Leviticus 16:11 BSB

Leviticus 16:11

When Aaron presents the bull for his sin offering and makes atonement for himself and his household, he is to slaughter the bull for his own sin offering.

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ASV

And Aaron shall present the bullock of the sin-offering, which is for himself, and shall make atonement for himself, and for his house, and shall kill the bullock of the sin-offering which is for himself.

KJV

And Aaron shall bring the bullock of the sin offering, which is for himself, and shall make an atonement for himself, and for his house, and shall kill the bullock of the sin offering which is for himself:

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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

17 tagged words

Original	Transliteration	Meaning	Word study
וְהִקְרִ֨יב	ve.hik.Riv	and he will present	H7126 →
אַהֲרֹ֜ן	'a.ha.Ron	Aaron	H175 →
אֶת־	'et-	<obj.>	H853 →
פַּ֤ר	par	[the] bull of	H6499 →
הַֽחַטָּאת֙	ha.cha.taT	the sin offering	H2403 →
אֲשֶׁר־	'a.Sher-	which	H834 →
ל֔וֹ	lo	[is] for <the> himself
וְכִפֶּ֥ר	ve.khi.Per	and he will make atonement	H3722 →
בַּֽעֲד֖וֹ	ba.'a.Do	for himself	H1157 →
וּבְעַ֣ד	u.ve.'Ad	and for	H1157 →
בֵּית֑וֹ	bei.To	household his	H1004 →
וְשָׁחַ֛ט	ve.sha.Chat	and he will cut [the] throat of	H7819 →
אֶת־	'et-	<obj.>	H853 →
פַּ֥ר	par	[the] bull of	H6499 →
הַֽחַטָּ֖את	ha.cha.Tat	the sin offering	H2403 →
אֲשֶׁר־	'a.Sher-	which	H834 →
לֽוֹ׃	lo	[is] for <the> himself

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 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…
leads to
- Hebrews 9:28
  so also Christ was offered once to bear the sins of many; and He will appear a second time, not to bear sin, but to bring salvation to those who eagerly await Him.
- 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.
- Hebrews 9:14
  how much more will the blood of Christ, who through the eternal Spirit offered Himself unblemished to God, purify our consciences from works of death, so that we may serve the living God!
- Hebrews 10:6–12
  In burnt offerings and sin offerings You took no delight.
- Ephesians 5:2
  and walk in love, just as Christ loved us and gave Himself up for us as a fragrant sacrificial offering to God.
Through
Hebrews 9:7
But 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.
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 independent paths from here.
Through
Leviticus 16:6
Aaron is to present the bull for his sin offering and make atonement for himself and his household.
leads to
- Hebrews 9:7
  But 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.
  Reached by 2 independent paths from here.

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