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Law of Atonement |
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| Leviticus 16:1 |
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Now the LORD spoke to Moses after the death
of the two sons of Aaron, when they had approached the presence of the LORD and
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| Leviticus 16:2 |
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The LORD said to Moses: "Tell your brother Aaron
that he shall not enter at any time into the holy place inside the veil, before
the mercy seat which is on the ark, or he will die; for I will appear in the cloud
over the mercy seat. |
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| Leviticus 16:3 |
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Aaron shall enter the holy place with this:
with a bull for a sin offering and a ram for a burnt offering. |
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| Leviticus 16:4 |
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He shall put on the holy linen tunic, and the
linen undergarments shall be next to his body, and he shall be girded with the
linen sash and attired with the linen turban (these are holy garments). Then he
shall bathe his body in water and put them on. |
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| Leviticus 16:5 |
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He shall take from the congregation of the sons
of Israel two male goats for a sin offering and one ram for a burnt offering. |
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| Leviticus 16:6 |
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Then Aaron shall offer the bull for the sin
offering which is for himself, that he may make atonement for himself and for
his household. |
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| Leviticus 16:7 |
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He shall take the two goats and present them
before the LORD at the doorway of the tent of meeting. |
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| Leviticus 16:8 |
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Aaron shall cast lots for the two goats, one
lot for the LORD and the other lot for the scapegoat. |
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| Leviticus 16:9 |
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Then Aaron shall offer the goat on which the
lot for the LORD fell, and make it a sin offering. |
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| Leviticus 16:10 |
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But the goat on which the lot for the scapegoat
fell shall be presented alive before the LORD, to make atonement upon it, to send
it into the wilderness as the scapegoat. |
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| Leviticus 16:11 |
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"Then Aaron shall offer the bull of the sin
offering which is for himself and make atonement for himself and for his household,
and he shall slaughter the bull of the sin offering which is for himself. |
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| Leviticus 16:12 |
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He shall take a firepan full of coals of fire
from upon the altar before the LORD and two handfuls of finely ground sweet incense,
and bring it inside the veil. |
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| Leviticus 16:13 |
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He shall put the incense on the fire before
the LORD, that the cloud of incense may cover the mercy seat that is on the ark
of the testimony, otherwise he will die. |
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| Leviticus 16:14 |
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Moreover, he shall take some of the blood of
the bull and sprinkle it with his finger on the mercy seat on the east side; also
in front of the mercy seat he shall sprinkle some of the blood with his finger
seven times. |
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| Leviticus 16:15 |
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"Then he shall slaughter the goat of the sin
offering which is for the people, and bring its blood inside the veil and do with
its blood as he did with the blood of the bull, and sprinkle it on the mercy seat
and in front of the mercy seat. |
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| Leviticus 16:16 |
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He shall make atonement for the holy place,
because of the impurities of the sons of Israel and because of their transgressions
in regard to all their sins; and thus he shall do for the tent of meeting which
abides with them in the midst of their impurities. |
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| Leviticus 16:17 |
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When he goes in to make atonement in the holy
place, no one shall be in the tent of meeting until he comes out, that he may
make atonement for himself and for his household and for all the assembly of Israel. |
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| Leviticus 16:18 |
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Then he shall go out to the altar that is before
the LORD and make atonement for it, and shall take some of the blood of the bull
and of the blood of the goat and put it on the horns of the altar on all sides. |
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| Leviticus 16:19 |
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With his finger he shall sprinkle some of the
blood on it seven times and cleanse it, and from the impurities of the sons of
Israel consecrate it. |
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| Leviticus 16:20 |
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"When he finishes atoning for the holy place
and the tent of meeting and the altar, he shall offer the live goat. |
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| Leviticus 16:21 |
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Then Aaron shall lay both of his hands on the
head of the live goat, and confess over it all the iniquities of the sons of Israel
and all their transgressions in regard to all their sins; and he shall lay them
on the head of the goat and send it away into the wilderness by the hand of a
man who stands in readiness. |
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| Leviticus 16:22 |
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The goat shall bear on itself all their iniquities
to a solitary land; and he shall release the goat in the wilderness. |
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| Leviticus 16:23 |
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"Then Aaron shall come into the tent of meeting
and take off the linen garments which he put on when he went into the holy place,
and shall leave them there. |
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| Leviticus 16:24 |
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He shall bathe his body with water in a holy
place and put on his clothes, and come forth and offer his burnt offering and
the burnt offering of the people and make atonement for himself and for the people. |
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| Leviticus 16:25 |
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Then he shall offer up in smoke the fat of the
sin offering on the altar. |
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| Leviticus 16:26 |
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The one who released the goat as the scapegoat
shall wash his clothes and bathe his body with water; then afterward he shall
come into the camp. |
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| Leviticus 16:27 |
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But the bull of the sin offering and the goat
of the sin offering, whose blood was brought in to make atonement in the holy
place, shall be taken outside the camp, and they shall burn their hides, their
flesh, and their refuse in the fire. |
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| Leviticus 16:28 |
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Then the one who burns them shall wash his clothes
and bathe his body with water, then afterward he shall come into the camp. |
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An Annual Atonement |
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| Leviticus 16:29 |
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"This shall be a permanent statute for you:
in the seventh month, on the tenth day of the month, you shall humble your souls
and not do any work, whether the native, or the alien who sojourns among you; |
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| Leviticus 16:30 |
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for it is on this day that atonement shall
be made for you to cleanse you; you will be clean from all your sins before the
LORD. |
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| Leviticus 16:31 |
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It is to be a sabbath of solemn rest for you,
that you may humble your souls; it is a permanent statute. |
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| Leviticus 16:32 |
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So the priest who is anointed and ordained to
serve as priest in his father's place shall make atonement: he shall thus put
on the linen garments, the holy garments, |
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| Leviticus 16:33 |
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and make atonement for the holy sanctuary, and
he shall make atonement for the tent of meeting and for the altar. He shall also
make atonement for the priests and for all the people of the assembly. |
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| Leviticus 16:34 |
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Now you shall have this as a permanent statute,
to make atonement for the sons of Israel for all their sins once every year."
And just as the LORD had commanded Moses, so he did. |
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