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30 because on this day he shall make atonement for you to cleanse you; you must be clean from all your sins before[a] Yahweh. 31 It is a Sabbath of complete rest[b] for you, and you shall deny yourselves—it is a lasting statute.[c] 32 And the priest who is anointed and who is ordained[d] to serve as a priest in place of his father shall make atonement; thus[e] he shall put on the linen garments, the holy garments,

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Footnotes

  1. Leviticus 16:30 Literally “to the faces of”
  2. Leviticus 16:31 Literally “a Sabbath of ‘Sabbathation.’” “Sabbathation” is not a real word, but it is devised as an attempt to convey the sounds of the related nouns in the Hebrew phrase
  3. Leviticus 16:31 Literally “a statute of eternity” or “a statute of long duration”
  4. Leviticus 16:32 Literally “filled his hand”
  5. Leviticus 16:32 Or “and”

30 because on this day atonement will be made(A) for you, to cleanse you. Then, before the Lord, you will be clean from all your sins.(B) 31 It is a day of sabbath rest, and you must deny yourselves;(C) it is a lasting ordinance.(D) 32 The priest who is anointed and ordained(E) to succeed his father as high priest is to make atonement. He is to put on the sacred linen garments(F)

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