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Book of Leviticus, Chapter 16

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Leviticus 16 NASB - New American Standard BibleLeviticus 16 NASB - New American Standard Bible

Chapter 16 of Leviticus—New American Standard Bible (NASB)

  1. ¶ Now the LORD spoke to Moses after 1the death of the two sons of Aaron, when they had approached the presence of the LORD and died.
  2. The LORD said to Moses:
    ¶ “Tell your brother Aaron that he shall not enter 2at any time into the holy place inside the veil, before the [a]mercy seat which is on the ark, or he will die; for 3I will appear in the cloud over the [b]mercy seat.
  3. Aaron shall enter the holy place with this: with a [c]bull for a 4sin offering and a ram for a burnt offering.
  4. He shall put on the 5holy linen tunic, and the linen undergarments shall be next to his [d]body, and he shall be girded with the linen sash and attired with the linen turban (these are holy garments). Then he shall 6bathe his [e]body in water and put them on.
  5. He shall take from the congregation of the sons of Israel 7two male goats for a sin offering and one ram for a burnt offering.
  6. Then 8Aaron shall offer the bull for the sin offering which is for himself, that he may make atonement for himself and for his household.
  7. He shall take the two goats and present them before the LORD at the doorway of the tent of meeting.
  8. Aaron shall cast lots for the two goats, one lot for the LORD and the other lot for the [f]scapegoat.
  9. Then Aaron shall offer the goat on which the lot for the LORD fell, and make it a sin offering.
  10. But the goat on which the lot for the [g]scapegoat fell shall be presented alive before the LORD, to make 9atonement upon it, to send it into the wilderness as the [h]scapegoat.
  11. ¶ “Then Aaron shall offer the bull of the sin offering 10which is for himself and make atonement for himself and 11for his household, and he shall slaughter the bull of the sin offering which is for himself.
  12. He shall take a 12firepan full of coals of fire from upon the altar before the LORD and [i]two handfuls of finely ground 13sweet incense, and bring it inside the veil.
  13. He shall put the incense on the fire before the LORD, that the cloud of incense may cover the [j]14mercy seat that is on the ark of the testimony, 15otherwise he will die.
  14. Moreover, 16he shall take some of the blood of the bull and sprinkle it 17with his finger on the [k]mercy seat on the east side; also in front of the [l]mercy seat he shall sprinkle some of the blood with his finger seven times.
  15. ¶ “Then he shall slaughter the goat of the sin offering 18which 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 [m]mercy seat and in front of the [n]mercy seat.
  16. 19He shall make atonement for the holy place, because of the impurities of the sons of Israel and because of their transgressions in regard to all their sins; and thus he shall do for the tent of meeting which abides with them in the midst of their impurities.
  17. When he goes in to make atonement in the holy place, no one shall be in the tent of meeting until he comes out, that he may make atonement for himself and for his household and for all the assembly of Israel.
  18. Then he shall go out to the altar that is before the LORD and make atonement for it, and shall take some of the blood of the bull and of the blood of the goat and 20put it on the horns of the altar on all sides.
  19. 21With his finger he shall sprinkle some of the blood on it seven times and cleanse it, and from the impurities of the sons of Israel consecrate it.
  20. ¶ “When he finishes atoning for the holy place and the tent of meeting and the altar, he shall offer the live goat.
  21. Then Aaron shall lay both of his hands on the head of the live goat, and 22confess over it all the iniquities of the sons of Israel and all their transgressions [o]in regard to all their sins; and he shall lay them on the head of the goat and send it away into the wilderness by the hand of a man who stands in readiness.
  22. The goat shall bear on itself all their iniquities to a solitary land; and he shall release the goat in the wilderness.
  23. ¶ “Then Aaron shall come into the tent of meeting and take off 23the linen garments which he put on when he went into the holy place, and shall leave them there.
  24. 24He shall bathe his [p]body with water in a holy place and put on 25his clothes, and come forth and offer his burnt offering and the burnt offering of the people and make atonement for himself and for the people.
  25. Then he shall offer up in smoke the fat of the sin offering on the altar.
  26. The one who released the goat as the [q]scapegoat 26shall wash his clothes and bathe his [r]body with water; then afterward he shall come into the camp.
  27. But the bull of the sin offering and the goat of the sin offering, 27whose blood was brought in to make atonement in the holy place, shall be taken outside the camp, and they shall burn their hides, their flesh, and their refuse in the fire.
  28. Then the 28one who burns them shall wash his clothes and bathe his body with water, then afterward he shall come into the camp.
  29. ¶ “This shall be a permanent statute for you: 29in the seventh month, on the tenth day of the month, you shall humble your souls and not 30do any work, whether the native, or the alien who sojourns among you;
  30. for it is on this day that [s]atonement shall be made for you to 31cleanse you; you will be clean from all your sins before the LORD.
  31. It is to be a sabbath of solemn rest for you, that you may 32humble your souls; it is a permanent statute.
  32. So the priest who is anointed and [t]ordained to serve as priest in his father’s place shall make atonement: he shall thus put on 33the linen garments, the holy garments,
  33. and make atonement for the holy sanctuary, and he shall make atonement for the tent of meeting and for the altar. He shall also make atonement for 34the priests and for all the people of the assembly.
  34. Now you shall have this as a 35permanent statute, to 36make atonement for the sons of Israel for all their sins once every year.” And just as the LORD had commanded Moses, so he did.

FOOTNOTES

  1. ^ Lit propitiatory
  2. ^ Lit propitiatory
  3. ^ Or bull of the herd
  4. ^ Lit flesh
  5. ^ Lit flesh
  6. ^ Lit goat of removal, or else a name: Azazel
  7. ^ Lit goat of removal, or else a name: Azazel
  8. ^ Lit goat of removal, or else a name: Azazel
  9. ^ Lit the filling of the hollow of his hands
  10. ^ Lit propitiatory
  11. ^ Lit propitiatory
  12. ^ Lit propitiatory
  13. ^ Lit propitiatory
  14. ^ Lit propitiatory
  15. ^ Lit in addition to
  16. ^ Lit flesh
  17. ^ Lit goat of removal, or else a name: Azazel
  18. ^ Lit flesh
  19. ^ Lit he shall make atonement
  20. ^ Lit whose hand is filled

REFERENCES

  1. ^ Le 10:1, 2
  2. ^ Ex 30:10; Heb 6:19; 9:7, 25
  3. ^ Ex 25:21, 22; 40:34; 1Ki 8:10-12
  4. ^ Le 4:1-12; 16:6; Heb 9:7
  5. ^ Ex 28:39, 42
  6. ^ Ex 30:20; Le 16:24; Heb 10:22
  7. ^ Le 4:13-21; 2Ch 29:21; Eze 45:22
  8. ^ Heb 5:3
  9. ^ Is 53:4-10; Ro 3:25; 1Jo 2:2
  10. ^ Heb 7:27; 9:7
  11. ^ Le 16:33
  12. ^ Le 10:1; Nu 16:18
  13. ^ Ex 30:34-38
  14. ^ Ex 25:21
  15. ^ Ex 28:43; Le 22:9; Nu 4:15, 20
  16. ^ Heb 9:25
  17. ^ Le 4:6, 17
  18. ^ Heb 7:27; 9:7, 12
  19. ^ Ex 29:36, 37; 30:10; Heb 2:17
  20. ^ Le 4:25; Eze 43:20, 22
  21. ^ Le 16:14; Eze 43:20
  22. ^ Le 5:5
  23. ^ Le 16:4; Eze 42:14; 44:19
  24. ^ Le 16:4
  25. ^ Ex 28:40, 41
  26. ^ Le 11:25, 40
  27. ^ Le 6:30; Heb 13:11
  28. ^ Nu 19:8
  29. ^ Le 23:27; Nu 29:7
  30. ^ Ex 31:14, 15
  31. ^ Ps 51:2; Je 33:8; Eph 5:26
  32. ^ Le 23:32; Ezr 8:21; Is 58:3, 5; Da 10:12
  33. ^ Le 16:4
  34. ^ Le 16:11
  35. ^ Le 23:31
  36. ^ Heb 9:7

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Comments

  1. David yakubuDavid yakubu
    Oct 29, 2022 08:05 GMT

    When i do read some comments and seeing that its the same people that are supposed to be called believers but are talking ill of other denominations, it hurts. Let us all remember that We should judge not

    1. jonas smithjonas smith
      Apr 23, 2023 02:57 GMT

      The bible tells us to test the spirits. Satan disguises himself as angel of light. So yes some denomination are not teaching the truth. You are responsible for judging which ones are not. You have to judge the truth at all times. this is what the bible teaches

  2. THTH
    Apr 7, 2021 00:20 GMT

    The NWT is a very good translation. Dr. Jason David BeDuhn PhD attests to that in his book Truth in Translation. drive.google.com/...5p16melHzg8/view

    1. James LernerJames Lerner
      Jul 20, 2024 09:48 GMT

      The NWT is Satanic filth to its very core.

      The JW Cult is Satanic to its very core.

      Praise Yahweh I will never be a victim of JW brainwashing. If I burn in Hell for eternity or I am ultimately annihilated so be it

      May Yahweh's curse rest on the Watchtower Society and its Satanic leadership

    2. jim mcleodjim mcleod
      Aug 22, 2021 06:16 GMT

      NWT is a false translation that takes away from the deity of Jesus !

  3. SlightlyChaoticSlightlyChaotic
    Jan 30, 2021 16:33 GMT

    Thank you for taking the time to provide this service. I like seeing the NASB on your web page in the same format as I read on paper. On other sites, the text area is smaller, and so I have to keep scrolling down to read and sometimes I lose the context. So I really appreciate the format.

    As far as the NWT, you are certainly free to do whatever you think best with your own web pages. I'd suggest that you make a note anytime you have a translation that is associated with only one denomination or church, for example:
    New World Translation (Jehovah's Witness version).

    In Jesus' parable of the wheat and the tares. the main idea seems to be that you can't easily distinguish between God's people and not-God's people on this earth, so our Lord's response is to wait until they are shown to be the kind of people they are inside. But the NWT seems like false teaching to me. So I think the warning passages from Jesus' apostles are more applicable, as in 2 Peter 3:15-16, when he talks about Paul's writings:
    "There are some things in them that are hard to understand, which the ignorant and unstable twist to their own destruction, as they do the other Scriptures."
    And we also have the positive exhortations, as in 2 Timothy 2:15:
    "Do your best to present yourself to God as one approved, a worker who has no need to be ashamed, rightly handling the word of truth."

    1. BroderickBroderick
      Jan 31, 2021 00:57 GMT

      Your suggestion regarding the denominational flagging is duly noted. But I can’t help but wonder, wouldn’t a Catholic also want “Protestant versions” marked as well?

      As for the parable, I’m pretty sure the slaves were convinced in their own minds that they could tell the tares from the wheat. After all, aren’t they the ones who identified the problem in the first place? But the master obviously thought otherwise.

      Furthermore, even at the time when Jesus himself was walking the earth, not everybody who claimed fellowship actually followed him causing John to inquire at Mark 9:39, “Teacher, we saw someone casting out demons in Your name, and we tried to prevent him because he was not following us.” But Jesus said, “Do not hinder him . . . for he who is not against us is for us.”

  4. Joshua HarderJoshua Harder
    Dec 11, 2020 17:48 GMT

    Hello, question.. why have you included the NWT with other legitimate bible translations? Or why have you not atleast included a warning to readers? Don't you fear that someone could be influenced by the Watchtower's intentional heresies? Thank you.

    1. KevinKevin
      Jul 11, 2021 17:45 GMT

      en.m.wikipedia.org/..._Holy_Scriptures

      See the section critical review

    2. ChrisChris
      Jan 8, 2021 07:15 GMT

      Please site these intentional heresies. I am well versed in the watch tower outline and agree they are in many ways incorrect but i also bet i can point many out from EVERY established or main denomination. There is much to learn from them all as one who drinks milk?

      Judge not lest ye be judged, that is not to pass judgement on you either brother.

      I debate with scripture. I don't hold it to be true that Michael is Y'Shua HaMeshiach but I also firmly hold it to be true that our G-d and Heavenly Father are not the word encarnate and only begotten son.

      I love not seeing "lord" which i relate to baal. I feel the catholic church is a satanic establishment and I am aware a freemason started the hovies but there are evil in high places and our fight is also with principalities.

      What i'm saying is that in my darkest hours, those two were some of if not the only ones who would bring a Bible and eucharist and pray with me.

      We all fall short of the glory of G-d.

      Don't forget the NWT was recognized as the most accurate translation on Jeopardy.

      Lastly, this is different I noted than the NWT i have read and am very familiar with. Pull up the watchtower page and compare. I truly look forward to getting this one!

  5. julietjuliet
    Aug 17, 2022 09:36 GMT

    the sky is blue

  6. mercymercy
    Aug 12, 2022 21:23 GMT

    i am Mercy, the sky is blue what else do you need

    1. mercymercy
      Aug 12, 2022 21:25 GMT

      i am so sorry, it was a big mistake

  7. God is able to do all thingsGod is able to do all things
    May 17, 2021 17:59 GMT

    Jesus how much love calling yo name

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