside the veil, before the 3atoning cover which is on the ark, or he will die; for 4I will appear in the cloud over the 5atoning cover. 3Aaron shall enter the Holy Place with this: with a 6bull as a 78sin offering and a ram as a burnt offering. 4He shall put on the 9holy linen tunic, and the linen undergarments shall be next to his 10body, and he shall be wrapped about the waist with the linen sash and the linen turban wound around his forehead (these are holy garments). He shall 11bathe his 12body in water and put them on. 5And he shall take from the congregation of the sons of Israel 13two male goats as a 14sin offering, and one ram as a burnt offering. 6Then 15Aaron shall offer the bull as the 16sin offering, which is for himself, so that he may make atonement for himself and for his household. 7He shall then take the two goats and present them before the Lord at the doorway of the tent of meeting. 8Aaron shall cast lots for the two goats, one lot for the Lord and the other lot for 17the 18scapegoat. 9Then Aaron shall offer the goat on which the lot for the Lord fell, and make it a 19sin offering. 10But the goat on which the lot for 20the 21scapegoat fell shall be presented alive before the Lord, to make 22atonement upon it, to send it into the wilderness 23as the 24scapegoat.

11“Then Aaron shall offer the bull of the 25sin offering 26which is for himself and make atonement for himself and 27for his household, and he shall slaughter the bull of the 28sin offering which is for himself. 12He shall take a 29firepan full of coals of fire from upon the altar before the Lord and 30two handfuls of finely ground 31sweet incense, and bring it inside the veil. 13He shall put the incense on the fire before the Lord, so that the cloud of incense may cover the 32atoning cover that is on the ark of the testimony, 33otherwise he will die. 14Moreover, 34he shall take some of the blood of the bull and sprinkle it 35with his finger on the atoning cover on the east side; also in front of the atoning cover he shall sprinkle some of the blood with his finger seven times.

15“Then he shall slaughter the goat of the sin offering, 36which is for the people, and bring its blood inside the veil and do with its blood as he did with the blood of the bull, and sprinkle it on the atoning cover and in front of the atoning cover. 1637He shall make atonement for the Holy Place, because of the impurities of the sons of Israel and because of their unlawful acts regarding all their sins; and he shall do so for the tent of meeting which remains with them in the midst of their impurities. 17When he goes in to make atonement in the Holy Place, no one shall be in the tent of meeting until he comes out, so that he may make atonement for himself and for his household, and for all the assembly of Israel. 18Then he shall go out to the altar that is before the Lord and make atonement for it; he shall take some of the blood from the bull and some of the blood from the goat, and 38put it on the horns of the altar on all sides. 1939With his finger he shall sprinkle some of the blood on it seven times and cleanse it, and consecrate it from the impurities of the sons of Israel.

20“When he finishes atoning for the Holy Place and the tent of meeting and the altar, he shall offer the live goat. 21Then Aaron shall lay both of his hands on the head of the live goat, and 40confess over it all the wrongdoings of the sons of Israel and all their unlawful acts regarding all their sins; and he shall place them on the head of the goat and send it away into the wilderness by the hand of a man who stands ready. 22Then the goat shall carry on itself all their wrongdoings to an 41isolated territory; he shall release the goat in the wilderness.

23“Then Aaron shall come into the tent of meeting and take off 42the linen garments which he put on when he went into the Holy Place, and shall leave them there. 24And 43he shall bathe his 44body with water in a holy place and put on 45his clothes, and come out and offer his burnt offering and the burnt offering of the people, and make atonement for himself and for the people.

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Notes

  1. 1. Leviticus 16:2 Ex 30:10; Heb 6:19; 9:7, 25 ↩
  2. 2. Leviticus 16:2 I.e., of his own choosing ↩
  3. 3. Leviticus 16:2 Also called mercy seat, and so throughout the ch; i.e., where blood was sprinkled on the Day of Atonement ↩
  4. 4. Leviticus 16:2 Ex 25:21, 22; 40:34; 1 Kin 8:10-12 ↩
  5. 5. Leviticus 16:2 Also called mercy seat, and so throughout the ch; i.e., where blood was sprinkled on the Day of Atonement ↩
  6. 6. Leviticus 16:3 Or bull of the herd ↩
  7. 7. Leviticus 16:3 Or purification offering ↩
  8. 8. Leviticus 16:3 Lev 4:1-12; 16:6; Heb 9:7 ↩
  9. 9. Leviticus 16:4 Ex 28:39, 42 ↩
  10. 10. Leviticus 16:4 Lit flesh ↩
  11. 11. Leviticus 16:4 Ex 30:20; Lev 16:24; Heb 10:22 ↩
  12. 12. Leviticus 16:4 Lit flesh ↩
  13. 13. Leviticus 16:5 Lev 4:13-21; 2 Chr 29:21; Ezek 45:22 ↩
  14. 14. Leviticus 16:5 Or purification offering ↩
  15. 15. Leviticus 16:6 Heb 5:3 ↩
  16. 16. Leviticus 16:6 Or purification offering ↩
  17. 17. Leviticus 16:8 Or possibly, Azazel (a name) ↩
  18. 18. Leviticus 16:8 I.e., the goat that leaves (escapes); or goat of removal of sins ↩
  19. 19. Leviticus 16:9 Or purification offering ↩
  20. 20. Leviticus 16:10 Or possibly, Azazel (a name) ↩
  21. 21. Leviticus 16:10 I.e., the goat that leaves (escapes); or goat of removal of sins ↩
  22. 22. Leviticus 16:10 Is 53:4-10; Rom 3:25; 1 John 2:2 ↩
  23. 23. Leviticus 16:10 Or possibly, for Azazel ↩
  24. 24. Leviticus 16:10 I.e., the goat that leaves (escapes); or goat of removal of sins ↩
  25. 25. Leviticus 16:11 Or purification offering ↩
  26. 26. Leviticus 16:11 Heb 7:27; 9:7 ↩
  27. 27. Leviticus 16:11 Lev 16:33 ↩
  28. 28. Leviticus 16:11 Or purification offering ↩
  29. 29. Leviticus 16:12 Lev 10:1; Num 16:18 ↩
  30. 30. Leviticus 16:12 Lit the filling of the hollow of his hands ↩
  31. 31. Leviticus 16:12 Ex 30:34-38 ↩
  32. 32. Leviticus 16:13 Ex 25:21 ↩
  33. 33. Leviticus 16:13 Ex 28:43; Lev 22:9; Num 4:15, 20 ↩
  34. 34. Leviticus 16:14 Heb 9:25 ↩
  35. 35. Leviticus 16:14 Lev 4:6, 17 ↩
  36. 36. Leviticus 16:15 Heb 7:27; 9:7, 12 ↩
  37. 37. Leviticus 16:16 Ex 29:36, 37; 30:10; Heb 2:17 ↩
  38. 38. Leviticus 16:18 Lev 4:25; Ezek 43:20, 22 ↩
  39. 39. Leviticus 16:19 Lev 16:14; Ezek 43:20 ↩
  40. 40. Leviticus 16:21 Lev 5:5 ↩
  41. 41. Leviticus 16:22 Or infertile ↩
  42. 42. Leviticus 16:23 Lev 16:4; Ezek 42:14; 44:19 ↩
  43. 43. Leviticus 16:24 Lev 16:4 ↩
  44. 44. Leviticus 16:24 Lit flesh ↩
  45. 45. Leviticus 16:24 Ex 28:40, 41 ↩

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