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Leviticus 16:15-34

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15 1"Then he shall kill the goat of the sin offering that is for the people and bring its blood 2inside the veil and do with its blood as he did with the blood of the bull, sprinkling it over the mercy seat and in front of the mercy seat.
16 Thus he shall 3make atonement for the Holy Place, because of the uncleannesses of the people of Israel and because of their transgressions, all their sins. And so he shall do for the tent of meeting, which dwells with them in the midst of their uncleannesses.
17 4No one may be in the tent of meeting from the time he enters to make atonement in the Holy Place until he comes out and has made atonement for himself and for his house and for all the assembly of Israel.
18 Then he shall go out to the altar that is 5before the LORD and 6make atonement for it, and 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.
19 And he shall sprinkle some of the blood on it with his finger seven times, and cleanse it and consecrate it from the uncleannesses of the people of Israel.
20 "And when he has made an end of 7atoning for the Holy Place and the tent of meeting and the altar, he shall present the live goat.
21 And Aaron shall lay both his hands on the head of the live goat, and confess over it all the iniquities of the people of Israel, and all their transgressions, all their sins. And he shall 8put them on the head of the goat and send it away into the wilderness by the hand of a man who is in readiness.
22 The goat shall 9bear all their iniquities on itself to a remote area, and 10he shall let the goat go free in the wilderness.
23 "Then Aaron shall come into the tent of meeting and 11shall take off the linen garments that he put on when he went into the Holy Place and shall leave them there.
24 And he shall bathe his body in water in a holy place and put on his garments and come out and 12offer his burnt offering and the burnt offering of the people and make atonement for himself and for the people.
25 And 13the fat of the sin offering he shall burn on the altar.
26 And he who lets the goat go to 14Azazel shall wash his clothes and 15bathe his body in water, and afterward he may come into the camp.
27 16And the bull for the sin offering and the goat for the sin offering, whose blood was brought in to make atonement in the Holy Place, shall be carried outside the camp. Their skin and their flesh and their dung shall be burned up with fire.
28 And he who burns them shall wash his clothes and bathe his body in water, and afterward he may come into the camp.
29 "And it shall be a statute to you forever that 17in the seventh month, on the tenth day of the month, you shall 18afflict yourselves[a] and shall do no work, either 19the native or the stranger who sojourns among you.
30 For on this day shall atonement be made for you 20to cleanse you. You shall be clean before the LORD from all your sins.
31 21It is a Sabbath of solemn rest to you, and you shall 22afflict yourselves; it is a statute forever.
32 23And the priest who is anointed and 24consecrated as priest in his father's place 25shall make atonement, wearing the holy linen garments.
33 He shall make atonement for 26the holy sanctuary, and he shall make atonement for the tent of meeting and for 27the altar, and he shall make atonement for 28the priests and for 29all the people of the assembly.
34 And this shall be a statute forever for you, that atonement may be made for the people of Israel 30once in the year because of all their sins." And Moses did as the LORD commanded him.
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Leviticus 16:15-34 Meaning and Commentary

INTRODUCTION TO LEVITICUS 16

This chapter treats of the day of atonement, and of the rites, sacrifices, and services of it, directs when Aaron should come into the holy of holies, Le 16:1,2; and in what habit he should then appear, and with what offerings both for himself, and for the people, Le 16:3-10; and that having slain his own sin offering, and that for the people, he should offer incense before the mercy seat, and sprinkle that with the blood of both, Le 16:11-15; and by these offerings make atonement for the holy place, the tabernacle of the congregation, and the altar, Le 16:16-19; and having done this, he was to take the live goat, lay his hands on it, confess over it, and put upon it all the iniquities of the children of Israel, and then send it away by a fit man into the wilderness, Le 16:20-22; upon which he was to put off his linen garments, wash his flesh, and put them on again, and offer the burnt offering for himself, and for the people, Le 16:23-25; also he that let go the goat, and he that carried and burnt the sin offerings without the camp, were to wash themselves and clothes also, Le 16:26-28; the observance of this day, once a year, which was on the tenth of the seventh month, as a day of affliction and atonement, was to be a statute for ever to the children of Israel, Le 16:29-34.

Taken from John Gill's Exposition of the Bible

Cross References 30

  • 1. Hebrews 2:17; Hebrews 5:1; Hebrews 9:7
  • 2. ver. 2; Hebrews 6:19; Hebrews 9:3, 7
  • 3. ver. 18; [Exodus 29:36; Ezekiel 45:18; Hebrews 9:22, 23]
  • 4. [Luke 1:10, 21]
  • 5. Leviticus 1:5; Leviticus 4:24
  • 6. ver. 16; Leviticus 4:7, 18; Exodus 30:6, 10
  • 7. ver. 16, 18; Ezekiel 43:20; Ezekiel 45:20
  • 8. [Isaiah 53:6; 2 Corinthians 5:21]
  • 9. [Isaiah 53:11, 12; John 1:29; Hebrews 9:28; 1 Peter 2:24]
  • 10. [Leviticus 14:7]
  • 11. See Leviticus 6:11
  • 12. ver. 3, 5
  • 13. Leviticus 4:8-10; Exodus 29:13
  • 14. ver. 8, 10
  • 15. [Leviticus 15:5; Leviticus 17:15]
  • 16. Leviticus 4:11, 12, 21; Leviticus 6:30; Hebrews 13:11, 12
  • 17. Leviticus 23:27; Numbers 29:7
  • 18. Leviticus 23:32; Psalms 35:13; Isaiah 58:3, 5; Daniel 10:12
  • 19. Leviticus 17:15; Leviticus 18:26; Leviticus 19:34; [Exodus 12:49]
  • 20. Psalms 51:2; Jeremiah 33:8; Hebrews 10:1, 2; 1 John 1:7, 9
  • 21. Leviticus 23:32
  • 22. [See ver. 29 above]
  • 23. [Leviticus 21:10]
  • 24. Exodus 29:29, 30; [Numbers 20:28]
  • 25. ver. 4
  • 26. ver. 16
  • 27. ver. 18
  • 28. ver. 6
  • 29. ver. 24
  • 30. Exodus 30:10; Hebrews 9:7, 25

Footnotes 1

  • [a]. Or shall fast; also verse 31
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