Levitico 16:20

20 E quando avrà finito di fare l’espiazione per il santuario, per la tenda di convegno e per l’altare, farà accostare il capro vivo.

Levitico 16:20 Meaning and Commentary

Leviticus 16:20

And when he hath made an end of reconciling the holy
[place]
That is, the holy of holies, by carrying in the blood of the bullock, and of the goat there, and sprinkling them as before observed:

and the tabernacle of the congregation;
the great court where the people met, and where the altar of burnt offering stood:

and the altar;
the altar of incense in the holy place; and so all the parts of the tabernacle were reconciled and atoned for, even the holy of holies, the holy place, and the court of the people: all the work the day of atonement, we are told ^F23, was done according to the order prescribed, and that if anything was done before another, it was doing nothing: thus, for instance, if the blood of the goat went before (or was sprinkled before) the blood of the bullock, he must return and sprinkle of the blood of the goat after the blood of the bullock; and if before he has finished the puttings (of the blood) within, the blood is poured out, (that is, at the bottom of the altar of burnt offering,) he shall bring other blood, and return and sprinkle anew within, and so in the temple, and at the golden altar, for every atonement is by itself:

he shall bring the live goat;
that which remained alive after the other was slain, as it was to do, according to the lot that fell upon it, ( Leviticus 16:10 ) ; this was brought to the door of the tabernacle of the congregation, whither the high priest went, and performed the following rites.

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FOOTNOTES:

F23 Yoma, c. 5. sect. 7.

Levitico 16:20 In-Context

18 Egli uscirà verso l’altare ch’è davanti all’Eterno, e farà l’espiazione per esso; prenderà del sangue del giovenco e del sangue del capro, e lo metterà sui corni dell’altare tutto all’intorno.

19 E farà sette volte l’aspersione del sangue col dito, sopra l’altare, e così lo purificherà e lo santificherà a motivo delle impurità dei figliuoli d’Israele.

20 E quando avrà finito di fare l’espiazione per il santuario, per la tenda di convegno e per l’altare, farà accostare il capro vivo.

21 Aaronne poserà ambedue le mani sui capo del capro vivo, confesserà sopra esso tutte le iniquità dei figliuoli d’Israele, tutte le loro trasgressioni, tutti i loro peccati, e li metterà sulla testa del capro; poi, per mano di un uomo incaricato di questo, lo manderà via nel deserto.

22 E quel capro porterà su di sé tutte le loro iniquità in terra solitaria, e sarà lasciato andare nel deserto.