Leviticus
Chapter 16
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Leningrad Codex, through the Open Scriptures Westminster Leningrad Codex. The written consonants are printed. A Masoretic reading is footnoted when it differs. No Dead Sea reading was substituted unless it was read from a fragment. The Samaritan Pentateuch and the Greek, Syriac, and Latin versions are witnesses, not the default.
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1God’s own name. The Hebrew writes YHWH. See the glossary. spoke to Moses after the death of Aaron’s two sons, when they came near before God’s own name. The Hebrew writes YHWH. See the glossary. and died.
2God’s own name. The Hebrew writes YHWH. See the glossary. said to Moses, Speak to Aaron your brother. He shall not come at just any time into the holy place, inside the curtain, in front of the cover that is on the chest, or he will die, because I appear in the cloud over the cover.
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Ha-qodesh here is the holy place inside the curtain. Parokhet is the curtain. Kapporet is the cover, as in Exodus. The chest is the chest of the Testimony.
3With this Aaron shall come into the holy place: with a bull, a son of the herd, for an offense offering, and a ram for a whole offering.
4He shall wear a holy linen tunic, and linen undergarments shall be on his body. He shall gird himself with a linen sash and wrap on a linen turban. They are holy garments. He shall wash his body in water and put them on.
5From the congregation of the sons of Israel he shall take two male goats of the goats for an offense offering, and one ram for a whole offering.
6Aaron shall bring near the bull of the offense offering that is his, and make Making someone right with God after a wrong. for himself and for his house.
7He shall take the two goats and stand them before God’s own name. The Hebrew writes YHWH. See the glossary. at the entrance of the tent of meeting.
8Aaron shall put lots on the two goats, one lot for God’s own name. The Hebrew writes YHWH. See the glossary. and one lot for A name kept from the Hebrew. This Bible does not swap it for another word..
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Azazel is kept as a name. “Scapegoat” is not printed. One lot is for Yahweh. The other lot is for Azazel.
9Aaron shall bring near the goat on which the lot for God’s own name. The Hebrew writes YHWH. See the glossary. came up, and make it an offense offering.
10The goat on which the lot for A name kept from the Hebrew. This Bible does not swap it for another word. came up shall be stood alive before God’s own name. The Hebrew writes YHWH. See the glossary., to make Making someone right with God after a wrong. over it, to send it away to A name kept from the Hebrew. This Bible does not swap it for another word., into the wilderness.
11Aaron shall bring near the bull of the offense offering that is his, and make Making someone right with God after a wrong. for himself and for his house, and he shall slaughter the bull of the offense offering that is his.
12He shall take a full fire-pan of coals of fire from the altar, from before God’s own name. The Hebrew writes YHWH. See the glossary., and two full handfuls of finely ground spiced incense, and bring it inside the curtain.
13He shall put the incense on the fire before God’s own name. The Hebrew writes YHWH. See the glossary., and the cloud of the incense shall cover the cover that is on the The stone tablets of God’s agreement, kept in the chest., so he does not die.
14He shall take some of the blood of the bull and sprinkle it with his finger on the front of the cover, on the east side, and in front of the cover he shall sprinkle some of the blood with his finger seven times.
15He shall slaughter the goat of the offense offering that is for the people, bring its blood inside the curtain, and do with its blood as he did with the blood of the bull. He shall sprinkle it on the cover and in front of the cover.
16He shall make Making someone right with God after a wrong. for the holy place because of the uncleannesses of the sons of Israel and because of their rebellions, for all their offenses. He shall do the same for the tent of meeting, which dwells with them in the midst of their uncleannesses.
17No person shall be in the tent of meeting when he goes in to make Making someone right with God after a wrong. in the holy place, until he comes out. He shall make Making someone right with God after a wrong. for himself, for his house, and for the whole assembly of Israel.
18He shall go out to the altar that is before God’s own name. The Hebrew writes YHWH. See the glossary. and make Making someone right with God after a wrong. for it. He shall take some of the blood of the bull and some of the blood of the goat and put it on the horns of the altar all around.
19He shall sprinkle some of the blood on it with his finger seven times, and cleanse it and set it apart from the uncleannesses of the sons of Israel.
20When he has finished making Making someone right with God after a wrong. for the holy place, the tent of meeting, and the altar, he shall bring near the living goat.
21Aaron shall lay the two of his hand on the head of the living goat and confess over it all the guilt of the sons of Israel and all their rebellions, for all their offenses. He shall put them on the head of the goat and send it by the hand of a man ready for the time into the wilderness.
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The written consonants are שתי ידו, “the two of his hand.” The Masoretic reading is ידיו, “his hands.” The written form is printed.
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Ish itti is a man designated for that time, the one who leads the goat out.
22The goat shall carry on itself all their guilt to a cut-off land, and he shall send the goat into the wilderness.
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Eretz gezerah is a land cut off, a land set apart from settlement.
23Aaron shall come into the tent of meeting, take off the linen garments that he wore when he went into the holy place, and leave them there.
24He shall wash his body in water in a holy place, put on his garments, come out, and make his whole offering and the whole offering of the people. He shall make Making someone right with God after a wrong. for himself and for the people.
25The fat of the offense offering he shall turn into smoke on the altar.
26The one who sends the goat away to A name kept from the Hebrew. This Bible does not swap it for another word. shall wash his clothes, wash his body in water, and after that he may come into the camp.
27The bull of the offense offering and the goat of the offense offering, whose blood was brought in to make Making someone right with God after a wrong. in the holy place, shall be brought outside the camp. They shall burn in the fire their hides, their flesh, and their dung.
28The one who burns them shall wash his clothes, wash his body in water, and after that he may come into the camp.
29This shall be a lasting A rule that is meant to last. for you. In the seventh month, on the tenth of the month, you shall afflict your persons, and you shall do no work, the native and the A person living in a land that is not their own. who sojourns among you.
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Innah nafesh is to afflict the person. The day is the tenth of the seventh month. Kipper, atonement, is to cover, as earlier in this book.
30For on this day he shall make Making someone right with God after a wrong. for you, to cleanse you. From all your offenses you shall be clean before God’s own name. The Hebrew writes YHWH. See the glossary..
31It is a A time of rest set aside for God. It may be a day, or a whole year for the land. of complete rest for you, and you shall afflict your persons. It is a lasting A rule that is meant to last..
32The priest who is Set apart for God by having oil poured on., and whose hand is filled to serve as priest in place of his father, shall make Making someone right with God after a wrong.. He shall wear the linen garments, the holy garments.
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Mille et yado is filling the hand, the installation of the priest, as milluim earlier in this book.
33He shall make Making someone right with God after a wrong. for the holy A holy place set aside for God., and he shall make Making someone right with God after a wrong. for the tent of meeting and for the altar, and he shall make Making someone right with God after a wrong. for the priests and for all the people of the assembly.
34This shall be a lasting A rule that is meant to last. for you, to make Making someone right with God after a wrong. for the sons of Israel from all their offenses once in the year. And he did as God’s own name. The Hebrew writes YHWH. See the glossary. commanded Moses.