Leviticus 16:6
in Leviticus 16Aaron is to present the bull for his sin offering and make atonement for himself and his household.
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The same verse in ASV and KJV ▾
ASV
And Aaron shall present the bullock of the sin-offering, which is for himself, and make atonement for himself, and for his house.
KJV
And Aaron shall offer his bullock of the sin offering, which is for himself, and make an atonement for himself, and for his house.
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This verse in Leviticus 16
Commentary
7 notes on this verseA commentator
Albert Barnes1798–1870
Notes, Explanatory and Practical, on the Old and New Testaments (1832-1869)
Shall offer - Rather, shall present, as in Lev 16:7, Lev 16:10, etc. The word expresses the formal act of placing the victims in front of the entrance of the tabernacle. For himself, and for his house - i. e. for himself as the high priest and all the common priests. Compare Lev 9:7-14 note.
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 Awakening4 voices
), then go within the veil with some of the blood of his sin-offering, burn incense, and sprinkle the blood before the mercy-seat,
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In the cloud - In a bright and glorious cloud, over the mercy-seat, as a token when I would have him come. With a young bullock - That is, with the blood of it; the body of it was to be offered upon the altar of burnt-offerings. A sin- offering - For his own and family's sins; for a goat was offered for the sins of the people.
And Aaron shall offer his bullock of the sin offering, which is for himself,....
He must then cast lots upon the two goats, which were to make (both together) one sin-offering for the congregation. One of these goats must be slain, in token of a satisfaction to be made to God's justice for sin, the other must be sent away, in token of the remission or dismission of sin by the mercy of God.
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
11 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| וְהִקְרִ֧יב | vehikriv | and he will present | H7126 → | 280 times |
| אַהֲרֹ֛ן | ʾaharon | Aaron | H175 → | 347 times |
| אֶת־ | ʾet- | <obj.> | H853 → | 10935 times |
| פַּ֥ר | par | [the] bull of | H6499 → | 132 times |
| הַחַטָּ֖את | hachatat | the sin offering | H2403 → | 295 times |
| אֲשֶׁר־ | ʾasher- | which | H834 → | 5497 times |
| ל֑וֹ | lo | [is] for <the> himself | ||
| וְכִפֶּ֥ר | vekhiper | and he will make atonement | H3722 → | 102 times |
| בַּעֲד֖וֹ | baado | for himself | H1157 → | 105 times |
| וּבְעַ֥ד | uvead | and for | H1157 → | 105 times |
| בֵּיתֽוֹ׃ | beito | household his | H1004 → | 2046 times |
וְהִקְרִ֧יבand he will present
vehikrivH7126 →280 times
אַהֲרֹ֛ןAaron
ʾaharonH175 →347 times
אֶת־<obj.>
ʾet-H853 →10935 times
פַּ֥ר[the] bull of
parH6499 →132 times
הַחַטָּ֖אתthe sin offering
hachatatH2403 →295 times
אֲשֶׁר־which
ʾasher-H834 →5497 times
ל֑וֹ[is] for <the> himself
lo
וְכִפֶּ֥רand he will make atonement
vekhiperH3722 →102 times
בַּעֲד֖וֹfor himself
baadoH1157 →105 times
וּבְעַ֥דand for
uveadH1157 →105 times
בֵּיתֽוֹ׃household his
beitoH1004 →2046 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
Job 1:5And when the days of feasting were over, Job would send for his children to purify them, rising early in the morning to offer burnt offerings for all of them. For Job thought, “Perhaps…
it leads to
- 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…
- Genesis 8:20
Then Noah built an altar to the LORD. And taking from every kind of clean animal and clean bird, he offered burnt offerings on the altar.
- 1 Samuel 16:5
“In peace,” he replied. “I have come to sacrifice to the LORD. Consecrate yourselves and come with me to the sacrifice.” Then he consecrated Jesse and his sons and invited them to the sacrifice.
- Job 8:4
When your children sinned against Him, He gave them over to their rebellion.
- Ephesians 6:18
Pray in the Spirit at all times, with every kind of prayer and petition. To this end, stay alert with all perseverance in your prayers for all the saints.
- Job 42:8
Through
Hebrews 9:7But only the high priest entered the second room, and then only once a year, and never without blood, which he offered for himself and for the sins the people had committed in ignorance.
it leads to
- Leviticus 16:34
This is to be a permanent statute for you, to make atonement once a year for the Israelites because of all their sins.” And all this was done as the LORD had commanded Moses.
- Hebrews 7:27
Unlike the other high priests, He does not need to offer daily sacrifices, first for His own sins and then for the sins of the people; He sacrificed for sin once for all when…
Reached by 2 separate paths from here.
- Leviticus 16:34
Through
Leviticus 9:7Then Moses said to Aaron, “Approach the altar and sacrifice your sin offering and your burnt offering to make atonement for yourself and for the people. And sacrifice the people’s offering to make atonement…
it leads to
- Hebrews 5:3
That is why he is obligated to offer sacrifices for his own sins, as well as for the sins of the people.
- Hebrews 5:3
Where this verse is studied
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Who and where
1 name in this verse with a page on the site.
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); John Wesley, Explanatory Notes upon the Old Testament; Matthew Henry, Commentary on the Whole Bible and Sir Robert Anderson, Types in Hebrews.