Leviticus 16:4
He 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 with water before he wears them.
BSB
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ASV
He shall put on the holy linen coat, and he shall have the linen breeches upon his flesh, and shall be girded with the linen girdle, and with the linen mitre shall he be attired: they are the holy garments; and he shall bathe his flesh in water, and put them on.
KJV
He shall put on the holy linen coat, and he shall have the linen breeches upon his flesh, and shall be girded with a linen girdle, and with the linen mitre shall he be attired: these are holy garments; therefore shall he wash his flesh in water, and so put them on.
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Commentary
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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
23 tagged words| Original | Transliteration | Meaning | Word study |
|---|---|---|---|
| כְּתֹֽנֶת־ | ke.to.net- | a tunic of | H3801 → |
| בַּ֨ד | bad | linen of | H906 → |
| קֹ֜דֶשׁ | Ko.desh | holiness | H6944 → |
| יִלְבָּ֗שׁ | yil.Bash | he will wear | H3847 → |
| וּמִֽכְנְסֵי־ | u.mikh.ne.sei- | and undergarments of | H4370 → |
| בַד֮ | vad | linen | H906 → |
| יִהְי֣וּ | yih.Yu | they will be | H1961 → |
| עַל־ | 'al- | on | H5921 → |
| בְּשָׂרוֹ֒ | be.sa.Ro | flesh his | H1320 → |
| וּבְאַבְנֵ֥ט | u.ve.'av.Net | and with a sash of | H73 → |
| בַּד֙ | bad | linen | H906 → |
| יַחְגֹּ֔ר | yach.Gor | he will gird himself | H2296 → |
| וּבְמִצְנֶ֥פֶת | u.ve.mitz.Ne.fet | and with a turban of | H4701 → |
| בַּ֖ד | bad | linen | H906 → |
| יִצְנֹ֑ף | yitz.Nof | he will wind | H6801 → |
| בִּגְדֵי־ | big.dei- | [are] garments of | H899 → |
| קֹ֣דֶשׁ | Ko.desh | holiness | H6944 → |
| הֵ֔ם | Hem | they | H1992 → |
| וְרָחַ֥ץ | ve.ra.Chatz | and he will wash | H7364 → |
| בַּמַּ֛יִם | ba.Ma.yim | with <the> water | H4325 → |
| אֶת־ | 'et- | <obj.> | H853 → |
| בְּשָׂר֖וֹ | be.sa.Ro | body his | H1320 → |
| וּלְבֵשָֽׁם׃ | u.le.ve.Sham | and he will put on them | H3847 → |
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