Leviticus 16:5
in Leviticus 16And he shall take from the congregation of Israel two male goats for a sin offering and one ram for a burnt offering.
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The same verse in ASV and KJV ▾
ASV
And he shall take of the congregation of the children of Israel two he-goats for a sin-offering, and one ram for a burnt-offering.
KJV
And he shall take of the congregation of the children of Israel two kids of the goats for a sin offering, and one ram for a burnt offering.
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This verse in Leviticus 16
Commentary
4 notes on this verseA commentator
Albert Barnes1798–1870
Notes, Explanatory and Practical, on the Old and New Testaments (1832-1869)
Take of the congregation - i. e. they were to be supplied at the public cost. Two kids of the goats - This should be, two shaggy he-goats (Lev 4:23 note), of the same color, size, and value.
This site's exposition
two kids of the goats for a sin offering
on Leviticus 16:5-6
The people supply two goats and the priest supplies his own bullock, and the order of use is fixed. Aaron makes atonement for himself and for his house before he touches anything belonging to the congregation. Hebrews 7:27 turns on that exact order, saying the high priests offered first for their own sins and then for the people's, and that Christ did it once when he offered up himself.
The record, by era
The Puritans and the Awakening1 voice
And he shall take of the congregation of the children of Israel,....
The Nineteenth Century1 voice
A commentator
Jamieson, Fausset & Brown1802–1910
Commentary Critical and Explanatory on the Whole Bible (1871)
proposed
shall take of the congregation . . . two kids of the goats . . . and one ram--The sacrifices were to be offered by the high priest, respectively for himself and the other priests, as well as for the people. The bullock (Le 16:3) and the goats were for sin offerings and the rams for burnt offerings.
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How the passage was read
On Leviticus 16:1-34On Leviticus 16:1-34
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.
This section is reception history: how the passage was read and kept in the Jewish tradition. Where a reading parts from an essential of the Christian faith, the section says so at that point.
Sources: Mishnah Yoma 8:1 (the five abstentions) · Mishnah Yoma 8:9 (appease your fellow first) · The Day of Atonement (this site's study)
The words behind it
12 Hebrew wordsEvery Hebrew word of this verse in the order it stands, with what it means and the door to its own study. The last column counts the times a word stands in the whole Bible: the rarer the word, the more the places it appears belong together.
| Hebrew | Sound | Meaning | Word study | In the Bible |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| וּמֵאֵ֗ת | umeet | and from with <the> | H854 → | 929 times |
| עֲדַת֙ | ʾadat | [the] congregation of | H5712 → | 149 times |
| בְּנֵ֣י | benei | [the] people of | H1121 → | 4930 times |
| יִשְׂרָאֵ֔ל | yisrael | Israel | H3478 → | 2507 times |
| יִקַּ֛ח | yikach | he will take | H3947 → | 966 times |
| שְׁנֵֽי־ | shenei- | two | H8147 → | 768 times |
| שְׂעִירֵ֥י | seirei | male goats of | H8163 → | 59 times |
| עִזִּ֖ים | ʾizim | goats | H5795 → | 74 times |
| לְחַטָּ֑את | lechatat | to a sin offering | H2403 → | 295 times |
| וְאַ֥יִל | veayil | and a ram | H352 → | 187 times |
| אֶחָ֖ד | ʾechad | one | H259 → | 971 times |
| לְעֹלָֽה׃ | leolah | to a burnt offering | H5930 → | 287 times |
וּמֵאֵ֗תand from with <the>
umeetH854 →929 times
עֲדַת֙[the] congregation of
ʾadatH5712 →149 times
בְּנֵ֣י[the] people of
beneiH1121 →4930 times
יִשְׂרָאֵ֔לIsrael
yisraelH3478 →2507 times
יִקַּ֛חhe will take
yikachH3947 →966 times
שְׁנֵֽי־two
shenei-H8147 →768 times
שְׂעִירֵ֥יmale goats of
seireiH8163 →59 times
עִזִּ֖יםgoats
ʾizimH5795 →74 times
לְחַטָּ֑אתto a sin offering
lechatatH2403 →295 times
וְאַ֥יִלand a ram
veayilH352 →187 times
אֶחָ֖דone
ʾechadH259 →971 times
לְעֹלָֽה׃to a burnt offering
leolahH5930 →287 times
A shaded row is a word that stands 400 times or fewer in the Bible.
The walk
8 stopsEach card is a verse this one points to, and under it the verses that one points to in turn. Where several paths arrive at the same place, that place is listed first: the text keeps returning to it.
Through
Ezra 6:17For the dedication of the house of God they offered a hundred bulls, two hundred rams, four hundred lambs, and a sin offering for all Israel of twelve male goats, one for each tribe…
it leads to
- Ezra 8:35
Then the exiles who had returned from captivity sacrificed burnt offerings to the God of Israel: 12 bulls for all Israel, 96 rams, 77 lambs, and a sin offering of 12 male goats. All…
- 2 Chronicles 29:21–23
They brought seven bulls, seven rams, seven lambs, and seven male goats as a sin offering for the kingdom, for the sanctuary, and for Judah. And the king commanded the priests, the descendants of…
- Revelation 7:4–8
And I heard the number of those who were sealed, 144,000 from all the tribes of Israel:
- Ezra 8:35
Through
Numbers 29:11Include one male goat for a sin offering, in addition to the sin offering of atonement and the regular burnt offering with its grain offering and drink offerings.
it leads to
- Leviticus 16:3
This is how Aaron is to enter the Holy Place: with a young bull for a sin offering and a ram for a burnt offering.
- Leviticus 16:3
Through
2 Chronicles 29:21They brought seven bulls, seven rams, seven lambs, and seven male goats as a sin offering for the kingdom, for the sanctuary, and for Judah. And the king commanded the priests, the descendants of…
it leads to
- Leviticus 4:3–14
If the anointed priest sins, bringing guilt on the people, he must bring to the LORD a young bull without blemish as a sin offering for the sin he has committed.
- Job 42:8
So now, take seven bulls and seven rams, go to My servant Job, and sacrifice a burnt offering for yourselves. Then My servant Job will pray for you, for I will accept his prayer…
- Ezekiel 45:23
Each day during the seven days of the feast, he shall provide seven bulls and seven rams without blemish as a burnt offering to the LORD, along with a male goat for a sin…
- Leviticus 4:3–14
Through
Leviticus 8:2“Take Aaron and his sons, their garments, the anointing oil, the bull of the sin offering, the two rams, and the basket of unleavened bread,
it leads to
- Exodus 28:2–4
Make holy garments for your brother Aaron, to give him glory and splendor.
- Exodus 28:2–4
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About Leviticus

This page draws on Albert Barnes, Notes, Explanatory and Practical, on the Old and New Testaments (1832-1869); Jamieson, Fausset & Brown, Commentary Critical and Explanatory on the Whole Bible; John Gill, Exposition of the Old Testament (1748-1763); Matthew Henry, Commentary on the Whole Bible and Sir Robert Anderson, Types in Hebrews.
