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Leviticus 16:11The Lord spoke to Moses after the death of Aaron’s two sons when they approached the presence of the Lord and died,Copy LinkKJV+Strong’sMany Bible VersionsAsk AIFlowchartCross Refs:Lev 10:1-2
Leviticus 16:22and the Lord said to Moses: “Tell Aaron your brother that he must not enter at any time into the Holy Place inside the special curtain in front of the atonement lid that is on the ark so that he may not die, for I will appear in the cloud over the atonement lid.Copy LinkKJV+Strong’sMany Bible VersionsAsk AIFlowchartCross Refs:Exod 30:101 Kgs 8:10-12Heb 10:19-20Heb 9:25Heb 9:7-81 Kgs 8:62 Chr 5:14Exod 40:34-35Matt 27:51Exod 25:17-22
Leviticus 16:33“In this way Aaron is to enter into the sanctuary—with a young bull for a sin offering and a ram for a burnt offering.Copy LinkKJV+Strong’sMany Bible VersionsAsk AIFlowchartCross Refs:Lev 4:3Heb 9:24-25Heb 9:7Lev 1:10Lev 8:18Heb 9:12Lev 1:3Lev 8:14Lev 9:3Num 29:7-11
Leviticus 16:44He must put on a holy linen tunic, linen leggings are to cover his body, and he is to wrap himself with a linen sash and wrap his head with a linen turban. They are holy garments, so he must bathe his body in water and put them on.Copy LinkKJV+Strong’sMany Bible VersionsAsk AIFlowchartCross Refs:Exod 28:39-43Exod 30:20Ezek 44:17-18Heb 7:26Lev 6:10Lev 8:6-7Exod 39:27-29Exod 28:2Exod 29:4Exod 40:12
Leviticus 16:55He must also take two male goats from the congregation of the Israelites for a sin offering and one ram for a burnt offering.Copy LinkKJV+Strong’sMany Bible VersionsAsk AIFlowchartCross Refs:2 Chr 29:21Ezra 6:17Lev 8:2Num 29:11Ezek 45:22-23Heb 10:5-14Heb 7:27-28Lev 4:13-21Lev 8:14Lev 9:8-16
Leviticus 16:66Then Aaron is to present the sin offering bull which is for himself and is to make atonement on behalf of himself and his household.Copy LinkKJV+Strong’sMany Bible VersionsAsk AIFlowchartCross Refs:Lev 9:7Heb 9:7Ezek 43:19Ezek 43:27Ezra 10:18-19Heb 5:2-3Heb 7:27Job 1:5Lev 8:14-17
Leviticus 16:77Next he must take the two goats and stand them before the Lord at the entrance of the Meeting Tent,Copy LinkKJV+Strong’sMany Bible VersionsAsk AIFlowchartCross Refs:Rom 12:1Lev 1:3Lev 12:6-7Lev 4:4Matt 16:21
Leviticus 16:88and Aaron is to cast lots over the two goats, one lot for the Lord and one lot for Azazel.Copy LinkKJV+Strong’sMany Bible VersionsAsk AIFlowchartCross Refs:Acts 1:23-26Jonah 1:7Prov 16:331 Sam 14:41-42Ezek 48:29Josh 18:10-11Num 26:55Num 33:54
Leviticus 16:99Aaron must then present the goat which has been designated by lot for the Lord, and he is to make it a sin offering,Copy LinkKJV+Strong’sMany Bible VersionsAsk AIFlowchartCross Refs:Acts 2:23Acts 4:27-28
Leviticus 16:1010but the goat which has been designated by lot for Azazel is to be stood alive before the Lord to make atonement on it by sending it away into the desert to Azazel.Copy LinkKJV+Strong’sMany Bible VersionsAsk AIFlowchartCross Refs:1 John 2:2Heb 9:23-24Lev 16:21-221 John 3:16Isa 53:4-112 Cor 5:21Heb 7:26-27Lev 14:7Rom 3:25Rom 4:25
Leviticus 16:1111“Aaron is to present the sin-offering bull which is for himself, and he is to make atonement on behalf of himself and his household. He is to slaughter the sin-offering bull which is for himself,Copy LinkKJV+Strong’sMany Bible VersionsAsk AIFlowchartCross Refs:Lev 16:6Heb 7:27Heb 9:7Lev 16:3
Leviticus 16:1212and take a censer full of coals of fire from the altar before the Lord and a full double handful of finely ground fragrant incense, and bring them inside the curtain.Copy LinkKJV+Strong’sMany Bible VersionsAsk AIFlowchartCross Refs:Exod 30:34-38Lev 10:1Rev 8:3-4Num 16:46Exod 31:11Isa 6:6-7Num 16:18Heb 9:141 John 1:7Exod 37:29
Leviticus 16:1313He must then put the incense on the fire before the Lord, and the cloud of incense will cover the atonement lid which is above the ark of the testimony, so that he will not die.Copy LinkKJV+Strong’sMany Bible VersionsAsk AIFlowchartCross Refs:Exod 25:211 John 2:1-2Exod 30:1Exod 30:7-8Exod 28:43Heb 4:14-16Heb 7:25Heb 9:24Lev 22:9Num 16:18
Leviticus 16:1414Then he is to take some of the blood of the bull and sprinkle it with his finger on the eastern face of the atonement lid, and in front of the atonement lid he is to sprinkle some of the blood seven times with his finger.Copy LinkKJV+Strong’sMany Bible VersionsAsk AIFlowchartCross Refs:Heb 9:25Lev 4:5-6Heb 9:13Heb 10:4Heb 9:7Lev 4:17Lev 8:11Heb 10:10-12Heb 10:19Heb 12:24
Leviticus 16:1515“Aaron must then slaughter the sin-offering goat which is for the people. He is to bring its blood inside the curtain, and he is to do with its blood just as he did to the blood of the bull: He is to sprinkle it on the atonement lid and in front of the atonement lid.Copy LinkKJV+Strong’sMany Bible VersionsAsk AIFlowchartCross Refs:Heb 9:7Heb 2:17Heb 9:12Heb 9:3Heb 5:3Heb 6:19Lev 16:2Heb 9:25-26Lev 16:5-9
Leviticus 16:1616So he is to make atonement for the Holy Place from the impurities of the Israelites and from their transgressions with regard to all their sins, and thus he is to do for the Meeting Tent which resides with them in the midst of their impurities.Copy LinkKJV+Strong’sMany Bible VersionsAsk AIFlowchartCross Refs:Heb 9:22-23Exod 29:36-37Ezek 45:18-19Lev 16:18Lev 8:15John 14:3
Leviticus 16:1717Nobody is to be in the Meeting Tent when he enters to make atonement in the Holy Place until he goes out, and he has made atonement on his behalf, on behalf of his household, and on behalf of the whole assembly of Israel.Copy LinkKJV+Strong’sMany Bible VersionsAsk AIFlowchartCross Refs:Exod 34:3Isa 53:6Lev 16:10-11Luke 1:101 Pet 2:241 Pet 3:181 Tim 2:5Acts 4:12Dan 9:24Heb 1:3
Leviticus 16:1818“Then Aaron is to go out to the altar which is before the Lord and make atonement for it. He is to take some of the blood of the bull and some of the blood of the goat, and put it all around on the horns of the altar.Copy LinkKJV+Strong’sMany Bible VersionsAsk AIFlowchartCross Refs:Lev 4:7Exod 30:10Heb 5:7-8Lev 16:16Lev 4:18Heb 2:11Heb 9:22-23John 17:19Lev 4:25
Leviticus 16:1919Then he is to sprinkle on it some of the blood with his finger seven times, and cleanse and consecrate it from the impurities of the Israelites.Copy LinkKJV+Strong’sMany Bible VersionsAsk AIFlowchartCross Refs:Zech 13:1Ezek 43:18-22
Leviticus 16:2020“When Aaron has finished purifying the Holy Place, the Meeting Tent, and the altar, he is to present the live goat.Copy LinkKJV+Strong’sMany Bible VersionsAsk AIFlowchartCross Refs:Ezek 45:20Lev 16:162 Cor 5:19Col 1:20Heb 7:25Lev 6:30Lev 8:15Rev 1:18Rom 4:25Rom 8:34
Leviticus 16:2121Aaron is to lay his two hands on the head of the live goat and confess over it all the iniquities of the Israelites and all their transgressions in regard to all their sins, and thus he is to put them on the head of the goat and send it away into the desert by the hand of a man standing ready.Copy LinkKJV+Strong’sMany Bible VersionsAsk AIFlowchartCross Refs:Isa 53:62 Cor 5:21Ezra 10:1Ps 51:3Dan 9:3-20Exod 29:10Lev 26:40Neh 9:3-5Prov 28:13Ps 32:5
Leviticus 16:2222The goat is to bear on itself all their iniquities into an inaccessible land, so he is to send the goat away into the desert.Copy LinkKJV+Strong’sMany Bible VersionsAsk AIFlowchartCross Refs:Isa 53:11-12John 1:291 Pet 2:24Gal 3:13Heb 9:28Mic 7:19Ps 103:10Ps 103:12Ezek 18:22
Leviticus 16:2323“Aaron must then enter the Meeting Tent and take off the linen garments which he had put on when he entered the sanctuary, and leave them there.Copy LinkKJV+Strong’sMany Bible VersionsAsk AIFlowchartCross Refs:Ezek 44:19Ezek 42:14Lev 16:4Phil 2:6-11Rom 8:3Heb 9:28
Leviticus 16:2424Then he must bathe his body in water in the Holy Place, put on his clothes, and go out and make his burnt offering and the people’s burnt offering. So he is to make atonement on behalf of himself and the people.Copy LinkKJV+Strong’sMany Bible VersionsAsk AIFlowchartCross Refs:Lev 16:3-5Heb 10:19-22Exod 28:4-14Exod 29:4-5Heb 9:10Lev 14:9Lev 22:6Lev 8:6-9Rev 1:5-6
Leviticus 16:2525“Then he is to offer up the fat of the sin offering in smoke on the altar,Copy LinkKJV+Strong’sMany Bible VersionsAsk AIFlowchartCross Refs:Exod 29:13Lev 4:8-10Lev 16:6Lev 4:19
Leviticus 16:2626and the one who sent the goat away to Azazel must wash his clothes, bathe his body in water, and afterward he may reenter the camp.Copy LinkKJV+Strong’sMany Bible VersionsAsk AIFlowchartCross Refs:Heb 7:19Lev 16:10Lev 11:25Lev 14:8Lev 15:27Lev 15:5-11Lev 16:21-22Lev 16:28Num 19:21Num 19:7-8
Leviticus 16:2727The bull of the sin offering and the goat of the sin offering, whose blood was brought to make atonement in the Holy Place, must be brought outside the camp and their hide, their flesh, and their dung must be burned up,Copy LinkKJV+Strong’sMany Bible VersionsAsk AIFlowchartCross Refs:Lev 4:21Lev 6:30Lev 4:11-12Heb 13:11-14Lev 8:17Matt 27:31-33
Leviticus 16:2828and the one who burns them must wash his clothes and bathe his body in water, and afterward he may reenter the camp.Copy LinkKJV+Strong’sMany Bible VersionsAsk AIFlowchart
Leviticus 16:2929“This is to be a perpetual statute for you. In the seventh month, on the tenth day of the month, you must humble yourselves and do no work of any kind, both the native citizen and the resident foreigner who lives in your midst,Copy LinkKJV+Strong’sMany Bible VersionsAsk AIFlowchartCross Refs:Isa 58:3Num 29:7Dan 10:12Exod 20:10Isa 58:5Lev 23:21Lev 23:27-32Lev 23:36Lev 23:7-8Ps 35:13
Leviticus 16:3030for on this day atonement is to be made for you to cleanse you from all your sins; you must be clean before the Lord.Copy LinkKJV+Strong’sMany Bible VersionsAsk AIFlowchartCross Refs:Jer 33:8Eph 5:26Ps 51:21 John 1:7-9Heb 10:1-2Ezek 36:25-27Heb 9:13-14Ps 51:10Ps 51:7Titus 2:14
Leviticus 16:3131It is to be a Sabbath of complete rest for you, and you must humble yourselves. It is a perpetual statute.Copy LinkKJV+Strong’sMany Bible VersionsAsk AIFlowchartCross Refs:Lev 23:32Isa 58:5Exod 31:15Exod 35:2Isa 58:3Lev 25:4
Leviticus 16:3232“The priest who is anointed and ordained to act as high priest in place of his father is to make atonement. He is to put on the linen garments, the holy garments,Copy LinkKJV+Strong’sMany Bible VersionsAsk AIFlowchartCross Refs:Exod 29:29-30Lev 16:4Exod 29:9Lev 4:16Lev 4:3Lev 4:5Num 20:26-28
Leviticus 16:3333and he is to purify the Most Holy Place, he is to purify the Meeting Tent and the altar, and he is to make atonement for the priests and for all the people of the assembly.Copy LinkKJV+Strong’sMany Bible VersionsAsk AIFlowchartCross Refs:Lev 16:16Lev 16:24Lev 16:6Exod 20:25-26Lev 16:11Lev 16:18-19
Leviticus 16:3434This is to be a perpetual statute for you to make atonement for the Israelites for all their sins once a year.” So he did just as the Lord had commanded Moses.Copy LinkKJV+Strong’sMany Bible VersionsAsk AIFlowchartCross Refs:Heb 9:7Heb 9:25Exod 30:10Heb 10:14Heb 10:3Lev 23:31Num 29:7
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