Leviticus 16:34

And let this be an order for ever for you, so that the sin of the children of Israel may be taken away once every year. And he did as the Lord gave orders to Moses.

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In The King James Version

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.

In Context

33And he will make the holy place and the Tent of meeting and the altar free from sin; he will take away sin from the priests and from all the people.

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Cross References

Exodus 30:10And once every year Aaron is to make its horns clean: with the blood of the sin-offering he is to make it clean once every year from generation to generation: it is most holy to the Lord.

Leviticus 3:17Let it be an order for ever, through all your generations, in all your houses, that you are not to take fat or blood for food.

Leviticus 23:31You may not do any sort of work: this is an order for ever through all your generations wherever you may be living.

Numbers 29:7And on the tenth day of this seventh month there will be a holy meeting; keep yourselves from pleasure, and do no sort of work;

Hebrews 9:25And he did not have to make an offering of himself again and again, as the high priest goes into the holy place every year with blood which is not his;

Hebrews 10:14Because by one offering he has made complete for ever those who are made holy.

Matthew Henry on Leviticus 16:30-34

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,… Read the whole commentary →

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