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Leviticuschapter 16

34 verses · Moses, by tradition · 15th to 13th century BC · The Law

Original Language

Leviticus 16— Hebrew word study · with the Hebrew tradition

In Jewish life

Jewish practice and Jewish teaching both have something to say about Leviticus 16. Three things follow: where it is read, what is done because of it, and how the rabbis have taught it. The purpose is to inform a Christian reader what Jews believe and how Judaism was and is practised.

The reading

Weekly portion 29 of 54

אַחֲרֵי מוֹת Achrei Mot, Leviticus 16:1 to 18:30

Read with it: Ezekiel 22:1 to 22:19 in Ashkenazi use, and Ezekiel 22:1 to 22:16 in Sephardi use.

The verse numbers here are the ones a Hebrew Bible carries, which differ from an English Bible by a verse or two in several places. The Sephardi reading is named only where this site records a difference; communities vary beyond what is listed. What these books are, and how a Christian reader meets them →

Where the rabbis cite this chapter

1 row sits beside its verse in the text, on 1 verse of this chapter. No row that speaks to the chapter as a whole is recorded. Every quote links to its full source.

Texts and citation data: Sefaria (sefaria.org); excerpts follow each version’s license, and every passage opens at its source.

How to read a word below: the Hebrewword, then how it sounds, then what it means, then its number in Strong’s concordance, a widely used lookup this site follows (H for Hebrew and Aramaic, G for Greek). Square brackets hold a word the English supplies that the Hebrew does not, angle brackets mark the Hebrew’s own grammatical elements that English renders as separate words, and the mark ס or פ is where the Hebrew manuscripts end a paragraph.

Not at just any time may he enter1

Leviticus 16:1· Hebrew and glosses: STEP Bible

וַיְדַבֵּ֤רvaydaberand he spokeH1696יְהוָה֙yahwehYahwehH3068אֶל־ʾel-toH413מֹשֶׁ֔הmoshehMosesH4872אַחֲרֵ֣יʾachareiafterH310מ֔וֹתmot[the] death ofH4194שְׁנֵ֖יshenei[the] twoH8147בְּנֵ֣יbenei[the] sons ofH1121אַהֲרֹ֑ןʾaharonAaronH175בְּקָרְבָתָ֥םbekarevatamwhen drew near theyH7126לִפְנֵי־lifnei-<to> beforeH6440יְהוָ֖הyahwehYahwehH3068וַיָּמֻֽתוּ׃vaiyamutuand they diedH4191

Ramban on Leviticus 16:1

RambanSpain, 1194–1270· Commentary
The meaning of the phrase after the death of the two sons of Aaron, is that immediately after the death of his sons He had warned Aaron against [drinking] wine or strong drink [when going into the Tent of Meeting], so that he should not die, 1 Above,:9.

Read it in full at Sefaria · Commentary on the Torah by Ramban (Nachmanides). Translated and annotated by Charles B. Chavel. New York, Shilo Pub. House, 1971-1976

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