Leviticus 16:33
in Leviticus 16and make atonement for the Most Holy Place, the Tent of Meeting, and the altar, and for the priests and all the people of the assembly.
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ASV
and he shall make atonement for the holy sanctuary; and he shall make atonement for the tent of meeting and for the altar; and he shall make atonement for the priests and for all the people of the assembly.
KJV
And he shall make an atonement for the holy sanctuary, and he shall make an atonement for the tabernacle of the congregation, and for the altar, and he shall make an atonement for the priests, and for all the people of the congregation.
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This verse in Leviticus 16
Commentary
7 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.
This site's exposition
for the priests and all the people of the assembly
The verse lists five things atoned for, three places and two groups of people. Albert Barnes reads the list as an admission that all earthly things are corruptible, even those most solemnly consecrated. Matthew Henry applies it to ministers and people alike.
The record, by era
The Puritans and the Awakening3 voices
And he shall make an atonement for the holy sanctuary,....
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.
Christ's satisfaction is that which atones for the sins both of ministers and people, the iniquities of our holy (and our unholy) things; the title we have to the privileges of ordinances, our comfort in them, and benefit by them, are all owing to the atonement Christ made.
The Nineteenth Century2 voices
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.
A commentator
Albert Barnes1798–1870
Notes, Explanatory and Practical, on the Old and New Testaments (1832-1869)
proposed
A summary of what was done on the day of atonement. The day was intended as an occasion for expressing more completely than could be done in the ordinary sacrifices the spiritual truth of atonement, with a fuller acknowledgment of the sinfulness and weakness of man and of the corruptible nature of all earthly things, even of those most solemnly consecrated and devoted to the service of God.
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
17 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| וְכִפֶּר֙ | vekhiper | and he will make atonement for | H3722 → | 102 times |
| אֶת־ | ʾet- | <obj.> | H853 → | 10935 times |
| מִקְדַּ֣שׁ | mikdash | [the] sanctuary of | H4720 → | 75 times |
| הַקֹּ֔דֶשׁ | hakodesh | <the> holiness | H6944 → | 469 times |
| וְאֶת־ | veet | and <obj.> | H853 → | 10935 times |
| אֹ֧הֶל | ʾohel | [the] tent of | H168 → | 345 times |
| מוֹעֵ֛ד | moed | meeting | H4150 → | 223 times |
| וְאֶת־ | veet | and <obj.> | H853 → | 10935 times |
| הַמִּזְבֵּ֖חַ | hamizbeach | the altar | H4196 → | 401 times |
| יְכַפֵּ֑ר | yekhaper | he will make atonement for | H3722 → | 102 times |
| וְעַ֧ל | veal | and on | H5921 → | 5755 times |
| הַכֹּהֲנִ֛ים | hakohanim | the priests | H3548 → | 750 times |
| וְעַל־ | veal- | and on | H5921 → | 5755 times |
| כָּל־ | kol- | all | H3605 → | 5413 times |
| עַ֥ם | ʾam | [the] people of | H5971 → | 1873 times |
| הַקָּהָ֖ל | hakahal | the assembly | H6951 → | 123 times |
| יְכַפֵּֽר׃ | yekhaper | he will make atonement | H3722 → | 102 times |
וְכִפֶּר֙and he will make atonement for
vekhiperH3722 →102 times
אֶת־<obj.>
ʾet-H853 →10935 times
מִקְדַּ֣שׁ[the] sanctuary of
mikdashH4720 →75 times
הַקֹּ֔דֶשׁ<the> holiness
hakodeshH6944 →469 times
וְאֶת־and <obj.>
veetH853 →10935 times
אֹ֧הֶל[the] tent of
ʾohelH168 →345 times
מוֹעֵ֛דmeeting
moedH4150 →223 times
וְאֶת־and <obj.>
veetH853 →10935 times
הַמִּזְבֵּ֖חַthe altar
hamizbeachH4196 →401 times
יְכַפֵּ֑רhe will make atonement for
yekhaperH3722 →102 times
וְעַ֧לand on
vealH5921 →5755 times
הַכֹּהֲנִ֛יםthe priests
hakohanimH3548 →750 times
וְעַל־and on
veal-H5921 →5755 times
כָּל־all
kol-H3605 →5413 times
עַ֥ם[the] people of
ʾamH5971 →1873 times
הַקָּהָ֖לthe assembly
hakahalH6951 →123 times
יְכַפֵּֽר׃he will make atonement
yekhaperH3722 →102 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 16:6Aaron is to present the bull for his sin offering and make atonement for himself and his household.
it leads to
- Leviticus 9:7
Then 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…
- 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.
- Leviticus 9:7
Through
Leviticus 16:16So he shall make atonement for the Most Holy Place because of the impurities and rebellious acts of the Israelites in regard to all their sins. He is to do the same for the…
it leads to
- Hebrews 9:22–23
According to the law, in fact, nearly everything must be purified with blood, and without the shedding of blood there is no forgiveness.
- Ezekiel 45:18–19
This is what the Lord GOD says: ‘On the first day of the first month you are to take a young bull without blemish and purify the sanctuary.
- Leviticus 16:18
Then he shall go out to the altar that is before the LORD and make atonement for it. He is to take some of the bull’s blood and some of the goat’s blood and…
- Exodus 29:36–37
Sacrifice a bull as a sin offering each day for atonement. Purify the altar by making atonement for it, and anoint it to consecrate it.
- Hebrews 9:22–23
Through
Leviticus 16:24He is to bathe himself with water in a holy place and put on his own clothes. Then he must go out and sacrifice his burnt offering and the people’s burnt offering to make…
it leads to
- Leviticus 16:3–5
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.
- Hebrews 10:19–22
Therefore, brothers, since we have confidence to enter the Most Holy Place by the blood of Jesus,
- Leviticus 16:3–5
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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); 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.