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16 So[a] he is to make atonement for the Holy Place from the impurities of the Israelites and from their transgressions with regard to all their sins,[b] and thus he is to do for the Meeting Tent which resides with them in the midst of their impurities. 17 Nobody is to be in the Meeting Tent[c] when he enters to make atonement in the Holy Place until he goes out, and he has made atonement on his behalf, on behalf of his household, and on behalf of the whole assembly of Israel.

18 “Then[d] Aaron[e] is to go out to the altar which is before the Lord and make atonement for it. He is to take[f] some of the blood of the bull and some of the blood of the goat, and put it all around on the horns of the altar.

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Footnotes

  1. Leviticus 16:16 tn Heb “And.” The Hebrew conjunction ו (vav, “and”) can be considered to have resultative or even inferential force here.
  2. Leviticus 16:16 tn Heb “to all their sins.”
  3. Leviticus 16:17 tn Heb “And all man shall not be in the tent of meeting.” The term for “a man, human being” (אָדָם, ʾadam; see the note on Lev 1:2) refers to any person among “mankind,” male or female.
  4. Leviticus 16:18 tn Heb “And.” The Hebrew conjunction ו (vav, “and”) indicates the sequence of events here.
  5. Leviticus 16:18 tn Heb “he.”
  6. Leviticus 16:18 tn Heb “And he shall take.”

16 In this way he will make atonement(A) for the Most Holy Place(B) because of the uncleanness and rebellion of the Israelites, whatever their sins have been. He is to do the same for the tent of meeting,(C) which is among them in the midst of their uncleanness. 17 No one is to be in the tent of meeting from the time Aaron goes in to make atonement in the Most Holy Place until he comes out, having made atonement for himself, his household and the whole community of Israel.

18 “Then he shall come out to the altar(D) that is before the Lord and make atonement for it. He shall take some of the bull’s blood and some of the goat’s blood and put it on all the horns of the altar.(E)

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