Leviticus 16:15 BSB

Leviticus 16:15

Aaron shall then slaughter the goat for the sin offering for the people and bring its blood behind the veil, and with its blood he must do as he did with the bull’s blood: He is to sprinkle it against the mercy seat and in front of it.

BSB

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ASV

Then shall he kill the goat of the sin-offering, that is for the people, and bring his blood within the veil, and do with his blood as he did with the blood of the bullock, and sprinkle it upon the mercy-seat, and before the mercy-seat:

KJV

Then shall he kill the goat of the sin offering, that is for the people, and bring his blood within the vail, and do with that blood as he did with the blood of the bullock, and sprinkle it upon the mercy seat, and before the mercy seat:

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Commentary

2 voices

John Gill

1697–1771

Exposition of the Old Testament (1748-1763)

Then shall he kill the goat of the sin offering that is for the people,.... That upon which the lot came for the Lord, Lev 16:9; the high priest having sprinkled the blood of the bullock, came out of the most holy place, and went into the court of the tabernacle to the altar of burnt offering, and on the north side of that slew the goat for the sin offering, the place where all such were killed; see Lev 1:

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The Puritans and the Awakening1 voice

John Wesley

1703–1791

Explanatory Notes upon the Old Testament (1765)

Then shall he kill the goat - He went out of the holy of holies, and killed it, and then returned thither again with its blood. And whereas the high-priest is said to be allowed to enter into that place but once in a year, that is to be understood, but one day in a year, though there was occasion of going in and coming out more than once upon that day.

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Hebraic traditional view

The day Israel still fasts

This chapter founds the Day of Atonement, in Hebrew Yom Kippur, the most solemn day of the Jewish year: the one day the high priest entered the innermost room of the sanctuary with blood for the nation's sins. With no Temple standing since AD 70, the day is kept now as a full fast: roughly 25 hours with no food or drink, most of it spent in synagogue prayer, many wearing white.

The Mishnah (the first code of Jewish oral law, about AD 200) defines the day's five abstentions: eating and drinking, washing, anointing, leather shoes, and marital relations (Yoma 8:1). It also carries a saying worth any reader's time: the day atones for sins between a person and God, “but for sins between a person and his fellow, the Day of Atonement does not atone until he has appeased his fellow” (Yoma 8:9). Reconciliation with people is homework done before the day.

Sources: Mishnah Yoma 8:1 (the five abstentions) · Mishnah Yoma 8:9 (appease your fellow first) · The Day of Atonement (this site's study)

Original language & word study

25 tagged words

Original	Transliteration	Meaning	Word study
וְשָׁחַ֞ט	ve.sha.Chat	and he will cut [the] throat of	H7819 →
אֶת־	'et-	<obj.>	H853 →
שְׂעִ֤יר	se.'Ir	[the] male goat of	H8163 →
הַֽחַטָּאת֙	ha.cha.taT	the sin offering	H2403 →
אֲשֶׁ֣ר	'a.Sher	which	H834 →
לָעָ֔ם	la.'Am	[is] for the people	H5971 →
וְהֵבִיא֙	ve.he.Vi'	and he will bring	H935 →
אֶת־	'et-	<obj.>	H853 →
דָּמ֔וֹ	da.Mo	blood its	H1818 →
אֶל־	'el-	to	H413 →
מִבֵּ֖ית	mi.Beit	from inside	H1004 →
לַפָּרֹ֑כֶת	la.pa.Ro.khet	to the curtain	H6532 →
וְעָשָׂ֣ה	ve.'a.Sah	and he will do	H6213 →
אֶת־	'et-	with	H854 →
דָּמ֗וֹ	da.Mo	blood its	H1818 →
כַּאֲשֶׁ֤ר	ka.'a.Sher	just as	H834 →
עָשָׂה֙	'a.Sah	he did	H6213 →
לְדַ֣ם	le.Dam	to [the] blood of	H1818 →
הַפָּ֔ר	ha.Par	the bull	H6499 →
וְהִזָּ֥ה	ve.hi.Zah	and he will spatter	H5137 →
אֹת֛וֹ	'o.To	<obj.> it	H853 →
עַל־	'al-	on	H5921 →
הַכַּפֹּ֖רֶת	ha.ka.Po.ret	the atonement cover	H3727 →
וְלִפְנֵ֥י	ve.lif.Nei	and <to> before	H6440 →
הַכַּפֹּֽרֶת׃	ha.ka.Po.ret	the atonement cover	H3727 →

Rare words are the text's own signal of a deliberate thread: the fewer the occurrences, the more the places it appears belong together.

The walk

The walk8

Where the connections lead

Follow this verse’s cross-references two steps out. Each card is a verse this one points to, and beneath it the verses that one points to in turn. Where several different paths arrive at the same place, that place is listed first: the text keeps returning to it. Every stop shows its own words, and every stop is a page.

Through
Hebrews 9:12
He did not enter by the blood of goats and calves, but He entered the Most Holy Place once for all by His own blood, thus securing eternal redemption.
leads to
- Hebrews 10:4
  because it is impossible for the blood of bulls and goats to take away sins.
- 1 Peter 1:18–19
  For you know that it was not with perishable things such as silver or gold that you were redeemed from the empty way of life you inherited from your forefathers,
- Hebrews 9:15
  Therefore Christ is the mediator of a new covenant, so that those who are called may receive the promised eternal inheritance, now that He has died to redeem them from the transgressions committed under…
Through
Hebrews 6:19
We have this hope as an anchor for the soul, firm and secure. It enters the inner sanctuary behind the curtain,
leads to
- Romans 5:5–10
  And hope does not disappoint us, because God has poured out His love into our hearts through the Holy Spirit, whom He has given us.
- Psalms 43:5
  Why are you downcast, O my soul? Why the unease within me? Put your hope in God, for I will yet praise Him, my Savior and my God.
- Romans 8:28–39
  And we know that God works all things together for the good of those who love Him, who are called according to His purpose.
Through
Hebrews 2:17
For this reason He had to be made like His brothers in every way, so that He might become a merciful and faithful high priest in service to God, in order to make atonement…
leads to
- Philippians 2:7–8
  but emptied Himself, taking the form of a servant, being made in human likeness.
- Hebrews 4:14
  Therefore, since we have a great high priest who has passed through the heavens, Jesus the Son of God, let us hold firmly to what we profess.

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