Leviticus 16:3

Let Aaron come into the holy place in this way: with an ox for a sin-offering and a male sheep for a burned offering.

Bible in Basic English

In The King James Version

Thus shall Aaron come into the holy place: with a young bullock for a sin offering, and a ram for a burnt offering.

In Context

2The Lord said to Moses, Say to Aaron, your brother, that he may not come at all times into the holy place inside the veil, before the cover which is on the ark, for fear that death may overtake him; for I will be seen in the cloud on the cover of the ark.

4Let him put on the holy linen coat, and the linen trousers on his body, and the linen band round him, and the linen head-dress on his head; for this is holy clothing, and before he puts them on his body is to be washed with water.

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Cross References

Leviticus 1:3If the offering is a burned offering of the herd, let him give a male without a mark: he is to give it at the door of the Tent of meeting so that he may be pleasing to the Lord.

Leviticus 4:3If the chief priest by doing wrong becomes a cause of sin to the people, then let him give to the Lord for the sin which he has done, an ox, without any mark, for a sin-offering.

Leviticus 8:18And he put the male sheep of the burned offering before the Lord, and Aaron and his sons put their hands on its head,

Leviticus 9:3And say to the children of Israel: Take a he-goat for a sin-offering, and a young ox and a lamb, in their first year, without any mark on them, for a burned offering;

Hebrews 9:7But only the high priest went into the second, once a year, not without making an offering of blood for himself and for the errors of the people:

Hebrews 9:24For Christ did not go into a holy place which had been made by men's hands as the copy of the true one; but he went into heaven itself, and now takes his place before the face of God for us.

Matthew Henry on Leviticus 16:2-5

The Great Day of Atonement. ( b. c. 1490.) 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 vail 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… Read the whole commentary →

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