Leviticus 16. The day
of Atonement
1 And the
LORD spake unto Moses after the death of the two sons of Aaron, when they
offered before the LORD, and died; 2 And the LORD said unto Moses, Speak unto
Aaron thy brother, that he come not at all times into the holy place
within the veil before the mercy seat, which is upon the ark; that he
die not: for I will appear in the cloud upon the mercy seat. 3 Thus shall Aaron
come into the holy place: with a young bullock for a sin offering, and a
ram for a burnt offering. 4 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.
5 And he
shall take of the congregation of the children of Israel two kids of the goats
for a sin offering, and one ram for a burnt offering. 6 And Aaron shall offer
his bullock of the sin offering, which is for himself, and make an
atonement for himself, and for his house. 7 And he shall take the two goats,
and present them before the LORD at the door of the tabernacle of the
congregation. 8 And Aaron shall cast lots upon the two goats; one lot for the
LORD, and the other lot for the scapegoat. 9 And Aaron shall bring the goat
upon which the LORD’S lot fell, and offer him for a sin offering. 10 But
the goat, on which the lot fell to be the scapegoat, shall be presented alive
before the LORD, to make an atonement with him, and to let him go for a
scapegoat into the wilderness. 11 And Aaron shall bring the bullock of the sin
offering, which is for himself, and shall make an atonement for himself,
and for his house, and shall kill the bullock of the sin offering which is
for himself: 12 And he shall take a censer full of burning coals of fire from
off the altar before the LORD, and his hands full of sweet incense beaten
small, and bring it within the veil: 13 And he shall put the incense
upon the fire before the LORD, that the cloud of the incense may cover the
mercy seat that is upon the testimony, that he die not: 14 And he shall
take of the blood of the bullock, and sprinkle it with his finger upon
the mercy seat eastward; and before the mercy seat shall he sprinkle of the
blood with his finger seven times.
15 Then
shall he kill the goat of the sin offering, that is for the people, and
bring his blood within the veil, and do with that blood as he did with the
blood of the bullock, and sprinkle it upon the mercy seat, and before the mercy
seat: 16 And he shall make an atonement for the holy place, because of
the uncleanness of the children of Israel, and because of their transgressions
in all their sins: and so shall he do for the tabernacle of the congregation,
that remaineth among them in the midst of their uncleanness. 17 And there shall
be no man in the tabernacle of the congregation when he goeth in to make an
atonement in the holy place, until he come out, and have made an
atonement for himself, and for his household, and for all the congregation of Israel.
18 And he shall go out unto the altar that is before the LORD, and make
an atonement for it; and shall take of the blood of the bullock, and of the
blood of the goat, and put it upon the horns of the altar round about.
19 And he shall sprinkle of the blood upon it with his finger seven times, and
cleanse it, and hallow it from the uncleanness of the children of Israel.
20 And
when he hath made an end of reconciling the holy place, and the
tabernacle of the congregation, and the altar, he shall bring the live goat: 21
And Aaron shall lay both his hands upon the head of the live goat, and confess
over him all the iniquities of the children of Israel, and all their
transgressions in all their sins, putting them upon the head of the goat, and
shall send him away by the hand of a fit man into the wilderness: 22 And
the goat shall bear upon him all their iniquities unto a land not inhabited:
and he shall let go the goat in the wilderness. 23 And Aaron shall come into
the tabernacle of the congregation, and shall put off the linen garments, which
he put on when he went into the holy place, and shall leave them there:
24 And he shall wash his flesh with water in the holy place, and put on his
garments, and come forth, and offer his burnt offering, and the burnt offering
of the people, and make an atonement for himself, and for the people. 25 And
the fat of the sin offering shall he burn upon the altar. 26 And he that let go
the goat for the scapegoat shall wash his clothes, and bathe his flesh in
water, and afterward come into the camp. 27 And the bullock for the sin
offering, and the goat for the sin offering, whose blood was brought in
to make atonement in the holy place, shall one carry forth
without the camp; and they shall burn in the fire their skins, and their flesh,
and their dung. 28 And he that burneth them shall wash his clothes, and bathe
his flesh in water, and afterward he shall come into the camp.
29 And this
shall be a statute for ever unto you: that in the seventh month, on the
tenth day of the month, ye shall afflict your souls, and do no work at
all, whether it be one of your own country, or a stranger that
sojourneth among you: 30 For on that day shall the priest make an
atonement for you, to cleanse you, that ye may be clean from all your sins
before the LORD. 31 It shall be a sabbath of rest unto you, and ye shall
afflict your souls, by a statute for ever. 32 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: 33 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. 34 And this shall be an everlasting statute unto
you, to make an atonement for the children of Israel for all their sins once a
year. And he did as the LORD commanded Moses.
May GOD bless Nigeria, America and Israel and take care of us; May GOD
make His face shine upon us, And be gracious to us; May the LORD lift up His
countenance upon us, And give us peace, In Jesus Christ Name, we pray! Amen!
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