Leviticus 16:2-13

2 The LORD said to Moses: “Tell your brother Aaron that he is not to come whenever he chooses into the Most Holy Place behind the curtain in front of the atonement cover on the ark, or else he will die. For I will appear in the cloud over the atonement cover.
3 “This is how Aaron is to enter the Most Holy Place: He must first bring a young bull for a sin offering[a] and a ram for a burnt offering.
4 He is to put on the sacred linen tunic, with linen undergarments next to his body; he is to tie the linen sash around him and put on the linen turban. These are sacred garments; so he must bathe himself with water before he puts them on.
5 From the Israelite community he is to take two male goats for a sin offering and a ram for a burnt offering.
6 “Aaron is to offer the bull for his own sin offering to make atonement for himself and his household.
7 Then he is to take the two goats and present them before the LORD at the entrance to the tent of meeting.
8 He is to cast lots for the two goats—one lot for the LORD and the other for the scapegoat.[b]
9 Aaron shall bring the goat whose lot falls to the LORD and sacrifice it for a sin offering.
10 But the goat chosen by lot as the scapegoat shall be presented alive before the LORD to be used for making atonement by sending it into the wilderness as a scapegoat.
11 “Aaron shall bring the bull for his own sin offering to make atonement for himself and his household, and he is to slaughter the bull for his own sin offering.
12 He is to take a censer full of burning coals from the altar before the LORD and two handfuls of finely ground fragrant incense and take them behind the curtain.
13 He is to put the incense on the fire before the LORD, and the smoke of the incense will conceal the atonement cover above the tablets of the covenant law, so that he will not die.

Cross References 25

  • 1. Exodus 30:10; Hebrews 9:7
  • 2. S Exodus 26:33; Hebrews 9:25; Hebrews 10:19
  • 3. S Exodus 26:33; Hebrews 6:19
  • 4. S Exodus 26:34
  • 5. S Exodus 25:22
  • 6. S Exodus 40:34; S 2 Samuel 22:10
  • 7. ver 6; Leviticus 4:1-12; Hebrews 9:24,25
  • 8. S Leviticus 4:3
  • 9. ver 5
  • 10. S Leviticus 8:13
  • 11. S Exodus 28:39
  • 12. ver 32; S Exodus 28:42; Exodus 29:29,30; Leviticus 21:10; Numbers 20:26,28
  • 13. ver 24; S Exodus 29:4; Hebrews 10:22
  • 14. Ezekiel 9:2; Ezekiel 44:17-18
  • 15. S Leviticus 4:13-21
  • 16. ver 20; S Leviticus 4:3; 2 Chronicles 29:23; Psalms 50:9
  • 17. Leviticus 9:7; Hebrews 5:3; Hebrews 7:27; Hebrews 9:7,12
  • 18. Numbers 26:55,56; Numbers 33:54; Numbers 34:13; Joshua 14:2; Joshua 18:6; Judges 20:9; Nehemiah 10:34; Esther 3:7; Esther 9:24; Psalms 22:18; Proverbs 16:33
  • 19. ver 10,26
  • 20. Isaiah 53:4-10; S Romans 3:25; 1 John 2:2
  • 21. S ver 6,24,33; Hebrews 7:27; Hebrews 9:7
  • 22. S Leviticus 10:1; Revelation 8:5
  • 23. S Exodus 25:6; Exodus 30:34-38
  • 24. S Exodus 25:17
  • 25. S Exodus 28:43; Leviticus 22:9

Footnotes 2

  • [a]. Or "purification offering" ; here and throughout this chapter
  • [b]. The meaning of the Hebrew for this word is uncertain; also in verses 10 and 26.
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