Leviticus 16:32
in Leviticus 16The priest who is anointed and ordained to succeed his father as high priest shall make atonement. He will put on the sacred linen garments
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The same verse in ASV and KJV ▾
ASV
And the priest, who shall be anointed and who shall be consecrated to be priest in his father’s stead, shall make the atonement, and shall put on the linen garments, even the holy garments:
KJV
And the priest, whom he shall anoint, and whom he shall consecrate to minister in the priest’s office in his father’s stead, shall make the atonement, and shall put on the linen clothes, even the holy garments:
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This verse in Leviticus 16
Commentary
4 notes on this verseThis site's exposition
The priest who is anointed and ordained to succeed his father
on Leviticus 16:32-34
The rite is called a permanent statute, and it has to be done again once a year. Hebrews 10:3 reads that repetition as a reminder of sins every year, and Hebrews 9:12 sets against it a high priest who entered once.
The record, by era
The Puritans and the Awakening2 voices
And the priest whom he shall anoint,....
The annual repetition of the sacrifices showed that there was in them only a faint and feeble effort towards making atonement; it could be done effectually only by the offering up of the body of Christ once for all, and that once was sufficient; that sacrifice needed not to be repeated. Let us see what there was of gospel in all this.
The Nineteenth Century1 voice
A commentator
Jamieson, Fausset & Brown1802–1910
Commentary Critical and Explanatory on the Whole Bible (1871)
proposed
The rehearsal of these passages appointing the solemn ceremonial was very appropriate, and the details of the successive parts of it (above all the spectacle of the public departure of the scapegoat under the care of its leader) must have produced salutary impressions both of sin and of duty that would not be soon effaced.
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
18 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| וְכִפֶּ֨ר | vekhiper | and he will make atonement | H3722 → | 102 times |
| הַכֹּהֵ֜ן | hakohen | the priest | H3548 → | 750 times |
| אֲשֶׁר־ | ʾasher- | whom | H834 → | 5497 times |
| יִמְשַׁ֣ח | yimshach | someone will anoint | H4886 → | 70 times |
| אֹת֗וֹ | ʾoto | <obj.> him | H853 → | 10935 times |
| וַאֲשֶׁ֤ר | vaasher | and whom | H834 → | 5497 times |
| יְמַלֵּא֙ | yemale' | someone will fill | H4390 → | 249 times |
| אֶת־ | ʾet- | <obj.> | H853 → | 10935 times |
| יָד֔וֹ | yado | hand his | H3027 → | 1618 times |
| לְכַהֵ֖ן | lekhahen | to serve as priest | H3547 → | |
| תַּ֣חַת | tachat | in place of | H8478 → | 505 times |
| אָבִ֑יו | ʾaviv | father his | H1 → | 1212 times |
| וְלָבַ֛שׁ | velavash | and he will wear | H3847 → | 110 times |
| אֶת־ | ʾet- | <obj.> | H853 → | 10935 times |
| בִּגְדֵ֥י | bigdei | [the] garments of | H899 → | 217 times |
| הַבָּ֖ד | habad | <the> linen | H906 → | 23 times |
| בִּגְדֵ֥י | bigdei | [the] garments of | H899 → | 217 times |
| הַקֹּֽדֶשׁ׃ | hakodesh | <the> holiness | H6944 → | 469 times |
וְכִפֶּ֨רand he will make atonement
vekhiperH3722 →102 times
הַכֹּהֵ֜ןthe priest
hakohenH3548 →750 times
אֲשֶׁר־whom
ʾasher-H834 →5497 times
יִמְשַׁ֣חsomeone will anoint
yimshachH4886 →70 times
אֹת֗וֹ<obj.> him
ʾotoH853 →10935 times
וַאֲשֶׁ֤רand whom
vaasherH834 →5497 times
יְמַלֵּא֙someone will fill
yemale'H4390 →249 times
אֶת־<obj.>
ʾet-H853 →10935 times
יָד֔וֹhand his
yadoH3027 →1618 times
לְכַהֵ֖ןto serve as priest
lekhahenH3547 →
תַּ֣חַתin place of
tachatH8478 →505 times
אָבִ֑יוfather his
ʾavivH1 →1212 times
וְלָבַ֛שׁand he will wear
velavashH3847 →110 times
אֶת־<obj.>
ʾet-H853 →10935 times
בִּגְדֵ֥י[the] garments of
bigdeiH899 →217 times
הַבָּ֖ד<the> linen
habadH906 →23 times
בִּגְדֵ֥י[the] garments of
bigdeiH899 →217 times
הַקֹּֽדֶשׁ׃<the> holiness
hakodeshH6944 →469 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
Leviticus 16:4He is to wear the sacred linen tunic, with linen undergarments. He must tie a linen sash around him and put on the linen turban. These are holy garments, and he must bathe himself…
it leads to
- Exodus 28:39–43
You are to weave the tunic with fine linen, make the turban of fine linen, and fashion an embroidered sash.
- Ezekiel 44:17–18
When they enter the gates of the inner court, they are to wear linen garments; they must not wear anything made of wool when they minister at the gates of the inner court or…
- Exodus 30:20
Whenever they enter the Tent of Meeting or approach the altar to minister by presenting an offering made by fire to the LORD, they must wash with water so that they will not die.
- Hebrews 7:26
Such a high priest truly befits us—One who is holy, innocent, undefiled, set apart from sinners, and exalted above the heavens.
- Leviticus 8:6–7
Then Moses presented Aaron and his sons and washed them with water.
- Exodus 28:39–43
Through
Exodus 29:9Wrap the sashes around Aaron and his sons and tie headbands on them. The priesthood shall be theirs by a permanent statute. In this way you are to ordain Aaron and his sons.
it leads to
- Numbers 18:7
But only you and your sons shall attend to your priesthood for everything concerning the altar and what is inside the veil, and you are to perform that service. I am giving you the…
- Leviticus 8:22–28
After that, Moses presented the other ram, the ram of ordination, and Aaron and his sons laid their hands on its head.
- Numbers 18:7
Through
Leviticus 4:5Then the anointed priest shall take some of the bull’s blood and bring it into the Tent of Meeting.
it leads to
- Leviticus 16:14
And he is to take some of the bull’s blood and sprinkle it with his finger on the east side of the mercy seat; then he shall sprinkle some of it with his finger…
- Leviticus 16:14
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About Leviticus
This page draws on Jamieson, Fausset & Brown, Commentary Critical and Explanatory on the Whole Bible; John Gill, Exposition of the Old Testament (1748-1763); Keil and Delitzsch, Biblical Commentary on the Old Testament: The Pentateuch; Matthew Henry, Commentary on the Whole Bible and Sir Robert Anderson, Types in Hebrews.